Norm Coleman ordered to pay Al Franken $95K by Minnesota Court

Thank you!!! The cherry on the cake!!!

XXX Try again. Franken petitioned for the recount and was deemed the victor. Coleman counter sued and thus began THIS legal action.

Franken didn't petition anyone, its an inherant part of the election process in that state.

Franken is a nice guy, now I realize that isn't a good enough reason to vote for someone (since there are many nice people who are foolishly ideological) but it could be worse :).

not 95 million, 95 thousand. The "K" stands for thousand.

Read! 94k not million. And for court costs for his little legal temper tantrum about losing the election. He thought just because he was the incumbent he couldn't possibly lose to a comedian.

And because his seat was the deciding vote in the Senate to make or break a Republican veto to bills he didn't want his party to hate him for eternity for fucking it up for them. Which they will even moreso now because he made himself the Republican party look foolish in dragging out the recounts.

But who am I kidding, the GOP didn't need him to make them look stupid. hahahah

The time for Coleman to give it up came and went a long time ago. All he is doing now is dragging Minnesota through the mud and leaving us under-represented in Washington.

Kinda brightened my day as well. :)

Well just one small one but I think Norm is going to be VERY disappointed soon.

There you go making me look stuff up again :) I did not recognize his name but once I saw his face I have seen him a couple of times. Don't remember much of what he said so he must be fairly smart. It is the idiots that stand out the most in my memory. :)

He is one of the rare entertainers who still does live radio, hosting a weekly variety program called 'A Prairie Home Companion." I catch it on National Public Radio (which, IMHO, also has the best non-print news broadcast in the country) about one out of every three Sunday afternoons.

He has also written a number of books involving the fictitious Minnesota community of Lake Woebegone (his "hometown"), "where all the children are above average."

Additionally, he does a short daily segment for NPR called "The Writer's Almanac." It is just a little 5 minute broadcast that informs listeners as to which significant authors were born on that date, usually focusing for a minute or two on the accomplisments of one of them and closes with a poem of the day. The last are almost always thought-provoking -- and he has leveraged his preparations for the segment into yet another book of poetry which I believe is entitled "Pretty Good Poems."

He is an intellectual, although he has sufficient modesty and good taste not to say so himself. He has an incisive, sometimes WICKED sense of humor, a passable singing voice and a deep and abiding love for most things Minnesotan.

During a two or three month period several years ago, he revealed his deep loathing for Rush Limbaugh after the latter said something typically ignorant and insensitive. He has rarely mentioned the man since, however, and I suspect he feels that Rush is simply beneath his contempt. He probably also recognizes that Rush WANTS to be loathed -- especially by intellectual liberal Democrats. The more he is loathed by them, the more he can lay claim to being the champion of the Know-Nothing Party...

I apologize if much of the foregoing is information you already knew. I consider the man to be something of a national treasure, so I like to "spread the gospel" when I encounter someone who is unfamiliar with his work.

..if only i could remember names of people telling me Coleman would get the seat...LOL

"Thanks for the free money, bitch."

If that's what he has to do, fine. To bad the same thing didn't apply to Al Gore. I'm guessing you don't think that way though. Goes both ways.

Al Gore had a legitimate dispute.

@mark1957

This ruling came from Minnesota law and Minnesota courts.

However had a similar law been in place in FL. and Al would have been on the losing end in FL. I would have had no problem with Al paying. But that is not what happened.

Al Gore actually won his election.

He was also the only reason they stopped, had he not ordered them to it would have ended in his victory. Have you seen "Recount"?

But you don't think that way though, goes both ways.