Are Minnesotans Really That Dumb?

That's the question my mom is asking as the endless recount for the winner of our Senate seat drags on. Al Franken has been declared the winner TWICE but Norm Coleman isn't giving up. Next stop, the Minnesota Supreme Court, and most likely after that, the U.S. Supreme Court. Ugh.

Mom's question stems from the number of spoiled ballots accepted, denied, or recounted. In Nebraska, if a voter spoils a ballot, they simply ask for a new one (There's a concept!). Admittedly, some of the spoiled ballots were absentee ballots, still, it's hard to fathom voters making the kinds of weird errors like voting for the wrong candidate that have occurred, but you'd have to live hear to get the full effect of voter stupidity.

For all the complaints and frustrations regarding the recount, there's one aspect not being mentioned and it's this: the only reason Norm Coleman became senator was due to Paul Wellstone's untimely death in a plane crash on October 25, 2002. Had the very popular Wellstone (and several others, including his wife, Sheila) not perished, Coleman most likely would never have become Senator from Minnesota.

We are currently the laughing-stock of the nation. Let's resolve this and move on.

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