The Obama team needs to keep his myth alive so the press will not do its duty. The free press is our guarantee of an honest government. Unfortunately, most of the press has turned into quasi-celebrities who concentrate on their own popularity/ego.
On Dec 27, 5:49�am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > i am not sure what you are implying . > > On Dec 27, 6:18�am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Consider the amount of time it took the Obama transition team to get > > its act/lies together in the Blago affair, mike. > > > On Dec 27, 4:46 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > six years of open and honest government sounds pretty good to me . > > > > On Dec 27, 5:35 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Agreed. It's a better joke than Franken could have dreamed up. A six > > > > year joke ahead. > > > > > On Dec 26, 9:43 pm, kosmic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The running joke in mn is that the recount is not over until Franken > > > > > wins. And it's starting to look like he will win. What a joke on our > > > > > right to vote. > > > > > > On Dec 26, 7:27 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > oh you mean like when the family had the supreme court block the > > > > > > vote > > > > > > count in Florida and appointed G W president ? > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 8:24 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Republicand and conservatives do and will accept a defeat > > > > > > > grqciously unlike > > > > > > > the whiney, crying libtards who would moan, groan and piss around > > > > > > > forever if > > > > > > > they lose. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 6:56 AM, mike [never forget] 532 < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Potential Franken Victory Sends GOP into Paranoid Fits > > > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/115385/ > > > > > > > > When Republicans lawyer up, that's just preserving the sanctity > > > > > > > > of the > > > > > > > > vote; when Dems do it, they're 'stealing' ... something. The > > > > > > > > possible, > > > > > > > > perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent > > > > > > > > GOP > > > > > > > > officials into a paranoid tizzy. > > > > > > > > > In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National > > > > > > > > Lawyer > > > > > > > > Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of "working > > > > > > > > feverishingly [sic] to steal the Minnesota Senate election." > > > > > > > > > "As you may know, the precinct recount phase of the Minnesota > > > > > > > > Senate > > > > > > > > race was won by Sen. Norm Coleman on Election Day," reads the > > > > > > > > petition, signed by the group's executive director, Michael > > > > > > > > Thielen. > > > > > > > > "But Al Franken still won't concede. Instead, Franken raised > > > > > > > > millions > > > > > > > > of dollars from liberals in New York and Hollywood to fight a > > > > > > > > "legal" > > > > > > > > battle to undo the will of the voters. He even got the Minnesota > > > > > > > > Supreme Court to order canvassing boards to consider about 1600 > > > > > > > > previously rejected and questionable ballots. Now, Republican > > > > > > > > Norm > > > > > > > > Coleman has until December 31st to fight against Franken's > > > > > > > > liberal > > > > > > > > legal team to keep his Senate seat. RNLA and Norm Coleman are > > > > > > > > fighting > > > > > > > > for every vote -- literally!" > > > > > > > > > From there, the RNLA asks readers to donate money so that it can > > > > > > > > uphold the sanctity of the Minnesota election and prevent > > > > > > > > Franken from > > > > > > > > "stealing" the Senate seat. > > > > > > > > > For those following the recount closely, the letter is filled > > > > > > > > with a > > > > > > > > variety of obvious misinterpretations and inaccuracies. For > > > > > > > > instance, > > > > > > > > the RNLA gives the impression that during the canvassing > > > > > > > > process, > > > > > > > > officials "found errors favoring Franken so incredibly > > > > > > > > statistically > > > > > > > > improbable that statisticians are questioning the officials in > > > > > > > > these > > > > > > > > counties." It's not clear which statisticians the RNLA is > > > > > > > > referring > > > > > > > > to. But a study done by a Dartmouth professor actually > > > > > > > > predicted the > > > > > > > > very gains made by Franken. > > > > > > > > > RNLA then says that "during the recount an Election Official > > > > > > > > explained > > > > > > > > an error that resulted in Franken losing votes occurred when her > > > > > > > > precinct double-counted some votes on election night. But after > > > > > > > > pressure from Democrats made the official change her story the > > > > > > > > [Secretary of State] Mark Ritchie led Canvassing Board decided > > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > that precinct only the recount did not count and would instead > > > > > > > > use the > > > > > > > > more favorable to Franken Election Day total." > > > > > > > > > In all likelihood the instance they are referring to involved > > > > > > > > the loss > > > > > > > > of a very specific envelope of ballots in a highly Democratic > > > > > > > > district. At first officials assumed they had simply counted > > > > > > > > those > > > > > > > > ballots twice on Election Day and could not match that vote > > > > > > > > total > > > > > > > > during the recount. Later, however, it became clear that > > > > > > > > ballots had > > > > > > > > been misplaced. And when they couldn't be relocated the state > > > > > > > > decided, > > > > > > > > as is permitted by law, to simply use the Election Day results > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > forgo the recount of that district. > > > > > > > > > The funniest bit, however, comes at the end of RNLA letter, in > > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > the group makes a plea to help Coleman match the money Franken > > > > > > > > has > > > > > > > > raised for their "legal battle." > > > > > > > > > "Since election day when it was clear Norm Coleman had won, Al > > > > > > > > Franken > > > > > > > > raised millions of dollars to continue his legal battle. We > > > > > > > > need to do > > > > > > > > the same for Norm Coleman." > > > > > > > > The Minnesota Republican, of course, is mired in an ethics > > > > > > > > scandal > > > > > > > > that could threaten his Senate seat should he win reelection. > > > > > > > > Franken > > > > > > > > is just lawyering up for the recount. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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