Another defeat for republicans
@thegreatdebater (7316)
United States
June 30, 2009 4:58pm CST
It took way to long for it to happen, but finally the people of Minnesota have another senator. It will be good to see Al Franken finally in Washington after republicans try to win an election in the courts (you can't blame them, it worked for Bush). Do you think that the GOP will be hurt by their attempt to ignor the voters in Minnesota?
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@N4life (851)
• United States
30 Jun 09
Oh, they must be drinking the cool aid in Minnesota! No, wait it was Obama and his battallion of demons that rigged the election! Tomorrow the sky will fall I just know it! LOL...
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
30 Jun 09
Lord knows that the people of Minnesota could never have voted for someone who isn't a politican. These are the same people that voted a wrestler as governor, and have a history of hating politicans.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
30 Jun 09
Taskr, he might have been a mayor, but he didn't act like a politican. He didn't lie about the state of the Minnesota, he didn't make promises that he could never keep, and when he was done, he left politics and isn't going back. I should have said he isn't a normal politican
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@lelin1123 (15594)
• Puerto Rico
30 Jun 09
I'm so happy to hear that this has finally been decided. Hooray for Al Franken, he will get the job done like it should be fair at all times.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
1 Jul 09
Just a little history. Senator Coleman was declared the winner on election night. From that time forward there were ballots being found in trunks of cars and in back rooms. Vote tallies were not the same as on election night. As the votes were recounted and more ballots were found they were running 70% to 80% for Franken. Franken's lawyer also argued that the ballots for Franken should be given greater latitude because Senator Coleman supporters were better educated and used to filling out test forms and there fore more Franken were counted. The Secty. of State was a strong ACORN supporter and appointed the two conservative Supreme Court Justices to a recount panel and therefore were ineligible to review the case if it ever made it to the Supreme Court.
All Senator Coleman wanted was to have all the votes counted in the same way not each county deciding on a different standard.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
2 Jul 09
I can imagine how relieved the people of Minnesota must be to finally be fully represented. The GOP certainly hasn't had a very good week or so, have they? I think they knew they had to finally give up the fight because it WAS starting to hurt them in Minnesota. What else can go wrong for the GOP? They've had the Ensign and Sanford scandals, with the latter getting juicier by the second and now there's the renewed "family feud" over the new Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin. What else can happen to them...lol?
Annie
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
2 Jul 09
Annie, I agree that this has went on for way to long, and it is good that they have finally listened to the people. It is sad that this went on for as long as it did, but that should we expect for republicans.
When it comes to their scandals, I understand the defense of Ensign (even though he was a member of the promise keepers, and didn't keep his promise), but defending Sanford is just crazy. I couldn't imagine doing what he did to my family, and then to come out and say "he met his soul mate, but is TRYING to fall back in love with his wife" is just to much for me. If I told my wife this, I know I wouldn't have to worry about her being mad at me, she would be gone. But, this is politics, and that is just how this is.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
30 Jun 09
Stealthy, it has to do with who you are running against. In this election Franken was the lesser of two evils, the people of Minnesota were tired of Coleman, and they put him out of work. This is the American way. Now you know I felt after Bush was reelected.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
1 Jul 09
You really buy into this whole us vs them thing don't you?
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
1 Jul 09
Lil, I didn't really do it when I was younger, but the last 8 years showed the country how devided as we can be. And, this came from the man that said he was a uniter, not a divider. He did united the left to attack him, and the right to defend him, but I don't think that is what we had in mind.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
1 Jul 09
LIL, you are correct that the parties are only intersted in their own survival. We really do need another party in this country to stand up and go straight to the people. But, the only way you can do this is to take the money out of politics, and that will NEVER happen. A third party can't compete with the other two because of funds, the last real contender from another party was a man that had enough money to fund the campaign himself.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
1 Jul 09
My problem with the whole things is that I really feel the two parties are at war with each other and we the public are the ones who suffer for it. THey are too busy trying to score a point for "their" side and hurting the "other" side that they forget about actually representing the people of the state they represent. Both sides are guilty of it. They act like a bunch of kids fighting over a ball on a playground. They are suppost to professionals and they are anything but in their actions.
I am ticked off and completely done with both. Both sides are the problem. Or rather their obession with distroying the other party as their "primary" job responsibility is the problem. IT is all about their "party" and not about the people. Both need a HUGE wake up call.
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