Franken wins + 223 Congratulations Senator "Landslide" Franken

[grantcart]

Follow it here http://www.theuptake.org/

If you have been following the process you know how above board this has been done and all that is left is BS from Coleman.

They can cry all they want but we have Senator Franken and there shouldn't be any reason he isn't sworn in on Tuesday.

[saltpoint]

1. Al!

[BlueCaliDem]

107. Repubs vow to filibuster Al Franken's confirmation and Sen. Reid is reaching out to Repubs

to block the Burris confirmation. They can still cut a deal and stop Franken if the Repubs will agree to vote against confirming Roland Burris.

Until Al Franken is sworn in, I won't believe it's a done deal.

[Duer 157099]

131. Reid needs to get his FUCKING priorities straight

and STOP "reaching out" (GAH!!!) to the pukes!!
Dammnit!!!
Enough!!

[CatWoman]

2. yayyyy!!!!

you are so on it, Grant :)

thanks!!!! :)

[FrenchieCat]

3. Franken, Franken, Franken, Coleman, Barkley, undervote, Franken, Barkley, Franken, Franken, Franken!

LOL! :bounce:

[femmocrat]

4. For sure? WOW!!!

:applause: :woohoo: :toast:

[Kahuna]

5. Can't wait to see that smirk wiped off Morning Joe's face on Monday..

:patriot:

[cali]

17. that'll be nothing compared to Billo's head exploding in technicolor

on Monday night

[Shiver]

49. Can someone get that on tape for me?

I have to work Monday night.

[sce56]

70. It is right here

[jdadd]

93. Oh Yeah!!!

[sce56]

114. Thanks for stealing my work!

WILL DO IT LIVE FUCK IT, I'LL DO IT LIVE!
That is where I got his face from for the gif which is from the movie "The Scanners."

I just wanted more views of my original post but glad you liked the animated gif

[jdadd]

132. OOps.....

Sorry about that :dunce:

[TheBigotBasher]

50. In the mean time how about Freeper heads exploding.

This was delicious. (I especially loved the irony of the first comment).
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To: clyde_m

Count ‘till the Democrat wins. I wonder why it always turns out this way?

2 posted on 04 January 2009 01:46:32 by Tarpon (America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
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To: clyde_m

Why waste all that time counting? Everyone knew how it would turn out.

3 posted on 04 January 2009 01:47:05 by Brilliant
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Coleman to challenge

Coleman doesn't appear to get it. Now that the Dem candidate won there'll be no more recounts. It's over. He should know that's how this game is played. Count and recount until the Dems win.
4 posted on 04 January 2009 01:48:32 by Mr. Mojo
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To: clyde_m

There are still 129 ballots that were counted twice, making it appear they got lost between election night and recount day for that precinct. They were referred to as the 133 lost ballots, I think.

5 posted on 04 January 2009 01:51:09 by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: clyde_m
I guess the final box of ballots from Seattle finally put Franken over the top.
6 posted on 04 January 2009 01:51:43 by KarlInOhio (11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
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To: clyde_m

Caligula had his horse Incitatus. Soros has his jackass Franken.

7 posted on 04 January 2009 01:56:42 by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: KarlInOhio

I thought the box of ballots came from Berkley.

8 posted on 04 January 2009 01:56:52 by unkus
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To: clyde_m

I don’t know how they could have rigged a bipartisan canvassing board, but they did. Bravo Dems, you’ve pulled off the most dastardly political feat of the decade.

9 posted on 04 January 2009 02:00:14 by Kleon
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To: clyde_m
Also from cqpolitics, technical knock out punch:

At issue is the number of rejected absentee ballots under consideration. The counties came up with a list of 1,346 absentee ballots they believe had been wrongly rejected. The Coleman campaign wanted another 645 ballots added to that lsit, but was rebuffed after the Secretary of State’s office decided Coleman attorneys did not submit their list in time.

Both the Minnesota secretary of state, a Democrat, and the Franken campaign dismissed the Coleman effort as a last-ditch attempt to change the rules of the game.
10 posted on 04 January 2009 02:04:22 by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: clyde_m

Franken is a liberal in a wildly liberal state with wildly liberal judges and election officals. His win was AUTOMATICALLY guaranteed.

When Al Franken, who has absolutely no political or executive experience, becomes a US senator its officially the end of America.

Minnesota has actually managed to replace Illinois as the laughing stock of the country. Well done and I hope you’re proud.

11 posted on 04 January 2009 02:13:17 by navyguy (The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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OMG. THe thought of that a$$clown in the Senate is a humiliating embarrassing thought.

~~~~~

Franken takes 225-vote lead in Minn. recount
56 minutes ago

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Victory in Minnesota's drawn-out Senate race has moved within Democrat Al Franken's grasp as he pushes his lead over Republican Norm Coleman to 225 votes with the two-month recount all but complete.

Unless Coleman wins a pending court petition that seeks to add hundreds more ballots to the recount, the counting is done and a state board can sign off on the result Monday or Tuesday. The result cannot be certified for at least one more week under state law.

Coleman's term as senator officially expired Saturday.

Franken netted 176 votes more than Coleman on Saturday in a review of the formerly sealed absentee ballots after coming in with a 49-vote advantage at the end of the statewide recount. The ballots didn't get counted on Election Day.
12 posted on 04 January 2009 02:15:51 by Fawn (I want my bailout too!!!!)
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To: navyguy
Minnesota has actually managed to replace Illinois as the laughing stock of the country.

They are used to being laughed at: 38th Governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura.
13 posted on 04 January 2009 02:22:47 by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: clyde_m
Franken is a senator.
Caroline Kennedy will become a senator
A commie sympathizer is president.

America is now a hellhole.
15 posted on 04 January 2009 02:36:08 by mjp (Live & let live. I don't want to live in Mexico, Marxico, or Muslimico. Statism & high taxes suck)
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[Arkana]

54. What is the morbid obsession these jackasses have with George Soros?

He's a wealthy guy who happens to lean Democratic. So does Warren Buffett.

Do they not realize the fucking SCORES of millionaires and billionaires that finance their guys?

[TheBigotBasher]

56. I am guessing that

they believe he "controls" currency therefore decides which Presidencies are successful. Their fear of Soros helps make it easy to spot a Rethug.

[camera obscura]

79. "I don’t know how they could have rigged a bipartisan canvassing board..." Oh no, they're onto us!

We triggered the liberal sleeper agent reflex in Tim Pawlenty's head and ordered him to appoint his own handpicked judges who had been posing as Republicans for their entire lives, just so they could one day hand an election to a DFL Senator!!!! :crazy:

Granted for all that work we probably could have just hypnotized Coleman into dropping out, but we had to do things the hard way.

[Twinguard]

88. Let me get this straight...

PE Obama is now a commie sympathizer?

I remember when they were calling him a socialist and a communist during the waning days of the McCampaign... When did he become a commie sympathizer?

The freepers are really grasping at straws, aren't they.

[Capt. America]

92. "A commie sympathizer is president." -- What year do these Freepers live in, 1958?

[bigpenguin]

101. Why why why

why is it that Governor Ventura should be embarrassing, and yet Governor Terminator was a good idea?

Can anyone answer that hypocrisy?

[Mister Ed]

103. Or their sainted Governor Ronald Reagan...

...whose resume included only showbiz experience before he became governor of California.

[pink-o]

128. J Edgar Hoover and Nancy Reagan's stepdad got Ronnie the job!

I'll have to find the Campus Files again and post the link. It makes clear the devious ways in which Ronnie got his political career started.

As for Arnie, blame * and Ken Lay for that!!

(Albeit, Gray Davis, like all Dems it seems, really shot himself in the foot)

[grantcart]

108. lol

[earthlover]

122. Since when is President George W Bush a communist sympathizer?

Amazing, that!

Just think of what they will think when Bush is no longer president and Obama is!

[progressoid]

60. His head has been leaking gas for a couple weeks over this already.

I've tuned into his radio show a couple times to hear him despair about the future with Al and Caroline seated. It's kind of funny to listen to.

[calimary]

83. Now THAT would be a thing of beauty.

AND a public service! You suppose we could get a two-fer on that - maybe limbaugh or that-guy-whose-name-rhymes-with-VANITY (I HATE giving that colossal ego any further publicity by using his actual name)!

[sce56]

116. Ok you asked for it here it is Dusty LameBrain's next show

[DangerousRhythm]

121. Oh, for real.

Morning Joe, Billo... I'm gonna laaaaugh. :rofl:

[Kahuna]

127. Oh boy. I hope they post that on youtube.

:popcorn:

[sallyseven]

118. Joe Scarborough is such a tool.

There is no one like him at least I think so. He tries to play both sides. His head blew off when Obama w3on but he tried to cover it up. Republicans are stupid and obnoxious. We never heard much about the investigation concerning his constituent buying clothes and other things that were given to him. Whats up with that?

[rhett o rick]

124. How does someone that is such a failure and an idiot like Scarborough get a job? nm

[pink-o]

129. Whatever happened to the dead intern found in his office, right after Chandra Levy? n/t

[grantcart]

6. Congratulations Senator Franken and the great state of Minnesota

[WyLoochka]

7. Franken up 226 now

[Grateful for Hope]

Hooray for Franken! n/t

[babylonsister]

8. Hot diggity! Will Coleman now bow out gracefully?nt

[calimary]

84. Are you kidding?

Yeah, sure. :sarcasm:

The same way sarah palin has sweetly and quietly gone away without us hearing another peep out of her.

[Randypiper]

9. Franken stole the election by getting more votes.

Ha

[Iggo]

82. So THAT'S his game, eh?

That bastard.

[bluestateguy]

10. Franken should declare victory and give a victory speech tonight

nt

[Bjorn Against]

96. He will do so on Monday evening.

Mark Ritchie has said that the canvassing board will declare a winner on Monday, and while he refuses to say who that winner will be the numbers make it pretty obvious. Once the canvassing board declares Franken the winner you will hear his victory speech, and you will hear Coleman throw a hissyfit and tell us about all the frivolous lawsuits he will be filing.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. He's at 234 now with 98 left to count.

Congratulations, Al! Does Coleman still have court challenges?

[Hawkeye-X]

61. he does, but I'm hoping that the SC will reject Coleman's whines..

And USSC ignores Coleman since it's a state problem, not a fed one.

Hawkeye-X

[d_b]

12. good

but when does this shit officially end?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

19. I know that's right. I'm sick of this shit.

[grantcart]

25. Secretary of State has to certify it and then the Senate accepts it

the final word will be with the Senate = not the courts.

[d_b]

28. kk

hopefully soon.

[grantcart]

13. What do we want? A victory Speech When do we want it? Now!!!!

[WyLoochka]

14. Franken by 223

some challenges

[greguganus]

15. Is this really 'official' or just Caroline official? n/t

[grantcart]

20. not official until the Secretary of State has certified it

Coleman will challenge a bunch of issues but they have all been addressed by the MN Supreme Court and the process of counting all the ballots has been so transparent it is hard to see where he would get 223 votes. He isn't even claiming that many double votes - which he can't prove and will not win on.

[BlooInBloo]

21. hahaha! Or "Rove has been indicted" official...

I'm stealing the phrase, by the way.

[greguganus]

24. Those are some loooong business days. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

27. (snarfle)

[WyLoochka]

16. Going to count the piles now

so we'll have a more official number

nevertheless

AL WINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[rhett o rick]

100. Piles are so painful. nm

[BklynChick]

18. congratulations Senator Franken!

:bounce: :woohoo: :patriot: :party: :toast:

[nomaco-10]

22. This has got to be one of the most important and one of thethe most.....

ignored stories on this website in the past several weeks. IT'S HUGE!!!!

Al Franken STOOD UP and DEMANDED that all the votes be counted. He's the new SUPER HERO of all democrats in the last several years that have layed down and let the Lee Atwater/KKKarl Rove machine run right over their asses.

AL FRANKEN, YOU ROCK!!!

[polichick]

34. He IS a hero! And did they count all the votes?

[Bjorn Against]

97. Not all of them...

The Supreme Court made a really bad decision that allowed the candidates veto power over whether the improperly rejected absentee ballots should be counted, as a result about 400 votes that should have been counted were not counted. These votes would have likely gone in Franken's direction though, and even if they were to go in Coleman's direction they would not provide anywhere close to enough of a net gain to change these results.

[polichick]

105. Thanks for the info - I'm so happy that Franken fought the way he did!

[creeksneakers2]

23. Al is up by enough

that Coleman's options are limited. HOORAY for Senator Al!!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

26. OMG!!! Terrific news!!!

We've sure been waiting long enough! Not only is Al "one of us," but he'll sure make watching C-Span more entertaining! :rofl::woohoo:

[DevonRex]

29. WooHoo!!! Congrats Senator Franken! Thanks grantcart for

the threads.

[grantcart]

36. thank you what a great day

[mzmolly]

30. Icing on the cake!

:toast: Happy Dancin' !!!!

:D

:bounce:

:party:

[Cha]

31. Incredible way to

win your first Senate race!

[wroberts189]

32. Franken is a fighter.. glad he did not give up. n/t

[harun]

117. I really respect him for how this was handled.

[BuyingThyme]

33. Counting is finished!

Again!

[cooolandrew]

35. Someone who knows how to fight for votes he could run for President with those credentials alone.

[Arugula Latte]

37. Well, that was easy.

:eyes:

[NYC_SKP]

38. WOO HOOO!!!

Thanks, grantcart, for the link and updates.

I've been following it since the original post, still listening!

Yeah, Hooray!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Swamp Rat]

39. Just as I had hoped.

:)

[Hieronymus]

40. Coleman is still pissing and moaning about uncounted votes.

[bottomtheweaver]

41. Oh that's great news.

I suspect he's become an expert on election reform over the course of the last two months, and heck knows we need one!

[Hope And Change]

42. K & R!

[Thrill]

43. Is the Sec of State going to certify it?

[AtomicKitten]

44. that's the million dollar question at this hour n/t

[dflprincess]

64. I heard on local news that,

if Normie files a lawsuit state law prevents the Secretary of State from certifying the election. That is why they're reporting that the canvassing board will announce the final totals of the recount Monday or Tuesday. Our now former Senator Weasel (his term expired at noon today) has 7 days to file his lawsuit. If he does not, then the election may be certified.

[democrattotheend]

45. Is it official?

Was it certified? Has the AP called it?

[Bjorn Against]

102. It will be made official Monday when the canvassing board has said they will certify a winner.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

46. So it's over?

[TheBigotBasher]

47. Brilliant

It was of course caused by fraud. The fraud being that all the votres were counted and therefore that should not happen in a Republican owned democracy. Votes should only be counted until such point that Repugs win. Anything else is fraud.

Ooh - I can not wait to wind up Repug and PUMA bigots.

Congrats Al. You must have no nails left, but you deserved this.

[PBS Poll-435]

48. K&R I loved this recount!

From the very beginning the Democrats have set the gold standard on how a race should be contested. (With much thanks to the awesome Minnesota election laws that were already in place.)

1. Transparency.

Mark Ritchie put every single second of every canvassing board meeting available to anyone who wanted to see it. Worldwide.

2. Fund Raising.

Expenses for a clean recount are expensive and Al Franken hit the ground running with a large fund-raising effort.

3. Media Availability.

Contacts with the Al Franken campaign were readily available for anyone who would listen. Thanks to this, most people knew all along how the ballot challenges would fall. When the Franken campaign said that they would end up ahead after the canvassing board resolved the challenges, they weren't blowing smoke. They ended up very close to the actual result.

[EconomicLiberal]

51. LBJ would be so proud!

:)

Welcome to the Senate, Al!

[MasonJar]

52. Reid will not buck Coryn or anyone else. Forget Tuesday. Congrats

to Al. 225 is much better than 50. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!

[HughMoran]

53. Hoot & Holler for Senator Al Franken!!!

:woohoo:

[graywarrior]

55. Hell yeah!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[davidpdx]

57. When does Coleman's term officially end?

Saturday the 3rd or Tuesday the 6th?

[Hokie]

58. Noon today

It is over.

[Hawkeye-X]

63. So Coleman's out of a job.

And I don't think any right-wing thinktanks want this slimebucket.

He'll go back to selling used and lemon cars.

Hawkeye-X

[davidpdx]

76. That's what I thought

I hope they decide this thing on Monday so Franken can get sworn in.

[sonias]

59. Congratulations to Senator Al Franken

That is go going to rock! I love saying it already.

:woohoo:

Sonia

[Jennicut]

62. Will there be any lawsuits is the question, hope not.

[dflprincess]

65. Norman is planning to file a lawsuit

check over in the Minnesota forum for details.

[Hawkeye-X]

67. hey...

I think the MN SC should declare Bad Teeth vexatious litigant and order Ritchie to certify the election so they can move forward.

Normie is out of options at this point.

Hawkeye-X

[Seldona]

71. Unreal.

That could take months, no? Even if it is total bull. Still it looks like Senator Frankin took it. I wish Coleman would just stfu.

It's not like there is a SINGLE demographic that is trending repuke. They need to get it through their thick skulls that their party is over, in both ways.

[dflprincess]

73. He's going straight to the state Supreme Court and they will

hear his complaint (known outside of courtrooms as whine) fairly quickly. Though, I would guess he'd take it to the Federal courts if the state rules against him. That might take longer, though with Minnesota now short a senator they may expedite the hearings.

[grantcart]

77. not a chance in hell he will win

[jenmito]

66. K&R! I can't wait to see BillO having to call him "Senator"! Probably "Senator Stuart Smalley,"

but I remember him saying there's no WAY "Stuart Smalley" will win, he's finished, etc. GREAT NEWS!

[dflprincess]

69. I've mentioned on a couple threads that if Normie has any delusions

of a future in Minnesota politics, he'd better give up now. I don't think his dragging this out will go over well with the voters - especially if the court finds in Franken's favor (though you know if the state Supreme Court rules against him, Norm will go federal). Let's all remember Senator Weasel on November 5 saying it was up to Franken if he wanted to cost the taxpayer's money by letting the legally mandated recount go forward.

I'm assuming sooner or later the Secretary of State's office will have to defend how the recount was handled so I imagine litigation is going to cost us a lot more - as well as wasting the court's time.

[Hutzpa]

68. YESSS!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:


They get nuhfin...you hear me...NUHFIN!!!

[Democat]

72. Awesome!

If only all Democrats were willing to fight to the end like Franken!

[senseandsensibility]

74. Go, Al!

We will be expecting you, as a recent convert to election fraud as reality, to be a spokesperson for this issue in the future! I know we can count on you.

[bluedawg12]

75. Excellent news!!

[tomreedtoon]

78. Was the "landslide" a sarcastic remark?

If Franken had won by a "landslide" no recount would have been necessary. Yes, he did win, and I'm happy for him, but he had better realize that he did so by fingernails. He had better be a senator who proves he's worthy of the office, and prove it to a lot of the people who didn't vote for him.

In his next election, if Coleman or whoever runs against him gets a fifth of Franken's votes, THEN you can talk about landslide.

[Bjorn Against]

104. Yes I think it is safe to say they were being sarcastic.

[grantcart]

125. lol

[Left Is Write]

80. Yay!!!

[Iggo]

81. According to mmmbush...

...that's a mandate!

[YDogg]

87. exactly.

:hi:

[Capt. America]

94. "I've got political capital, and I intend to spend it".

[eppur_se_muova]

106. GMTA -- I'm hoping Al uses that quote in his victory speech.

It would be very disappointing to see a professional comedian miss that opportunity.

[RidinMyDonkey]

85. Yay Al!

Finally some relief from this hellish Senate recount. I've been waiting and waiting and finally we get Al!

[Dangerously Amused]

86. Oh Happy Day! GO AL! - K&R

[Mad_Dem_X]

89. YES! Wonderful news!

Congratulations, Senator-Elect Franken!

[rhett o rick]

90. Is it official that "Franken wins"? nm

[deutsey]

91. That's what I want to know

If so, yippie!

[grantcart]

109. Its not official until SOS certifies the election and he is actually sworn in

But there are no serious issues left to litigate or ballots left to count

any more recounting will have to be done on Coleman's dime and it will be very expensive.


Also because of the very transparent way in which it was done that 225 vote lead looks huge,

[Bjorn Against]

95. I don't think the Republicans will be able to filibuster his seating...

That is unless they want to suffer some serious blowback. It is going to be very obvious that Franken won, and the lawsuits Coleman is considering are either completely frivolous or would not gain him enough votes to overturn Franken's margin if he won. I think people across the country, and Minnesotans in particular would be furious if they denied an elected Senator a seat based on some frivolous lawsuits.

[opihimoimoi]

98. Norm has run out of options....making things worse as he delays ad infinitum

Ita all Als fault....he keeps saying things that make sense...damn that guy....

And Norm...all he did was make noise...damn him too....

[Piewhacket]

99. MANDATE!!!! ITS A MANDATE!!! Go get em AL!

[grantcart]

110. Damn straight he has a mandate to be as funny as hell. lol

[Bette Noir]

111. Has th is been certified by the state?

[grantcart]

120. no

first step canvassing board certifies the vote count

then the loser has 7 days to file a law suit

if no law suit has been brought in 7 days then it can be certified.


But the ball is in Coleman's court and he has to have 2 things 1) a reasonable argument that would indicate that he can get back 225 votes and 2) the money for a recount - its all been free up to now.

Because of the way that Minnesota conducts their recount, no provisional ballots and all challenged ballots on the internet, it would be hard to see how Coleman could get that many votes, he also has to consider his own reputation for future MN political races.

He also made a statement on election night urging Franken not to contest and put MN through unnecessary fruitless litigation - which is what he is now facing.

Intrade now has Franken 95

[mountainvue]

112. They better fucking seat him. n/t

[pleah]

113. K&R!

:applause: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :applause:

[nam78_two]

115. K&R.nt

[TheDonkey]

119. Congrats Senator Franken! LOL that is great news

and what a trip to say. :)

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

123. CNN said that he will be called the winner by MN tomorrow.

[JNelson6563]

126. Praise the gods!

Good to know there's a little justice in the world at least. :-)

Julie

[pink-o]

130. So Nate Silver was right AGAIN!!

I can't remember exactly how many votes he predicted Al would win by--but at the time of the prediction, it was anybody's guess.

I think next time I'm not gonna bother with anyone else's polls, just log onto FiveThirtyEight.com.

[smalll]

133. U. S. Senators: GET TO KNOW ME!

Me! Al Franken!

I'm looking forward to his speeches from the upper house. Although I wish he still had Catherine Lampher (sp?) there as a foil, to pseudo-"talk him down" when he goes "too far."

:party: