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more about #normcoleman more comments → White Speed Receiver: Coming soon, from the state that brought you an alleged comedian as a United States Senator and 2 mouthbreating buffoons as United States Representati... more » unclevanya: I guess senators have come from stranger stuff than this: Be Good, Al! Don't blow it! more » I Love New Jersey: How can Al Franken be a former comedian if he was never funny in the first place? more » Lymed: "We have reached the point where further litigation would require us to argue that the Supreme Court was wrong in its decision to seat George W. Bush ... more » BadUncle: Al Franken: Thank you, Jane. Well, the "me" decade is almost over, and good riddance, and far as I'm concerned. The 70's were simply 10 years of peopl... more » dado: Minnesota, for it's next trick, will elect Crazy Cabbie to a public office. more » cohenj88: Why are you singling out Al Franken as a Jew? Is Norm Coleman somehow less Jewish? more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: since the dems control the country now, the next 4 years BETTER be productive because there'll be no blaming The GOP in 2012. get on your shit, donkeys! more » TedSez: Does this mean he'll finally let that frozen-orange-juice guy out of the gorilla cage? more » Perhaps Not: So THAT'S what a run-off is! more » lawyergay: There really is something unappealing about Al Franken. What is it? more » TheUptightMidwesterner: ..um Hubbard county also boasts Uff Da days and Muskie Days and has 11 lakes named Long Lake. Of course they will have a pig race with Norm and Al. more » ChillbearLatrigue: I know a lot of you New Yorkers don't follow pig racing, but Norm Coleman (piglet) is going to crush Al Franken (piglet) thereby ending your dreams of... more » HiredGoons: I think we can ALL agree... they both have ridiculous teeth. more » Nice Beaver: At least with Piglet Norm, they can kill and eat him if he loses. No appeals for you, Yummy Boy! more » -
#concessions
Minnesota's Long Statewide Nightmare Is Over
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) conceded to former comedian Al Franken (Jew-SNL) today after losing an appeal to Minnesota's Supreme Court in the months-long litigation surrounding their 2008 Senate race. The standoff is over, and democracy is restored to long-suffering Minnesotans. More » -
#minnesota
Midwestern State Determined To Embarrass Self
The Senate race between the loser and the unlikable comedian is still being decided by the Minnesota Supreme Court, but at Hubbard County's 4th of July party, they will race piglets named "Norm Coleman" and "Al Franken." -
#lawsuits
Norm Coleman Owes Al Franken A Lot of Money
Late this afternoon a Minnesota court ordered Norm Coleman to pay Al Franken close to $95,000 to compensate Franken for some of the legal costs he's incurred during Coleman's seemingly endless legal battle to win the Senate seat. [TPM] -
#money
Norm Coleman Apparently Paying His Lawyer Quite a Bit to Not Respond to Bloggers
So Norm Coleman would like to use campaign funds to pay legal bills in connection with that weird suit-buying oil exec scandal. Did you know that it's very expensive to not respond to media inquiries? More » -
#seriously
Oh, Come On
"Norm Coleman today proposed a more leisurely schedule for his election appeal than Al Franken wants, asking that oral arguments in the case be held no sooner than mid-May." [Strib] -
#elections
New York Times Discovers Political Unrest In Far-Off 'Minnesota'
Political reporter Adam Nagourney went to Minnesota to explain just what the hell is going on there to New York Times readers. It is a mess. More » -
#politics
Al Franken Probably Minnesota's Next Senator, But God Knows When
Al Franken won a key ruling from a three-judge panel in Minnesota, confining the election recount there to 400 absentee ballots and thus probably protecting Franken's 225-vote lead. More » -
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#minnesota
Coleman, Franken Will Battle Until the End of Days, Politico Reports
John Cornyn will throw a fit if Al Franken is seated before Norm Coleman's exhausted every possible legal recourse. And that could take years! According to Politico! And they never exaggerate! More » -
#scandal
More Bad News For Norm Coleman
So Nasser Kazeminy is this rich guy in Minnesota who owns an oil company in Texas. Now a former executive of that company is explaining, in court, how Kazeminy bribed soon-to-be-former Senator Norm Coleman. More » -
#politics
Norm Coleman's Lawyer In Truth-Telling Outrage
Soon-to-be-former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman has some of the best lawyers dirty money can buy. And one of them just basically admitted that his current strategy is "tie this election up in court forever." More » -
#follies
Norm Coleman Still Suing Al Franken, Forever
Say, whatever happened with that Norm Coleman/Rev. Al Franken thing? Well, Norm's political career is dying the death of a thousand judicial setbacks and yet refusing, oddly, to concede. More » -
#campaigns
Shocking Anti-Franken Ad Drops Three Months After Election Ended
The Minnesota GOP noticed that, hey, some Obama appointees were having tax problems. And then they remembered that last year, Al Franken had some tax problem, in California! So they made a YouTube. More » -
#politics
Al Franken Only Months of Legal Challenges Away From Proving Nate Silver Right
Al Franken was just certified the winner of the Minnesota Senate recount! Of course that race will still never ever be decided, Nate Silver be damned. More » -
#lizardpeople
Al Franken To Be Certified Winner In Senate Race
Opponent Norm Coleman is already promising a challenge, but as of Monday famed senator-impersonator Al Franken will be an official senate-election winner, per a Minnesota election board. More » -
#politics
Minnesota Election Official Casts Illegal Ballot, Lizard People Still In It to Win It
The Minnesota Senate race recount will never, ever end, and everyone in that cold and desolate state has obviously proven to be a complete buffoon. Let's meet one of those buffoons now! More » -
#defamerdecides2008
Al Franken Declares Al Franken Winner in Election Recount
Congratulations to U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, who has overcome his narrow Election Day deficit to claim victory in Minnesota over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. According to Al Franken. -
#democracy
Al Franken Looks Like A Winner Again
Despite losing the support of the Lizard People, comedic glasses-adjuster Al Franken has suddenly taken a lead in the perpetual Minnesota Senate race. This recount is exciting! More »
