Comments on: Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg: We’ll lose this round

By: Jeffery Gauss

Jeffery Gauss — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:57:25 +0000

Give it up Norm, before you screw any chance to get elected to public office again!

By: Arnie

Arnie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:25:13 +0000

Might I correct the previous commenter? Coleman WON the first vote! Franken lost! Just thought this site could use a little truth for once. Thank you.

By: Analiese’s Reading 3/24 | Quiche Moraine

Analiese’s Reading 3/24 | Quiche Moraine — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:40:33 +0000

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By: jerry p

jerry p — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:43:36 +0000

These GOPhers just keep going down their tunnels and coming up with more crooked deals. They’ve lost, then lost again, and now, yet again. But back down they go, searching their larder for more poison to try to stop the fair and final election count. They’ll choke on it themselves. But not before taking their stench to the State Supreme Court, and beyond. Their goal: keep the seat empty.

By: EK

EK — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:41:52 +0000

The extended delay in the resolution of this election is bought and paid for by the national GOP. This has very little to do with Minnesota’s so-called “IR” (Irritated Repiglicans) party.

Coleman has assumed the role of Lamb Chop and the National GOP is Shari Lewis. They have their hand up his backside and are calling the shots. Coleman will lose before the three-judge panel and will lose again in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court. But this is not about “fairness” or “the integrity of the franchise” or “seeing that every vote is counted”. It’s about repubs desperately trying to slow down the tide of change that was mandated nationwide as a result of the November elections. And it isn’t going to work.

By: Norm Coleman’s Lawyer In Truth-Telling Outrage [Politics] « All Hell Hollywood

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:49:50 +0000

[...] Soon-to-be-former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has some of the best lawyers dirty money can buy. And one of them just basically admitted that his current strategy is “tie this election up in court forever.” [...]

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:59:10 +0000

Of course Friedberg’s setting this up for the appeal. He’s trying to create, out of thin air, grounds for some sort of equal-protection case by sliming the hardworking people on Minnesota’s state, county and local elections boards. However, he can’t be quite as mendacious about it as is Bogus Ben Ginsberg, because he’s actually representing Norm in court.

The one thing that Friedberg can’t get around: Minnesota state law, as the Election Contest Court has stated in their rulings so far in this case, considers absentee voting to be a privilege and not a right. That means that there is no possible violation of the equal-protection clause because it simply doesn’t apply here. The Coleman camp’s trying to use a statute from another state to trump this, but that particular statute is not relevant or applicable to the situation here and now.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:28:58 +0000

Friedberg keeps saying that we don’t and won’t know who “quote” got the most votes. That may be true for him, but for everyone else it’s pretty clear that Franken got the most votes. Had Friedberg made a better effort to “prove” more of his debatable absentee ballots, Coleman might have increased his total count by more that the 6 or so that will be added to his total via Friedberg plus however many of the absentees that put their registration cards inside the secrecy envelopes that will be votes for him. Coleman will still be behind because, although this was a very close vote, he is still the loser. It’s a sad lesson every child learns: sometimes you lose and it’s better if you do it with some degree of grace.