mnblue.com - 10/8/2008
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[Update: press conference canceled ]
One of the poorer members of the US Senate, Minnesota's own Norm Coleman, has been taken care of by his friends. From a sweetheart apartment deal in Washington, DC to a job for his wife so she can afford to live in California to clothes, it is clear that ...
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Life Just Got Harder for Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman (R)
Open Left - Front Page —
... But another story may cause more distress for incumbent Norm Coleman. Apparently Coleman has a wealthy benefactor who has paid for trips to the Bahamas as well as expensive suits for the Senator. Such spending may be legal under Senate rules which allow for gifts from long time friends ...
MN-Sen: The Senator's New Clothes
Daily Kos —
... peppered with questions about these gifts, Laurie Coleman's job, and various other ethics issues. His answers give new meaning to the term "stonewalling"; even Scott McClellan in all his glory was not arrayed like Coleman's guy. Watch the whole thing: It begs the question of what Coleman has to hide. Coleman himself had the same nonanswer, and added a nifty little "eff you" to the Minnesota blogs who helped break this story open. The ...
Coleman Assures Constituents He Dresses Himself
TPMMuckraker —
... be reported - they were reported."
Well thanks, for the non-specific denial Norm, but we weren't asking if they were reported, we were asking if Kazeminy did in fact buy you suits from Nieman Marcus.
Coleman and his staff's bizarre refusal to directly answer questions about whether Kazeminy bought him suits has been documented on tape and turned what seemed like a relatively small impropriety into what local bloggers have affectionately dubbed, "Suit Gate."
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(Free) Empty Suit?
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/8/2008 — We know Sen. Norm Coleman gets a special deal on his Capital Hill pad. And a few days ago, Harper's Ken Silverstein got word that another one of his supporters, Nasser Kezeminy, covers the tab for Coleman's clothing budget.
This week a campaign ...
The Senator's New Clothes
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/7/2008 — Does Senator Norm Coleman pay for any of his personal expenses?
In what is becoming a clear pattern, reports show that his political contributors have paid for an array of Coleman's basic expenses, including his rent , his utility bills , his ...
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One of the reasons Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) is in trouble in his race against Democrat Al Franken is that he's refusing to answer questions over whether he accepted fancy clothes as gifts from a GOP donor before he got to the Senate, writes brownsox. With Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) ...
Back-and-Forth Continues in Minn. Senate Race —
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Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) has came under pressure today after an article in Harper’s accused the first-term senator of having clothes from upscale retailer Nieman Marcus paid for by a wealthy friend.
The article, citing two unnamed, unquoted sources, said businessman Nasser Kazeminy paid for ...
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