Apparently, history is repeating itself, which is always bad. Blowhard Al Franken, who lost to Norm Coleman on Election Night, is refusing to concede the election. Al Franken, a terrible comedian, may just slide to victory over semi-RINO Norm Coleman. As a hard core Republican, I am no fan of Coleman, as his voting record is not conservative enough. However, I would be appalled at anyone who would let the Far Left, completely unqualified Al Franken into the Senate. Franken has not held political office, he’s little more than a filthy satirist and comedian, and isn’t a particularly intelligent person. Not only that, he’s a tax dodger, which should immediately disqualify him from office, and qualify him for the death penalty. As someone who has never held political office before, you can bet that Al Franken will receive a lot of support from snooty, gasbag liberals.
Now, this race has been far from decided. However, we can harbor a safe bet on what each candidate will have to do in order to get elected: Al Franken will have to get previously rejected ballots to be counted, while Norm Coleman should stop the recount of these ballots. If America has learned anything from Bush v Gore, then we should learn that these previously rejected ballots, specifically the ‘fifth pile’ ballots, should not be counted. Specifically, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that individuals cannot have their votes disparaged by “later arbitrary and disparate treatement”. Since different counties are using different methods to count these ballots (which is the argument put forth by the Coleman campaign), counting them under the jurisdiction of the Canvassing Board (which does not have the authority to count such ballots) would violate this Equal Protection Clause. Al Gore tried to violate the Equal Protection Clause in Florida; as such, his case was rendered invalid.
Via the Minneapolis Star Tribune, we can see an example of a ballot that Franken is challenging:
Yep, sure looks like a vote for Al Franken!
Remember, this is a man who said that he wanted to be Hitler, has held public office for 0d, 0h, 0m, and 0s, is a far-left tax dodger, and is such a jackass that he is willing to challenge votes that are obviously votes for Norm Coleman. If Minnesota has any dignity, they will all sign a petition demanding Al Franken to concede the election. Perhaps, as would be befitting of Al Franken, the Minnesota people will also demand that Al Franken be executed. The Jewish people, I am certain, would be pleased to know that there was one less Hitler in our nation. In fact, the rest of us would, too.
Wow. So much vitriol, so much stupid. Objective Scrutator is the winningest.
By: James F. Elliott on December 19, 2008
at 1:11 pm
The little guy loves to dole out his executions, doesn’t he, James?
By: Ian on December 20, 2008
at 10:20 am
Look at these stupid liberals! They would be happy with an inexperienced candidate that dodges his taxes and admires Hitler! (OS’s first link will take you to a video where he boasts about wishing he was Hitler, so this is not a Godwin’s Law.)
By: Pokey Minch on December 20, 2008
at 1:41 pm
“and admires Hitler!”
So we’re playing “Logical Fallacies”, eh? Alright then. That woman said she would be FDR. She must be a lesbian. Why would a woman choose to be a man? Also, do you see that jawline. I was suspicious from the start.
Execute her.
By: Ian on December 20, 2008
at 9:35 pm
Ann Coulter isn’t running for office, Ian. She shouldn’t be, either, as the Bible warns against such events.
“That woman said she would be FDR. She must be a lesbian. Why would a woman choose to be a man?”
Ann Coulter repents and atones for her sins, much like Jeff Gannon does.
“Also, do you see that jawline.”
Liberals should just admit they hate trannies, and join the forces of conservatives in keeping them out of our society.
“Execute her.”
If we could take down Al Franken and all the RINOs, I would not be adverse to doing so.
By: Pokey Minch on December 21, 2008
at 9:41 pm
You practice a strange type of Christianity, Mr. Minch. Are you in possession of Gospels the rest of us are not?
By: James F. Elliott on December 22, 2008
at 2:21 pm
Don’t try logic, Elliot! They’ll throw up a smokescreen involving some quotation from the Bible that will oddly reek of simple ignorance . . .
By: Ian on December 23, 2008
at 2:19 am
Al Franken never said he admired Hitler. It was at a forum where he was being interviewed along with ultra-right-wing commentator Ann Coulter. They were both asked if they could be anyone in history who would it be. Ann said she’d want to be FDR so she could NOT introduce the New Deal. Franken countered that he would like to be Hitler so that he could not introduce the Holocaust, World War II, etc.
He wasn’t saying he admired Hitler, he was making a joke at Coulter’s expense and pointing out how shallow and hateful she is. When presented with the theoretical possibility to change history she would choose to take away assistance from millions of Americans who have been helped in the past 60 years by the New Deal, whereas Franken basically said he would want to prevent one of the greatest atrocities in human history.
By: Kevin on January 5, 2009
at 11:46 pm
“Wow. So much vitriol, so much stupid. Objective Scrutator is the winningest.”
Why do you think Al Franken would make a good Senator?
“So we’re playing “Logical Fallacies”, eh? Alright then. That woman said she would be FDR. She must be a lesbian. Why would a woman choose to be a man?”
Your fallacy doesn’t really mean anything, as they’re discussing the ideas, not the gender. However, Ann does concern me with her eagerness to be FDR; after all, the New Deal wrecked our economy pretty hard.
“Ann Coulter isn’t running for office, Ian. She shouldn’t be, either, as the Bible warns against such events.”
Amen, Pokey. Ann has actively worked to keep women voting in the past, however, so we can trust her.
“Liberals should just admit they hate trannies, and join the forces of conservatives in keeping them out of our society.”
Although Ann Coulter isn’t a transsexual, this is true. Liberals often denigrate people by calling them homosexuals and transsexuals. In my mind, we should actively encourage these moonbats to use those words as slurs.
“You practice a strange type of Christianity, Mr. Minch.”
And you don’t practice a type at all. What’s your point?
“He wasn’t saying he admired Hitler, he was making a joke at Coulter’s expense and pointing out how shallow and hateful she is. When presented with the theoretical possibility to change history she would choose to take away assistance from millions of Americans who have been helped in the past 60 years by the New Deal, whereas Franken basically said he would want to prevent one of the greatest atrocities in human history.”
The New Deal has been pretty harmful to American society. Look at what’s happened to Social Security, for example. We’re paying money to people who won’t actually get it, just because they’re too stupid to invest or save their money. Other programs, such as the CCC, haven’t been as wasteful, but have cost us a large amount of money for doing absolutely nothing, as environmentalists are wont to do.
Hitler’s Holocaust, while horrific, does not harm America’s society today, while the New Deal still does. Thus, Ann Coulter ‘wins’!
By: Objective Scrutator on January 6, 2009
at 2:07 am
Looks like Al Franken won the recount. So much for all your rantings.
By: Elephant Bones on January 6, 2009
at 1:45 pm
“Looks like Al Franken won the recount.”
And are you happy about this?
“So much for all your rantings.”
Coleman’s still going to sue. This war isn’t lost yet.
By: Objective Scrutator on January 6, 2009
at 4:11 pm
“And are you happy about this?”
Quite. I enjoy Franken’s literature.
“Coleman’s still going to sue. This war isn’t lost yet.”
May as well be
By: Elephant Bones on January 6, 2009
at 4:19 pm