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Minnesota Recount: Lying Liars edition
Minnesota Recount: Lying Liars edition
Al Franken’s campaign hit a new low when they tried to argue that they should get all of the personal information connected to rejected absentee ballots in order for them to determine the legitimacy of the rejection. They spun a sad tale of a Bemidji woman whose ballot got rejected ...
Alaska and Minnesota updates
dailykos.com — In Alaska we have 90,000 ballots waiting to be counted (PDF): Absentee : 60,950 Early : 9,507... Question : 20,178 Total: 90,635 Today, the state will count 42,991 of the absentee ballots and 9.333 of the early votes. They'll be counting these ... (more) Alaska and Minnesota updates
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
powerlineblog.com — The Al Franken is using a series of lawsuits to try to bully the ex-comedian's way into... the United States Senate. So far, though, they aren't going too well. Franken has demanded that Minnesota counties give him lists of would-be voters whose ... (more) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
FRANKEN 'FIXES' STALK SENATE RACE  - New York Post
FRANKEN 'FIXES' STALK SENATE RACE - New York Post
nypost.com — Last updated: 4:12 pm November 13, 2008 Posted: 4:03 pm November 13, 2008 IF Al Franken wins... his Minnesota race, Democrats will get at least 58 US senators, giving them an effectively filibuster-proof majority. When Franken woke up on the day after ... (more) FRANKEN 'FIXES' STALK SENATE RACE - New York Post
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11/14: Senators In The Spotlight
Blogometer — ... statement is "an important development" because he's a Lieberman ally. They're urging him to follow through and vote against Lieberman if the latter refuses to apologize (which they think is likely ). Meanwhile, conservative bloggers are keeping up a steady stream of complaints in advance of the looming MN Senate recount . Righty bloggers are accusing Al Franken 's campaign of making "a series of deceitful allegations" in an effort to "steal the election" . They're also accusing MN Sec/State Mark Ritchie of being a Franken ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... the account, however, and Mirengoff calls Franken’s vote-counting campaign “deceitful.” Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey , meanwhile, says election officials need to shut down Franken’s vote-counting push and only allow ballots certified as legitimate on Election Day. And one detail of President-elect Barack Obama’s scheduled meeting with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Monday strikes The Jed Report’s ...

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Schumer Accuses ‘Hard Right’ of Intimidating Minnesota Voting OfficialsCNSNews.com Headlines
The political "hard right" is trying to intimidate voting officials in Minnesota who are conducting a recount of the Senate race between Democratic challenger Al Franken and incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, said Sen. Charles Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign ...