cant find shit on his election

but if he wins, his opponent lost to a pro wrestler and an SNL writer.

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coleman is up about 53 thousand votes with about 30% left to be tallied up.

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shit. franken just pulled within 6k. 20% left. I think it will shift his way for a narrow win.

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Wowww I have been watching this one, refreshing the screen every two minutes for the last hour or so, and I gotta say... it's more intense than the Texas vs. Texas Tech game. 20% of the returns yet to be counted in Hennepin County (which includes Minneapolis). I'm staying up for this one :shock:

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Minnesota=Fail.

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[quote=88Mariner;672374]Minnesota=Fail.[/quote]

???

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dude. minnesota politics is like dancing with b-list stars.

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Oh, gotcha. Indeed. I didn't understand. Franken is the man though, I love that guy. Unfortunately, it looks like he's getting "Nadered" by Dean Barkley. Such a shame...

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Franken is the MAN? are you kidding me? fuck it, that state deserves him.

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I listened to his radio show almost daily for two years. He is one of the fairest, and most honest men in politics. He's been on the right side of every issue, and I would have loved to see his influence in the senate.

Can you list any reasons I shouldn't feel this way?

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[URL="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/bios/#972"]Coleman [SIZE=1]COLOR=#949494[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] 1,046,127 [B]42%[/B][URL="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/bios/#59608"]Franken[/URL] 1,045,841 [B]42%[/B][URL="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/bios/#59679"]Barkley[/URL] 378,481 [B]15%[/B]

with 88% of precincts reporting

damn this is a tight one.

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if you think he's been on the right side of every issue, what purpose would it serve to outline why Franken is a horrible choice?

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Wow, the margin is down to 500, with 89% reporting. Huge jump in the last 5 minutes, the last time I refreshed, margin was around 9,000!

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[quote=88Mariner;672391]if you think he's been on the right side of every issue, what purpose would it serve to outline why Franken is a horrible choice?[/quote]

Well, I was talking mainly about the large, controversial ones of the Bush presidency, such as Iraq, fear-mongering, constitutional violations, recognizing global warming, V.A hospitals, many which have already been partially judged by history.

I'm an open minded person, I assure you that if you bring something to my attention that I'm unaware of, I will recognize it and not try to side-step or dance around it. So if you have any reason I should let go of my nonsexual man-crush on the guy, please, let me hear it.

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Holy shit, the margin is 78 votes in favor of coleman with 93% in

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Well, the two counties with the largest amount of untallied votes are heavily democratic, so I'm still hoping...

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Franken up by 2200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D

2% left to be tallied, but they are heavily blue counties!!!!!!!!!!!

I swear, I'm almost more excited about this than Obama. Probably because I was quite sure about Obama, but the polls on this one were back and forth for the last couple of months...

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[quote=88Mariner;672368]shit. franken just pulled within 6k. 20% left. I think it will shift his way for a narrow win.[/quote]

With 99% reporting, and Franken up 1100, I think you may have called it!

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Coleman is up again by less than a 1000

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facepalm

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No, he lost by 762 votes. Goes to show each vote counts.

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Big bump for this one

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i cant believe franken won. we dont need someone like this in our government. really bad times ahead for us.

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its great that he won. who do we need? more corrupt republicans? or white guys in suits who pretend to work hard for 'the people' while they put the money in their pockets?

al is a great choice. have you read his book?

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[quote=speciale;694243]i cant believe franken won. we dont need someone like this in our government. really bad times ahead for us.[/quote]

yes, a stoner comedian is now the leader of a state.
on the funny side, coleman has now lost to an SNL alum and a WWF alum.

but yeah, something truly distrubing that this is happening. maybe the 2012 prophecy is true in the end.

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but why is it so bad? why are you all so fucking pessimistic? what if he does good and is able to change minds and actually do something as a senator.

did you read his book?

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[quote=chloe harris;694403]but why is it so bad? why are you all so fucking pessimistic? what if he does good and is able to change minds and actually do something as a senator.

did you read his book?[/quote]

the guy is evil and a twit. he is an ass

[IMG]http://www.frankenidiot.com/images/al_franken_bunny_web.jpg[/IMG]

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i dont like it for the reasons of the current climate in america.

he has a backround of writing stoner jokes and bitching about the uber right. his book is meant to be a semblence of humor.

i want the right people in office, not barak, not mccain, not this twat.

i want people with backrounds in fiscal management, social policy execution, science where applicable.

the country needs to be handed over to the accountant and scientists for awhile. not leftist morons who get the backing of people who cant afford a home or insurance. there is a reason we are where we are right now.