Comments on: SECRETARY OF STATE RITCHIE: CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE STATE TO CHANGE HIS MIND ON REJECTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS

By: Ronfromct

Ronfromct — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:11:18 +0000

Heres the question the rest of the country wants answered. Why is this election even close ? How can so many reasonable people from this great state vote for a lying, hate mongering, jackass like Franken.

By: walter hanson

walter hanson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:36:56 +0000

Danbrome:

As this posting and others have shown Al Franken is trying to get absteen ballots which were rejected to be counted! That issue should be resolved if Franken has the nerve with the courts.

What Franken has tried to do is get the canvassing board which as this posting has shown Ritchie has said they shouldn’t count, but apparently he’s switching his position. AKA help Franken steal the election.

You said the Twins don’t win games with a lead by 2 in the eighth inning. Part of the Twins game though is an umpire who is suppose to enforce rules which are known before the game in the first inning through the end of the game. What Ritchie is talking about is telling Norm Coleman you know those rules which you thought you were going to be playing with before the game started and in the third inning I’m changing them to help Al Franken.

Once again the fact that you can’t understand the rules and want Ritchie to properly enforce them is astonishing!

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:47:07 +0000

Let’s agree to play all 9 innings, OK? Do the Twins win the game if they lead by 2 in the 8th inning?

I know it’s gonna hurt when Mark Richie declares the winner of this race, but at least have the patience to let the system work.

Al Franken wants all valid votes to be counted. Why is that so hard to grasp?

Your ground rules are astonishing!

By: walter hanson

walter hanson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:23:52 +0000

danbrorne:

Coleman had the most votes on election!

Coleman had the most votes when all the counties checked their totals!

Coleman through 75% of the recount has the most votes!

The only way Franken can win is if he can find some way to make the votes for him or deny Coleman the votes.

In others words, “To steal the election!”

Your ignorance of what Franken is trying to do is astonishing!

The question is will Ritchie have the nerve to help Franken try to steal the election!

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:43:16 +0000

Walter:

Yeah, because the only was Franken could win is if the election is rigged or stolen.

Your ignorance is astonishing!

By: walter hanson

walter hanson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:04:36 +0000

Well the problem for Ritchie is that it’s becoming obvious that the recount won’t hand Franken a victory by itself. It looks like those voters were smart enough to get their votes properly counted for Franken. Ritchie now is going to show that he is true partisan Secretary of State in the worst way by doing something to help Franken win. Hopefully the other four members of the board will remember the law and their duty.

Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN

By: loris

loris — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:25:55 +0000

Actually, LeRoy, Ritchie has been fluently telling media outlets in interviews what his responsibilities aren’t. I’ve even started to wonder why we even have a Secretary of State, because all I hear him say is “That’s the counties job” or “My office isn’t involved in that” etc.

He’s walking a fine line here, and he’s going to fall off because he’s an incompetent baffoon.

By: Leroy Jenkins

Leroy Jenkins — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:25:01 +0000

Did I miss something? Has the job of secretary of state been shrunk to make his domain just an office in the State Office Building?

I swear, if he spent all his time in the office, you would complain that he is not out with the people often enough. And now that he is out overseeing the recount away from St. Paul, you take issue with that.

It is posts like this that continue to chip away at the credibility of the republican party.

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:30:05 +0000

I hate it when liberal powers get involved. I wish we could just hand everything over to some good old fashioned Republican conservatives who could fix everything.

Oh wait, we tried that already and got screwed over big time.

Nevermind!

By: danbrome

danbrome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:27:18 +0000

What troubles me is that Michael still refuses to admit he planted the Paulsen signs at Perkins in Maple Grove, 25 miles from headquarters.

Let’s keep our eye on the ball here.

By: loris

loris — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:55:13 +0000

He’s clearly taking his marching orders from the liberal powers that be in Washington DC, who have ordered that Franken win or else. If Franken loses, look for Ritchie to be thrown under the bus in 2010.

By: Maxus

Maxus — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:44:10 +0000

the law is the law. If state law says the rejected ballots cannot be recounted..so be it. The board..or Ritchie..or whoever..cannot go against state law.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:30:01 +0000

Ritchie is one member of the Canvassing Board. Aren’t you happy that he is deferring to the majority rule of the board? What is it about the makeup of the Canvassing Board that you do not trust them to be fair?; it seems that Ritchie is not making any decisions, but instead leaving decisions to the board.

Seems to me that all is proceeding in an orderly and timely fashion. I know how disappointing it is for you righties to see this happen. Most Minnesotans are reasonable people and come to reasonable decisions. The rightwingers on this board are wackos!