Comments on: Coleman Goof https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Pierce R. Butler https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531769 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:45:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531769 Spiv – the Republican National Committee has ponied up at least $1/4 million to Coleman’s (post-election) campaign treasury, apparently to weaken the Democrats’ bloc in the Senate and thereby extort more billions in tax cuts for their p/i/m/p/s/ patriotic contributors.

]]> By: Spiv https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531768 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:12:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531768 Who’s paying the bills to keep this charade going? Is this covered by the RNC, or is it out of Colemans personal pocket?

]]> By: Ana https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531767 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:57:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/25/so-ana-ims-me-and/#comment-531767 I may be more entertained than informed on the matter, but I think that Howell was the Coleman team’s ONLY WITNESS to their claim that duplicate ballots were counted in Minneapolis. In any case, today was also significant in that it was far and beyond the most fun of all the 23 days elapsed thus far in this Contest. Theuptake has been outstanding in providing coverage of the proceedings – go here and watch Howell stare blankly and stammer and not obey the judges while deciding whether or not to lie on the stand:

The Howell testimony, direct and cross (at 16:40):
http://www.mogulus.com/theuptake/ondemand/pla_6452528468179140861?playeraspectwidth=4&playeraspectheight=3

Franken attorney Lillehaug asks that Howell’s testimony be stricken (Coleman lawyer Freidberg is too ashamed to speak into the mic, so you’ll miss that), and then calls the witness back to the stand to show prejudice. The look on Howell’s mug at 4:40 is priceless:
http://www.mogulus.com/theuptake/ondemand/pla_4362313573559111743?playeraspectwidth=4&playeraspectheight=3

In this clip, the judges strike the witness testimony. Die-hards will also get to see Minneapolis Elections Director Cindy Richert juggle files and flip through pages to answer Friedberg’s questions which, themselves, aim toward nothing much more than getting his own shit straight. It’s as though he were still in discovery; the judges have exercised much (MUCH) restraint in not holding his courtroom behavior in contempt:
http://www.mogulus.com/theuptake/ondemand/pla_5156121578934679368?playeraspectwidth=4&playeraspectheight=3

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