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Coleman Assures Constituents He Dresses Himself

No one dresses Norm Coleman, except Norm Coleman … and maybe, sometimes, Mrs. Coleman.

At least that’s what the senator, who finally faced the media at a press conference today, says amid reports that he received pricey suits as gifts from political contributor and local businessman, Nasser Kazeminy.

“While I have answered honestly the question about suits and jobs - I will say as clearly as I can. Nobody except my wife or me bought my suits,” Coleman said this morning according to text of the statement released by his campaign.

“If my friends have shared gifts with me and my family - or I have shared gifts with them - if they rose to the level of having to be reported - they were reported.”

Well thanks, for the non-specific denial Norm, but we weren’t asking if they were reported, we were asking if Kazeminy did in fact buy you suits from Nieman Marcus.

Coleman and his staff’s bizarre refusal to directly answer questions about whether Kazeminy bought him suits has been documented on tape and turned what seemed like a relatively small impropriety into what local bloggers have affectionately dubbed, “Suit Gate.”

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