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“That a clown like Franken could get close to getting elected…”
This is not necessarily an indictment of the poor Republican Party showing, it is more an indication of the intellectual poverty among a good share of new voters coming into the polls. 
The civics test circulating on the internet this past week and the results it shows is an indication of the problem.  Many people do not understand our own government at any level, be it local, county, state or federal.  We are in trouble.

This is not necessarily an indictment of the poor Republican Party showing, it is more an indication of the intellectual poverty among a good share of new voters coming into the polls.

Well, I wouldn’t say those two things are mutually exclusive.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

But the problem is that there is no indication that any absentee ballots were wrongly rejected, and Franken’s challenge will amount to wanting to change the rules to inflate his vote total.

Have you done enough research to even know what the standard for counting votes in Minnesota is?  It is intent of the voter.  Votes are not to be rejected based on a technicality or mistake in filling out the ballot as long as the intent can be ascertained.  With this standard there are almost assuredly votes that were wrongly rejected for both candidates.

If you go to the Minneapolis Star Tribune website, they have an interesting voter recount challenge where you can see actual ballots that were cast.  They are having a poll where you can vote on who the voter was actually intending to vote for.  They also have the ballots in a PDF file where you can see which side challenged the ballot and for what reason.

http://senaterecount.startribune.com/

Some of the ballots they have are absoulutely amazing.  How voters screw up their ballots so badly is beyond me.  All you have to do is fill in the circle by the candidate of your choice.

If you go to the Minneapolis Star Tribune website, they have an interesting voter recount challenge where you can see actual ballots that were cast.

Yeah I linked it in a post the other day.

Some of the ballots they have are absoulutely amazing.  How voters screw up their ballots so badly is beyond me.  All you have to do is fill in the circle by the candidate of your choice.

I agree.  It’s almost enough to shake my confidence in this whole “consent of the governed” thing.

Almost.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

As a Minnesota expatriate, I long ago saw the power shifting towards ‘progressive’ ideas, first, as a student at Bemidji State College, [this was a long time ago…before it became a University] and then when I lived in the Twin Cities.
Having lived on the Left Coast, I can only compare what is happening in Mpls./St. Paul to the radical takeover of Portland, Seattle, etc.
I am now hunkered down out here on the tundra, thinking of the words of Hunter S. Thompson…

”When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

couldn’t happen to a better man.

FRANKEN IS A LOSER!!!!!!

Gustave776