Norm Coleman: Key To Republican Success Lies In The "Ethernet"

Clearly, Norm Coleman isn't exactly tech-savvy. After a speaking engagement in St. Louis this week, he told a video-camera wielding supporter that the key to success for Republicans "lies in the ethernet."

Coleman, who was in Minnesota Supreme Court this week appealing the Senate election results, was in St. Louis to give a speech at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference.

WATCH:

Minnesota Public Radio has audio of Coleman's remarks to reporters Thursday.

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[MrKnuckles]

And while we're at it folks should learn how to utilize, Googlosity, Twitterface, YooHoo, Lexus-Necklace, Facebits,and Mr. T ate my... never mind.

[1cubfan]

Funny.

[Doofus]

Y'know, as one who made a decent living as a 'programmer'
back in the day of teletypes & transistorized mini-computers, I'd
have to say that if Coleman's worst mistake is to mix up the terms
'internet' & 'ethernet', he's evidently more or less ok for public office.

'It's a series of tubes...' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f999PcP0aFNE]

But, Franken would be better, no doubt, one-man-sa­tellite-ho­ok-up-wise­.

[benman]

No, no, no... if you're going to do the Youtube on "Series of Tubes" you gotta do this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOoQFa5ug8

[Doofus]

Whoa, dude!

That's way funnier even than 'The Evolution of Packet Switching', for sure.

http://www.packet.cc/files/ev-packet-sw.html

[trisha08]

Wow....tha­t pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?

According to McCain, maybe they should also get on "The Email, or "The Google" .

[henrypapillon]

It's Ethernets, plural, stupid.

[AbeMartin]

Obviously spent too much of his time ice-fishing during the middle of summer.

[Rog49Thomas]

It's nice to see the hard science wing of he RP finally asserting itself.

But let's not overlook phlogiston.

[Passenger57]

A-ha! That explains why Coleman wouldn't give up - he's on ether!

[JiminNC]

The Twitter generation ... they think Twitter IS the Ethernet ...

[MNmommy]

Now it's clear how this doozlenozzle managed to expose his whole contributor base over the *ethernet* via open access to his databases through his re-election website.

[Akindles]

You got that right. NC and his IT staff are about as technically literate as a 4 year old.

[floridafun]

the message of reagan values is the right message huh? and how'd that work in 2008? keep pushing that theory and assure our current sanity in the white house.

[rzan1]

Forgive my shallowness, but he is not only extremely homely but so boring. I coudn't listen to him or watch him.

[omenapt]

his "circular" talking points sound so "arctic" ! I almost feel sorry for him as he tries to grab at "current" trends . I am still waiting for a message!
I think GOP'ers are given a limited vocabulary and then told "here, try to make as many speeches out of these few words as you can " ,kinda of like anagrams!

[grf67]

Science remains much too hard for the republicans. If the college courses were not so hard maybe more of the GOP would have science and engineering degrees and understand this stuff.

[edtheengineer]

The only science the republiCANTs take seriously is the search for oil, lots of oil. Everything is subservient to having lots and lots of oil. Chain-Knee sets the standard there.

[StillAmused]

The key to success for Republicans lies in the ether.

[sole]

out of touch with "technolog­y"... another way to plainly see ignorance take down the right

[edtheengineer]

They are out of touch with technology due to excessive imbibing of ether.

[sole]

that's funny!

[maxexn]

This is news worthy?