Senate leaders Reid and Cornyn clash over Franken’s future

Cornyn’s statement is predicated on the lie that there has been double counting of votes. It is ironic that Franken, who authored a book on “Lying Liars”, should be find his main opposition in the Senate from just one of that ilk.

Conryn has a lot of gall. Senator Klobuchar advocates seating whomever is elected – Conryn hyperventilates about Franken and vote double counting, implying his illegitimacy. Pretty creepy.

Most of us in Mn are quite chill with how it’s all going in recounting. Even if our choice loses. It’s been transparent, with independent judicial review, and a lot of high-integrity people involved. The two campaigns have monitored and challenged electoral officials vigorously and frequently. Problems start when people keep spinning one line or other, like double-counting, when they don’t like what the election officials decide about it.

Cornyn wouldn’t put this out without the approval of his caucus. He has to know this is a pack of lies (though given how many Republicans really believed China was drilling off the coast of Florida, I can’t be completely sure). The purpose is to undermine Franken’s legitimacy if he wins so they can make him ineffective as a senator and appear illegitimate if he runs for reelection. My guess is they’ll refuse to work with him if not seek to sabotage him by any means available. I hope other Republican senators are bigger than that.

It’s not a high hope.

The double counting of votes, implying that one ballot would be entered in the vote tally twice? Now Cornyn is implying that in a process supervised by lawyers hired by the Franken and Coleman campaigns the Franken lawyers are having their way with the Coleman lawyers like the winner in a prison rape situation. This charge makes the Republican caucus look bad for the following reasons either they are admitting that this is another Republican who hires incompetent people relative to the available market or they are outright lying. In the case of the latter it hylights the tendency of the Senate Republicans to come together and support a known lie.

As a public we need to remember such sick displays and regardless of party vote these liars out the moment they are up for re-election.

When you look at the landscape of this fight over the MN Senate seat it is pretty clear what the problem is. Big guns like Ginsberg, lawyer for Coleman, who also was the lead attorney in the Florida recount of 2000 is clear indication of how afraid they are of Al Franken. Franken has stated from the start that he will expose any corruption that has taken place.

Norm Coleman is under investigation, the litigation stems in the Texas courts and Cornyn is going wild because he is involved with the latest Ponzi schemer, Stanford and who knows what else.

Money for Coleman, Grams, Madia came from Ponzi schemer Stanford’s direction
By Chris Steller 2/21/09 8:37 PM

Three Minnesota politicians – none of them now in office – received
political donations from accused Ponzi schemer Sir Allen Stanford or his
staff. Stanford’s largest and most recent gift ($2,300) was to Democrat
Ashwin Madia, who tried unsuccessfully to succeed retiring Republican U.S.
Rep. Jim Ramstad last year. Former Sen. Rod Grams got $1,000 from Stanford
for his failed 2000 bid at re-election. And another former senator, Norm
Coleman, received $1,000 in 2006 from a top Stanford employee, Jay Comeaux,
who was then executive director at the Stanford Group Company. (He’s no
longer listed at the Web site for the firm, which is now in receivership.)

The breakdown of gifts to Minnesotans – two to Republicans, one to a
Democrat – is the inverse of how the $2.4 million that Stanford and his
employees donated to politicians and political action committees since 2000
was directed; two-thirds went to Democratic candidates and causes.

Stanford’s phony investment schemes are said to have left investors $8
billion poorer. Some politicians, including Sen. John Cornyn from Stanford’s
home state of Texas, say they’ll make donations to charity or to the
Stanford Group receiver in the amounts they received from Stanford.

Stanford – who goes by “Sir” after having been knighted by his adopted
country, Antigua – usually picked winners, but of the three Minnesotans,
Coleman is the only one who might hold office in the near future. And that’s
only if he wins his court battle to reverse the Minnesota State Canvassing
Board’s election recount in favor of his DFL challenger, Al Franken.

IT was reported that the investigation has been delayed until the election is decided. Now why would they do this…..Texas is calling the shots and the GOP has a stronghold on our state. Norm Coleman is dirty and the RNC/GOP knows it but there are many involved and they do not want to be exposed.

If Coleman really cared about the people of his state he would stop this legal nonsense. Remember he was the one who said that Franken should conceded when he thought he had won the race. Well, he should take his own advice and step down. Of course, mid terms are right around the corner and Coleman’s scandal and investigation helps the Democratic Party.

Cornyn wont win reelection in tx i know i live in tx,peole in tx hate cornyn why is he such a pest Feranken won and will be seated by Reid