Coleman's campaign sues Franken's over political ads

[Union Yes]

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign, charging that recent Al Franken TV and radio ads contain lies about Coleman, is suing Franken's campaign for violating state campaign law.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/33582534.html...

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LOL @ Norm!

Sleep in the bed you've made, Bushbot!

GO Al Franken!! Kick Norm's ASS Nov 4th.

Peace

[Bleacher Creature]

1. This is the THIRD time he's sued an opponent at the end of a race?

What a piece of work.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Norm Coleman is a big fat idiot

[proud progressive]

12. please be fair. he is not fat

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. No, but the title has a nice ring to it. Where have I heard it before?

[glitch]

14. His idiocy is :) nt

[Piewhacket]

17. maybe not "fat" , but Coleman has a fat head...

beady little eyes, and smells like he rolled in something.
Not to mention that lipstick is hideous!

Franken for US Senate
Go Al. Kick Coleman OUT!

I'm Piewhacket of DU, and I approved this message.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

27. No ... but does it look like Norm's teeth are getting WHITER?

Is that even possible? The last ad I saw - and, Christ on a cracker, in Minnesota if you turn on the television you are going to see political ads, sometimes three for the same candidate in a single commercial break - I swear Norm's teeth went somewhere well north of polar white in color. It's scary.

Hopefully, he's done.

[rsmith6621]

19. I'm Sueing you Lastlaughin08

....Coleman is not FAT.....

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Just as one great warrior once declared, I say, "Bring it on"

How's that? Scared yet?

I thought so..............

[SpiralHawk]

3. A whiney republicon - is that really Breaking News?

The republicons Totally Own the "Dish it out, but can't take it" Whine Syndrome.

[gratuitous]

4. What's his cause of action?

Definition of character?

[NoQuarter]

5. !!!

[BootinUp]

6. Thats pretty close to crying "Uncle" I think. nt

[K8-EEE]

7. Why is this race even close?? Coleman is such a flaming ass!!!

Unbelievable!

[Union Yes]

8. The Obama factor will push Al over the top.

That's what I'm banking on. I hope I'm right.

Barack is up by a large margin in the state and I think that will create enough Rethug apathy. I hope Obama's support isn't apathetic on Tuesday.

Just another reason for us all to remain vigilant and vote. We have several different offices that we are voting for besides the presidential race. Those other races and our candidates need us to turnout and vote and bring someone with us to the polls to ensure more of us vote.

Peace

[NBachers]

9. Another reason to contribute to Al again.

http://www.alfranken.com /



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

[zogtheobvious]

10. So now we're suing for lies in campaign ads??

If we're gonna start suing over this, then you're gonna see a lot of Republicans taking out HUGE loans to cover all the damages from their own campaign ads!

Oh wait... the banks aren't GIVING loans right now!

[Laelth]

23. Welcome to DU!

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.



-Laelth

[zogtheobvious]

25. Thank you! :)

Well, of COURSE the US is a Liberal country... isn't the old saying something along the lines of "Reality has a Liberal bias"?

[Laelth]

26. Not sure how old the saying is, but it rings true.

-Laelth

[Vattel]

11. $600 per month in DC?

That is almost rent-free, just as Franken claims. What planet does Coleman live on?

[Mabus]

15. and Coleman is renting from Palin's "credit card boy"

who is also a protege of Rove's. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/jeff-larson-sa...

edited to add this excerpt from another article:

We were kind of joking when we said Sen. Norm Coleman and Gov. Sarah Palin had something in common due to their love of Nieman Marcus. Turns out they are much closer than we thought!

The Atlantic is reporting that Sen. Norm Coleman's buddy Jeff Larson was Palin's personal shopper. Imagine that! Larson was sucked into a summer political drama when the National Journal reported that he was giving Coleman a sweetheart deal on a $600 a month apartment on Capitol Hill.

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2008/10/colemans_bud...

Why is Coleman opening this can of worms?

[wildflowergardener]

16. sued

Well you know being sued was probably the best thing that could have happened to Al Franken's book - it made it a best seller. Maybe it can help him win somehow.

Meg

[barack the house]

18. That is about as pathetic as it can get, it really is.He should be voted out for that on it's own. >

People will just ask why not make a response ad he can't even defend his record to the people.

[Infinite Hope]

21. People in states with "safe" races should carpool w/friends to a state like MN to help candidates...

like Franken with their GOTV effort in the final days.

[Doctor_J]

22. Norm the suer

Let's look up his "frivolous lawsuits" quotes and run them across from all of his campaign lawsuits

[Laelth]

24. I like Colleen Murray's response.

She says, "Our ads are factual and true, even if Norm Coleman doesn't like being held accountable for his conduct. Every time someone tries to hold Norm Coleman accountable, he runs to court to try to weasel out of it."

It ought to help Franken that Coleman has pulled this stunt before and then dropped his lawsuit after the election. I wonder if this wasn't a trap that Coleman, quite predictably, walked into.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.



-Laelth