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The 2008 Minnesota Senate race is still going strong, nearly eight months later. What comical new developments can we enjoy together? Oh, how about this, from the Star-Tribune: “A three-judge panel today required Republican Norm Coleman to pay Democrat Al Franken $94,783 to cover court costs …. Coleman will also have to pay interest on the $94,783 until the debt is paid.” And which three judges added further expensive humiliation to Norm’s life of failure? The answer may surprise you!
Ha, it was the same three-judge panel that ruled against Coleman in the election trial itself. Why do liberal activist judges hate Norm Coleman?
And all 200 people still interested in this drawn-out lamer show have commented on this important development, including this guy:
Man, somebody pinch me … when did this country start moving in the right direction again? This is justice at its best. Norm Coleman is a self-serving loser who’s lost to a not so funny comedian and former pro wrestler. Great to see his self-serving ways will cost him… hope he can get up after repeatedly getting run over by the bus his Republican “friends” keep throwing him under. Anyone who claims this election is a fraud is a kool-aid drinking, mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, lemming who would actually vote for and defend a carpetbagger, self-serving, slimeball, simply cuz he was Republican. F. Here’s to us finally getting two senators. Really hope Franken is up for the job.
Wait, Al Franken’s a “former pro wrestler”? No, that was funny nutball Jesse Ventura, who beat Coleman in the Minnesota governor’s race about a million years ago.
Court: Coleman must pay Franken $95,000 in court costs [Star-Tribune]
what’s with that “F” sitting there by itself? “Republican. F. “? is this some sort of AOL-speak?
At least he still has his looks!
Unfortunately for Al, he now has no option but to send that money directly to the Holocaust Memorial Museum, for obvious reasons.
Yeah, if Franken is going to pro wrestling route again he better start hitting the steriod needle ASAP.
This is a ridiculous attempt by the liberal media to deny Norm Coleman his rightful place in the Senate…I’m sure ACORN is involved somehow. And it’s the fault of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and teh gayz.
Oh wait this isn’t the ABCNews.com messageboard?
Just wait until NORM WINS. Al Franken will SUFFER. SUFFER Mr. Franken. NORM WILL OVERCOME. HE IS NOT DELUSIONAL. READ FREE REPUBLIC. IT’S TRUE.
magic titty: And, of course, the famous stove that bears his name. Every time I make coffee on the trail, I am reminded of Norm, and it really detracts from the nature experience.
Is there some way to reverse the direction of those falling ameros in the Blingee? That would be so cool.
It’s very difficult to get awarded court costs. All legal professionals hate the idea that some baseless suit will not be brought because the aggressor fears being forced to pay the poor victim’s costs if it is not settled prior to judgment. It must have been a real loser of a case.
Ha! This should set Richard Mellon Scaiffe back .0000000000000000000000000001% of his personal fortune.
What? A comment that is written reasonably well and makes sense? What’s the world coming to???
“Hi, it’s me, I’m a former pro wrestler”..
Mr Blifil: Because Norm is a “lone nut”?
He should be required to use a portion of that cash to buy out Ron Kuby’s Air America contract. Shiiiiiiiit.
If everyone in US America who hates Norm Coleman were allowed to take one swing at him (”I’d like to take a big swing at you, Sarge”) would there be anything left for the vultures?
F!
He is also ordered to be publicly pantsed every day until his debt is repaid, which will be forever.
How dare you make light of this Wonkette! I was FOUR BLOCKS from the lizard people who were disenfranchised in this election.
hobospacejunkie: are you trying to bait us into saying “i’d hit it”? thanks a lot.
lawrenceofthedesert: No, that’s the “Franklin” stove, not the “Franken” stove. Oh, wait a minute…you meant…never mind.
19kevin8: G!
Can someone plz esplain the alt text for me?
Well — there may not be justice, but at least the lawyers are getting paid. Oh.
Coleman/Bachmann 2012!
queeraselvis v 2.0: Fuck that!
F/G 2012!
Rary Guppert: I interpreted it as a tasteful way of saying “fuck”.
FUCK!FUCK!FUCK!FUCK!FUCK!
Apparently some forums are more tasteful than ours.
Pithaughn: Per Ken, we don’t read the alt text…
Nasser Kazeminy, alleged sartorial Iranian Nieman Marcus sugar daddy amongst other things for Norm C and Sarah P, can cough up the ameros in no time, no doubt.
http://minnesotaindependent.com/34789/fbi-coleman-suitgate-kazeminy
The Station Manager: I’m pretty sure that would qualify as cruel & unusual punishment for …well, basically all of humanity except perhaps for a few huge-jaw-and-underwear-fetishists. So we need to think of the children also.
Coleman should move to Lousiana so he can lose to that porn star in the Senate race.
F = Furry?
Every time I see that picture of Normie I flash back to smoking doobies behind the school gym.
Al wrestled in high school, so I would think it’s safe to say that he’s “pro-wrestling.”
At this point, Coleman is the roommate who you try and kick out but refuses to leave, no matter how many times you try and throw his clothes out onto the street, lock the door to his room, or have sex with his girlfriend.
Coleman keeps adding new definitions to the word “Loser.”
Oh, Norm, that is a clear message to SOLDIER ON! It’s a fair price to pay to keep a lawfully elected Dem outta the Senate. John Cornyn sez so. Of course, you sucker, he’s not REALLY going to give you the money to pay the expenses, because he’s a lying sack-o-shit.
jasper f. krone: Bwah ha ha ha ha ha!!
Hopefully the judge added a nuisance tax to the $95,000. Norm, get a job.
NOW will these nice but pushy Franken people stop calling me at home asking for money? Sheesh, donate a few bucks one night while mellowed out from single malt ‘cuz you think it would be funny to have an ex-SNL performer in the Senate, and its “Al Franken needs your support” in a nasally Midwestern voice every couple a weeks thereafter.
Pithaughn: Lyrics from Leonard Cohen’s “The Future”. You’re welcome.
It’s important at this point that Coleman continue to deny Minnesota a second senator for the next 3.5 years. This is how democracy works, people. My teacher taught me so in Civics class (in Wisconsin).
Stuart Smalley wins in the end because he’s good enough, smart enough and goddarnit, people like him.
Three-judge panel to drowning Norm Coleman: Here, catch this cinder block.
Rary Guppert: It’s a report card.
Pithaughn: here
F. It’s the first part of a three word phrase: Fuck My Life.
Al Franken… a dick. I had to assist him in “resolving an opportunity” at a hotel that makes you talk like that. He yelled at me for his airline lost bags and for refusing to use the word “Problem” A real real dick. Good books though.
let’s see… you used the expression “resolve an opportunity” rather than “resolve a problem” and he’s the dick? to be fair, when i mentioned what a swell fella al is to a friend of mine he replied “ya, i used to think so too until he kicked my puppy.” so there’s always that.
What the F.
Norm’s going to get a feather boa and run for governor.
I think that Norm Coleman should also pay the residents of Minnesota for denying us representation in the Senate for all these months also!
proudgrampa: how about f__k
Rary Guppert: how about f__k
queeraselvis v 2.0: God help us all!!
Years from now, just like the term don’t be a scrooge is coined for being a miserly person. Don’t be a coleman will be coined for being a sore loser.
Years from now, just like don’t be a scrooge is coined for being a miserly person. Don’t be a coleman will be coined for being a sore loser.
I will pay twice as much to keep Al “Dirt Bag” Franken out of Congress. Is there anyway I can send my hard earned money to help pay Mr. Coleman pay his debt before Obama get’s it?