The republicans give Jim Jordan the benefit of the doubt

[spanone]

i don't remember Al Franken getting that same benefit...from either party



A Seventh Former OSU Wrestler Comes Forward to Accuse Rep. Jim Jordan of Knowing About Abuse
https://www.mediaite.com/sports/a-seventh-former-osu-wrestler-comes-forward-to-accuse-rep-jim-jordan/

[FarPoint]

1. You are absolutely correct regarding Al Franken....

Not getting Democratic Party support...I suspect the entire political attack was planned by Fox News and underground GOP monies.

[bitterross]

6. I think it was actually Roger Stone who planned it.

Seriously. I think Roger Stone planned it. FOX just always helps out.

[FarPoint]

12. Accuser was a Fox news reporter...

I believe it, the photo was all in comedy.. then story was twisted to suggest harassment.

[WhiteTara]

2. Call. 202 224 3121

call jordan's office. Call your congress critter's office. Demand his resignation. Call all the time. Make those staffers work for their money. Make them report how many people are disgusted with the pedophile appeaser. If nothing else, make jordan's life difficult.

[mr_lebowski]

17. I'd recommend 'rapist' over 'pedophile' ... given these victims were not children (nt)

[WhiteTara]

19. Jim Jordan turned a blind eye to the rape of teenage boys.

He needs to leave Congress. I believe he is a mandated court reporter for sexual and physical abuse and he failed his duty.

[mr_lebowski]

21. 'Teenage' or not, they were almost certainly all adults by law ...

Actual Pedophiles are into children. Like, once they're past puberty, they're over the hill to a pedophile. I said this same thing about Roy Moore. He is an Ephebophile, not a Pedophile (that we know of).

Look, I get it, you want to use the most vile-sounding terminology possible ... I'm just saying why not stick to 'factual terms'?

So ... 'Jordan looked the other way, while teenagers under his supervision were molested and probably raped'. That's accurate. Why not go with that?

[Demsrule86]

22. Actually some of them were high school kids.

[mr_lebowski]

25. And we know this ... how?

Why would 'high schools kids' ... be on the OSU wrestling team?

And if you are telling me that there WERE such cases, are you also asserting these minors were showering with 18-22 year old grown-ass men?

'Cause if that's the case, that entire school administration needs to be brought the fuck down, regardless of Strauss, cause THAT should NOT have been happening.

I'd think even our GOP lap-dog Media would be making a pretty big deal about it if what you're suggesting ... was known to be true. That fact would take things to a whole different level.

[Demsrule86]

27. I live in Ohio and heard it on the news...high school kids sports teams go to Ohio State.

"Former Ohio State wrestler Mike DiSabato told NBC News that Jordan is a “liar” for saying he did not know about the alleged abuse.

“He knew,” DiSabato said in a brief phone interview with The Post. “That’s not a question. Why he had a spokesman put out misinformation is frankly beyond comprehension, because is he the target of this? No. It was common knowledge and he knew.”

DiSabato said he was first abused by Strauss at 14 as a high school wrestler. He said he believes Strauss abused 1,000-2,000 young athletes.

“He was Larry Nassar before Larry Nassar,” DiSabato said, referring to the disgraced former sports physician who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing girls and young women."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/jim-jordan-denies-allegations-that-he-ignored-sexual-abuse-of-wrestlers-at-ohio-state/2018/07/03/692864f6-7edc-11e8-bb6b-c1cb691f1402_story.html?utm_term=.f87743ac0676

[mr_lebowski]

30. Oh, wow, huh ... terrible. But, unfortunately he's apparently not claiming Jordan knew of Strauss'

abuse of kids as young as 14 years old, all he knows for sure is that Strauss did so.

And Jordan will likely exercise his excuse that these HS kids weren't under his supervision/in the locker room, so he 'had no idea'.

IOW, we still don't know for sure Jordan knew he was looking the other way about a child molester ... 'just' a molester and probable rapist.

BUT ... if someone goes on record saying they KNOW that Jordan was aware boys as young as 14 were being abused by this monster, and he STILL didn't go to the cops ... then I have to think he cannot possibly survive this, politically.

Unfortunately it's probably going to take >1 person saying he was abused as a minor, AND that Jordan had to have known Strauss was molesting children because they personally told him so ... as sad as that is to ponder.

Ultimately it's the GOP here we have to depend on 'doing the right thing' ... which is a very tall order, as we all know. They're going to demand overwhelming evidence ... ya know, cause they're fuckheads.

[Kotya]

3. With Perkins Coie leading the investigation, Republicans were quickly and easily able to...

...dismiss the allegations against Jordan as nothing more than a partisan political witch hunt.

I mean, seriously, did anyone expect anything different?

[theaocp]

4. Well, yes.

Why isn't Team D going after this clown? What's to lose?

[bluecollar2]

14. Team D is too busy

Taking the moral high ground...

[Demsrule86]

29. Stop attacking Democrats...pretty sick of this.

[Demsrule86]

23. What would be the point? He is not one of us...and doesn't care what we think...

there has been talk but beyond that what? I prefer to continue to fight for the kids kidnapped by Trump.

[WhiteTara]

20. Call you congress critter 202 224 3121

demand they live up to the moral standards they impose. Call often. They have hearing and memory problems. By calling, you are helping them out (hopefully out of office) but at least demanding the man who witnessed rape of teenage boys and did nothing does not deserve the title Representative.

Be sure and call Jordan's office too--as many times a day as you think about how angry you are for those kids.

[C_U_L8R]

5. These dopey delaying tactics never work out well for them.

More and more kids are coming forward.

[Va Lefty]

7. This is the same Jim Jordan

who self-righteously demanded investigations of anything under the sun.

[Demsrule86]

24. He is going to fall just wait.

[Cha]

8. The doormats give the Fraud the benefit

of doubt.

But, this will follow both of them the rest of their lives.

[malaise]

9. Truth will out and it will be worse than we know now

He is history

[bitterross]

10. Like that's a shock.

Actually, I'm surprised they haven't floated the idea that the doctor was a Democratic leader in something or another and that's why he was an abuser.

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Katon Dawson on AM Joy this morning

Spouting the talking point that these young men were 18, 19, 20... so it's no big deal. He also was hinting that all this coming out now was suspicious because Jordan might run for speaker.

None of this will work because more wrestlers are coming forward and sooner or later Hellickson, the head wrestling coach, will be asked about what happened.

[sarcasmo]

13. Still no word out of Senator Gillibrand ?

[mythology]

15. Your memory is faulty

Franken got the benefit of the doubt for almost a month.

[theaocp]

16. Awesome!

We can expect Team D to attack the enemy ... in a month or so. I can’t wait. Literally.

[spanone]

18. ...?

first accused on November 16th 2017...resigned on December 7th 2017



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Franken

[beachbum bob]

26. Until it becomes obvious Jordan is lying, then they run to the hills

[Snotcicles]

28. I just hope the seven accusers or more get lots and lots of face time in the media to tell all. nt