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COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: COLEMAN WINS ANOTHER DEBATE, FOCUSES ON POSITIVE, UPLIFTING MESSAGE”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | October 11, 2008
GOLDEN VALLEY – Following his announcement to focus his advertisements on positive messages about his record, Senator Norm Coleman put forward a vision for the future rooted in hope and confidence.
“One of our most famous Minnesotans, Charles Lindberg, wrote a book about his solo flight across the Atlantic and he called it ‘We.’ Achieving great things is not about ‘me’ or ‘my ideas’ or ‘my party.’ It’s about bringing the great we together – dividing our burdens, multiplying our strengths. We need to come together to grow jobs. We need to come together to achieve universal access to health care. We need to come together to realize energy independence. That’s the Minnesota Way. That’s the American way. That’s the way that we’ve always done it,†said Senator Coleman.
“Abraham Lincoln said America was ‘the last, best hope of earth.’ He said it in a time of economic upheaval, political strife and a terrible Civil War. But he was right. And I still believe he’s be right today. The American spirit is more powerful than partisan politics. If you believe that hope can conquer fear. If you believe that light can overcome darkness. If you believe that America’s and Minnesota’s best days are still ahead, I challenge you to come together and make it happen. I ask you to stand with me, to give me your vote, and together we will make it happen.â€
Senator Coleman held firm to his positive, uplifting vision for a better future for Minnesota, and when presented the opportunity, clarified and corrected his opponents about his record and accomplishments.
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October 11th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Al Franken was the only candidate on that stage who can credibly say he will fight for middle class families. I liked that.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Coleman looked terrible in the debate… you can’t answer every question with “I don’t know the answer but we need to work in a bipartisan way to find the solution” and expect anyone to be inspired.. especially when your entire record lacks any bipartisanship (except for the obvious, getting bridge money)
October 11th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Notably, Barkley looked worse. Seriously, you can’t even name a Supreme Court justice?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Al Franken’s closing statement was powerful.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Think “Pierce Butler” Road and you can name a historic Supreme Court Justice.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Flipped channels to C-Span and caught it in the introductory statements. Didn’t know it was also live on KARE 11. Mostly slow and predictable, Barkley and Angry Al are both weak on “technicals”. Coleman should have do more with technical info.
October 12th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Al Franken was the only candidate on that stage who can credibly say…
…that “I know what it’s like to not pay my taxes. To write porn. To joke about rape. I know what it’s like to not pay workers comp and cheat on my taxes….”
That’s his “credibility”.
He sounded awful. Someone needed to hand him a Mountain Dew because he looked dead. There was nothing “powerful” about him except that he was looking powerfully inept, bored, inexperienced and lacking in any degree of credibility to say he’d be able to get anything done. In short, Dean Barkley should be the DFL candidate because he’s much better than Toxic Al.
Norm did very well. Compassion, experience – he looked Senatorial.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Dean Barkley is an honorable man, but I don’t know where he would get any committee assignments as an independent. Not affiliating with one of the 2 parties makes it difficult to effectively represent Minnesotans in the Senate.
Coleman looked sickly. Give me 3 times he worked in a bipartisan manner to get anything done in Washington.
My vote goes to Franken. He is well educated, well studied, and cares.
October 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Barkley beat the snot out of Coleman. If there was instant runoff voting, coleman would finish dead last.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am
He is well educated, well studied, and cares.
Oh brother. Every answer he gave last night showed he doesn’t know a thing about issues but spouts nothing but leftie bumper sticker non-sense. And the idea he cares about anything except himself, as witnessed by his lack of caring for his employees in not paying workers comp, not caring about the reputation of his accountant by not letting him speak, and not caring about his fellow Hot Air America employees since he took the cash while everyone else got nothing, demonstrates my point.
Toxic Al’s toast. When Dean Barkley cleans your clock, along with Norm showing his usual experience and compassion, the tired tax cheat’s going home.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Coleman’s toast.
Take a look at this, posted by a proud conservative in Eden Prairie:
http://williamgwood.home.comcast.net/~williamgwood/P9230001.JPG
October 12th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Yeah, Barkley verbally slapped Norm around last night. At least Barkley answered the questions, Norm was in full dodgeball mode last night. I think he is taking Cullen Sheehan’s press conference performance to a different level.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:33 am
WOW!!
The rsponses I read here contradict Michael’s thread headline! I will catch a repeat of the debate and decide for myself before I comment.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Thanks to Michael, we have a platform to tell the truth about this race. Al Franken will fight for middle class families.
October 12th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
You morons can’t even spell Charles Lingbergh’s name right. But nice choice for a hero Norm–a known racist and Nazi sympathizer. Kind of fits right in with the McSame-Failin campaign theme these days.
October 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
“Al Franken’s closing statement was powerful.”
Snnnk….yeah, I’m sure you were all goospimply and teary the propeller on your pointy little head was all spinny and stuff.
Heh…friggin’ moonbats crack me up.
Say, Hayduke? Suck it, assnozzle.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Hit a little too close to home, Swiftboatee?
October 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
If Sarah Palin and John McCain are indeed correct about looking at a person’s past to determine their future, then by their standards we should expect very little from Norm Coleman if he is somehow re-elected. Norm Coleman has not been a bad senator, just a non-descript one. His main achievement has been playing lapdog to the Bush/Cheney administration. Norm looked the other way while no-contract Republican connected contractors looted the American treasury in Iraq. Norm fought hard to secure torture as an instrument of American foreign policy.
He did help Sen. Amy Klobuchar secure money to replace the I-35W bridge and he refused to allow drilling in ANWR so he does have a couple of positive accomplishments, but that’s about it.
Norm Coleman keeps talking about bi-partisanship but the truth is, for Norm, that means he gets 90% or more and the other side gets 10% or less. That’s why his “bi-partisan” talk is just that – talk! Norm Coleman finds one Democrat (usually Sen. Liebermann) to support a Republican bill and that makes it bi-partisan. But when a Republican (oftentimes Sen. Hegel) crosses over to support a Democratic intiative, he calls it “just partisan politics as usual”.
Al Franken will be a much more forceful, thoughtful senator. We tried Norm Coleman on for size but his six years have proved a bad fit for Minnesota.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
SORRY ABOUT THE TYPO!
If Sarah Palin and John McCain are indeed correct about looking at a person’s past to determine their future, then by their standards we should expect very little from Norm Coleman if he is somehow re-elected. Norm Coleman has not been a bad senator, just a non-descript one. His main achievement has been playing lapdog to the Bush/Cheney administration. Norm looked the other way while no-bid, Republican connected, contractors looted the American treasury in Iraq. Norm fought hard to secure torture as an instrument of American foreign policy.
He did help Sen. Amy Klobuchar secure money to replace the I-35W bridge and he refused to allow drilling in ANWR so he does have a couple of positive accomplishments, but that’s about it.
Norm Coleman keeps talking about bi-partisanship but the truth is, for Norm, that means he gets 90% or more and the other side gets 10% or less. That’s why his “bi-partisan” talk is just that – talk! Norm Coleman finds one Democrat (usually Sen. Liebermann) to support a Republican bill and that makes it bi-partisan. But when a Republican (oftentimes Sen. Hegel) crosses over to support a Democratic intiative, he calls it “just partisan politics as usual”.
Al Franken will be a much more forceful, thoughtful senator. We tried Norm Coleman on for size but his six years have proved a bad fit for Minnesota.