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Norm Coleman, Minnesota Senator

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Dimmukane:
Fuck, man.  I don't even like coffee.  I should run for office.

BrittanyMarie:
I dunno man, I drink my coffee black most of the time at the office and I'm pretty sure it's seen as more professional and serious. And anyway, the point isn't the coffee, the point is excess and probably a bit of haughtiness or pretension.

I mean, there are totally prejudices about those who like their coffee black and those who like their drinks extra fancy, same as prejudices people have about those who on to higher education vs those who don't, same as those who work manual labor vs those who are in a white-collar environment. 

Anyway, the first time Coleman won it was against the former VP Walter Mondale. And Mondale lost. Obviously Coleman has got some chops in the election business.

Johnny C:
It just occurred to me that I spent the summer doing manual labour.

I am a blue collar worker.

I am this guy's audience.

valley_parade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_hvPbW0jsw&NR=1

That mother fucker BROUGHT HOCKEY BACK.

Alex C:

--- Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 13 Sep 2008, 23:55 ---Anyway, the first time Coleman won it was against the former VP Walter Mondale. And Mondale lost. Obviously Coleman has got some chops in the election business.

--- End quote ---

That's a bit misleading; Coleman's election really just showed how strongly Minnesota is split along partisan lines. Coleman had been running a competitive race against the incumbent, Paul Wellstone, but was starting to fall behind on the polls when Wellstone tragically died in a plane crash less than two weeks before the election. Mondale was a 74 year old man who stepped up for the sake of the party, and hadn't been visibly active in Minnesota regional politics since the late '70s. Despite this, he still managed to get 47% of the vote. It was an extremely divisive election from the word go, since Wellstone was one of the most consistently liberal figures in the senate and had recently made some very unpopular decisions, while Coleman had the open support of the Bush administration. That said, I'm not entirely convinced Norm could have defeated Zombie Wellstone had the state been hit by some voodoo/space radiation before election day.

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