Al Franken stole the election? Prove it or shut up

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Jan 9, 2009 8:58 AM EST

Article Source: Salon.com

politics, election, senate, conservatives, minnesota, rush-limbaugh, right-wing, bill-oreilly, al-franken, recount, libel, slander, richard-mellon-scaife

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If Al Franken were not a longtime public figure -- and thus severely handicapped by American jurisprudence -- he could file a powerful complaint for libel or slander against several of the most prominent wingnuts in the United States. From Rush Limbaugh to Bill O'Reilly to Richard Mellon Scaife, a chorus of familiar voices is loudly defaming the Democrat whose razor-thin win in the Minnesota Senate race will now be tested in that state's courts. Ever since Election Day, on radio and television, on the Internet and in print, they've screamed that Franken is stealing, rigging, pilfering, scamming, thieving and cheating his way to victory.

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Seriously, come on now. Let's look at what went down in Florida in 2000 and compare it to what went down in Minnesota in 2008. If we're going to accuse Franken of stealing the election then we ought to send Bush and Katherine Harris PMITA prison.

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