No Senate Certificate for Franken
How sad:
The Minnesota Supreme Court today decided that Democrat Al Franken has no right to an election certificate — which would pave the way for Franken to immediately join the U.S. Senate — before the end of Republican Norm Coleman’s court case.
“We conclude that neither state nor federal law requires issuance of a certificate of election before the election contest is completed; we deny the petition,” the Supreme Court wrote in a unanimous opinion released today.
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, a Democrat and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, have said that state law bars a Senate candidate from receiving an election certificate when there is a contested election.
What’s truly pathetic about the entire election affair in Minnesota – aside from the rather obvious strange things happening there – is that Franken was actually taken serious. The man’s a rude, impolite, uncivilized clown. Electing him into the U.S. Senate is idiotic.
Still, though, he may very well end up taking the seat.
Sometimes reality truly is pathetic.
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We also elected Jesse!! I’m proud to say I didn’t vote for either of them.
I suspect Franken appealed to the same demographic as Jesse… the young / rude bunch.
“What’s truly pathetic about the entire election affair in Minnesota – aside from the rather obvious strange things happening there – is that Franken was actually taken serious. The man’s a rude, impolite, uncivilized clown.”
Remind anyone of a very recent US president who was (apparently) elected to office not just once, but twice?