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MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA REQUESTS U.S.P.S. CONDUCT INQUIRY INTO FRANKEN CERTIFIED MAIL SCANDAL”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | May 27, 2008
St. Paul- Republican Party Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued a letter to the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service after it was revealed that Jason Gauthier, the former doorman of the New York home of Al Franken, denied that his name and signature is authentic on a receipt from certified mail sent to Franken in July of 2007. According to a published report at www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com , Gauthier says he did not sign for Franken’s certified mail of July 14, 2007.
“Someone may have fraudulently used this doorman’s name as a way to disguise their receipt of mail from the state of New York Workers’ Compensation Board. Furthermore, the signature that exists on this receipt raises serious questions as to the real identify of who accepted Franken’s mail. The seriousness of this matter, coupled with the implications surrounding it, demand immediate attention from both the U.S.P.S. and action on the part of Al Franken. If he knows who signed for this mail, and he knows why Jason Gauthier’s name is on it when it should not be, then he owes it to Minnesotans to come forward and explain the matter,†Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey said.
A copy of Chairman Carey’s letter is below:
May 27, 2008
Postmaster General John (Jack) E. Potter
United States Postal Service
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
Dear Postmaster General Potter,
It has come to my attention that certified mail that was sent to the New York home of Al Franken may have been fraudulently claimed and misdirected.
According to public documents from the state of New York Workers’ Compensation Board, Mr. Franken was sent via certified mail a notice informing him of a $25,000 fine for failing to pay his workers’ compensation premiums for his employees.
Mr. Franken has repeatedly denied ever seeing his mail on this matter, as well as not knowing that he was non-compliant or that the state of New York was attempting to find him.
In a certified mail receipt dated July 14, 2007, the printed name of “J. Gauthier,” followed by a signature, is clearly evident on the certified mail receipt. This would seem to confirm that the mail was indeed successfully delivered and put into the hands of the “J. Gauthier.”
However, according to a published report, the “J. Gauthier” is actually a Mr. Jason Gauthier, of Yonkers, New York. Mr. Gauthier served as a doorman at the New York home of Mr. Franken.
Mr. Gauthier, however, firmly denies that the name on the certified mail receipt — or the accompanying signature — belongs to him.
There is no reason to not accept Mr. Gauthier at his word and based upon a very rudimentary inspection of Mr. Gauthier’s handwriting and signature, there is no reason to believe that his signature and name — and that which exists on the certified mail receipt are indeed one and the same.
The implications of someone fraudulently placing someone else’s name on a certified mail certificate are, I imagine, quite severe. That is why your immediate attention is requested in this matter.
I am enclosing for your review documents which provide additional information concerning this matter.
Sincerely,
Ron Carey
Chairman, Republican Party of Minnesota
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May 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Does a week go by that MnGOP doesn’t send some whiny letter to some public agency to investigate a senate candidate? Can’t MnGOP do something to forward the discussion related to actual issues? Perhaps send a letter inquiring where my home value has disappeared to under the Bush administration? Perhaps a letter inquiring why so many people are uninsured in what should be the premiere representational democracy in the world? Perhaps asking why veterans are treated so poorly? How boomers will be able to retire?
I realize you consider this whole tax mess your best bet to win the senate election (that’s pretty sad by the way). But, perhaps you could at least make an effort to talk about issues that matter.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
PlymouthDem apparently believes that tax evasion, lies, and law breaking of a Democrat candidate aren’t “issues” for assessing his qualifications.
Speaking of home values: When did you buy your home? At what price? What improvements have you made? For what reason do you believe George Bush is responsible for your borrowing behavior?
Speaking of the uninsured… why is it my responsibility to pay for someone else’s insurance? Keep in mind, that it is only “insurance” we are talking about, and not “care” because everyone has access to care.
Regarding veterans and retirement… ask the fucking Democrats who use these people as political pawns, who stole their retirement income in the first place, and who never had any intention whatsoever to secure the sustainability of social security… a fucking stupid system that was broken from the very day socialist, FDR, crammed it down our throats.
You want to know about the issues? Look to the worthless Democrat bastards who have created ever single one of the messes this country finds its self it.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Has George Bush done enough? Hell no. He should have vetoed congressional and out of control spending. He should have dismantled Social Security. He should have demanded massive increases in domestic energy production, including drilling, nuclear and conservation efforts. He should never had signed Medicare drug benefit in to law. He should have cut taxes even farther, and made them permanent. He should have built the goddam fence, and he should have been more vocal about calling out Democrats for the lies, slander and treason they’ve committed in our struggle against Islamic Fascists.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Congrats to Chestnut today…for provoking Yoni into another spittle-invested, vulgarity-laced answer! When you have no arguement, proceed to name-calling (DFL playbook, #23)
May 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
This story is drivel.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
D,
so its ok to use expletives if you are talking about liberals, but not vice versa?
I don’t apologize though, I used vulgarity which should only be reserved for John McCain when talking about his wife.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
or i do apologize….. too worked up over here.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Al – busted!
May 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Yoni,
Yes. Democrats share culpability for IRAQ. Nearly all of them voted for it. Nearly all of them had the same information. So, yes, Democrats are also responsible for Iraq… and particularly all efforts to hamper America’s ability to win by supporting, comforting and emboldening our enemies.
The answer is yes.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Yoni,
Substantiate your oft-repeated lie about John McCain, or stop libeling that good man.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Honest question,
did president Bush by calling for democratic reforms embolden Hamas following their “democratic” victory of Fatah in 2006 as Rock out with your Barack out claims, I think so.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
If I were Ron Carey, and supervised the issuance of 5 years and 10 months of consecutively wrong FEC Financial Reports, the last thing I’d be doing is calling for an investigation.
Then again, I’m not republiCon Ron, and I’m not the one that’s responsible for 5 years and 10 months of consecutively wrong FEC Financial Reports.
Ron Carey has been totally and completely discredited.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Does that mean that there should be no investigation of fraud and tampering with regard to Al Franken’s mail? Or is that just a non-sequitor intended to change the subject?
Good to see you again Tommy.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
The Democrats, over the years, have made an art form of the practice of filing a complaint with a public agency as a way to attack an opponent.
Now the Republicans are finally getting in that game. About time, I say.
This may upset PlymouthDem, but where was he when the DFL in this state was and is using this tactic? Oh, that’s right, he was playing a song: “The Sounds of Silence.”
May 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Stonewall-
That isn’t even remotely true. Look at the filings at the MN Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure board. Nearly all of them are investigations of democrats, with the complaints filed by republicans. I would say they run 8-1 in this manner. And they also run 8-1 with rulings of groundless.
And what ever happened with the call for California to investigate Franken? Oh, that’s right, NOTHING. Ron isn’t interested in a debate on the issues, because he knows your side will get CREAMED on those. He simply distracts the party faithful with bogus investigations as a way of staying out of the fray while democrats continue to lead this state. The diverted attention bought with an investigation request helps hide the fact that his party is crumbing at the base and is devoid of any ideas on how to fix the many problems facing Minnesotans today.
I truly feel sorry for any person still calling themselves a republican today. You obviously inherited the trait from your parents, and failed to notice exactly when it was that the party stopped standing for anything other than wedge issues that excite 2 percent of the populous.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Boy Plymouth house prices haven’t gone up? I wonder why the value of the house I inherited has basically gone from $100,000 when I inherited it to almost $300,000 in a little over ten years (most of the gain was when Bush was President by the way) with no major improvements by me. Boy my property taxes have gone up. Want to blame Bush for that instead of the city of Minneapolis (controlled by Democrats) and by the Minneapolis School Board (controlled by Democrats). You just want to complain about President Bush on that phony issue.
And just curious since when is talking about a person who claimed they didn’t know that they hadn’t been paying their taxes worth investigation. In theory an argument can be made that Franken didn’t know. Somebody could be pretending to be this person signing for important packages and taking it. The problem for Franken was that there were multiple mailings some of them not certified which he should’ve seen.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
May 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Sorry Leroy but my parents were Democrats; back when the Democrats actually stood for something. Now you people put up the likes of Al Franken and Obama for public office. Who in thier right minds would vote for these people? They are way to far left for mainstream Americans. Al will lose, probably before the first vote is cast. Obama will lose because he is a socialist and the moderates will look at McCain as a more middle of the road kind of guy. Leroy get used to it, the Dems will not take the White House this year and they certainly won’t take the our US Senate set with your buddy Angry Al running.
May 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Why are the republicans afraid to run a campaign based on Norm Coleman’s record in the Senate?
Seems to me today’s Rassmussen poll is starting to show that the stratgy of letting Ron and Michael shovel filth is not working all that well.
But, when your record closely mirrors the most despised president in history, I guess desperation becomes your only friend.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Tommy,
Ron Carey did not “throw Colonel Repya under the bus.” Repya ran for party chair against Carey. Carey got more votes.
The same thing happened when Mary McEvoy ran for DFL party chair against Mike Erlandson. Erlandson won and went on to become party chair of the DFL. McEvoy lost and went on, sadly, to accompany Senator Paul Wellstone on his trip to northern Minnesota on that terrible day in 2002.
In either case, no one was thrown under a bus.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Once again, we have Brodkorb and Carey to thank for their efforts in the Senate race. Rasmussen results from last month had this race at 50-43 for Coleman. Results this month have the race at 47-45 Coleman.
Keep up the good work guys on getting the word out there about Franken! It’s Kennedy-Klobuchar deja vu.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
the one thing the dems have is consistency. their presidential and mn senate candidates consistently do not tell the truth. obama says he never hear his pastor while sitting in a pew for 20 years, his uncle helped liberate auschwitz despite the fact that the russians liberated (maybe obama is telling the truth in that his uncle was a marxist similar to him), that memorial day is to honor veterans rather than honor those that gave their lives, the u.s. has 58 states. seems to me that franken will fit in just fine with his inability to recognize the truth. franken may win the election, but has already lost his honor.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
And Norm Coleman, rather than lying, is being silent on his record, because in five and a half years the truth is he has done less for Minnesota than Dean Barkley did in five and a half weeks.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Good luck fitting this nonstory into a campaign mailer or 30-second tv spot, Mikey. The voters’ Give-a-Shit Meter is buried at 0.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Stonewall, this is what Carey said, a year ago:
When we ought to be working to unite our Party and win Minnesota in 2008, Joe Repya has apparently decided to further attempt to divide us by sending a letter with inaccurate information and over-the-top attacks.
Later, Carey says:
” I am saddened and troubled that Repya would feed the liberal hatred of Republicans at a time we should be coming together to prepare for the important 2008 elections. “
republiCon Ron ends his letter with:
Let’s work as a leadership team to put an end to Republican on Republican attacks that only benefit our DFL opponents.
If that’s not Carey tossin’ Colonel Repya under the bus, expecially in light of SEVENTY amended FEC reports, I don’t know what is.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Al’s got some ’splainin’ to do. Mail fraud is a very serious crime.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Say, dolt #1?
Joe Repya doesn’t need a stinking leftist nor a sniveling little fraud like you to do his talking for him.
Do yourself a favor and crawl back under your rock and polish your medals.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Go (cheney) yourself, ya lyin’ scrotum.
BTW – why did you post that picture, ya toe-tappin’ pervert?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
For me,all of this shows is that Franken is unknown, untested, and not trustworthy. The issues are complex, there are a thousand different perspectives. I work, I have small children, I can’t bone up on everything current. So I have to trust my elected representatives to look out for me, my family, MN interests, and a global awareness.
From my observance and brief interactions with Sen.Klobuchar and Sen.Coleman I am very comfortable with both. I wouldn’t mix it up. I like the balance and both are very responsive. (Coleman’s office better than Klobuchar, but she’s newer I suppose)
Be steady MN…. that’s who we are.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
You have to love the lack of class by the liberals on this blog. They make the conservatives look great in comparison. Keep up the good work Yoni and TommyJohnson!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Tess-
Say your choices were Mark Dayton or an unknown, untested outsider?
Would you go with Dayton, even though he was not doing all that good of a job, simply because he was experienced? I think not. Norm Coleman is Mark Dayton without the brain. He spent the first three years rubber stamping every Bush initiative, and the last two trying to distance himself by voting against the president on all non-consequential votes, while still supporting the primary planks of the Bush legacy. Norm Coleman shares Bush’s role in creating an unresolvable quagmire in the middle east, a tattered constitution, record deficits and a doozy of a recession.
And when you say you don’t have the time to do everything yourself, I assume this means you use what little free time you do have to study the various tax and business codes in place around the country rather than hiring accounting professionals to assist you with this work? Al Franken is also a busy guy. He hired people to advise him on business matters, and his advisers let him down. Faulty advice sounds eerily familiar to how we got into this war, if you ask me.
Norm Coleman has spent the last five years doing absolutely NOTHING for the state of Minnesota. In his term, he will have collected over a million dollars in salary, and yet when it comes time to say why people should vote for him, all he has is that he is not Al Franken.
Given the choice between a senator known for doing nothing and an unknown, I will choose the unknown.
Given a choice between a senator who, when tested, failed to deliver, and an untested candidate, I will choose the untested.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Leroy,
Bullshit.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Cash, ya ever see a liberal post a link to a picture, on this blog, of full-frontal nudity?
Swiftee did – full frontal, of a dude.
Yeah, Swiftee’s a boatload full o’ class – you go with that.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Chestnut-
If by bullshit, you are saying that you prefer to be represented by a proven failure, then I guess we will agree to disagree.
I like the promise of change over another six years of Norm Coleman’s patented total and utter failure.
He will certainly relearn this fall what he should have learned when he ran for governor. He bragged about how popular he had been as mayor in St. Paul. When he ran for governor, he didn’t carry a single St. Paul precinct.
Now, he is bragging about how great he has been as a U.S. Senator. I hope the people of Minnesota repeat the message, and fail to give him a single precinct statewide.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:45 am
By bullshit, I mean to say you are full of shit. Bullshit to be precise. Your post is absolute bullshit, in all regards.
May 28th, 2008 at 1:32 am
“You have to love the lack of class by the liberals on this blog.” Cash N. Carey
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Chestnut is NOT a liberal.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
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