Republican Leaders Speak Out In Support Of Norm Coleman

[bart11114]

John Thune: There was a fair vote in Minnesota six months ago. But I'm just glad it's over.

James Inofe: Well you spent alot of money and it made zero difference.

Lindsey Graham: Yeah delaying a finished race represents the best in democracy.

Lisa Murkowski: He ain't serving no one now

Bob Corker: Define Prosperity. Bad definition.

Richard Burr: Well with Arlen Specter having switched from Republican to Democrat your now left with 40 seats. And you said you needed 42. Good trend. Not!

[bart11114]

My response to these Republicans points Now that Norm Coleman has officially lost.

Mitch McConnell: America aint gonna get Coleman in the Senate

John Boehner: He ain't gonna fight on my behalf and he wouldn't have anyway

Michael Steele: You ain't gonna get him back

Lamar Alexander: Every valid vote has been counted and he aint comin back

John Cornyn: I'm just proud that he finally decided to quit. Other than that there's nothing to be proud of.

[bart11114]

"We want him back"

Right John Cornyn is that why you're now hoping this thing takes years to resolve?

[XMIKE920]

Hey Coleman You Big Fat Sore Loser The People of Minnesota Have Spoken And YOU LOST !!!!!!!!. Now please Step Down And let Senator Franken work For The People Of Minnesota and Stop Being An Asshole. Al Franken Won And Should Be Seated Now.

[bsartist]

Epic Fail

[XMIKE920]

Yea Coleman Dosent Care About Minnesota Anymore He Just Wants His Seat. Epic Fail For Real!!!!! And Please Coleman Stop This Pointless Fight Over A lost Seat And Let AL FRANKEN Work For Minnesotans

[halpaus]

Mr. Coleman is is time to step down. Do what is best for the people of MN.

[bart11114]

So Richard Burr how's the trend of growing the Republican Minority going? Considering that Arlen Specter is now going to caucus with the Democrats. That's one less seat for you. Now when Al Franken gets seated that will then be 60 Democrats making the Senate fillibuster proof!

[UncleGeorgeW]

Thank God for the people of Massachusetts electing Senator Scott Brown!

[bart11114]

Yeah Like I would wanna waste my time helping out a clone of George Bush and don't give me that whole reformer crap! Republicans put us in the mess we are in and now they are trying to stop the healing process.

[spinaker03]

You people act like its Bush's fault. When it comes down to it people in this nation are just so used to uncle Sam bailing them out that they signed loans for housing they could never afford. And figured that if they didnt pay Sam would step in. (Which is what is happening) And im sure that your one of those fucks that wants my check to help pay for your house, even though I work two jobs to pay my house off and dont ask for a cent from your CHANGE MAN. When are we gonna cut Obama off man?

[TheTruthHurts9999]

Why on earth would Minnesotans need another GOP obstructionist representing them in Congress? He's already a fully fledged obstructionist as it is as. Apparently he'll just keep dragging this out, on behalf of the GOP, for eternity if he has to while Minnesotans go without full representation.... Thanks Norm!

[lark1955]

Coleman is obviously just stalling this out. Maybe at the behest of McConnell, maybe because he is a sore loser, maybe both.

[NewChristianSoldiers]

President Obama to announce Press Conference to SHOW HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE to the American People!

watch?v=h_okpB6N-58

Obama, along with Senator Shelby, will also have 2 FBI document experts to make a statement to prove that his Birth Certificate his not a forgery and that he actually is a Natural Born Citizen and eligible to be President of the U.S.A..

Axelrod wants to put a stop to all of the newly filed lawsuits against Barack Obama over his citizenship issues. gro

[199ki]

GOOOOOO NORM!!!!

[FuxxorGod]

Coleman, you lost.

The people of Minnesota have spoken and you have been found wanting.

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

[joeveenpresents]

Hey Coleman... YOU LOST!

[terpis]

Wellstone's ghost has to be chuckling at all this frantic paddling against the accelerating current flushing this guy down the political toilet. Good riddance.

Get lost, Mr and Mrs Coleman, you crooked wingnut losers.

[porkchopmark]

Besides .... "peace is the end of opposition to socialism" according to Karl Marx

[porkchopmark]

I wonder why liberals are so scared that people will find out what Minnesota Voters already know. They voted for their right to choose. Is there any valid reason that a vote shouldn't be counted. Maybe their vote shouldn't count.

[MamoDad]

The GOP sucks ass!

The GOP sucks ass!

The GOP sucks ass!

The GOP sucks ass!

The GOP sucks ass!

Lying, thieving, hypocritical assholes.

[E1234567999]

I wonder if these folks would have done a video for a Democrat? This is partisan politics at its finest..

[photoriter]

What most refused to accept is, Franken has fought to keep ballots from those who gave him his freedoms out. Service men and women, residents of Minn. who are over seas. That's RIGHT. He don't believe those who put their lives on the line for you have a RIGHT TO VOTE!

[znarfblatt]

haha no one gives a shit about a bunch of fucking idiots who signed their lives away to an illegal war. it is literally an act of objective moral good everytime a US serviceman dies.

[RockClimbing11]

i live in minnesota 4 of 5 people i no hate him and think hes a snake

[christycrash]

American doesn't need Norm Coleman, if he's on youtube pleading for money, you know he's desperate. Give it up Norm, you lost.

[RockClimbing11]

yeah if any thing you oh us money

[christycrash]

Exactly!

[danielginther2]

You go Norm. What's Franken gonna do if he gets in? Oh yea, maybe he'll bring about change and come up with some sort of stimulis like Barry did, their such "out of the box thinkers"

Basically, Franken has some sort of disease, and so does anyone who believes in that idiot. Sorry, the truth hurts sometimes.

[quinine121]

i agree. the democrats are intellectually bankrupt. true "out of the box thinkers" think of new and innovative solutions to problems. Like cutting taxes. Another innovative solution would be tax reductions. Sometimes tax cuts dont work, though in that case we could always cut taxes more.

[UPWIKY]

Norm Coleman should continue to fight. Thre are too many inconsistencies in how this recount was done. Officials need to answer the questions revolving around how the recount can be so different in each area.

To vingilot81--what childish comments! Your post represents the worst in American politics-- One of the basic American tenets is the value of the individual. Is poking fun at physical attributes now the accepted norm in how we discuss disagreements? Grow up!

[DannoJyd]

When Coleman comes ahead in these 4000 votes, Frankin should, but will not, concede. Democrats never give up as long as any illegal activity is left untried.

Damn shame that socialist George Soros couldn't buy this election as he did Da bamas.

[vingilot81]

I love how when the polls showed he was ahead he wanted Franken to concede. Face it Normie, you lost, your political career is sunk, and you have creepy teeth.

[UPWIKY]

What childish comments!! Your attitude and comments represent the very worst of American politics, and makes a mockery of the important American tenet of the innate value of each individual. Is this the best you can do?? Even when we disagree, if can be done with respect.  Grow up!

[vingilot81]

Bite me, I'm posting on Youtube, I would be remiss if i wasn't a little immature. This is NOT about the rights of the individual voter, this is about Coleman beating a dead horse and the GOP desperately trying to cling to what power they have left after their party crashed and burned.

[avenueofpines]

I find it intersting that NOW every vote has to cuont., yet in the 2000 presidential election Republicans pressured Gore to drop his case. Eventually Gore sacrificed his bid for the betterment of the country. We could not expect the same from the Republicans. Coleman should go away as should the Captialist Monarchy he and his fellow Republicans stand for....

[Room1oh1]

"I demand a recount!" -Bill Buckley c.1965

"I demand multiple recounts!" -Norman Coleman 2009

[ArbiterOfFunk]

this trial is an absolute face.

disbar coleman's lawyers, burn their estates, and poison the ground they were built upon.

then reprocess and extract all the nutrients from norm coleman's body so he can actually do some good for the world.

[Alderon714]

Um when Norm was ahead I think he made a press statement that every vote and the loser should concede to the public's vote. Now that the vote count is against him, he is taking a different approach to the prior statement, why?

Could it be the fact that he may be a sore loser? Not sure since I dont live and follow MN politics we have way too many issues to follow here in SC, hence the reason why I pondered our 1 Senator speaking so many words for the loser of the popular vote in recount 2 or3?

[alfonso3334]

If working people can not by now realize that the Republican party is NOT A WORKING MAN'S/LADY'S PARTY, then I feel sorry for you. The republicans have proved that all they care about is to put money in THEIR pockets and the top 1% in this country and to keep power so that they can continue that process. Just look at what has happen the last 8 yrs. Wake Up citizens.

[wldmtnman]

So I guess you have over looked all the multi-millionairs in your Democrat party, you know the ones who cheat on taxes, have questionable ites to indiviuals that bomb the capitol and other places, you mean the same Democrats who are as crooked as a $3.00 bill who just committed grand larceny on America with this PORKPORKPORKPORKsimulus bill. by the way jackass the Democrats have been in charge the last 2 of those years. Before they were in charge the economy was gaining. REMEMBER jackass.

[Dysnomia303]

Rich tax cheats with ties to terrorists... Sarah Palin?

[espi262]

only the most ignorant cheer on the possibility of the voice of opposition being silenced in Washington D.C.  Regardless of your party affiliation, you better hope Franken doesn't successfully steal this seat (everyone in Dinkytown knows this to be true btw). The Dems were able to stop gap some of the Bush agenda, and we will certainly need Republicans blocking some of what is coming from the Pelosi/Reid/Obama agenda.

[51516]

tuckerm83 your the TOTAL whack job, one

look at your lame ghost recon videos proves that. Please do throw your money

away you republican fools! Give it all to Norm and his lost cause! HaHaHaHa!

[tuckerm83]

Is Minnesota state law being followed? Yes, but FRANKEN wants a quick resolution and to be declared the winner before everything runs it's course. Al Franken is a TOTAL whack job, and everyone who voted for him up there deserves what they get if he ends up winning this thing. If you listened to his radio show for 5 minutes, which was on the air for not much longer than that, you'd understand what I mean. My hope is that the laws are followed to the fullest extent - that's all anyone can ask.

[TheDecidicator]

Funny. In Florida during the 2000 Presidential election, the Republicans did not want all the votes counted.

They even went to the Supreme Court to stop the vote count.

Well, I have to hand it to them though, Most ov these guys said their piece witha straight face and did not break out in a laughter.

After all, if they wanted people to vote for them, maybe they should do what the people wanted.

Adios and Hasta La Vista, Norm.

[ad0304s]

Did Al Gore request a recount in all Florida counties? Or just a few select counties?

Regardless, when this case is adjudicated, in favor of Democrats or Republicans, you can trust that people like me won't WHINE about the election more than EIGHT YEARS after it happened. It sucks you can't let go of that hate and anger, though. :)

[TheDecidicator]

I said it was funny. Why do you think I am angry? Should I be? It sounds like Coleman is doing all the whining. Don't give me that timeline lie, people like you are still talking about Chappaquiddick and Jimmy Carter.

Recounts had to be requested county-by-county. Many counties had a three day time limit for submitting rerquests. Some counties did recounts automatically. The Gore team requested 4 counties to be recounted. Katherine Harris certified Bush before the recounts were done.

[longshotlion]

What a joke. Norm Coleman's career is over.

[jayolaf91]

As a Minnesota voter, I don't care what these people have to say. Kind of funny to ponder ... if Norm was still a Democrat, would all these people be pulling for Norm to win in this lawsuit?

[fishbait888]

PLEASE DONATE TO HIS CAMPAIGN!

[jimmy039]

Norm Coleman for the rest of the GOP whores and pimps, not Norm Coleman for the people of Minnesota. How funny is that?? They say it outright, like he is running for president! It's not about him serving Minnesota, its about him giving the GOP that 1 extra vote. You conservatives or so double standard.

[Namzso1]

Sort of like when Hillary did a commercial for Franken telling Minnesota that the Dems needed that 60 vote majority to end any potential debate or fillibuster in the Senate? Sort of hypocritical.

[andrewh23]

WTF are these people asking for? The election is over. Do they want us to drive to ballot boxes and burn all the franken votes? Coleman must be a big fat pussy if he's asking us to do anything except wait for the damn votes to be counted. Election Fail!!!

[BordeauxCliff]

Complete and utter garbage. While Coleman is entitled to his day in court the claims he is raising seem obstructionist at best.

[nospacesallowed]

We want him back in Washington.... well too bad he didn't win.

[peep237]

Corruption in full view. What's the money for -- bribes?

Give it up & stop whining. Elections have consequences. Now, if you butt out of Minnesota's business & go back to your home states, we'll give you a box of graham crackers for good behavior.

[heretiger]

58% of Minnesotans voted NOT to have Coleman serve a second term.

Republican thirst-for-power interests first and foremost...

[Namzso1]

58% voted to NOT have Al Franken for a first term.

[RockingJamboree]

And a very similar percentage, only fractionally larger, voted to NOT have Norm Coleman for another term.

You don't have to have a majority of the vote to win in MN, just the largest number of votes. Before the recount, it seemed like Coleman and the RNC were doing all they could to limit the number of votes recounted. Now that they have lost, they are suddenly taking the opposite view. It's all very self-serving. Norm CAN'T win back the Senate. He's not campaigning, just complaining.

[Namzso1]

Before the re-count Al Franken did everything he could to include every possible ballot for him legal or not legal.

Franken would be doing the same thing if he had lost by a 200 vote margin. Let's count all the votes and then see who wins. Franken has done plenty of complaining.

[RockingJamboree]

I'm all in favor of trying to count as many legal votes as were cast. And I think Franken did that too. Not just votes for him, but every legal vote. But, I'm an optimist. I don't know what you're talking about with attempts to get "illegal votes counted.

But we went through a process that made determinations on that, that was part of the recount. Now Norm wants to do a recount of the recount? How many recounts will it take before he (and you) are satisfied that he lost?

[Namzso1]

Franken (or his lawyers) attempted to push through ballots that were rejected in Hennepin County before the first vote certification. During the re-count the Franken camp openly said that the rules that accept or reject absentee ballots should be relaxed for the voter - so yes Franken would be ok with illegal votes if they are for him. Coleman knows that the 4000+ votes that are part of evidence right now are not all for him.

[RockingJamboree]

OK, so IF these 4000+ votes get counted and Franken is still determined to be the winner, do you think Coleman will concede or try to find some other point to argue?

When will it end? When should it end?

Coleman called for Franken to concede in order to save the MN taxpayers money. Franken didn't ask for a recount, the recount was mandated by law. But NOW Coleman is begging for money to extend this process. This is costing the State money too! And we don't have a vote in the Senate!

[Namzso1]

If Franken comes ahead in these 4000 votes, than Coleman should concede. Agreed.

I would call for Coleman to concede now if the margin of victory was higher than the number of questionable votes (rejected absentee, double counted).

Coleman did call on Franken to concede when he was 1000 votes ahead on election day - a comment he later said he wishes he would not have said days later even when he was still ahead. Franken could have waived the re-count - but didn't.

[RockingJamboree]

I can't see any way Franken could have waived the recount, not when the recount is automatic. Franken didn't ask for the recount and he would have been rightfully pilloried if he had declined it. I think Franken's margin of 225 is slightly larger than the disputed alleged "double count" of votes. And the 4000 votes have already been looked at carefully by the canvasing board and rejected? So Coleman is appealing that. I just don't know what he's basing his appeal on.

[Namzso1]

The recount could have been waived had Franken conceded. Alaska and Virginia have similar re-count laws we have in Minnesota - and both candidates that lost on election night waived the automatic re-count. The canvasing board did not touch the 4000 alleged rejected absentee ballots. There was inconsistent sorting by counties which is why both Franken and Coleman have been pushing for more votes to be counted. If Franken lost the re-count by 200 votes would he challenge this legally?

[RockingJamboree]

Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda. We can play that game all day long. Hopefully this will play out sooner rather than later.  I'm tired of Minnesota being under-represented in the Senate, especially when such important legislation is getting debated and passed.

[vatosplace]

I wonder if they are paying Lawyers that are Democrats? What they are asking for is a handout to the lawyers.

[chick5581]

omg that was amazing i wish i could do that but me i know how to do very few thing haha but ya cudos to you ... i think imma try to learn to do that [=

[swimmercags]

Had Al Franken not been the Democrats' candidate, Coleman and the National Republican Party wouldn't have been dragging this out. Frankly, this is disappointing to see from one national party that denies me, a Minnesota resident, equal representation in the U.S. Senate. You don't see me going to other states and preventing Republicans from taking the oath of office.

[elguapostino]

The Republican circle jerk continues. Bi-partisan my ass.

[njattack]

GOP voted no on stimulus. They voted YES to Bush's stimulus package which poured gass onto the fire into that lead to the current depression. Clinton started the fire.

The GOP is a TERRORIST organization. Every bill they passed puts Americans out of work. The GOP are LIARS.

There is no difference between the jack-ass party and the GOP because the GOP sits on top of the jack-ass's manure pile. One and the same.

[great86scott]

all old or otherwise creepy looking white people aside from michael steele, who was given a total of eight words and about two seconds of notice.

nice.

btw, good luck steele, i have no idea how you're going to pull off presenting your party as a suburban, hip-hop friendly group of politicians.

[spokeshole]

You are a racist. Grow up kid and get

with the times.

[great86scott]

"all old or otherwise creepy looking white people aside from michael steele, who was given a total of eight words and about two seconds of notice.

nice.

btw, good luck steele, i have no idea how you're going to pull off presenting your party as a suburban, hip-hop friendly group of politicians."

racist you say??

pretty bold of you to assume spokeshole--old man.

what about that comment is racist, exactly? i would say it's just observant.

btw, what color do you think my skin is?

[gahonyeb]

WHAT A PARADE OF DIRTY, ROTTEN, LYING, SOB's... they should all rot in hell.

[olTOml24]

Wow - They all seem so corrupt and fake.

[andrewh23]

The people of that state don't want him there - he wants the courts to override the people.

[tomkis01]

After watching this procession of pinheads, I'm looking forward to the 2010 elections and thinking the Dems will easily top the 60 seats (not including that sad-sack, Lieberman) needed to render the GOP completely impotent. What a great day that will be for America!!

[Scoppertop]

Coleman's Senate Record: YES-Warrantless Wiretapping; NO-Immigration Reform; NO-Health Care for Vets; NO-Iraq Troop withdrawal deadline; YES-Border Fence; YES-Estate Tax Cuts; NO-Stem Cell Research; YES-Against Gay Marriage; YES-Tax breaks for Oil Companies; YES-Make it harder for people to declare Bankruptcy; YES-Make it harder for people to sue Corporations.

Of course the GOP wants him back. And Minnesota has no law for a re-vote or a special election. FRANKEN WON.

[zaurakdigis]

He lost, get over it.

[GuitarSpeller]

Republicans are such liars!!!!!!!!

Right now (today) Colemant is still trying to disqualify the votes that put Franlin over the top.

[gmcjetpilot]

NORM & GOP LOST. GOP IS CORRUPT AND NEEDS TO GO AWAY FOR A LONG TIME TO PAY FOR THE LAST 16 YRS OF GOP CONGRESS & 8 YRS OF BUSH.

GOP voted NO on the stimulus, THAN took credit for it, while lying about whats in it. FU GOP. I'm on the conservative side of middle, white grad school professional in my 40's and I don't love the DEMS, just hate the GOP.

I'M ROOTING FOR AMERICA & OBAMA

GOP IS PLAYING POLITICS & WANTS AMERICA TO FAIL FOR THEIR OWN POWER. THEY ARE TRAITORS, NAZIS & COWARDS.

[GuitarSpeller]

Republicans are such liars!!!!!!!

Norm Coleman isn't try to get every vote counted, Coleman right now (today) is still trying to disallow votes that happened to go to Franklin. Stooping low doesn't seem to be a problem for the Republicans!!! They are trying to disqualify some voters just because some election judge forgot to put their signature on the ballot even though neither state nor federal law requires this.

[GuitarSpeller]

Republicans didn't want every vote counted when Coleman was ahead!! Democrats are now in a position where that can pass laws to prevent the Republicans from ever stealing an election again.

[Bunnicula71]

Wow Norm, you really gotta take a step back and wrap your mind around the defeat.

[kimintexas]

Republicans suck

[Panchee123]

bye bye GOP. RON PAUL!!!!!!! will crush you for what you did to him. IDIOTS!!!

[4951WEDDEL]

Ron Paul would never have gotten the press he did without the Republican party.

[shaylaphai]

Oink, Oink, Oink

[percymate]

You lose. Good day, sir!

Sore loser republican!

Grand Obstructionist Party = GOP

LIAR!

[acinodras]

Not a lot of dignity in this video. But then, Republicans lost their capacity for shame a loooooong time ago.

And former senator Coleman is the most shameless of the bunch, holding up progress with this desperate tactic.

[tzushih]

Good evening, Mr. Coleman. I am sorry that you are upset that the transparent, non-partisan recount process did not determine that you got the most votes in the Senate race. I wish you the best of luck in the future in your new life, wherever it may take you.

[kelsbackonyoutub]

You can't "want to count every valid Minnesota vote" in order to "get Norm Coleman back in the Senate." Those are mutually exclusive items.

It must be nice to have a lucrative job to fall back on regardless of the outcome.

Republicans, you sure aren't doing a very good job at fundraising if you don't include a URL at the end of the video! Where to send these funds? Surely this isn't just an attempt at obstructionism and this ad wasn't just made to help make the court challenges look valid?

[stpaulbear]

Cripes, this video is a who's who of who's wrong.

They seem to be unclear on the concept of elections. Franken got more votes. No amount of solicitation of cash is going to buy Classless Norm Coleman a seat in the Senate, but Coleman is still ever so willing to be used by these clowns to deny MN it's second senator. 2010 is going to be ugly for republicans.

[skiingpowder10]

these losers have so far been removed from reality that its such a pleasure seeing this sour grapes video>>>> SENATOR AL FRANKIN , PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT SIR !

[HesterMcLester]

Republicans are a bunch of old, white, whiny bitches. Step down, Coleman. You lost. Stop blocking state business.

[eliotemo]

If you can't win the seat then sue for it huh Norm? Show some dignity and step aside. It's over. You lost. FIXed News has a seat reserved for you I would think.

[kwagner99]

Hey Norm! What ever happened to the loser stepping aside gracefully? What an f-ing hypocrite...

[drwas]

Norm Coleman should be in Jail

[Namzso1]

For what?

[43DSFD432]

Talk about a big bunch of losers. Isn't Coleman up for corruption charges?

Shouldn't Coleman be in jail?

Why are these jokers palling around with corrupted politicians?

[jerepowers]

What a huge collection of BS from a bunch of clueless twits who don't realize why they've lost.