Loser Norm Coleman should go quietly into the night

Politico is reporting that the still contested 2008 election of Al Franken to the U.S. Senate may drag on to the fall, as knucklehead Norm Coleman refuses to accept the will of people and, instead, chooses to use procedural manoeuvring to prevent the Senate from operating at full capacity.

When Republicans used fake riots (by Republican staffers flown in from Washington) to lay siege to vote centers in 2000, manipulation of ballot boxes and suspicious maneuvering from the Republican Secretary of State, the Republican mantra was that Vice President Gore should concede for the good of the country. Robert Kennedy Jr. documented how the 2004 election was stolen as well. We know how that race ended and we also know the consequences that decision had on our democratic institutions and Constitution.

We now have another contested election and Texas Senator John Cornyn is threatening "WW III" if Democrats seat Franken before Coleman has a chance to play out the procedural tactics to their conclusion.

Now is the time for former Norm Coleman to concede the election and go gracefully into retirement. Comity and patriotism should dictate no less. The memory of Senator Paul Wellstone's sweat and blood remains quietly in the background. His honor deserves no less than the speedy resolution of this farce.