The fall of Norm Coleman

[Allrule]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/30/franken.ruling/index.html

[Maurepas]

Lets just hope he doesnt end up wanting revenge with giant robots.....

[New Mitanni]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

[Vervaria]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

I'm fairly certain Caligula made his horse a consul, not a Senator.

[Ashmoria]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

[Conserative Morality]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

Consul, actually.

[No Names Left Damn It]

I'm fairly certain Caligula made his horse a consul, not a Senator.

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

[No Names Left Damn It]

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

I know that name. Is she the one who advocated secession?

[Ashmoria]

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

I know that name. Is she the one who advocated secession?

she is the one who wanted to reinstate the house unamerican activities committee starting off with investigating congress for unamerican members.

her most recent absurdity is declaring that she will not fill out next years census form beyond answering how many people live at her address.

[Conserative Morality]

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

I don't think so, more of a presidential figure.

[Vervaria]

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

I know that name. Is she the one who advocated secession?

she is the one who wanted to reinstate the house unamerican activities committee starting off with investigating congress for unamerican members.

her most recent absurdity is declaring that she will not fill out next years census form beyond answering how many people live at her address.

Doesn't she also have something to do with reeducation to turn gays back into straight people, or something along those lines?

[Milks Empire]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

And if you want to see a real horse's ass, I present to you...

Sally Kern, representing Oklahoma's 84th state congressional district. The idiot that seems to think same-sex relationships are a bigger threat to the country than the theocrats, the KKK, the neo-Nazis, and their ilk.

[Ashmoria]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

And if you want to see a real horse's ass, I present to you...

Sally Kern, representing Oklahoma's 84th state congressional district. The idiot that seems to think same-sex relationships are a bigger threat to the country than the theocrats, the KKK, the neo-Nazis, and their ilk.

well ya but everyone expects OK to have an ultra conservative fool in congress. minnesota is a progressive state. what the fuck is it doing electing michelle bachman?

[Farnhamia]

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

I don't think so, more of a presidential figure.

The consuls were, until Augustus made them more or less decorative, the chief executives of the Res Publica Romana.

You had to be a senator in order to be a consul. But Roman senator =/= US Senator. Senator in Ancient Rome a classification by property worth, you had to own a million sesterces or something, I forget the exact number.

[Fleckenstein]

well ya but everyone expects OK to have an ultra conservative fool in congress. minnesota is a progressive state. what the fuck is it doing electing michelle bachman?

She may be the first elected official I donate money against.

[Farnhamia]

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

And if you want to see a real horse's ass, I present to you...

Sally Kern, representing Oklahoma's 84th state congressional district. The idiot that seems to think same-sex relationships are a bigger threat to the country than the theocrats, the KKK, the neo-Nazis, and their ilk.

well ya but everyone expects OK to have an ultra conservative fool in congress. minnesota is a progressive state. what the fuck is it doing electing michelle bachman?

And we drove Marilyn Musgrave out of office in Colorado last year, so the ranks of the ultra conservatives got thinned out. Musgrave was so pissed off that she lost she refused to congratulate her opponent, not even if one of those teeth-clenched, I-don't-mean-this tones of voice. Even the state Republicans were telling her to behave and be nice. I'm not sure she ever did make the call.

[Milks Empire]

not to worry. they still have michelle bachman. shes a great role model for repubicans everywhere.

And if you want to see a real horse's ass, I present to you...

Sally Kern, representing Oklahoma's 84th state congressional district. The idiot that seems to think same-sex relationships are a bigger threat to the country than the theocrats, the KKK, the neo-Nazis, and their ilk.

well ya but everyone expects OK to have an ultra conservative fool in congress. minnesota is a progressive state. what the fuck is it doing electing michelle bachman?

Touché.

[Grays Harbor]

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

I personally (since I belong to one of those "third party" things) don't have a problem with folk actually voting for who they believe will do the job, instead of feeling constrained to choose between Tweedle-Dem and Tweedle-Rep only.

[Grave_n_idle]

According to legend, the Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a Senator.

Minnesotans have gone Caligula one better and made a horse's ass a Senator.

Way to go, Minnesotans. Especially the 400,000+ who voted third-party and made this disgrace possible.

At last, I agree with New Mitanni on something!

Splitting the vote in Minnesota stopped Minnesota having a representative for half a year.

Of course, if the loser had just bowed out as soon as it became clear he'd lost, it could have all been avoided, and Franken could have been in Washington working.

[New Limacon]

At last, I agree with New Mitanni on something!

Splitting the vote in Minnesota stopped Minnesota having a representative for half a year.

Of course, if the loser had just bowed out as soon as it became clear he'd lost, it could have all been avoided, and Franken could have been in Washington working.

True, but I think the voting system is more to blame than the voters. A system where you only vote for one person allows brouhahas like this or the 2000 presidential to happen as often as they do. (Which actually isn't that often. But still, it could be avoided.)

[Altergo]

I'm fairly certain Caligula made his horse a consul, not a Senator.

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

They were like, a rank below Senator

[Enphos]

I'm fairly certain Caligula made his horse a consul, not a Senator.

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

They were like, a rank below Senator

Consuls were Senators, and the highest ranked ones as well.

[Farnhamia]

I'm fairly certain Caligula made his horse a consul, not a Senator.

Did Consuls not take seats in the Roman Senate?

They were like, a rank below Senator

No, no, no. To be elected consul was the highest attainment a man could hope for in Rome. The two consuls of each year were the heads of the government, the highest magistrates, the co-commanders-in-chief of the Army. You had to be a senator to become consul (except for Pompey the Great in first time but those were strained times).

[Farnhamia]

At last, I agree with New Mitanni on something!

Splitting the vote in Minnesota stopped Minnesota having a representative for half a year.

Of course, if the loser had just bowed out as soon as it became clear he'd lost, it could have all been avoided, and Franken could have been in Washington working.

True, but I think the voting system is more to blame than the voters. A system where you only vote for one person allows brouhahas like this or the 2000 presidential to happen as often as they do. (Which actually isn't that often. But still, it could be avoided.)

US presidential elections have only gone to the House twice (1824 and 1876), and only twice, in a two-man ran, has the winner of the popular vote not become president (1876 and 2000). So I think we're doing fine, thanks.

[Magechill-Izeckistan]

There were two Consuls, who ruled for a year and then another election or something happened.They ruled above the senate.Julius/Caligula/Little boots was dictator for six months, got syphilis, and then made his horse a senator.