Senate GOP: Don't seat Franken

[Robbien]

Source: Politico

The entire Senate Republican conference today signed a letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, reiterating their opposition to any Democratic attempt to seat Al Franken before the Minnesota Senate trial is complete.

letter at link

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Senate_GOP...

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Out of the blue the GOP is making demands on Dems ordering them not to seat Franken.

It could be the GOP is upset that this happened yesterday:

It was a veritable “fire sale” outside Norm Coleman’s former senatorial office in Washington’s Hart Building yesterday, Politico reports. Oodles of office supplies were there for the taking, prompting apparent excitement among stapler-deprived aides. “We just received a bipartisan gift of 3 3-hole punches from staffers cleaning out Sen. Coleman’s office,” wrote one staffer to Politico. “They are throwing away perfectly good office supplies – looks like they may be on a time deadline of clearing stuff out.”

http://minnesotaindependent.com/24902/coleman-fire-sale

[tridim]

1. Go fuck yourselves Senate GOP. nt

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

2. How shocking the GOP wouldn't want to seat Franken---- and I have a bridge in brooklyn for sale

[Why Syzygy]

Isn't it great

to NOT be a repuke?

[Downtown Hound]

3. Me to GOP: Fuck off! n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

31. ...and DIE!

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

4. Right. Because you don't want Franken to be able to use any of those supplies.

Thanks for wasting our money, Coleman.

[rfranklin]

22. I will send a Staples gift card for Al...

who else wants to contribute?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

23. I would if I had money.

I'll just resolve to spit at Coleman's feet if I ever meet him.

[katsy]

5. Or what?

They'll hold their collective breaths?

[Junkdrawer]

6. Well, minority or not, they are the bosses.

You see: They care.

Democrats don't want to lead. It makes them nervous.

[onehandle]

7. Senate GOP: Don't represent Minnesota

That's all I hear.

Pricks.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Considering gthe wonderful spirit of bipartisanship the Repubics have been showing lately,

I think their request or demand or whatever the hell this is should be treated with all the respect it deserves. Which is to say, it and they ought to be taken out to an old-fashioned outhouse and dropped through the hole.

[bluestateguy]

9. And when Coleman loses his trial, they'll demand that we wait out the endless appeals

Tort reform is looking real good right now.

We need to stop junk lawsuits.

[Junkdrawer]

10. Not endless...I imagine it will be over by 2013.

Franken should get AT LEAST a full year of his term.

[MannyGoldstein]

11. They Really Are Nuts, Arent Thay? Good.

This stuff is just self-destructive, so I guess it's actually a good thing.

[JuniperLea]

18. That's how I see it

Their whiney-assed baby tantrums show their true colors.

[Hawkeye-X]

12. You're in the permanent minority - stfu and deal with it.

Expect MORE massive GOP loss in '10.

Hawkeye-X

[Mithreal]

13. Senator Reid is all fear and trembles. nt

[madmom]

14. They don't want Franken to be able to vote on stimulus package besides shouldn't

the Minnesota residents be able to NOT pay their taxes since they aren't being represented?

[rurallib]

15. I only pray that Reid doesn't cave on this also

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, HARRY!

[Robbien]

17. Right now Reid doesn't have anything to cave on. No one is asking to be seated

Which is why the letter from the GOP is so out of the blue.

[rurallib]

19. Well, when the time comes, I hope Harry stiffens that spine.

we've seen him back down before.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Franken to Senate GOP: Fuck you.

[SlingBlade]

20. Eat Shit...... We Won

[madrchsod]

21. when did reid say he was going to seat franken before the court decided

i take it the rethugs do not have an issue so they make one up..best to ignore spoiled children.

[liam_laddie]

24. GOP - arrogant AND ignorant...

They are soooo outta the mainstream. What a bunch of effing LOSERS! I've ordered in a truckload of
popcorn and selected alcoholic pleasures.

[mamameow]

25. i know why

it is herd mentality. it is what makes good repubics and freaky christians.

[Betty]

26. senate dems: whatever you say

let us assume the position.

[LaPera]

27. With Franken, the Democrat's would control 59 seats, FUCK the republicans & their measly 41 seats!

What's wrong with the Reid and the Dems giving into senate republicans demands....

When the republicans controlled the houses they didn't give a shit what the Dems asked or demanded and purposely treated the Dems like shit every single chance the republican got.

The republicans thought they'd be in power forever.

FUCK THE 41 REPUBLICAN SENATORS!!

[NavyDavy]

30. whos giving in? I haven't heard Reid was giving in or any other

Dem

[Still Sensible]

28. This could all be about a potential filibuster of the stimulus

with 59 votes, plus Maine's senator Olympia Snowe, who has already said she was voting for the stimulus, any potential for a filibuster would be completely off the table. Just a thought.

[PatrynXX]

29. looks like HP

lots of HP. ewe. but free is free

[VP505]

32. Harry finds himself in

a self created compromising position, he has caved so many times to the GOP that they think the SOP is, they demand he complies.

[rocktivity]

33. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" award

As if they'd want him seated under ANY circumstances...


rocknation

[midnight]

34. As a very proper cousin of my father would say, "eat shit, and die."

[mascarax]

35. Oh, well, it's only our taxpayer dollars being wasted (thanks, Norm!)

I know how concerned Norm was with our money being wasted with a recount (this was before the recount, after Norm graciously announced that he'd won the election).

So nice to see how our money - apparently spent on a 5 year supply of HP printer toner - is irrelevant. (See MN Independent photo for a nice shot of office supplies up for grabs.)

I detest that man.

(By the way, I'd be happy to take some of that "free" toner...gee, are there any Swingline staplers available?)

[KamaAina]

36. These would be the same repukes who worked so feverishly to get Burris seated?

Am I missing something here?