GOP: Democrats trying to 'steal' NY20 ("pull a Franken"?)

[babylonsister]

WHAAAAA!

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/01/gop-democrats-trying-to-steal-ny20/

GOP: Democrats trying to 'steal' NY20
@ 9:54 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs



National Republicans are warning prospective donors that Democrats are trying to “pull a Franken” and “steal” Tuesday's special election in upstate New York.

Republicans made the charges in a fundraising email sent out early Wednesday morning after a too-close-to-call finish in the New York House race between Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco.

Murphy leads by 65 votes with all precincts reporting, but thousands of absentee ballots remain uncounted. Final results may not be known for weeks.

The GOP e-mail highlights Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, who appears likely to win a Senate seat after a state court gave him an important legal victory on Tuesday over Republican Norm Coleman.

“Democrats have almost succeeded in stealing the election in Minnesota and seating Al Franken,” wrote Guy Harrison, the National Republican Congressional Committee's executive director. “We cannot allow them to manipulate electoral results to seat another tax-troubled liberal.”

The email indicates Republicans are gearing up for a legal fight over the election results, and suggests the party will pursue a more aggressive legal than in Minnesota. In that contest, Coleman was initially up after Election Day but Franken was able to overtake his lead in the recount and legal process.

[Dawgs]

1. Don't they mean Coleman is trying to 'pull a Bush'?

:shrug:

[msongs]

2. these are the people Obama thinks are honorable partners. yeah right nt

[WI_DEM]

3. As usual, you got your dig in at Obama. As predictable as ever

Another day another dig.

[babylonsister]

6. Not necessarily, but I'm glad he tried. And I've also read he's

pretty much given up on bipartisanship. They're on their own now. ;)

See how perfectly that worked? Crazy like a fox, I tell ya.

[kanrok]

4. By "Pull a Franken"

do they mean "win an election?"

[babylonsister]

5. No, reality has become an unknown to the GOP. nt