Republicans urge Coleman to go to Supreme Court

By GottaLaff

Bush v. Gore was a nightmare. So, naturally, Republican logic calls for a demand to recreate it with Coleman v. Franken:

The Senate’s top Republican Friday urged Norm Coleman to take his fight against Al Franken all the way to the Supreme Court “until we know who won.”

Franken holds a 225-vote lead after a hand recount of ballots cast in November. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Friday that Coleman’s fight to hold on to his Minnesota Senate seat may still be in its nascent stages.

“This could end up in federal court based on the allegations of the Coleman campaign that there has not been a consistent manner of counting votes county by county,” McConnell said. “I don't know where this ends.”

Asked if he would encourage Coleman to take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, McConnell said, “I would until we know who won.”

Haven't the Rushpublics learned anything? Look what Bush v. Gore did to this country. Then again, since when has "country first" meant anything to these sociopathic hypocrites?

If Coleman loses, he may appeal his case to the state Supreme Court. Coleman also may consider filing an appeal with a federal appeals court and taking the challenge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a process that could take months. Democrats have accused Coleman of employing dilatory tactics to ensure the seat stays vacant and prevent them from getting their 59th seat. [...]

McConnell said that Coleman’s team seems to have been laying the groundwork for a federal appeals challenge by citing the 2000 Supreme Court case in Bush v. Gore, which ended the Florida recount. McConnell argued that the equal protection clause of the Constitution ensures that each county should use similar standards in counting its ballots, which the Coleman campaign asserts was not done in Minnesota.

“We all remember Bush v. Gore,” McConnell said.

How could we forget? You'd think memories like those would lead to more constructive actions, like, say, realizing when you've lost and not, oh I dunno, ripping democracy apart again. I know! How about accepting their state's legally elected representative into the Senate?

Then again, the Rushpublic priority is all about them, not the collective health and welfare of America.