Norm Coleman's a Sore Loser, Why Won't The Press Say So?
Coleman, of course, has the right to appeal his Minnesota election case, just as other suspicious second-place candidates have done in the past. What seems to be unique is this case, though, is how so much of the press coverage has politely refrained from suggesting that Coleman's a sore loser for adopting his marathon litigation approach.
Traditionally, candidates who lost and cried foul had a rather short window to prove their case before the media lost patience and started calling the candidate out as petulant and self-involved. But not with Coleman. As he and his attorneys look over their recount legal options, they in no way have to be concerned about or factor into play the potential "sore loser" meme that could do real damage to his effort. They can play hardball with impunity because they're getting a free pass from the press.
If Coleman soon suffers yet another recount loss and appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court, will the press finally dip its toe into the sore loser pool? What if Coleman loses at the Minnesota Supreme Court in April or May and then appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could then tie up the Senate seat into next year? Will the press then suggest Coleman and Republicans are sore losers?
Read the full Media Matters column here.
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News media is a concentrated industry. ALL our industries are concentrated industries. We have laws against concentrated industries. We are paying people top dollar to KEEP from having them and we need to stop paying them JUST before we put them in prison.
Why won't 'the press' say that Coleman's a sore loser (In other words, just speak the truth).. ?
... BECAUSE, that would require even MORE truth: i.e., that the GOP has slowly but surely become a deranged group of self-delusional people with almost no clue and virtually no real leadership. And THAT would mean that with a one-party system, democracy itself is in VERY deep doo-doo.
.... And we can't have that., now , can we. Too much reality. Better to PRETEND Coleman is sane and perfectly entitied to obstruct Congress, and by extension, the entire country, with his ridiculous, offensive demands.
The media won't call Norm Coleman a sore loser because they still fear the wrath of the right wing revenge machine. Ask Dan Rather.
It is unlikey the MSM media soon to go the way of the dial phone. Its the internet where so many of us go and thus we start the chant Sore Loser of the most awful kind.
The press only applies "sore loser" to Al Gore.
Who (unfortunately) conceded gracefully.
"Free Press" is the greatest myth of our society.
I just thank GOD that Eric Boehlert exists, much less that he is the greatest truth-teller about the corporate media and how deep they are in the tank for Repubs. His reports are thorough, well-researched and devastating to every publication, media talking head and network out there.
His book "Lapdogs" should be required reading for every American, certainly for EVERY Journalism student.
Great post, Eric. You not only show the contempt that the GOP has for democracy, but the same contempt that these unelected, elitist Beltway Bozos in the press have for it as well.
If you got the coin, you can't find a more worthy organization to support than Mr. Boehlert's. MediaMatters is quite simply the best., most effective, informative political site on the web.
As Arianna once said, the only thing missing in what passes for news these days is actual news.
No, we have not had another election, and many of us (or the people I have discussed this issue with) do not plan on voting again. We voted, if they were going to have a second election they should have done it already, say like the next day or within the election week. As far as alot of us are concerned he should have bowed out GRACEFULLY a long time ago. Enough is enough already.
I was thinking the same thing: They basically STOLE the Election from Al Gore in 2000, and asked him to bow out gracefully, so as not to "tarnish the election process". But Coleman has been holding us hostage for 5 months and no one has stepped in to save us yet, WHY. Is there another motive for letting Coleman drag this race on and on, and keeping this crucial seat empty?
You can bet your bottom dollar that there is another motive for letting this fiasco drag on so long. Franken should bring the whole situation to a head by going to Washington and demanding to be seated. Cause an uproar! Then, my friends, we will see the real Republican agenda.
Harry "Sluggo" Reid is blocking Franken being seated and should be run out of Washington for being a toad.
Minnesota Supreme Court is as far as Coleman can go. If he loses there, he has to start a new federal suit, which doesn't delay seating of Franken. This effort goes a long way to clarify Minnesota law on elections. Every Minnesota voter benefits, even though the pain is felt throughout the country by Coleman's nonsense. When the state supreme court rules, Coleman will then become Clown Coleman, and he can focus on the illegal donor issues that will send him to jail.
This is an open issue, based on interpretation of Minn law. Senate repubs, led by John Cornyn, have already stated their interpretation, that the race is not over until all cases are settled, including Federal. Franken needs an election certificate signed by Gov Pawlenty (R) and Sec of State Mark Ritchie (DFL). Do you think he'll get one?
Coleman has lots of jerky republicans in congress feeding his sore losership. If I were the people of Minnesota I would be very upset right now. But I would also be insisting on a new election to be the final arbiter of this battle. It's getting silly, IMHO.
Don't forget that Coleman won the original vote ... this race is so close it is a statistical tie and anybody could eventually win.
You're mistaken. Coleman didn't win the original vote after absentee ballots were counted.
Original vote? When did Minnesota have a second vote?
I know exactly what you mean.
Don't forget Michael Phelps and the American relay team were behind in that one Olympic race until right at the end when they were only .01 seconds ahead.
Don't forget The NY Giants were a few points behind the Patriots in Superbowl LXII until the last few seconds, when they went up by just a few points.
Don't forget Dewey and Truman were a statistical tie, but in the end Truman was a little bit ahead.
No wait. I have no idea what you mean.
And don't forget the 2004 Boston Red Sox, down 3-1 to the mighty Yankees.
But on the first point, I didn't realize "Coleman won the original vote."
The Press died a long time ago. Why do you think the blogs are thriving? MSM long, forgot its job.
In 2000, A man called Al Gore won 50,999,897 votes for the Presidency, more than any Democrat in history, more than any candidate in history except Ronald Reagan in 1984, and more than half a million more votes than the man who assumed the office, and yet was cheated out of the Presidency by the Supreme Court. And he did not want to litigate, because he did not want to divide the nation. But what do you expect of Repubs, and someone as lacking in character as Norm Coleman?
In retrospect, dividing the nation would have been much better than what W. did to us. It's only better to bow out gracefully when you've actually lost. Al Gore should have been President the past eight years.
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