Norm Coleman ...... F**k off, s'il vous plait.

[marmar]

from Firedoglake:



Franken-Coleman Update, 02/13/09 (PM Edition): Still Not Buying It
By: Phoenix Woman Friday February 13, 2009 7:40 pm 0


One day after one of the judges of the Election Contest Court made it clear that she wasn't buying the Coleman camp's arguments with regard to counting absentee ballots, the rest of the court weighs in.

Guess what? They're not buying it, either: They issued an order this afternoon that rejected 13 different categories of absentee ballots from being counted in the continuing court battle between Democrat Al Franken and former Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Coleman had wanted ballots in those categories to be counted; now they won't be. This immediately chops about 1,300 ballots out of the 4,797 ballots that Coleman wanted counted because he said that they were wrongly rejected the first and second times around.

What's more, the court concurred with Franken's team -- and with the previously-stated position of Team Coleman -- that statutes and previous court rulings clearly hold that absentee ballot voting is a privilege, not a right. Why is this important? Because as was discussed a couple of weeks ago, if absentee voting is a privilege instead of a right, then Norm Coleman's equal-protection claim -- the heart of his election contest -- is blown out of the water.

Even worse for Coleman, the ECC raised the burden of proof shouldered by the Coleman campaign in adding additional ballots: From here on out, Coleman attorneys must now prove that a ballot was actually legally cast, and not just that it was improperly rejected. This means that they must show evidence, among other things, that the voter did not submit an additional absentee ballot or arrive in person at the polling place on Election Day to vote. No more throwing ballots at the wall to see which ones stick.

Fingers crossed here, folks, but even with Norm's inevitable appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court -- which is his last stop, as he's not going to be able to appeal it to the Federal level -- this can only be dragged out for a few more weeks at the most. Al Franken could -- and likely will -- be seated in the Senate by St. Paddy's Day.


http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/franken-coleman-update-021309-pm-edition-still-not-buying-it/

[Horse with no Name]

1. If a Democrat was fighting THAT hard

the MSM would be ALL OVER HIM telling him he needed to step aside. The will of the people has been done.
However, I think they know they lost--they are just keeping him out of the Senate as long as humanly possible.
They are fucking parasites.
They don't give one shit about what it right...only about having it their way...always.:mad:

[Idealism]

2. Coleman needs to figure out this whole process is a fait accompli

Move on, windbag.

[dflprincess]

3. I'm sure Normie knows that and now he is following orders to do the only

thing he can to help the Republicans and their obstructionist platform.

No doubt he will be well rewarded when this is over.

[Idealism]

4. He already has a gig lined up

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=213&sid=1582058

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

5. The chances of Normie the Greaseweasel

returning to the Senate are two, and Slim just left town.