Comments on: Franken campaign claims first lead in recount

By: B

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:14:27 +0000

I’m really confused by the process. If you go to the Minnesota SOS site where the official recount tabulation is:

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp)

You find that Franken is ahead by more than 10,0000 votes with 97.58 percent of all ballots counted. Why does Franken claim to be ahead by 22? Why do some say Coleman’s lead is larger than it was before the recount started? How does that work with the number at the SOS site? Not saying anyone is wrong, but how does all that make sense?

Thanks in advance if anyone knows.

By: Albatross

Albatross — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:43:17 +0000

A ‘22-vote’ lead is astonishingly close to the fivethirtyeight.com estimate of a 27 vote Franken victory. Well, it’s only astonishingly close if you insist on continuing to be astonished by the accuracy of fivethirtyeight.com It’s almost as if he uses MATH or something… P.S. Tess: yeah, you're an actual Democrat, like I'm an actual albatross...

By: Y.

Y. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:12:26 +0000

Given that Franken has lost 36 ballots in Minneapolis a few hours after this announcement, it would mean that by the Franken campaign’s count, they are down by 14. ( http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_11129187 ).

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:50 +0000

Marshll, tess, Gordy,

Thanks for the trolling! Either you guys want to get a rise out of people or you are hopeless dumbshits. Either way, enjoy being pissed off for several years to come.

tess:
Please, by all means, keep peddling the fake birth certificate canard, and ignore Bush ACTUALLY wrecking the constituion. Idiot.

gordy:
no one is ignoring the law, they are – get this – actually counting the actual votes. dumbass.

Marshall:
Texas is a dump and fools like you can have it.

tired of playing nice with you fools.

By: WayneSMT

WayneSMT — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:19:37 +0000

Marshall, you say the word taxes and my brain just hears clicking noises. That word taxes is from the old paradigm of America. When there are no consumers of stuff they don’t need and when there are no jobs to give people income to tax them on. There are no taxes. Most I have talked to have sustained such heavy losses that until they feel that the debt is squared between themselves and the governmental powers that be, they will pay no taxes, ever again. Can’t tax what people do not have. Maybe you need look under your Ten Gallon Stetson, Marshall, to see what is taking up all that space, cause you just don’t get it.

By: tess

tess — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:18:17 +0000

I am ashamed to tell anyone that I am a Democrat when I see how some of our party are acting.
AL FRANKEN is not very good polotically and to be truthful he is not too good a comediam.
In fact no one knows what he is good at because he hasn’t shown any good traits so far.

As for OBAMA.. six months ago I was all for the man. Today I am ashamed that he will not
allow anyone to see any part of his life. He had the gall to allow a FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE
TO STAY ON HIS WEBSITE AND SAY IT WAS THE REAL ONE! This takes a lot of nerve! He is
literally slapping me in the face for giving him my vote! He thinks he is better than all
the people in this great country. WHY SHOULD WE ALLOW HIM TO WRECEK OUR CONSTITUTION?

My kids and your kids will never know a GREAT COUNTRY LIKE AMERICA if we allow him to
continue and break all the rules that made the United States the envy of every other country.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:17:39 +0000

let every vote count.do not let colemen sneak in again like he did against mondale.i am glad for the recounts as this prioves that cplemen will do anything to win. franken is 100% better then colemen could ever nbe.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:07:19 +0000

Oooooh, a big scary Texan!
Keep lowering your taxes, and watch Texas continue to drop in education ratings.
Some things are more important than tax rates. I don’t see Texas beating out Minnesota anytime soon.

http://www.statestats.com/edrank.htm

By: Gordy

Gordy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:02:01 +0000

Ignore the law, keep counting until you win. Make up lies about being in the lead. If you can’t win, sue until you do win.
This man isn’t suitable material to be a Senator. He’s horrible at math *and* comedy.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:54 +0000

Republicans have no clue how to run a state or country for that matter. GO FRANKEN GO!