Comments on: Those who don’t remember history…

By: scott

scott — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:57:43 +0000

Oh I have no problem with him challenging it in court. I don’t go around calling him a jerk for doing it. It, too, is part of the process. What I’m talking about instead are the conservative bloggers who are all whining that there was foul play at every turn. There wasn’t.

By: Shoebox

Shoebox — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:52:00 +0000

In reply to scott.

Dude,

If you think this recount was handled without prejudice, keep smoking what you got. There are numerous examples where similarly marked ballots were removed from votes for Coleman but included for votes for Franken. Not to mention the fact that if recount totals didn’t match vote night totals, the accepted count went to Franken’s advantage in every case.

Additionally, the suit that Coleman has filed is also provided for by Minnesota law, why can’t you accept that?

By: steveegg

steveegg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:21:48 +0000

In reply to scott.

That is rather open to interpretation:

– A significant number of ballots that had so much as a stray mark next to Franken’s name were counted for Franken regardless of the condition of the remainder of the ballot, while a significant number of ballots that had so much as a stray mark somewhere other than besides Coleman’s name in the Senate portion of the ballot were not counted for Coleman regardless of whether a clear mark was next to Coleman’s name.
– The court-ordered inclusion of the “improperly rejected” absentee ballots is incomplete, and most of those from heavy-Franken areas were included while most of those from heavy-Coleman areas were not.
– The treatment of differences between the number of ballots cast as of election night and the number of ballots that physically existed when the recount took place had only one constant – it favored Franken.

Now, would you have been one of the few Democratic Senators that refused to seat the unelected Durkin before the second election? Somehow I doubt it.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:01:21 +0000

Dude, the recount happened exactly as it was supposed to happen according to the laws of Minnesota. The result of that process is that Franken won. Why can you not accept this?