Coleman, himself, touts:
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL AWARDS COLEMAN TRUE BLUE AWARD -- MN Senator’s voting record receives 100% rating
December 10th, 2003 - Washington, DC – The Family Research Council awarded Senator Norm Coleman its True Blue Award today. The commendation was made in recognition of the Council’s 100% support of Coleman’s voting record.
“I’m honored to receive this award,” Coleman said. “When I came to Washington, I made a commitment to fight for common-sense Minnesota values. I was also proud to co-sponsor legislation recently signed into law by the President that prohibits partial birth abortion."
In the words of the Family Research Council, “the True Blue Award is presented to members of Congress who demonstrate extraordinary integrity and character in their defense of the family and the sanctity of human life through their votes. Recipients of the True Blue Award have achieved perfect voting records on the issues of important to the American family.”
Minnesota Congressmen Gutknecht, Kennedy and Kline also received the True Blue Award.
Well, Gutknecht --- Kennedy --- so much flotsam and jetsam with the tide [I think Kennedy is the jetsam, actually, jettisoned by Ron Carey's will to deny Rod Grams' will, jettisoned from Kennedy's comfort in MN 6 to seek a higher calling, and that means Gutknecht is flotsam, beached by the Walz tidal wave, beached like a stinking whale carcass, in a sense].
So far, Kline and Coleman have survived being True Blue Republican Red flotsam, with neither jettisoned, each still in office, but this November promises to bring a broom for a sweeping. However, skill in not needing a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows has been a Norman Coleman hallmark since war protester days at Hofstra (if not earlier while the old man was having eight kids and probably in the parking lots back then too), and perhaps our Norman Coleman will along with Miller and Bud, redifine himself or his product line as True Blue Lite, or some such differing price point and same-but-different brand loyalty.
And I wonder what Pastor Perkins of that value-voting body thinks of the Coleman family's Blo-n-Go business, choice of name and all. But when you are all things to all people, some contradictions attach, and Perkins probably is a compassionate forgiving Christian soul.
I guess if you are chasing votes you don't let convictions or belief get in the way of something so fundamentally more important than what your core integrity is based upon; you flash the cosmetic-dentristry in a smile and say, "Thank you, I am True Blue." And you mean it. It is not mere expediency. Although expedience always has its place. Yet, still I wonder how far the Coleman family will get into the action alert soon-upcoming Our Nation's Birthday swing of things:
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Well, even though not invited a half-year ago as a presidential hopeful, because he's not yet there in his career chart, I hope that our Senator Coleman nonetheless was one of those "members of Congress" who attended this family value love-in:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2007 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS
Washington, D.C. - Today FRC Action announced that GOP presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-Aziz.) will speak at FRC Action's Washington Briefing 2007: Values Voter Summit on Friday, October 19. This is Senator McCain's first appearance at an FRC Action event.
Senator McCain will be joined by Governor Mitt Romney, Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), and Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO). No Democratic candidate has accepted the invitation to speak. We await responses from Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Senator Fred Thompson.
The five GOP presidential candidates will appeal for support from the gathering of pro-family activists who will participate in the first Values Voter Summit Straw Poll. The straw poll will be a defining moment as candidates see where they stack up with one of the most crucial voting blocs in the country. The straw poll will begin at noon on Friday, October 19, and will conclude the next day at 1 pm. The winner of the straw poll is expected to be announced at
3 pm on Saturday.
The exciting line-up will include speakers such as Judge Robert Bork, John Fund, Mark Levin, Bill Bennett, Ben Stein, Michael Steele, Phyllis Schlafly, Rick Santorum, members of Congress, [...] Saturday evening Dr. James Dobson will be honored at a gala dinner.
You can't get truer or bluer for that crowd of patriots than Judge Bork, Bill Bennett, Phyllis Schlafley, or Rick Santorum, can you? Our Senator - right on in there - it is mind-jogging to see him among such a host of luminaries. Norm, keep it up, please.
It seems to me it would fall just a bit short of "True Blue" to stand up these people and their inclusive exciting line-up at a time when they have a special event prepared for the very True Blue family advocate Rev. James Dobson.
It would be unseemly to not kiss the Godfather's hand.
Norman Coleman would not be crass to his frineds and beg out, would he? No time for "I have a headache." I do hope he made a True Blue appearance. Does anybody know?