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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 10:55 AM
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While The Media Yammers On About Obama: More Coleman Allegations Surface
Edited on Fri Dec-12-08 10:57 AM by Me.
“Did Norm Coleman's financial problems compel him to turn to friends and GOP donors for help with his living situation?

That's what a new story out of Minnesota alleges. Friday morning, a local Fox News affiliate reported that at the time that Coleman alleged received $75,000 in unreported payments from a prominent Republican businessman, he was also struggling to make payments for the restructuring of his home.

Good government officials wondered whether there was something more than coincidental to the financial exchange. And, indeed, there is other compelling -- and up to this point, unnoted -- evidence to suggest that Coleman was soliciting monetary favors from his GOP backers.

Around the same time that Coleman and/or his wife were allegedly receiving three $25,000 payments from businessman Nasser Kazeminy, the Senator was also getting cheaply discounted rent from a major Republican figure who served as his landlord in Washington D.C.

In July 2007 -- months after lawsuits assert that $75,000 was secretly funneled to the Colemans -- the Senator began paying $600 a month rent on his one-bedroom apartment on Capitol Hill, way below market value. His landlord, Republican operative and communications guru Jeff Larson, also was covering Coleman's utilities (under an apparent agreement that the Senator would be billed with an estimate once the year was over).” Cont...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/12/did-colemans-financial-st_n_150523.html
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AndrewP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:02 AM
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1. Why this is falling under the MSM radar is amazing to me
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:13 AM
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2. Doesn't matter....
As long as Norm Coleman is seeing what is happening to Blogo.......
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:33 AM
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4. Beg To Differ
Right now this possible felon is fighting for re-election and his fellow Cons are distracting the view by hammering on Obama. The head of the RNC has been doing his best to keep the focus on Obama despite the fact that he hasn't done anything wrong.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:29 AM
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3. Cause The Current Meme
is tuned to try and dirty up Obama. Coleman A US senator who may win re-election is under investigation by the FBI. Blago is under investigation by the FBI. Obama IS NOT under investigation but the media keeps asking what did he and his team do and when did they do it.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:48 AM
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5. Al has been
google bombed... google him and all one gets after his senate page is allegations of lies from Coleman.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 12:19 PM
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6. Typical ReCon Ploy
Hope the feds nail the sucker
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