Comments on: Franken-Coleman Recount Update, 12/18/08: Now You Know Why Norm Didn’t Want A Recount

By: RevBev

RevBev — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:14:15 +0000

I hope we move on from this topic…nothing new is being said.

By: doctordawg

doctordawg — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:28:53 +0000

Who knew The House and Senate were actually the House of Lords?

Kennedy has never won an election in her life. She is the daughter of a politician. Know what that qualifies her for in America? Nothing.

New Yorkers should be outraged at the thought of her being handed the keys to their state.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:02:26 +0000

Senators are appointed to fill a vacancy to the next election.

That means that it’s going to be the well-connected who are considered seriously for the seat. That’s just the nature of the beast. Caroline Kennedy is well-connected, so she’s going to get serious consideration for the seat.

Is it fair? Nope. Not a bit of it. But that’s how it is.

Billy Holiday put it well:

Them’s that got shall get,
Them’s that not shall lose.
So the Bible says,
But it still makes news.

By: adamm

adamm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:15:53 +0000

Look, I’m sure Kennedy is a bright, capable, compassionate woman. But one of the problems with our body politic is that citizens don’t have confidence in our institutions, and they believe the entire process is corrupt. So how does selecting the privileged child of a political dynasty, who went to Harvard undergrad and Columbia Law but never practiced a day in her life because she just didn’t need the money, make people respect the process more? New York is a HUGE state, and some of the most intelligent, capable people in the world live there. I want to see a merit-based process, and it’s simply not possible that the most qualified candidate is also JFK’s daughter. Let someone else have a try.

By: Larue

Larue — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:42:42 +0000

A voice of reason, good to hear it. Thanks for sharing.

The psychopathic patios babble wears me down anymore . . ;-)

By: Larue

Larue — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:38:55 +0000

I LOVE the smell of Franken Al Sense this time of year!! *G*

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:38:19 +0000

I watched a bit of the canvassing yesterday and today and found it both compelling and boring at the same time. There’s gotta be a German word for it! In any case it looks as if Al will end up with several hundred votes more than Norm. There remains a gambit about some ballots (@140) that Coleman argues are “double voted” absentees. But as pointed out by several of the folks on the board, “that’s a hypothesis” without substantial evidence. It’s entirely based on differences b/w the vote results and the actual ballots. It could just as easily be that some ballots were misplaced. Given that the vote results differ by odd numbers it seems more likely the latter. In any case, it would be impossible to identify the actual ballots involved. So they could be Coleman votes as Franken. In any case, although the number may seem large it’s likely that the actual votes, if recounted and then half subtracted from the total for that precinct, would net Coleman only a handful of votes. Both Coleman and Franken absentees would have been double counted.

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:26:17 +0000

I don’t think that Coleman wants to get into a pushing fight with Alan Page…it might permanently muss up his ~~stucco~~ hair.

By: DavidO

DavidO — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:52:56 +0000

That would be Alan Page and the Minnesota Vikings defense of the ’70s. I don’t know what kind of people Joe Lieberman eats.

By: Funnydiva2002

Funnydiva2002 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:33:03 +0000

the Holy eat purple people? Really?

FunnyD