Stuart Smalley wont hurt the Senate as it is a complete laughing stock now.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:52 AM, mike [never forget] 532 < [email protected]> wrote: > > Cornyn Indicates Senate GOP Will Resist Seating Al Franken > http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/cornyn_indica... > It now looks like the Senate GOP could end up trying to block the > seating of Al Franken, assuming he is declared the winner next week > in > the Minnesota recount. NRSC chairman John Cornyn put out a statement > accusing the Franken campaign of falsely declaring victory, and > denouncing the idea of provisionally seating him while the expected > legal dispute of the election is resolved: > > "Al Franken is falsely declaring victory based on an artificial lead > created on the back of the double counting of ballots. His campaign's > actions in the last several days on the issues of rejected absentee > ballots are creating additional chaos and disorder in the Minnesota > recount. Those actions, coupled with the recent comments by Senator > Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who suggests seating someone even if > there > is an election contest, are unprecedented. Minnesotans will not > accept > a recount in which some votes are counted twice, and I expect the > Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won > an election." > It needs to be pointed out that that there are multiple falsehoods in > this statement. First, the Franken campaign has not declared victory, > instead only expressing a very high degree of confidence that they > will win. The statement also blames Franken for "creating additional > chaos and disorder" on the issue of rejected absentee ballots, when > by > all appearances it's the Coleman campaign that is offering a cherry- > picked list of ballots they want counted. > > > And finally, Cornyn alleges that it is "unprecedented" to seat > someone > while an election is still being disputed. As recently as 2007, Rep. > Vern Buchanan (R-FL) was seated without prejudice by the majority- > Democratic House while his election was being contested, and in 1997 > the majority-Republican Senate provisionally seated Sen. Mary > Landrieu > (D-LA) after her GOP opponent alleged irregularities in her very > narrow win. > > > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
