"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me!"

"People really like me up there in Minnesota!" -- Franken

The reason for the change? Exhausted county officials had accidentally entered 24 for Franken instead of 124 when the county's final votes were tallied at 5:25 Wednesday morning.

Uh huh fraud yeah sure Kerrin.

Oh gee, the shoe is on the other foot now. Going to be hilarious listening to Republicans whining about stolen elections for the next few years.

Why is it that each "correction" seems to favor Franken?

"Uh huh fraud yeah sure Kerrin."

The term "fraud" was used to describe the following:

Last night at around 7:30, a precinct in Mountain Iron, St. Louis County, mysteriously updated its vote total to add 100 new votes--all 100 for Barack Obama and Al Franken.

Mountain Iron uses optical scanning, so the Coleman campaign asked for a copy of the tape documenting the ballots cast on election night. St. Louis County responded by providing a tape that includes the newly-added 100 votes, and is dated November 2--the Sunday before the election. St. Louis County reportedly denies being able to produce the genuine tape from election night, even though Minnesota law, as I understand it, requires that tape to be signed by the election judges and publicly displayed.

In other words:
Translation:
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!
WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!WAH!

Boy! Before this is done-the service is gonna hafta build up the fleet.

Seems since the election-we're ALWAYS having to call the conservitard waaaaahhhhmmmmbulance.....

I don't think the dumbfuck Frank2.5 gets the fact that Franken is still losing.
What a dumb mother fucker.

tick, tock, tick, tock...the suspense continues...

Read before you speak.

#7 | Posted by JOE

Silly me to think that Kerrin was commenting on the article in the thread.

I guess if the dems in that state count enough times they will get it left.

"Silly me to think that Kerrin was commenting on the article in the thread."

No, "silly" of you not to read Kerrin's post, which contained the same information I gave you. And by "silly," I mean "stupid."

Oh gee, the shoe is on the other foot now. Going to be hilarious listening to Republicans whining about stolen elections for the next few years.

I don't think the dumbfuck Frank2.5 gets the fact that Franken is still losing.
What a dumb mother fucker.

#9 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2008-11-07 02:35 PM

Seems Frank isn't the only DMF. Of course everyone remembers the morons like said posters crying for proof of every vote. Now that is it available they seem to dummy up pretty quick.

#4 | Posted by 726

#5 | Posted by danni

Too funny !!

"Kerrin was commenting "???

I just posted a link and an article showing questionable date of election count .

Go Al. There's STILL a chance for 60, a chance to get something done, to fix the Bush atrocities without Repub filibusters and subsequent blame for Democrats. herm

Silly me to think that Kerrin was commenting on the article in the thread.

#11 | Posted by 726 at 2008-11-07 02:51 PM | Reply

Come on man. You know damn well you wouldn't let this lame excuse fly if it came from somebody other than yourself.

If you read the article, and you read her post, you'd know they were two different counties and two different circumstances.

You stepped in it, we all do. Just take it like a man and move on.

A HUNDRED VOTES?? CALL SCALIA!!!

The reason for the change? Exhausted county officials had accidentally entered 24 for Franken instead of 124 when the county's final votes were tallied at 5:25 Wednesday morning.
ROTFLMAO.

124 votes exausted them? hahaha

A HUNDRED VOTES here ...A HUNDRED VOTES there. Doesn't take much to steal an election when it is so close...for either party.
If Franken won straight up without the hanky panky...so be it.
Get that left wing agenda a going.

When do the Young Republicans start kicking in the doors of the election supervisor's office???

If I were a liberal democrat (and I'm not) and I wanted the dems to maintain control of congress (and I don't) .. I would be praying that Franken is defeated. He will be the Senate's version of ex-congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.. a huge embarrassment for the democratic party.. (except that McKinney is a more pleasant person)

Probably one of the few things that liberal democrats and I would agree on.

"He will be the Senate's version of ex-congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.. a huge embarrassment for the democratic party.."

What makes him any worse than Fred Thompson, Sonny Bono, or Fred Grandy, other than party affiliation?

He graduated from Harvard, had his own successful political talk show and is very knowledgable. I think he would be a fine Senator.

"What makes him any worse than Fred Thompson, Sonny Bono, or Fred Grandy"

Translation: I have no defense of Franken on the merits, so I'll deflect to Republican embarassments in the hope that people will forget we were talking about Franken.

Where's the Supreme Court when you need them. Complete assholes like Franken should be barred from public office.

What makes him any worse than Fred Thompson, Sonny Bono, or Fred Grandy, other than party affiliation

Thompson was admitted to the State Bar of Tennessee in 1967. At that time he shortened his first name from Freddie to Fred.[13] He worked as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 1972,[14] successfully prosecuting bank robberies and other cases.

Was minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal (19731974).

He accepted appointments as Special Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (19801981), Special Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee (1982), and Member of the Appellate Court Nominating Commission for the State of Tennessee (19851987).

Translation: I have no defense of Franken on the merits, so I'll deflect to Republican embarassments...

#25 | Posted by JOE

You are such a little twit. Number one - I didn't say those individuals were embarrassments. Number two - I was responding to an individual other than yourself who made an unsubstantiated accusation. I asked a legitimate question.

And wasn't it you just the other day trying to tell me I didn't have any right to respond to a post not directed at me?

#27 | Posted by crispee_oc

He also spent more time as a lobbyist than anything else.

"I didn't say those individuals were embarrassments"

Then why, in direct response to someone who called Franken an "embarassment," did you ask "what makes him any worse than Thompson, Bono, etc?" Doesn't that make them, at the very least, embarassments?

"wasn't it you just the other day trying to tell me I didn't have any right to respond to a post not directed at me?"

No.

#27 | Posted by crispee_oc

He also spent more time as a lobbyist than anything else.

#29 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue at 2008-11-07 03:43 PM

You asked about Thompson and didn't ask about the merits of Franken. Feel free to post all Frankens accomplishments and let's compare them to Freds first Senate election.

You forgot the best Congressman Ben Jones aka Cooter. I may be crazy but i ain't dumb crazy cooter i forgot the rest,

Larry

No.

#30 | Posted by JOE

Yeah, I think you did...

My post was directed to RVille who has said nothing about whether what he did was wrong. If you think what he did was wrong that's great - stay out of it then.

#46 | Posted by JOE

Feel free to post all Frankens accomplishments and let's compare them to Freds first Senate election.

#31 | Posted by crispee_oc

Franken is an accomplished writer, author, comedian, and political commentator (whether you like him or agree with him or not), as well as a cum laude graduate of Harvard.

I'm pretty sure the founding fathers intended Reps. and Senators to come from all walks of life, and didn't require that they be lawyers or career politicians.

Spud can haz run-off election now?

Woo Hoo!

Go Franken!

Was minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal.

Well-Fed Fred in his li'l red truck? The lobbyist schmuck? Yeah, he was minority council to the Senate Watergate commitee but it's also been long suspected that he was also Nixon's mole feeding reports about the commitees activities straight back to Tricky Dick.

Grandy? The original GOPher?

Sonny Bono? The cradle robber?

Joe was right, they are all "Republican embarassments".

Fact is, that Franken has the brains and the scruples to do the job wot needs doing.

Coleman may have the credentials to be able to do the job but his motivations and agenda are highly suspect.

Be Well.

San,
You asked the difference between Fred and Al. If it was simply a actor vs actor becoming a politician, then I pulled a Hymie (Get Smart) and took it literally.

I hope Big Al gets the nod. I really hope he does.

Seeing Barack get up was good but savouring the misery of the Right as they watch Mr Franken go to Washington will be particularly sweet.

MtD

What has Franken done in the political commentary arena that would make "accomplished" accurate? His show was a ratings bust, and so was the network.

Bill Maher is an accomplished political commentator.

Franken is the Dennis Miller of political commentators.

You asked the difference between Fred and Al.

#36 | Posted by crispee_oc

No, I asked why, in that poster's view, he would be worse than other legislators who came out of an entertainment background. I assumed that was his angle - that he though Franken's background was inappropriate.

Seeing Barack get up was good but savouring the misery of the Right as they watch Mr Franken go to Washington will be particularly sweet.

#37 | Posted by mattythedamned at 2008-11-07 03:55 PM | Reply

Unfortunately for limpwrists like you, Franken isn't going to Washington. You see, he is a few votes short.
Maybe we could send him to Ottawa eh?

"I assumed that was his angle - that he thought Franken's background was inappropriate."

So I was questioning whether the true difference was background or party affiliation.

101,
You need to update your DMF list since the #9 post.

Fact is, that Franken has the brains and the scruples to do the job wot needs doing.

we never know shit about someone's "scruples" until they are in office.

The only job wot needs doing in Mn. is keeping the Vikings off the charter boats.

I just love watching the lefties and righties arguing over 2 sides of the same coin.

"His show was a ratings bust, and so was the network."

His show did well and the network is still on though I know I've corrected people who claim they are off the air many times already. Some are slow learners I guess.

Al Franken doesn't owe any favors, he's honest in his patriotism, and would vote for what he perceives is best for America.

I can say that about few in congress.

His show did well and the network is still on though I know I've corrected people who claim they are off the air many times already. Some are slow learners I guess.

#47 | Posted by danni at 2008-11-07 04:21 PM | Reply

Danni's definition of a bust doesn't include bankruptcy, not including all of the other financial problems they've had. They only have to be on the air in order for them not to be a bust...

Danni, newsflash, a .1 rating nationally isn't good. Arbitron doesn't lie.

Why do you continually try and pretend you understand ratings?

101 they are still on and doing fine. I know that upsets you but take another pill and relax.
Franken will be fine too even if he doesn't win in Minn.

101 they are still on and doing fine. I know that upsets you but take another pill and relax.
Franken will be fine too even if he doesn't win in Minn.

#50 | Posted by danni at 2008-11-07 04:29 PM | Reply

Danni, Danni, Danni,
I know they are still on. I also know they aren't "doing fine" as you're pretending.

My comment that both Franken and Air America were a bust is true. He was getting.1 ratings nationally, and they couldn't opay their "talent" without money from a boys and girls club.
How you define Err America as anything other than a bust is a mystery.

Whether or not Err America is currently on air has no consequence to me or their 13 listeners.

His show did well and the network is still on....

How well? I thought it was struggling to keep the lights on.

Keep counting till he wins. That is the Democrat way.

Sirius left is light years ahead of Air America. Mark Thompson is better than 99% of radio hosts. He is a proud black man that calls out racism where he sees it.

236 or 537, the outcome is still the same.

funny how all the recounts lead to more votes for Democrats.

If the republicans didn't cheat the first time the recount would stay the same.

Why do you continually try and pretend you understand ratings?

Christ!! Add that to the list of things she pretends she understands.

If the Repubbers steal this one from Franken, they'll be successful in filibustering anything Obama does to repair the Bush damage. Then in 2010 they will blame Democrats. herm

"What's Happening In Minnesota?"

"Optical scan ballots are used nearly everywhere in Minnesota. The system is simple: once the polls close, absentee ballots are run through the machines with Republican and Democratic poll watchers both present. The machines are then locked down. The machine prints a tape that looks like a grocery store printout that summarizes the number of votes cast for each candidate in each race. At the same time, the totals are uploaded electronically, via a secure phone line connected to the box, to the county where the precinct is located; from there, they are reported to the Secretary of State. The tape showing the precinct's vote totals is signed by the precinct's election judge and is required to be publicly displayed."

"There is essentially no human input here. There is no room for new ballots to be "discovered," or for counting "errors" to be corrected. The process is electronic."

"the first apparent evidence of fraud. Last night at around 7:30, a precinct in Mountain Iron, St. Louis County, mysteriously updated its vote total to add 100 new votes--all 100 for Barack Obama and Al Franken."

"Mountain Iron uses optical scanning, so the Coleman campaign asked for a copy of the tape documenting the ballots cast on election night. St. Louis County responded by providing a tape that includes the newly-added 100 votes, and is dated November 2--the Sunday before the election. St. Louis County reportedly denies being able to produce the genuine tape from election night, even though Minnesota law, as I understand it, requires that tape to be signed by the election judges and publicly displayed."

Franken can't even crack good jokes as a comedian. What in the heck thinks he will be a good sentator?

Franken is going down faster than Chris Matthew's credibility.

To go through all of this, and end up losing by 200-300 votes out of 3 million has to fucking suck.

I don't care who you are.

Won't coleman be indicted soon anyway? He took bribes. I suppose pawlenty will appoint a retardican to his seat but maybe there'll be a special election....coleman can bunk with stevens in sandstone, they could run for cellblock senate

This is awesome. That D-bag Franken spends millions and campaigns like a maniac and then it all comes down to a loss of only a few hundred votes. This is going to absolutely torture him nightly. How great is that!

Why is it that each "correction" seems to favor Franken?

#6 | Posted by JOE at 2008-11-07 02:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Reality?

A HUNDRED VOTES here ...A HUNDRED VOTES there. Doesn't take much to steal an election when it is so close...for either party.

I don't recall any complaints when Republicans were winning the elections.

It's become apparent that you folks on the left have swapped positions, seemingly overnight, with those on the right.

I find it difficult to have sympathy for any republican who may have an election stolen from them after the last 8 years.

"This is going to absolutely torture him nightly. How great is that!"

Sort of like when your wife prefers time with the family german shepard rather than you Utastaff, right?

Furio,

No reason to get personal. Franken is a joke. Could you imagine looking at that comicly distorted face for 4 years? His absurd liberal policies? I just think it is great that he raised and spent all that money and put all that time and effort into a B.S. campaign and then come oh so close before losing. It's just awesome. Couldn't happen to a better guy.

Could you imagine looking at that comicly (sic) distorted face for 4 years?

Yet we're laughing at you because US Senators serve for six years, not four.

LOL

There's an automatic recount, by law. November 18th.

Nice graphic about what they'll look for during the recount.

Why is it that each "correction" seems to favor Franken?
#6 | Posted by JOE at 2008-11-07 02:16 PM

Up next, how the government blew up the World Trade Center.

I wish for Franken to lose just for insulting the folks in the Reagan admin.

ez--god loves franken--she told me that in a dream

Ah, the democrat party, stealing elections one vote at a time.

Why is it always a democratic county that turns in their vote totals at the very last with always just enough votes to win?

Why is it always a few hundred missing votes found for the democrat candidate by of course a democrat election official?

Democrats, "Corruption its not just for breakfast anymore."

OUCH!
UTASTAFF apparently takes civics from the same class as Sarah Palin!

UTASTAFF in 2012! Woot!

Takitez! Our main man!

Has God apologized to you yet for leading you astray in the recent election?

Obama has failed to live up to his promise by not offering change: Rahm Emanuel is an old political hack and he doesn't represent change.

Obama committed his first gaffe by mistakenly attributing seances to Nancy Reagan when it was Hillary (the biased liberal media ignored to correct this). Shame on you for insulting a respected First Lady who is in health problem!

I hope he is not being vindictive!

TAKITEZ

PSST - Nancy Reagan sought the counsel of astrologers. Mediums, astrologers, what's the difference?

But, it's not going to take a medium or astrologer for them to find you.

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun !!!!!

Takitez must not have been around when Nancy Reagan declared that She received guidance from Elanour Roosevelt when She dabbled into spiritual mediums at the White House. One of the snide jokes Hillary told was when She declared She had a spiritual advisor but it wasn't anything like what Nancy Reagan did by "contacting" Elanour Roosevelt.

Larry

I have a real good question. Why do re-counts in a democratic controled state always swing toward the democratic canidate? The more times they count, the more it changes.

I have a real good question. Why do re-counts in a democratic controled state always swing toward the democratic canidate? The more times they count, the more it changes.

#80 | Posted by Sniper at 2008-11-08 11:02 AM | Reply

I don't know shit-for-brains. How did a recount favor a repube candidate in Fla. in 2000?

and I read that even with a recount....OR TWO>..it could still be taken to the house.....or would it be the senate....and if it were, we would see a real incite into just how much the dems are all about reaching across that aisle and all that......

but I still dont know why it would go there...even coleman wins by even one vote, isnt that enough

and of course franken has been screamig about irregularities all over minnesota...........no big surprise there.....

If the Repubbers steal this one from Franken, they'll be successful in filibustering anything Obama does to repair the Bush damage. Then in 2010 they will blame Democrats. herm

#58 | Posted by herm
------------------------
Very good Herm. Honesty I like it. Does this mean you guys are going to suck up to Liebermann and hope he votes your way? LOL.

Lonnie

I don't thinkt he polls were open on the Sunday before the election so those votes should not be counted. It's not voter suppresion when it's a illegal vote.

Lonnie

Hillbillydeluxe wrote,

"I don't know shit-for-brains. How did a recount favor a repube candidate in Fla. in 2000?"

Actually Gore picked up hundreds of votes during the recount of Florida in 2000 just not enough to steal the election but don't let the facts get in the way hillbilly.

"but I still dont know why it would go there...even coleman wins by even one vote, isnt that enough"

Just ask al gore and you'll get it.....wow the right is fucking dumb.....101 have u put urself on your list yet....you should claim notch one.

LM

Minnesota is a minature model of the US. Half of their population like half the US population are stone cold crazy. Any scumbag that would vote for the fag franken or obama either for that matter needs to be imprisoned and fed nothing for the first 5 years. That should cure their problem.

What a real American you must be, Mr. Eye.

Hillbillydeluxe wrote,

"I don't know shit-for-brains. How did a recount favor a repube candidate in Fla. in 2000?"

Actually Gore picked up hundreds of votes during the recount of Florida in 2000 just not enough to steal the election but don't let the facts get in the way hillbilly.

#85 | Posted by buzkiller

hil, are you going to answer my question with some truth or are you goint to resort to name calling?