Franken gets jump-start on Minnesota Senate hearing

[babylonsister]

Franken gets jump-start on Minnesota Senate hearing
By Michael O'Brien
Posted: 01/26/09 01:27 PM


Al Franken got a jump-start to Norm Coleman's arguments in Monday's legal challenge to the Minnesota Senate race when his attorney slammed the Coleman campaign during a pre-trial conference call.

Franken attorney Marc Elias, particularly animated during the call, criticized Coleman's campaign for allegedly shifting arguments during the ongoing challenge to Franken's 225-vote lead certified earlier this month by the state's Board of Canvassers. He called Coleman's campaign the "charter members of the Flat Earth Society."

"Though they claim that their lawsuit to overturn election results is about counting every vote, they are seeking to disenfranchise Minnesota voters," Elias said after listing off the race's long series of developments.

His repeated comparisons to "members of the Flat Earth Society" is a reference to an organization founded in the 1950s that insists the Earth is flat, despite evidence to the contrary.

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http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/franken-gets-jump-start-on-minnesota-senate-hearing-2009-01-26.html

[FLAprogressive]

1. Go away Norm.

[brooklynite]

2. "despite evidence to the contrary..."?

pretty bland rejoinder. Maybe we should start teaching the "controversy" in geology class?

[Winterblues]

5. It is only fair that both sides be presented evenly

We must be "Fair and Balanced" to know for sure "is our children learning".

[elocs]

3. Careful with the flat earth stuff. There's some science yahoo here who will lecture you

about how it just a big myth and people didn't really believe that. No understanding or sense of humor about how the term "flat earth" is being used.

[Skink]

4. Doesn't Minnesota law allow the winner to be seated while litigation is going on?