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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are some so intent that the ethics investigation on Franken not proceed, and he just resign?
unblock
(52,267 posts)as if republicans can't gin up more scandals on a whim.
brush
(53,794 posts)and they win the election.
This Franken hit job was a trial run to see if it would work and we fell for it.
Our senators are tripping over themselves to get up and demand Franken step down.
We should at least demand an investigation before pushing him under the bus.
We're about to snatch defeat in 2018 from the jaws of victory.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Before any final decision is taken
still_one
(92,273 posts)unblock
(52,267 posts)and they would drag it out to play during prime time campaign season.
Me.
(35,454 posts)No matter who has the majority in the Senate
unblock
(52,267 posts)in any event, i think they could find a way to engineer news breaking at desired times....
Vinca
(50,285 posts)Any of us could pile on, not give our names and be added to the body count. It deserves an ethics investigation before anyone goes anywhere. This is especially true now that we are saddled with a predator in the White House. And his accusers have appeared in public and/or filed lawsuits.
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)msongs
(67,421 posts)dchill
(38,510 posts)"Presidential ambitions."
MichMan
(11,940 posts)still_one
(92,273 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,866 posts)still_one
(92,273 posts)Senators wo are calling for Al Franken to resign, will be working with Roy Moore
bdamomma
(63,893 posts)that is a sickening thought.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It's one thing for his fellow senators to call for him to resign for very practical reasons -- they're all public figures and that carries its own hazards and duties. Sometimes sacrifice is necessary.
But for zealots to abandon whatever principles they should have to gleefully call for someone else's sacrifice in advance of proof of crime is something else entirely.
I can name a half dozen women within a short walk who tell lies about all of us all the time. There'd be a bit more delay finding some with enough guts to say publicly what they say privately, but that's all.
ananda
(28,868 posts)Dem behavior lately really escapes me!
What happened to my party?
I feel so lost and confused!
still_one
(92,273 posts)it presents, but not allowing someone to defend himself with an investigation is wrong