Norm Coleman's Press Flack Utterly Humiliated
By SilentPatriot Thursday Oct 09, 2008 3:30pmFirst the back story:
I've been told by two sources that [local businessman and political contributor Nasser] Kazeminy has in the past covered the bills for Coleman's lavish clothing purchases at Nieman Marcus in Minneapolis. The sources were not certain of the dates of the purchases; if they were made before Coleman joined the Senate in 2003, he obviously would not be required to report it under senate rules. But having a private businessman pay for your clothing is never a good idea if you're a public official (Coleman was mayor of St. Paul from 1994 to 2002).
When pressed by reporters Wednesday on whether or not Coleman, in fact, accepted these suits from Kazeminy, spokesman Cullen Sheehan repeats the phrase "the Senator has reported every gift he has ever received" no fewer than nine times.
HuffPo has the excruciating transcript.
Ouch. Isn't it really a simple "yes or no?" question? No wonder Coleman is running around blaming the evil bloggers and canceling press conferences.
Also remember that Coleman was busted earlier for getting a sweetheart rental deal on his pad down in DC. Does the guy pay for anything?
The best news, of course, is that this all helps Al Franken, who has drawn the Minnesota Senate race to a dead-heat. Go show him some love if you can spare it.
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YEAH!
To just say yes or no? And why doesn't the GOP just train a parrot, it will be less embarrassing.
nowonmai wrote;-
"To just say yes or no? And why doesn't the GOP just train a parrot, it will be less embarrassing."
didn't the GOP just spend millions training another parrot - Palin - and look what doozies she has come up with!!!
Seems to me Norm Coleman has the necessary qualities to run for the Presidency! Refuses to give a straight answer - or worse get one of his lackeys to parrot out the "no comment" continuously...
And THIS is the sort of Senator many Americans vote for???
I wouldn't trust him with cleaning out my toilet!
If the Senate Dems can win this seat, they may have veto-override power over Obama... 67-32-1
I don't seriously think Lieberman will caucus with the Dems as an independent next session. He's enjoyed the attention as long as I can stand while being the single most powerful "independent" Senator. All he's accomplished is keeping himself in the news, and giving talking points to the Repubs that the Dems enjoy a (false) majority. This was a scam from the onset. As DeLay left congress, he remarked that the Repubs will block anything and everything the Dems attempt to do - then blame the Dems for it.
Next session - things change.
Next session, if Lieberman shows up at the democratic caucus meetings, the dem leadership will politely show him the door and tell him not to let it hit him in the a$$ on the way out.
Coleman or Goldman? Is the 'D' silent? I mean the people of Southbeach need to know. I'm sure the Jeb Bushes Know it's Coleman. After all,where there's sand.......Wink.
caught in bed? with a hooker? a black hooker?!
Frankly, I think the reporters facing these type of non-denial denials during a press conference should show their frustration by getting up and walking out. I'd love it if one of those stuff shirts would hold a press conference so they can avoid answer a straight question with a crooked answer and no one came.
It seems some Jello does stick when you nail it to a wall.
This press conference has to raise suspicions that where's there smoke, there is bribery.
If the press secretary must resort to being a mere parrot, and will not respond to a simple yes or no question, then something stinks.
Coleman has bought himself a whole lot of negative with this press secretary's rediculous non-responsive reponses.
Hey, another loser buddy of Tucker Bounds getting his ass kicked! What a pathetic doofus he is.
The great part is watching the end of the clip when he realizes the game is up with the reporters (ps, kudos to them).
Sweet and yummy to behold!
Lets you see what pool of flacks Tucker Sound-bite was selected from. Seems he was the best available.
I've been waiting for this to happen to Coleman since he was mayor. I spent time testifying at city council meetings in 1997 trying to fight cuts to successful programs used to rehab houses in struggling neighborhood back then. Everything that he did as mayor was designed to pad his resume for his failed run for governor when he lost to Jesse Ventura. It will be gratifying to see him lose to another comedian. It may take Franken a while to make the transition, but he's going to turn into a GREAT senator.
Someone should ask this wanker
"So, we're going to report that Senator Coleman made lavish clothing purchases at Nieman Marcus that were paid for by Nasser Kazeminy. Are you going to deny that report?"
you gotta go dawg. we're tired of your bs. you have been kissing W's ass.....it's time to go.
in the Roman Coliseum mentality.
We need to act and get our shit together in this country.
It's not even worth gloating over the ending careers of these "citizens".
pointing out pondscum and those that propagate pondscum IS 'getting our shit together'. When and if(and that's a big if) the electorate removes pondscum from public life,then We,as citizens must track those that might - and will undermine the will of the electorate. I know you are 'depressed and angry', but this is the messy businees that needs to be done. Anti-bacterial soap is bad for the germs. Good for the rest of US.
Alaska court refuses to shut down Palin probe
Tomorrow could be fun!!
Ooh, clapping hands here!
I wouldn't count on it. I bet first dud lied like a muthaf*cker under oath. However, my heart is filled with angry left hope.
After seeing that I would be willing to say that Coleman is TOAST!
I smell burning toast on a Coleman stove!
Is there any one in the Republican party that is not a complete and total moron?
Was it always like this? From Tucker Bounds, Nancy Gooseneck, McCain, Palin, and this fuck head...what a bunch of idjits.
There are quiet revolutions beginning as we post.
This week, America's quiet revolution started in an unlikely place. Cook County (Chicago) Sheriff Tom Dart got sick of evicting families paying rent, innocents all, as well as evicting owners in foreclosure proceedings.
Sheriff Dart in his own words:
"As Cook County sheriff, I am responsible for running a 10,000-inmate jail, providing patrols to unincorporated areas and securing the courts.
But perhaps no part of our job is as difficult as the work done by our eviction units. On any given day, our deputies could be asked to throw a family out of their home, with all of their possessions left on a curb -- sometimes pilfered through by those living nearby.
Where mortgage firms see pieces of paper, my deputies see people.
Yet no matter how difficult they are, evictions are part of our job.
What isn't part of our job, however, is to carry out work on behalf of the multi-billion-dollar banks and mortgage industries.
Too many times, our deputies arrive at a home to carry out a mortgage foreclosure eviction, only to find a tenant -- dutifully paying their rent each month -- who is unaware their landlord stopped using that rent money to pay the mortgage. They had no fair warning that they were about to be thrown out of their home."
The Star Tribune online contains a link to a YouTube video of an Al Franken response ad that I saw running frequently on CNN while I was at the gym this morning. It shows that footage of "Angry Al" used in a Norm Coleman character slur was in fact dishonest. The "angry" gestures attributed to Al are shown to be Franken relating a story about Paul Wellstone encouraging his son in a track meet!
Watch the video at the Star Tribune, or on YouTube.
Watch that "Angry Al, Lying Norm" click on above. What bullshit that is... Like AL COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS FROM.
Don't worry, Norm. I'm sure George will let you be his valet when he retires to Paraguay.
Man, would I love to see this guy shown the door come November. He has irritated and betrayed us Minnesotans long enough.
Mr. Squirrel you may want to use an alias becasue Sarah Palin may want to shoot you. From a plane.
I hear she prefers larger, less agile targets. Moose, wolves, caribou, grizzlies, panda bears, camels, dolphins, collies... stuff like that. We squirrels are far too small and maneuverable to shoot from aircraft.
You haven't read Sarah's Carpet Bombing Rodent Initiative?
Not bad Taarak. You made my day!
OH MY GOD!!!
This is how journalists should ask questions.
Professionals!!! I can hardly believe it.
Jeebus, get these guys gigs with the Times and Post.
Enough of the Main Stream Stenography Club -- Nagourney, Bumiller, Seelye, etc.
Well, that's not going to differentiate Norm Coleman from many Senators of either party. That's the way the game is played. And when they regulate that kind of behavior, I have no doubt that the Senators and influence seekers find other ways to "help out."
The original Harper's article discusses several other odd financial arrangements of Mr. Coleman's, some of them even more interesting than the free expensive suits. I heartily recommend you have a look, if you'd care to see that this suit thing is not a fluke.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/10/hbc-90...
when did harpers become a blog?
old norm is going down
Since Coleman needs help buying clothes Franken supporters will start bringing poor Norm old suits. Go buy an old suit at Good Will for 3 bucks, put a huge tag on it saying “Another Empty Suit For Coleman”, and take it to a Coleman rally or to one of his campaign offices.
This will generate great press when a couple hundred people show up at a Coleman rally or office with suits on hangers. It’s great symbolism and will look good on TV.
First action:
Coleman is holding a press conference at his St. Paul office tomorrow, Friday 10/10 at 10:30 :
2550 University Ave W
St Paul, MN
Bring an old suit on a hanger with a big label on it saying "Empty Suits for Coleman".
If you can't make it please copy this and spread it around!
Let’s have fun folding up the biggest empty suit in MN – Norm Coleman! Spread the word and boost Al Franken!
I've been a proud supporter of Franken since he entered the race and gladly donate to his campaign.
I hope a grass roots effort takes hold, with help from the blogosphere, to donate some jack to his campaign.
Al Franken is not only funny, not only smart, and not only against the Iraq war (even while visiting there numerous times) but he is running for Paul Wellstone's old Senate seat, which has been sullied by the likes of Norm Coleman
Way back in the day,when I was working at a residential treatment center,this kids goldfish died.My wife to be was a teacher at the same facility and her classroom gold fish disappeared the same day.
We did a search of the kids room and as he tried to block the gold fish darting back and forth in his bowl as he exclaimed "what gold fish"?
It was pathetic-but cute.
This bullshit is pathetic-period.
"the Senator has reported every gift he has ever received"
"It puts the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again"
I really don't want to see an NRA ad on your home page threatening Obama and Biden will "take our guns". I thought you guys were above this.
It would be sweet justice if the very things that he is alleged to have done rise to the same level as his baseless accusations against UK Member of Parliament George Galloway.
Clearly at that time the Senator showed himself as a corrupt midget. Now, well represented by his "press secretary", we can add incompetent boob to the aspersions.
Go get 'em Al Franken.
If he was MY Senator, he would NEVER get a vote of mine if he handled the press in this manner.
This horse's ass acts as though it's funny or cute.
I think coleman's ship is about to take on water fast, and we'll know the answers to these "petty questions" sooner than later.
I thought the link was for a news updates, now I'm volunteering? I don't live in Minnesota! What the hell man?
Norm's staffers are incredibly rude anytime I call the office to share my opinion. I am civil and polite and brief but they always end up cutting me off with a "Thank you, I will pass it on to the Senator."
No class.
We all knew that Coleman is a whore, but accepting clothes? That promotes him into the category of being a kept man. Maybe he and Larry Craig might want to hook up.
Reslugs are embarrassing themselves being that they're all crooked and paid off scumbags.
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