And the senate election from Minnesota is finally over! After eight months of recounting ballots, Minnesota has finally declared former Saturday Night Live comedian and Democratic candidate Al Franken as the victor of the election.....by a mere 312 votes! That's right, out of the entire state of Minnesota, Franken won by less votes than there are students at Stonewall Jackson! Now, this isn't news just because the recounting process was so long, or because the race was so tight, or because some person cast a write-in vote for "Lizard People". No, the reason this is important is because Franken will become the 60th Democrat in the Senate. And with 60 votes, the Democrats can stop all debate on ANY topic. In other words, if all 60 Democrats agree on something, the Republicans can do NOTHING to stop it! Big news, huge news, keep paying attention to the news!
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
New Senator from Minnesota
And the senate election from Minnesota is finally over! After eight months of recounting ballots, Minnesota has finally declared former Saturday Night Live comedian and Democratic candidate Al Franken as the victor of the election.....by a mere 312 votes! That's right, out of the entire state of Minnesota, Franken won by less votes than there are students at Stonewall Jackson! Now, this isn't news just because the recounting process was so long, or because the race was so tight, or because some person cast a write-in vote for "Lizard People". No, the reason this is important is because Franken will become the 60th Democrat in the Senate. And with 60 votes, the Democrats can stop all debate on ANY topic. In other words, if all 60 Democrats agree on something, the Republicans can do NOTHING to stop it! Big news, huge news, keep paying attention to the news!
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