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Politics :-(
Nov. 6th, 2008 11:08 pmI don't usually like to talk politics or religion - well, I do, but usually only among people who I know to be open-minded or that I don't care if they stay friends or not ;-) But I feel pretty safe tonight because this only involves my own state of Minnesota and the senate race. So, first we have rhe incumbent, Norm Coleman, who's been called a sleazeball on more than one occasion, and has a few investigations trailing him around. Then we have his opponent, Al Franken, a comedian/political commentator/author, who probably has said a few things in his routines and books that have offended some people. Since he's a comedian, one expects that.
So anyway, I voted for Franken basically for the same reason I voted for Obama - anything that stank of Bush I wanted out of office.
The outcome still isn't decided. Franken and Coleman each received 42% of the vote, with a third party candidate getting 15%. Enough said for my concerns about 3rd party candidates who haven't a snowball's chance in hell of winning. At this point in time, with adjusted totals still coming in, Coleman has about 400 more votes than Franken.
Four HUNDRED.
Out of just under three MILLION.
And Coleman has declared himself the winner. It's not official, of course, but that's the hutzpah of this idiot. The typical conceit of the Bush administration and his sheep.
Makes me doubly glad I didn't vote for him. And I hope to hell the recount shoves his double-dealing, bribe-taking ass out of office.
And at the same time, I have to wonder why the race was that close. Other than the outrageous lies that Coleman's campaign put out that, apparently, so many Minnesotans were stupid enough to believe. But then, we put Jesse Ventura in the governor's office...
So anyway, I voted for Franken basically for the same reason I voted for Obama - anything that stank of Bush I wanted out of office.
The outcome still isn't decided. Franken and Coleman each received 42% of the vote, with a third party candidate getting 15%. Enough said for my concerns about 3rd party candidates who haven't a snowball's chance in hell of winning. At this point in time, with adjusted totals still coming in, Coleman has about 400 more votes than Franken.
Four HUNDRED.
Out of just under three MILLION.
And Coleman has declared himself the winner. It's not official, of course, but that's the hutzpah of this idiot. The typical conceit of the Bush administration and his sheep.
Makes me doubly glad I didn't vote for him. And I hope to hell the recount shoves his double-dealing, bribe-taking ass out of office.
And at the same time, I have to wonder why the race was that close. Other than the outrageous lies that Coleman's campaign put out that, apparently, so many Minnesotans were stupid enough to believe. But then, we put Jesse Ventura in the governor's office...
