which is another reason we need the fairness doctrine On Dec 27, 7:10 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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