By Jack Shepard

Jack Shepard is the only candidate running against Sen. Norm Coleman in the GOP Minnesota U.S. Senate Primary on September 9, 2008

DFL endorsed U.S. Senate Candidate Al Franken Race against incumbent Senator Norm Coleman is in big trouble, No one knows what Al Franken polling numbers are if Al Franken was to run against Jack Shepard in the Minnesota General Election in November.

I just do not see how the Union Workers of Minnesota can let Norm Coleman get re-elected when Steve Hunter said, “Norm Coleman is standing on their “Working families of Minnesota’s” Throats:” a more complete statement is below

The true facts are Sen. Norm Coleman is a smooth talker, “rapid-fire style, words pouring smoothly from his lips” and is very believable. There is no reason to think that with Norm Coleman’s low ratings that he is a shoe in. You have to admit in Minnesota Norm Coleman is at 50/50 at best in people who support him.

Steve Hunter, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, recently at a new conference called on Coleman to change his ways and put working families first. “Sen. Coleman isn’t standing with working families,” Hunter said. “He’s standing on their throats

At the Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate forum of the 2008 campaign at Farmfest., “As the crowd applauded with gusto, Coleman smiled that big smile. “I bring people together”- it is the best example of unfortunately Coleman’s smooth talk is believed by the Minnesota Voters, as you know in 2003 Norm Coleman voted 98% on the republican side of the aisle please tell me how that is partisan and bring people together?

Al Franken could have done his home word better like the fact that Coleman will have a lot of explaining to do to Minnesota sugar beet farmers before he gets their vote. Coleman’s support of the Central America Free Trade Agreement has brought more Central American sugar into the U.S. market, harming the Minnesota sugar beet farmers.

When Franken said, “Norm Coleman is in the pocket of Big Oil. He’s received more contributions from Big Oil than any politician in the history of Minnesota”, “It apparently was not what the farming audience came to hear. Franken’s opening was greeted with tepid applause” So Norm did, received more contributions from Big Oil than any politician in the history of Minnesota but the Minnesota Voters do not grasp the sad importance of this because this was a re-election donation reward for Norm Coleman to do the bidding of Big Oil to interest the Big Oil profits at the expense of the average Minnesotan.

Minnesota Voters know this year as a hard year for the struggling Workers of America caused by the sky high oil price, I question why are the Big Oil Companies allowed to make the largest profits in the history of the Big Oil companies in America. One reason is because of all the tax breaks that Norm Coleman voted for Al Franken could have said this statement in a form that the Minnesota Voters could have better understood.

It was not what Al Franken said, but how he said it, soon I am for changing smooth talking Senator Norm Coleman’s name to Teflon Norm; he sure can talk his way believably in and out of anything. I hope he will talk his way out of the U.S. Senate.