Sign the petition calling for an ethics investigation of Norm Coleman.
The full text of the letters ABM has sent to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and to the FBI requesting an investigation is below the fold. For more information on the scandal, check out Eric Black's story on MinnPost here.
Read More »Alliance for a Better Minnesota Calls on Congress, FBI for Coleman Ethics Investigation
Saint Paul, Minn. – Alliance for a Better Minnesota (ABM) a grassroots lobbying and online organizing group that works with progressive groups, is calling on the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to look into allegations made in a lawsuit filing that U.S. Senator Norm Coleman had accepted cash gifts totaling $75,000.
ABM is also asking the Minneapolis Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter, which according to court documents, meant Nasser Kazeminy – a Coleman donor and close friend – fraudulently ordered the payment of corporate funds that were not legitimate transactions.
“These are serious allegations. With all of the news media covering these lawsuits, which state that money was funneled to Norm Coleman, we need to know what actually happened. There should be a thorough, formal investigation,” said Denise Cardinal the Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota. “Minnesotans deserve to know the truth.”
ABM is also providing Minnesotans the chance to sign a petition to show the FBI and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics support for the investigation by visiting: http://pnmn.bluestatedigital.com/page/petition/Investigatenorm
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Some folks may or may not know, but not all of the locations provided by the SOS office are accurate -- with each different county in charge of locations and all. The great folks at America Votes independently verified locations, and put it into a nifty spreadsheet you can all find here:
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The CEO of a major marine technology company is alleging that he was pressured by a friend and associate of Norm Coleman to secretly funnel tens of thousands of dollars to the Senator's family.
Paul McKim, the founder and CEO of Deep Marine Technology, alleges in a civil suit that Nasser Kazeminy -- a longtime Republican donor, friend of Coleman, and DMT shareholder -- directed the company to send $75,000 to the Senator and his wife.
Click here to read entire story from Huffington Post.
More at MN PUBLIUS and The Minnesota Independent
VetVoice has comparison photos:
http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2109
The story was just picked up on the front page of DailyKos as their top story:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/15513/668/315/646507
KARE 11 (NBC) Article: Attack Ad's Darkened Images Prompt Questions
http://www.kare11.com/news/elections/election_article.aspx?storyid=528296&catid=222
Video: http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=86686
Michele Bachmann is appearing to be a win-win for Tinklenberg and Obama. Not only did she help her Congressional opponent Tinklenberg raise a ton of cash, Bachmann's camments helped with Mr. Powell's decision to endorse Senator Obama. The former Chairmen of the joint Chiefs of Staff said of Bachmann's right-wing rant:
"This business, for example, we've got a congressman from Minnesota whose going around saying, 'Let's examine all congressmen to see who is pro-America and whose not pro-America.' We've got to stop this kind of nonsense and pull ourselves together and remember that our great strength is in our unity and our diversity,"
Click here to read full story from Politico.
Here's a new one, asking Minnesotans to call Representative Bachmann.
Cullen does not look comfortable during this humiliating episode in which he couldn't answer a yes or no question. While the issue isn't necessarily whether or not Norm took free suits, it speaks to the larger issue of Norm playing by his own rules while ignoring the people he is supposed to represent. Can we really trust this guy to be our Senator for 6 more years?
and clueless.
Click here for the video.
of the Republican Party has been to obstruct the Democratic agenda at
all costs. Republican senator Orin Hatch has gone so far as to tout
their obstructionist agenda in the National Republican Senatorial
Committee (NRSC) fund-raising pitch, describing the Senate as the
"firewall against irresponsible Democratic legislation." As the graph
from the front page shows, as of July 22 the Democrats have called a
record 94 cloture votes in the Senate, which nearly doubles the 54
cloture votes attempted in the entirety of the previous term.
NCEC projects that Democrats will likely attempt as many as 118
cloture votes in the Senate by the end of the term. The so-called
"irresponsible legislation" that the Republicans have derailed would
have addressed many pressing problems facing this county, from the
energy crisis to health care.
http://www.ncec.org
Summary: On Morning Joe, NBC News political director Chuck Todd asserted of media coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's comment that "[y]ou can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig" while discussing Sen. John McCain's proposed policies: "I think the McCain campaign is laughing, laughing their butts off this morning. That any of us have taken the bait on this lipstick thing, I mean, this is a joke. It is laughable." Time's Jay Carney stated that the McCain campaign's claim that Obama's comments represented "sexism" was "false" and "ridiculous."
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Citing no evidence, AP's Pickler purported to know how audience interpreted Obama's remark
Summary: In an article regarding Sen. Barack Obama's recent comment about Sen. John McCain's policies -- "[Y]ou can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig" -- AP's Nedra Pickler baselessly asserted that Obama's audience "clearly dr[ew] a connection to [Gov. Sarah] Palin's joke even if it's not what Obama meant." However, Pickler provided no evidence for her assessment of the audience's reaction, and, indeed, the interpretation by New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny of the audience's reaction was completely different.
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MSNBC poll about Obama's "lipstick on a pig" comment precluded exoneration of Obama or assessment of McCain reaction
Summary: MSNBC.com conducted a poll September 9 asking readers "Do you think Sen. Barack Obama went too far with his 'lipstick on a pig' remark?" Not only did the poll frame the question in a way that baselessly presumed Obama was referring to Gov. Sarah Palin, but MSNBC did not offer readers the opportunity to respond that Obama did not go "too far" or to criticize the McCain campaign's reaction to the comments.
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Hannity baselessly claimed Obama's "lipstick" comment was about Palin -- Huckabee, Wolfson disagree
Summary: On Hannity & Colmes, Mike Huckabee and Howard Wolfson both disagreed with Sean Hannity's claim that Sen. Barack Obama was "talking about [Gov.] Sarah Palin" when he made his "lipstick on a pig" comment. Wolfson asserted: "[T]here's no question that he was referring to [Sen.] John McCain, not Sarah Palin, and I think anything to the contrary is ridiculous."
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Halperin: Media attention to "lipstick on a pig" comment "playing into the McCain campaign's crocodile tears"
Summary: On CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, Time's Mark Halperin characterized the recent media attention to Sen. Barack Obama's comment that "[y]ou can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig" as "a low point in the day ... and one of the low days of our collective coverage of this campaign." Halperin went on to say, "I think this is the press just absolutely playing into the McCain campaign's crocodile tears."
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WSJ's Chozick misrepresented Obama's "lipstick on a pig" comment
Summary: In a blog post, Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Chozick baselessly asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's statement that "[y]ou can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig" "played on [Gov. Sarah] Palin's joke during the Republican National Convention that the only difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom was lipstick." Chozick provided no evidence for this assertion, and, in fact, Obama did not mention Palin in at least the 65 words preceding his "lipstick on a pig" comment. Indeed, his preceding comments consisted of what he described as a "list" of Sen. John McCain's policies that Obama said were no different from President Bush's.
One of John McCain and Sarah Palin's favorite campaign soundbytes has been proven to be an absolute lie. Palin has repeatedly claimed that she opposed the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," even though she supported it until it was no longer popular.
Yet Palin, McCain and their surrogates keep repeating the lie, and that "liberal media" is letting them get away with it. Shameless.
Palin Supported Infamous 'Bridge to Nowhere.' Despite her claims that she opposed the 'Bridge to Nowhere' Palin supported the federal earmark and accepted the money even when the project was suspended. [Reuters, 9/01/08]
Pay rent much?
Norm Coleman received a "dishonorable mention" for being one of the most corrupt members of Congress. Some will jump to say that it is a partisan list, though it includes Democrats and Republicans. Click here to view the report.
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