Rush Limbaugh then upped the hyperbole by opining that Franken and the Democrats are somehow stealing the election. “We did not elect Al Franken,” he rumbled. “He stole the race. They are stealing the race up there blind in front of everybody’s nose.”

But the award for most delusional attack on the integrity of Minnesota’s recount process undoubtedly goes to Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. Writing at Newsmax, the duo forgo facts in favor of the intemperate use of exclamation points. “Watching Al Franken and the Democrats steal this election, vote by vote, is a horrific sight that makes a mockery of the electoral process, the fundamental element in our democracy,” they write. The column helpfully includes two links for enraged readers to make a donation to the Republican National Lawyers Association to help fund Coleman’s legal battles.

Joe Conason has a nice rundown of the madness over at Salon. He ends his column with some salient advice for those accusing Franken of magically rigging the recount results. “If they know of any evidence that would show he has stolen votes or violated any election statute, let them report it to the state law enforcement authorities,” Conason writes. “And if they don’t, perhaps they will at last have the decency to shut up.”