Hypocrisy: GOP Urged Gore to Concede, But Not Coleman

[steven johnson]

Why won't the GOP quit beating a dead horse. Coleman lost. The country need Franken's leadership. There is a crisis in leadership. Gridlock is not an option. Isn't that what the GOP was saying in 2000?

Give it up.

It’s been almost 75 days since Democrat Al Franken was certified as the winner of the 2008 Minnesota Senate election. The initial ballot count put the two men within 215 votes of each other, triggering a statutorily mandated recount. When the dust settled, Franken was up 225 votes. Ever since then, Minnesota has been short a Senator in Washington while Coleman exhausts every last legal maneuver he can think of....

What should outrage Democrats is this: when Al Gore was asking for some due diligence in the Florida recount back in 2000, these Republicans were singing a different tune, while Democrats were calling for their own guy to throw in the towel for the good of the country....

Oklahoma Republican JC Watts put in his two cents as well: "How many defeats are enough? The time has come for the vice president to admit defeat, concede gracefully and allow our nation to move forward with the transition of power."

http://www.eyesonobama.com/blog/content/id_49277/title_Hypocrisy-GOP-Urged-Gore-to-Concede-But-Not-Coleman/

[elleng]

1. NOT hypocricy.

They're doing what's good for themselves; they don't want another D in the Senate, so they're delaying it for as long as they can. Simple.

[Gman]

2. At one point, when Coleman was ahead, they wanted Franken to concede

nothing new here.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. What point are they up to with Franken/Coleman? And can Franken sue Coleman? nt