GOP Senators Mad That They Voted For Rape

It seems that the GOP is going after Al Franken because he wrote a bill that would have stopped federal funds from going to companies that prevent employees from suing their employers for work related sexual crimes.

Backstory: "In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and 'warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.'"

A no brainer type of amendment. Well, not for the GOP. Several repubs voted against it. It spawned many stories and videos about how the GOP was for rape. The GOP senators then get angry at Al Franken for introducing such a "partisan" amendment.

At the end of the day, these morons voted for against a good bill. They deserve everything they get.

Franken Taking Oath

Here he is in all his glory. I kinda teared up.

Franken On The Job

Check out the presser with Franken and Reid. Reid talks about how Franken is going to be a "work horse and not a show horse."

Franken Is Taking It Over

Via TPM. One day after taking over Coleman's seat, Franken then goes and takes over Coleman's whole office and is quick to put up this new sign.

How sweet it is.

Franken Wins Court Ruling: Coleman Concedes Race

After 8 months of futile court battles on the part of Norm Coleman, Al Franken has finally won his senate seat. In the court ruling today, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Al Franken. With such a unanimous ruling, Coleman figured that the U.S. Supreme Court would not look at this case and so he decided to quit.

Doesn't really matter to Norm though. The GOP was paying for his fight. They spent almost 1 million in fees to help out Norm that could have gone to 2010 election battles. What a waste of money.

The real trouble is in the mail for the GOP. Dem Senator Byrd just got out of the hospital, Senator Kennedy can make small trips to DC, Penn Senator Specter switched parties, and finally Al Franken will be getting seated sometime this week or next giving the dems 60 seats. A filibuster proof majority that the GOP only dreamed of.

My oh my have the tables have turned.

Franken Will Probably Win... Again

Coleman's never ending attempt to keep an elected official out of court continued with the Minnesota State Supreme court hearing oral arguments today. It, AGAIN, doesn't look like Coleman has a snowballs chance in hell of winning the court battle or being senator.

Rick Hansen: "There's no question that Coleman's side got much tougher question than Franken's side, and based upon oral argument I would not be surprised to see a unanimous decision in favor of Franken in a relatively short time frame (within two weeks -- maybe sooner). I counted at least three of the five Justices who were much more willing to accept Franken's arguments than Coleman's arguments, and who asked Coleman's side much more difficult questions."

There is no reason for the court to overturn the lower court. If it did, don't expect to see Franken in the seat until next year while the appeals process works its way up to the supreme court. 

Then there's this little nugget over at DailyKos:

"Furthermore, I have been unable to find any independent expert who believes Coleman will win in the Minnesota Supreme Court. In fact, I have asked the Coleman camp if they know of any expert and they not given me any names.

The thing about experts is that they can, of course, be wrong. But when they all say the same thing you have to wonder."

Yea, it does make you wonder.