{"id":5436,"date":"2008-11-21T08:10:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2008-11-21T08:10:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:10:35","slug":"franken-not-funny-ha-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=5436","title":{"rendered":"Franken; not funny ha-ha"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning’s Wall Street Journal in their Review and Outlook<\/a> section chronicles the latest antics of Al Franken, arguably the least funny SNL alum from the 70s. Like most Democrats, Franken feels he deserves the Senate seat and so he’ll do his damnedest to steal it, if need be, despite the will of the voters;<\/p>\n

Minnesota this week began its official statewide recount, and Mr. Franken isn’t hanging on the outcome. Instead, he’s trying to conjure up enough other, previously disqualified, ballots to overturn Mr. Coleman’s 215-vote lead. The Democrat needs to invent votes because he knows it will be tough to win a normal recount. Minnesota uses optical scanning machines, which are far more accurate than the punchcard paper ballots of the 2000 Florida recount. Prior recounts in Minnesota have resulted in few vote changes.<\/p>\n

So off to court he goes, with Mr. Franken demanding that the state canvassing board delay certifying the initial election results. His campaign claims that absentee votes may have been wrongly rejected by election judges. Team Franken filed a lawsuit in Ramsey County (the state’s second largest, and an area Mr. Franken won decisively) demanding a list of these absentee voters, so that the Democrat can contact them, get them to declare their ex post facto preference, and, presto, he wins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, of course, this is Al Franken’s personality. We all can remember the countless times he’s bullied his way into the political discussion by making threatening gestures to his opponents. How he’s sunk to name calling as part of his reasoning discourse. His Jerry Springer antics make him the darling of the Far Left, but he’s a scourge on the rest of the country. Well, he’s bullying the Minnesota voters now – I hope they like it.<\/p>\n

Al Franken would no doubt be pleased to know that he’s probably the only person in the world whom I’d punch in the forehead before I shook his hand – an honor I haven’t bestowed even on Helen Thomas, Eleanor Clift, Henry Waxman or Charles Rangel (who’ve all shook my hand without getting a punch in the forehead).<\/p>\n

So let’s keep Al Franken out of Washington so I stay out of jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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