Posted by
Bryn T. Jones on Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:59:33 PM
Thanks to Minnesota Law, we may see a true theft of an election. This from the rabid liberals who derided George W. Bush as the Commander in Thief. Yet, Al Franken, no doubt, will not see the irony. He failed to win on election night, but thanks to a loser law, he has been able to stuff the ballot box from a unique vantage point--after finding out how many he needs to win. And so the contest began.
Against logic, Franken benefited from nearly all the contested ballots. He benefited from ballots being counted twice, for good measure. He fought, and won the right to get private voter information, destroying the purpose of the secret ballot. And while he's benefiting from his chicanery, given to him by a silly law requiring a recount, he has contested another law that prevents him from being seated until after Norm Coleman's suit is settled. In other words, he's only in favor of laws and votes that benefit him. And with his childishness, he has the gall to wag his finger at Coleman for contesting the shady results of the re-recount.
But with this cloud of corruption shading Minnesota's Senate race, conservatives need to realize that with every setback is an opportunity. If Coleman loses his lawsuit and Franken wins a seat in the Senate, conservatives will have his record until the next election, documentation of Franken's dementia and outbursts. And if they capitalize on that, he won't benefit from a single percentage point recount law.