Comments on: Coleman appeal to U.S. Supreme Court would find Bush v. Gore foe in Souter

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:34:41 +0000

Republicans are threatening to filibuster anyone who Obama nominates to the Supreme Court. So Democrats need Al Franken as the 60th vote in order for Obama’s nominee to be confirmed. Souter is gonna remain on the court until his successor is confirmed. I gotta say I laugh at how these Republicans keep pushing Norm Coleman. Yet in 2000 they called on Al Gore to concede. For Example Mitch McConnell the Senate Minority Leader said Three weeks into the Florida Recount “Enough is Enough” “It is time for the Vice-President to be a statesman and concede to Governor Bush.” “There is a responsibility for the loser to lose with grace” “When does the interest of the Campaign end and the interest of the country begin?” All those quotes and he doesn’t recall them? and he is not saying any of those things about Norm Coleman and is already talking about a federal appeal. Jon Kyl the Senate Minority Whip has also been pushing for a federal appeal. Yet in 2000 he said that Gore was trying to drag out presidency, which he didn’t do. Yet Norm Coleman is dragging out this empty senate seat and he keeps pushing that. And of course there is Norm Coleman himself. Not about the 2000 presidential election but about this senate election when he was leading by just 215 votes he said that there was too much at stake for a recount and said that if he were in Al Franken’s shoes he would step back which he should have done a long time ago. He said he would accept the state canvassing board’s decision until they ruled in Al Franken’s favor and he said the same thing about the three judge panel until they ruled in Al Franken’s favor. With all this, Talk about saying one thing and then saying another.

By: f. sands

f. sands — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:03:41 +0000

Thank you Chris Steller for the insight that every American should be aware of.

Fred

By: mill

mill — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:05:24 +0000

Mr. Souter will still be on the bench if Mr. Coleman appeals to the SCOTUS before Fall. If he appeals after that there will be a President Obama appointee … and many prospective appointees – from across the political spectrum will hold strong reservations about Bush v. Gore and related “activist” interventions by the SCOTUS in the 2000 presidential election.

By: Keith Kuckler

Keith Kuckler — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:41:52 +0000

Now I get it, Coleman’s right-wing backers, are pushing him to pursue his case all the way to the US supreme court. Why? They want to use the current conservative majority to validate Bush v. Gore. It is part of their attempt to sabotage the election system. If in their wildest dreams, they were to be sucessful, every close election would be litigated is just the same way as Coleman’s. We all know that no election is absolutely perfect, there is always going to be a chance for some human error, or, difference in judgement. The right wants the ability to use this to challenge any election they do not win.

By: Dave Porter

Dave Porter — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:59:30 +0000

And don’t we all look forward to an open and straightforward discussion of Bush v. Gore by a Judiciary Committee chaired by a Democrat?

A discussion that just might open the doors to all manner of issues that BushCo would rather
see left in the dark?