Franken and Coleman Update: Why Isn't Right Wing Telling Coleman to "Get Over it"?

by Deb Cupples |  The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:

"Norm Coleman's lawyers all but conceded defeat Tuesday and promised to appeal after a panel of three judges ordered no more than 400 new absentee ballots opened and counted, far fewer than the Republican had sought to overcome the lead held by DFLer Al Franken.

"The ballots include many that Franken had identified as wrongly rejected as well as ballots that Coleman wanted opened in his quest to overcome the 225-vote lead that Franken gained after a recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race."

Rumor has it that Mr. Coleman will go back to court and appeal.  Where are those right wing chanters?  Why aren't they advising Mr. Coleman to "Get over it" and "Move on"?

Remember Election 2000?  Bush and Gore were less than 700 votes apart, and GOP operatives (dressed in jeans and T-shirts) were screaming and pounding their fists.  Bush supporters in the media talked about Gore's challenges as though they were petty pursuits -- despite tons of irregularities in Florida's voting process and pre-voting procedures.

Many Bush supporters made it sound as though they wanted Gore to "move on" and "get over it" and "quit whining" simply as a matter of principle, simply so that Mr. Bush could get down to the business of governing. 

I, personally, like the idea of people going to the mat -- exhausting legal remedies.  Doing so reduces doubt.

But back in 2000, many Bush supporters seemed philosophically (and brutally) opposed to Mr. Gore's attempts to exhaust legal remedies.

Well, unless they don't mind sporting the label of hypocrisy, it's time for those same chanters to take out their megaphones and give the same advice to Norm Coleman.

Memeorandum has commentary.

Other Buck Naked Politics Posts:

* More Right Wing False Analogies: this Time re: Executive Pay Caps

* PBGC Played Stock Market: at Least it Wasn't Social Security

* Save Jobs by Cutting Executive Pay

* Bank Execs Might Give Back TARP Money if They Can't Keep Bonuses

* Real Executive Bonuses Based on Fake Profits 

* Wall Street Execs Got Billions While Driving Economy Toward Cliff

* Two Execs Sentenced to 20+ Years for Fraud

* Miami Doctors Plead Guilty to $10 Million Medicare Fraud

* Executives Skate out of Economic Disaster with Millions

.

Comments

[Howard Mandel]

Where is the press on this? Forget the Republicans getting religion. The GOP should be renamed the CDP (Congnitive Dissodance Party). They are empowered by the ignorance of their base to say whatever will mitigate the damaging effects of reality.

[Linus Bern]

Its okay to be for exhausting all legal remedies to assure that the democratic process is followed, but various Republicans have stated that this is about preventing Franken from being seated for as long as possible so as not to give up another vote in Congress to Democrats. In other words, their challenges have the intended purpose of preventing the democratic will being enacted.

[Deb]

Hi Howard,

I think that's well put!

[Deb]

Hi linus,

I didn't realize that some Rs had PUBLICLY stated that they just don't want Franken seated. Sometimes, they act like they're just not very smart.