Talk about a scorched earth policy. Every step of the way, Coleman has lost. Now that the special three-judge panel has yet again confirmed that Franken won the election, Coleman has intimated he’ll take this to the Supreme Court. How pissed off are Minnesotans at this attitude?
I’m not sure that Minnesotans actually get pissed off.
every single one of them Minnesotoins are above average
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Actually, I believe it’s that the children are all above average, the women are strong and the men are all good looking. 
Honestly, we all stopped caring months ago. The only people still paying attention are those two, and maybe their moms.
Honestly, we all stopped caring months ago. The only people still paying attention are those two, and maybe their moms.
Add to that list my father-in-law, a former political reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Honestly, we all stopped caring months ago. The only people still paying attention are those two, and maybe their moms.
Still a very important race, because of what it does to the senate numbers. Given the penchant of Americans to vote for some balance of power in DC, I wonder what amount of the Franken voters would go pub if the election was today.
“I wonder what amount of the Franken voters would go pub if the election was today.”
It wouldn’t matter. Other than abortion they would vote the same.
“Could a Republican get elected dogcatcher in Minnesota?”
I imagine that some Republicans are asking themselves the same question right now, although they would give it a very different interpretation than you intended.
“Could a Republican get elected dogcatcher in Minnesota?”
I imagine that some Republicans are asking themselves the same question right now, although they would give it a very different interpretation than you intended.
You mean “could we arrange to get a particular Republican elected dogcatcher?”
Minnesota’s a funny state. Up until this last March 31st, when I left Northwest Airlines, I had to fly to our headquarters in MSP several times a week. I spent one stretch of 8 months straight, living out of a suitcase at a really nice Crowne Plaza, living it up like an AIG executive does after getting some fat TARP cash, and I had a chance to get to know and love our lutefisk-eating brethren up there in “uffdah” land. I don’t think they’re anywhere as near to being as liberal as an Al Franken, but they’re also not too fond of anybody telling them they need to line up behind that Dem-cum-Republican, Norm Coleman. Really, I think they voted for Franken because they knew it’d cause a mini-shitstorm in the rest of ‘flyover country.’
There are, of course, more than a few ultra-foolish, I mean…“ultra-liberal” parts of the state. After all, anyplace that puts somebody like Keith “I’m more hardcore than Malcolm-X” Ellison into the Congress has to have more than its fair share of shabby-gentile, faded tweed jacket-wearing college professor-types running around. But I also know there’s some really dyed-in-the-wool hardcore flag-saluting “kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out” areas up dere 
The area around Camp Ripley, where I used to go occasionally for cold weather training when I was on active duty, had a few of those mountain man types driving their big pickups here-and-there.
Really, who cares if a know-it-all simpleton like Franken makes it into the Senate? The place is already a joke, anyway. And he and his tired gags may actually make it an even more interesting joke, at the least.
T.
Good news - Franken won!
Bad new - Franken won!
Really, who cares if a know-it-all simpleton like Franken makes it into the Senate? The place is already a joke, anyway. And he and his tired gags may actually make it an even more interesting joke, at the least.
That “simpleton” graduated cum laude from Harvard with a BA in political science.
That “simpleton” managed to win three Emmy awards for his writing for SNL.
That “simpleton” managed to raise two children: one graduated from Harvard and is teaching in a Bronx public elementary school; the other graduated from Princeton with a Mech. Eng. degree.
According to Wikipedia, that “simpleton” received the USO’s Merit award for his 10 years of working with service members.
And I’m willing to be that “simpleton” would kick your ass in a one-on-one fight. Physical or verbal.
BarryP is going to be impressed with that resume.
Franken, a great American!
That “simpleton” graduated cum laude from Harvard with a BA in political science.
That “simpleton” managed to win three Emmy awards for his writing for SNL.
That “simpleton” managed to raise two children: one graduated from Harvard and is teaching in a Bronx public elementary school; the other graduated from Princeton with a Mech. Eng. degree.
According to Wikipedia, that “simpleton” received the USO’s Merit award for his 10 years of working with service members.
And I’m willing to be that “simpleton” would kick your ass in a one-on-one fight. Physical or verbal.
You seem to be one easily impressed with a liberal’s crendentials. Jeez, Dubya went to Harvard and Yale. Is he a “simpleton?” By your lights he shouldn’t be. And Franken acts like somebody who’s simple. Now, maybe that’s his shtick, but it got old many years ago and he just doesn’t seem to get it. I applaud him for being a good citizen and supporting the efforts of the troops who keep you safe and allow you to have the time to swoon over his Stuart Smalley gag. Good for him and for you. But simple is as simple does, to paraphrase that paragon of intelligence, Mr. Gump.
And he’d lose in a fight; especially when it comes to the physical kind, Ken. That’s a dead certainty, and I’m one who’s been in more than a few of them and knows my way around the use of a bare fist.
T.
That “simpleton” graduated cum laude from Harvard with a BA in political science.
That “simpleton” managed to win three Emmy awards for his writing for SNL.
That “simpleton” managed to raise two children: one graduated from Harvard and is teaching in a Bronx public elementary school; the other graduated from Princeton with a Mech. Eng. degree.
According to Wikipedia, that “simpleton” received the USO’s Merit award for his 10 years of working with service members.
And I’m willing to be that “simpleton” would kick your ass in a one-on-one fight. Physical or verbal.
You seem to be one easily impressed with a liberal’s crendentials. Jeez, Dubya went to Harvard and Yale. Is he a “simpleton?”
Yes, graduating cum laude from Harvard is just like going to Harvard and Yale because (and only because) of who your father is. You left out the pink font or your usual emoticon, Tony.
I didn’t use an emoticon, Ken. In my opinion, Franken is a goof, and one who didn’t have the wits about him to even ensure a very basic aspect of any business – the paying of taxes – was done properly. Now, why would you think his cum laude from Harvard necessarily negates this blot on what you think is a sufficient qualification for public office? Because his ideas for society comport with yours? That’s fine with me. Just don’t try to tell me that he’s somehow *better *qualified than anybody else when so far he’s proven that he isn’t.
T.
Now, why would you think his cum laude from Harvard necessarily negates this blot on what you think is a sufficient qualification for public office? Because his ideas for society comport with yours? That’s fine with me. Just don’t try to tell me that he’s somehow *better *qualified than anybody else when so far he’s proven that he isn’t.
None of which remotely resembles what I said. You called him a simpleton, which he clearly is not. Now you change your argument. Nice.
Minnesota’s attitude toward republicans should not be based on Norm Coleman. He never has been all that popular here.
I think he is mentally ill but that’s just my take.