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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen you worship someone, it's easy to turn a blind eye.
When just about every female Dem in the Senate suggests Sen. Franken ought to resign, then it's time for him to go. There's little point in discussing it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,071 posts)It's more that we seem to be disarming ourselves when one of the most draconian tax bills in the history of our country is about to become law.
Most of these congress people making the principled stand won't be affected by it.
dalton99a
(81,534 posts)brooklynite
(94,624 posts)Kaleva
(36,315 posts)atreides1
(16,082 posts)Unless Governor Dayton has been conducting interviews to find a replacement, it won't happen by Monday!
I like to think that the governor at had enough respect for Senator Franken, to wait until he made a decision!
lapfog_1
(29,213 posts)it's time to get a rope and just hang him...
right?
it's not people haven't falsely accused others of things they did not do.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Never mind, don't care. Just lynch the SOB.
Good God, we are living in Jim Crow era for Dems, and everyone is just too happy to play along.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,362 posts)so badly.
nini
(16,672 posts)Can we discuss that?
BannonsLiver
(16,403 posts)And we can't have that. We must lie down like lambs for the GOP like the OP wants. Because hey, it ticks all the moralizing boxes and makes people feel good.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)(and his accusers must agree first) that if he fails he will resign. And if he pass the test, his accusers must take the same.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Al Franken is a smart, hard-working and valuable member of the Senate. If not for his pointed and well-informed questioning, Jeff Sessions would not be recused from the Mueller investigation.
That's reality - it's not "worship" for me to point out that reality.
But by all means, keep on piling up the straw, man.
Kaleva
(36,315 posts)You are turning a blind eye.
BannonsLiver
(16,403 posts)Kaleva
(36,315 posts)That's reality.
BannonsLiver
(16,403 posts)All your boxes are ticked.
hatrack
(59,587 posts).
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)Discussionist seems to be a better fit.
Which is weird considering his life circumstances.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)"rumors"...
Bettie
(16,111 posts)it is recognition that he is fighting FOR US. Every day in the senate.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)pretty obvious
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Once they chalk up Franken, the right-wing smear machine will move on to its next target. Do not be complicit.
Kaleva
(36,315 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)The voters will not reward us. Moore will win. We'll lose Franken's seat and our nation will be even more fucked. Congratulations on holding the moral highground as we continue to get rolled by the GOP.
Kaleva
(36,315 posts)Assuming already that we'll lose Franken's seat when there is absolutely no evidence right now to support the notion that such a thing will happen.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)I'll give an I told you so.
Our party just doesn't have the will to win in this nasty environment.
BannonsLiver
(16,403 posts)And lying down like a lamb at the first sign of trouble.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,403 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)I will continue to fight and hope my compatriots realize that we are in a fight for life and death and the other guys have stacked the deck and are fighting dirty.
atreides1
(16,082 posts)At the moment there's no evidence to support the notion that such a thing won't happen, either! I understand that Norm Coleman was seen slithering around D.C. today!
Franken's seat isn't a guaranteed win for a Democrat, especially one who gets seated to finish out his term.
oasis
(49,393 posts)to go wobbly on the Clintons since the formula seems to be working.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)and are rejoicing big time.
brush
(53,794 posts)that started it all?
We know by now the original accuser, Tweeden, worked with Roger Stone and Hannity to concoct her story with a gag photo that was not actual groping, and photos of her actually groping a guitarist on stage on the same USO tour surfaced but she was not pilloried for groping as Franken was and is.
Has none of that occured to you?
All male Democratic politicians and candidates are now vulnerable to this new repug tactic of anonymous accusers because they now know other Dems will called for resignations instead of waiting on an investigation.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Al Franken is my senator. I voted for him and I want him to stay. Even Amy Klobuchar hasn't climbed on board the get rid of Al wagon.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)Pathwalker
(6,598 posts)salute you and thank you for helping them kill the #metoo cause. Worship? What a poor choice of words.
I have a feeling you'll be on board with ditching the next Democratic voice those men I listed will accuse of doing something less than Roy Moore and Donald Trump. You won't have to wait long.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)keep their mouths shut and let the hearing begin!
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Sadly these 38 Women and Men Democrats don't think Franken deserved as much as a POS like Manson.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)Not because they thought it was true.