http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/250-lawyers-for-team-franken/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Fri, 25 May 2012 22:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/250-lawyers-for-team-franken/comment-page-1/#comment-1555416 Gary Gross Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:09:07 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=6265#comment-1555416 If he wsn't such a miserable cur, he wouldn't have needed Lord-Faris's help. He would've won it outright. But that's another story for another time. If he wsn’t such a miserable cur, he wouldn’t have needed Lord-Faris’s help. He would’ve won it outright. But that’s another story for another time.

]]> http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/250-lawyers-for-team-franken/comment-page-1/#comment-1555338 jason bird 2008 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:10:21 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=6265#comment-1555338 What's really ironic about the Franken situation is that he could have easily won this election without a recount if he wasn't such a stubborn jerk. His primary opponent, Priscilla Lord Faris got almost 75,000 votes or about 1/3 of the Democratic votes cast. Team Franken knew that there was serious dissatisfaction within the party about his candidacy but did nothing to try to bring those 75,000 voters back into the fold. Both Norm Coleman's campaign and Dean Barkley (the independent candidate) asked for Lord Faris' endorsement but being a loyal Democrat she would only endorse Franken. She even scripted a very positive ad for him. She was never contacted. Even a few of those votes would have easily put Franken over the top. The reason he didn't ask is the same reason he'd make an ineffective Senator--he can't work with anybody who disagrees with him. What’s really ironic about the Franken situation is that he could have easily won this election without a recount if he wasn’t such a stubborn jerk. His primary opponent, Priscilla Lord Faris got almost 75,000 votes or about 1/3 of the Democratic votes cast. Team Franken knew that there was serious dissatisfaction within the party about his candidacy but did nothing to try to bring those 75,000 voters back into the fold. Both Norm Coleman’s campaign and Dean Barkley (the independent candidate) asked for Lord Faris’ endorsement but being a loyal Democrat she would only endorse Franken. She even scripted a very positive ad for him. She was never contacted. Even a few of those votes would have easily put Franken over the top. The reason he didn’t ask is the same reason he’d make an ineffective Senator–he can’t work with anybody who disagrees with him.

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