knowing republicans, they'll find a registered sex offender to run for franken's seat.

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and win.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Sadly

You are correct.

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2. Here you go,if Al pulls the pin.

Dayton will appoint a Women to fill out the term Mineral Man and myself are thinking Betty McCullem. A hard nosed Progressive who is pro Labor.

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3. sounds good, i'm not worried the replacement, just the next election for that seat.

hopefully republicans are in such a death spiral by then we can keep the seat easily (and win more!)

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9. This whole thing smells to high hell.

Know the Franken's for more than thirty years. When this first started,just went what the heck? Having family involved in Entertainment and Comedy as Script Writers or Stage Crafters,things are sometimes crazy. And the People in that Industry know who to stay away from,and Al's name never surfaced until couple of weeks ago.

Something smells,what's the Game?

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10. except he apologized.

accusers are generally to be believed, usually in part because there's little incentive to lie and great disincentives to lie.

that said, in politics the hit job is great incentive for people to lie, so it's certainly possible to gin up a scandal along the lines of what franken was accused of.


that said, why did he apologize? if the accusations aren't directly true, he must know there's stuff he's done he needs apologizing for and that would come out anyway.

it's fair to say he could have defended against this very differently and perhaps the outcome might have been different, but surely he had his reasons.

[OliverQ]

12. Plenty incentive to lie when you're friends with Sean Hannity and Trump

and want to destroy Democrats.

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13. yes, as i said the usual rules don't apply so much to politics -- but he apologized

if it were a complete fabrication he would have handled it differently.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

4. They'll probably run Coleman again

I think he's itching for a comeback and/or revenge.

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5. well he better get himself some lawsuits to settle to pad his resume!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

6. Hell, I don't even know if he lives in Minnesota anymore.

n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. The Zipper? Not in the current environment.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

8. Zipper Coleman would fit right in with the new GOP

They're about to elect Roy Moore. What would a few infidelities for Coleman matter to them?

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14. He does fit right in with today's GOP.

Believe he is working with or Partners of Vin Weber's K Street outfit. Weber was front running something in the Ukraine some time back.

Weber/Coleman names will pop up again in and around Manafort/Gates investigation.

[BannonsLiver]

11. LOL...those rules only apply to Dems.