Coleman: ‘We will never know who won’

[Towlie]

Source: The Minnesota Independent

“We will never know who won,” Norm Coleman said Wednesday. That’s after seven Minnesota judges — three on Monday and four in January — concluded that Al Franken won Minnesota’s 2008 election for U.S. Senate.

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Coleman made his “we will never know” statement to the St. Paul Pioneer Press editorial board, writes reporter Rachel Stassen-Berger (in an article that runs separately from the newspaper’s editorial, which also appears this morning).

Coleman also told the PiPress board that the question for his legal team is not whether to file a petition for an appeal to the state Supreme Court. Rather, he said, it’s “the scope of the appeal. Do we file on every point or do we appeal on some points?”

Read more: http://minnesotaindependent.com/32417/coleman-we-will-never-know-who-won

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The newspaper got only one comment so far, but it's a good one:

"Norm, I’m surprised I have to explain this to you, you being a politician and all, but:
The one who gets the most votes is the person who won!"

[Skittles]

1. WE KNOW YOU LOST, NORM

NOW FUCK OFF

[liberalmike27]

11. These right wingers

The power of their ability to delude themselves is just next to amazing.

Um...Norm. They counted, and recounted the votes, and for every one they recounted, Franken's lead increased. That's tell most people that someone in the process was subverting "Franken's" chances by not counting legal votes for him, not that "we'll never know."

What distresses me is that no one on the media is talking about the corruption involved in the first place. Who was responsible for all the miscounting?

[MineralMan]

2. Sure we will, Norm...it'll be the one sitting in the Senate.

You remember, right?

[redqueen]

3. Is he hoping the courts will just hand it to him like they did Bush?

This guy is delusional.

[KansDem]

4. Unlike "Election 2000"

We all knew who won that one!

[polysciguy420]

5. we already DO know

lol.

[havocmom]

6. We know. First it was Jesse Ventura, then it was Al Franken

Norm needs professional help to get to the point he can accept life's little disappointments. He lost to a wrestler and to a clown. Both of those winners are smarter and better grounded in reality than Norm.

[bdamomma]

7. does he need some sort of anti psychotic medication?

cause the way he is talking he needs to be on some.

[Ganja Ninja]

Take our word for it Norm, you lost.

If you don't believe me then get a 5th grader to reread the judges ruling of your last lawsuit. Make him or her go slow and explain the big words to you so you understand.

[al bupp]

8. So sayeth, Norm Coleman, litigant delagate of the GOP /nt

[madmom]

9. Is that the new-new math?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

13. Naw. He used Chisanbop to count the votes.....

and ran out of fingers.

[get the red out]

10. Just his assignment, muddy the waters of memory

so that the Republicans can falsely point to this election as one the "Democrats stole" when igniting their low IQ base.

[LynneSin]

12. But if Franken just gave up on 11/5 before the recount - the Norm wouldn't be talking like this

He would talk about how accurate the vote was and how he was the clear winner.

He couldn't bully Franken to quit before the system worked it's job. Now the system has more than worked the job and Coleman is going to find his way to cheat the system

[Historic NY]

14. Even the mystics are giving it to Al, Norm...its all about them numbers.

[GoesTo11]

15. "We will never know if cigarettes cause cancer"- Tobacco execs

"We will never know who the real killer is" - OJ Simpson.

[AlbertCat]

16. What's this "we" shit, Norm?

[Johnboi70]

17. Nice to see that Rove's "sore loser" strategy still works. nt

[No More Bushbots]

18. Another Republican living in denial

Just can't seem to come to grips with the fact that the majority of people actually voted against him.
No wonder they count on low voter turnout.

[AlinPA]

19. When he loses in the MN Supreme Ct, is there a federal district court that he

will have to go through before going to the US Supreme Ct? SCOTUS is his ticket to the seat, an easy 5-4 or 6-3.

[Stuart G]

22. When will it ever end?

[AlinPA]

23. I think the republican plan is to get this to the SCOTUS. nt

[No Elephants]

25. No. From the Minnesota SC, he appeals directly to the SCOTUS.

[indypaul]

20. "We "know who won

and we also know who just won't admit it. It's
just too late to call James Baker now. Give it
up Norm you lost again.

[bemildred]

21. Translation: I will never admit I lost. nt

[Dumak]

24. He is lucky they didn't decide to count the "entire universe"

of rejected absentee ballots, as his lawyer suggested, or he'd be losing by a lot more.

At this point, they seem to want to delay Al's entry into the Senate by as much as possible, and want to make sure he's bullied like a grade school kid once he is seated. The right-wing nuts are still saying he cheated.

Clearly the GOP has lost their collective mind, and is on the way out as a major political party. I don't see them ever recovering from this insanity as long as godfather Limbaugh and Fox Nutwork are around.

[No Elephants]

26. MN Supreme Court = RW; SCOTUS = RW. Pray for Al. And donate.

[Posteritatis]

27. Coleman: 'We will never admit who won' -- fixed (nt)

[OnyxCollie]

28. Republicon doublethink. nt

[Nickster]

29. Funny, I've known for a few months now. Am I one of those insiders now?

[and-justice-for-all]

30. whatthefuckever Norm, soar loser...nt

[Dinger]

31. his Political Career Is Already Over

Make no mistake, he knows it, and so does everybody else. norm isn't well.

[Dinger]

32. Maybe he can run with LIEber"man" For Something

Not sure what the hell that would be though.