Archive for January, 2009
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009Congressman Keith Ellison and Congresswoman Betty McCollum took the strange, bizarre and downright reckless step of voting “present” in the U.S. House on Friday on a resolution supporting the right of Israel to defend itself as well as supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The amazing thing here is that both Ellison and McCollum, who are [...]
MDE MEDIA ALERT: THE O’REILLY FACTOR #2
Sunday, January 11th, 2009Here’s the video of me on the “The O’Reilly Factor” from Friday evening. I called the recount a “sham†and the process “flawed.â€
MY LAST NARN “THE FINAL WORD” WILL BE NEXT SATURDAY
Saturday, January 10th, 2009I announced on today’s radio show that next Saturday’s NARN “The Final Word” will be my last. My health is great, but for a variety of reasons, the time has come for me to do other things between 3-5 p.m. every Saturday. King will continue to have a show at the same time, but the [...]
NARN “THE FINAL WORD” TODAY FROM 3-5 P.M.
Saturday, January 10th, 2009I’ll be on the radio today for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Before you listen to King and me, make sure you listen to the first four hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can hear [...]
MDE MEDIA ALERT: THE O’REILLY FACTOR
Friday, January 9th, 2009Michael will be appearing on The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News at 7pm tonight to talk about Al Franken and the US Senate recount. Be sure to tune it, to steal a line from NBC, it will be must see tv! UPDATE (Michael): I called the recount a “sham” and the process “flawed.” I’ll have [...]
BRODKORB’S INVITATION
Friday, January 9th, 2009I spoke with Michael this morning and he told me that he has graciously extended an offer to representatives of the UpTake to appear on his radio show with King Banian tomorrow afternoon. As of this morning Michael has not heard back from anyone with the UpTake. Will representatives from the UpTake have the guts [...]
PORN-O-RAMA’S PAIN STILL LINGERS
Friday, January 9th, 2009I received this invitation to a fundraiser for Congresswoman Betty McCollum. One thing jumps out at me as I read the list of sponsors, who happen to be a who’s who of local Democrats. Al Franken is absent from the list, coincidence? I think not. Congresswoman McCollum rightfully brought up Franken’s lewd and disgusting past [...]
WSJ: “A TALE OF TWO WOULD-BE SENATORS”
Friday, January 9th, 2009Al Franken began this week a man loved. It didn’t matter he had produced material that ought to offend any liberal in good standing. It didn’t matter that, under Minnesota law, he can’t receive a certificate of election until Sen. Norm Coleman finishes his appeal, and so has no right to a seat. Mr. Franken [...]
ST. CLOUD TIMES EDITORIAL: “OUR VIEW: GOAL SHOULD BE TO MAKE SURE EVERY VOTE COUNTS”
Thursday, January 8th, 2009In the bitterly partisan and protracted U.S. Senate race that is Norm Coleman vs. Al Franken, Coleman made two important statements Tuesday in announcing he will challenge recount results in court. He said: “We are filing this contest to make absolutely sure every valid vote was counted and no one’s was counted more than anyone [...]
THE TALE OF TWO PRESS CONFERENCES
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009The past two days have produced two very different press conferences from Senator Norm Coleman and comedian Al Franken. Al Franken makes a statement in front of his home and takes no questions from the media. The only people that happen to be accompanying him are his east coast transplanted staffers. The event had what [...]
MUST READ FROM JOE SOUCHERAY: “RECOUNT STEW COOKED DOWN TO A HORRIBLY TAINTED END”
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009“The recount process didn’t work or, more accurately, could not reasonably determine a winner. Al Franken no more won the U.S. Senate race than your pet cat, Zuba, who somebody probably voted for as a write-in candidate. It would have been more plausible had Norm Coleman won the recount, having won on Election Night but [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “A STATEMENT FROM SENATOR NORM COLEMANâ€
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009ST. PAUL – Senator Norm Coleman today issued the following statement at a news conference in St. Paul: Our Declaration of Independence states that government “derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.â€Â Our government of laws is only as just as the elections that determine who make the decisions that affect us [...]
ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: “DON’T TAKE DOWN COLEMAN SIGN”
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009We noticed a man who lives on Freeborn County Road 45 between Clarks Grove and Geneva still had one last political sign up. It was for Sen. Norm Coleman. On Monday afternoon, we saw he was out there taking it down — or so it looked that way as we drove past. We hope he [...]
PAWLENTY ON ELECTION CONTEST
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009“We need to make sure that we have a result that reflects integrity, reflects accuracy and reflects a fairness that people can say, ‘Yeah, it was a close call, was a tough fight, it took longer than we wanted,’ but in the end we can all look each other in the eye and say it [...]
REID AND MCCONNEL PLAY CHICKEN, REID (AND FRANKEN) LOSE
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges (Source: Reuters, Monday, January 5, 2009). To Read the entire article click here. ### Senate Democrats have realized what we already know, Al Franken has not [...]
MUST READ EDITORIAL FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE: “COURT REVIEW IS KEY IN SENATE RECOUNT”
Monday, January 5th, 2009“But as several of the judges who sit on the board pointed out during their proceedings, there’s only so much that an administrative, vote-counting body can do. The Canvassing Board lacked the authority to order county election officials to act. It could not conduct evidentiary hearings, take testimony or make findings of fact. Courts alone [...]
IT’S LAUGHABLE…
Monday, January 5th, 2009that Al Franken wants to represent all Minnesotans in the U.S. Senate, but he’s not interested in counting every Minnesotan’s vote for U.S. Senator.
NRSC CHAIRMAN: MINNESOTA LAW AND SENATE RULES MUST BE RESPECTED
Monday, January 5th, 2009WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), made the following statement today in response to reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) may seek to disregard Minnesota law, as well as circumvent the rules of the U.S. Senate, and attempt to seat Democrat Al Franken as the junior [...]
STATEMENT FROM COLEMAN FOR SENATE COUNSEL TONY TRIMBLE
Monday, January 5th, 2009ST. PAUL – Coleman for Senate Counsel Tony Trimble today issued the following statement: The actions today by the Canvassing Board are but the first step in what, unfortunately, will now have to be a longer process. This process isn’t at the end; it is now just at the beginning. We will contest the results [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA TO HARRY REID: STAY OUT OF OUR ELECTIONS”
Monday, January 5th, 2009Republican Party of Minnesota Chair Ron Carey today released the following statement regarding recent statements from Senate Democrats suggesting they would attempt to seat Al Franken. “Recent statements suggesting that Senate Democrats may try to seat Al Franken without an election certificate flies in the face of Harry Reid’s own standard for seating Roland Burris [...]
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