MICHAEL BRODKORB, MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS EXPOSED: Well, there’s no question that it did. I mean, Al Franken raised the majority of his money out of the state of Minnesota, and California played an active role in that.
The question is if Al Franken is seated in the United States Senate as to whether California will be gaining a third U.S. Senate seat and Minnesota will still be underserved. I mean, the liberal lead from Hollywood played an active role during his campaign in fund-raising. California played an active role in providing Franken resources and the Hollywood elite. Franken traveled out there to do fund-raising. He didn’t pay his taxes out there, but he certainly raised a lot of money there. And George Soros was very helpful after the recount providing Franken with money, so he played a very tremendous role.
O’REILLY: Here’s what I don’t understand, Michael. Maybe you can explain this to me. Survey USA took a poll, scientific poll in Minnesota. 34 percent of the people like Al Franken. 34 percent. How can this guy be the senator with that kind of an approval rating, that kind of a performance in the poll?
BRODKORB: You’re exactly right. I mean, I start from the premise as a lot of people do is that Norm Coleman was elected, re-elected on Election Day, and that this recount process has been a sham. It has been flawed. And the Hollywood elite’s money played an active role in making sure that Norm Coleman is behind in this recount process right now.
O’REILLY: Yes, because the Hollywood money…
BRODKORB: So they are very happy.
O’REILLY: Andrew, as you know, the Hollywood money hires PR people, attorneys, advertising, can blitz. The same Survey USA poll says if the election were held today, Coleman would win.
ANDREW BREITBART, FOUNDER OF BREITBART.COM: It’s beyond…
O’REILLY: Now in Hollywood, does this — are they celebrating Al Franken’s victory in Hollywood?
BREITBART: I think they’re going to be quiet about the Al Franken victory because they know he’s a contentious soul. And I don’t think they advertise their support of him the way they supported their support of Barack Obama. But the real tragedy here is, as you see, this phonebook of Hollywood names giving the maximum amount of money, $4,600, $2,300 is that the conservatives out here can’t play it, the same game and the same playground because the FEC database search is open to the press. And a conservative that would give money to Norm Coleman would be outed in the press. It would be outed in Variety. It would be outed in Politico. And that would hurt their careers. So it’s a complete unfair money advantage for the Democrats.