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Goddamn it, I hope you are all fucking happy. nt. (Original Post) Thor_MN Dec 2017 OP
Exactly MFM008 Dec 2017 #1
they can fuck themselves Skittles Dec 2017 #16
Me 2 MFM008 Dec 2017 #20
GOP has weaponized #metoo Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2017 #2
Well said. The Democrats don't have ANY street smarts flamingdem Dec 2017 #3
Al Franken is resigning because the Dem leadership has failed him democratisphere Dec 2017 #4
Precisely. mnhtnbb Dec 2017 #7
I agree JimBeard Dec 2017 #23
😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😭😭😭😭😭😰😰😰😰😰 BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2017 #5
This is just insane. Gillibrand should take her own advice. R B Garr Dec 2017 #6
Ill be Meowmee Dec 2017 #8
That's great!. Glad to hear it, and I so wish I could write in Hillary's name, but R B Garr Dec 2017 #10
Yeah Meowmee Dec 2017 #14
Do you believe the allegations against Moore? Renew Deal Dec 2017 #11
I know what you are trying to do here, and it's phony in itself. R B Garr Dec 2017 #12
The photo didn't help Franken Renew Deal Dec 2017 #13
Ugh, spare me the bullshit. He was a comedian in a known raunchy setting R B Garr Dec 2017 #15
You mean THIS photo with the last accuser and her ARM around Franken? Bengus81 Dec 2017 #18
How about the PHOTO today off of Tweedens My Space page?? Bengus81 Dec 2017 #19
I think the allegations against Moore are credible and should be investigated. califootman Dec 2017 #17
Bannon and his ilk are laughing hysterically right now eissa Dec 2017 #9
I'm just sick. Just heartbroken. Tatiana Dec 2017 #21
I'm NOT. I'm fucking incandescent with rage. MrsMatt Dec 2017 #22
It wasn't directed at you. I expect the GOP to try and disenfranchise me, not Democrats. Thor_MN Dec 2017 #24

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
7. Precisely.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:08 PM
Dec 2017

Fuck every goddamn one of those Dems who signed on to urging him to resign.

Why not just have a hanging party?

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
5. 😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😭😭😭😭😭😰😰😰😰😰
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:01 PM
Dec 2017

Maybe I’m gonna need to just say Screw It to caring about politics, the planet, the U.S., decency and humanity.

😓

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
6. This is just insane. Gillibrand should take her own advice.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:06 PM
Dec 2017

Hillary should take her Senate seat back.



I wonder if Gillibrand would support her husband being sent home because some anonymous women say he touched their waist while taking a picture.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
8. Ill be
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:12 PM
Dec 2017

Writing hrc in in the next senate election assuming G runs and I’m here to vote. She’s lost my vote. Fortunately I never liked her and never donated to her campaigns. If anyone worthy campaigns against her I’ll donate to them

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
10. That's great!. Glad to hear it, and I so wish I could write in Hillary's name, but
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:43 PM
Dec 2017

I'm in California.

I'm still going to do what I can to let Gillibrand know that since she took the Clinton's endorsement and now says Bill should have resigned that Gillibrand needs to excuse herself. What a hypocrite. I've never paid much attention to her, so that's interesting to see that you never liked her. She has jumped on the wrong bandwagon and completely alienated people.

Loved your input here! Hillary for New York Senate.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
14. Yeah
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:53 PM
Dec 2017

Thanks 😊 There was no choice but her and of course I voted dem. No I’ll not vote for her anymore. Or for Schumer most likely. This is too much. I wish Hillary would run again she’d win.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
12. I know what you are trying to do here, and it's phony in itself.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:48 PM
Dec 2017

There is no equivalence between women on TV telling a story of a grown man poaching them and anonymous people saying their waist was touched while taking a picture.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
15. Ugh, spare me the bullshit. He was a comedian in a known raunchy setting
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 04:11 PM
Dec 2017

that the USO SHOW has put on with other comedians literally for DECADES. The "victim" was doing some leg humping of her own in that setting. That's how the SHOW works. That photo was some clowning around. Note he's smiling for the camera. He wasn't surreptitiously photographed. He was clowning around, bad taste, but it was not out of the ordinary for that SHOW or that setting in general.

The line about the kiss in the USO SHOW was a line he used for years. You must know there are videos of him saying that exact line on other women in that same SHOW.

And the first clue that the "victim" was not totally genuine was that she never called out the SHOW as being disrespectful towards women and calling for it to end. That is one of the most vile settings that caters to young men overseas, so LeAnn should have called for an end to the SHOW as we know it and replace it with something more supportive of women, but she couldn't be bothered with that as she knows that would be an unpopular position. She was just after Franken to blame things on. Hmmm.

And he resigned because he was railroaded by the so-called leadership of his party. Look at his full statement and you'll see how he states that the accused GOP'ers get their party's full support.

QUIT making false equivalencies. This is a waste of time.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
18. You mean THIS photo with the last accuser and her ARM around Franken?
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 07:10 PM
Dec 2017

Yeah,she was so groped by Franken she just HAD to put an arm around him and her hand on his shoulder.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
19. How about the PHOTO today off of Tweedens My Space page??
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 07:14 PM
Dec 2017

She got a big HOOT out of a couple of guys in the show with zippers down and a finger coming out like a COCK--said they were "being silly" Franken takes a pic while she's asleep and she goes to pieces.

Tell us again this is ALL about groping and nothing to do with politics.

califootman

(120 posts)
17. I think the allegations against Moore are credible and should be investigated.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 06:32 PM
Dec 2017

I find some of them MORE credible than most of the ones against Franken. They were better researched and corroborated.

Credible allegations do NOT equal guilt. A proper investigation and hearing should be required before guilt and punishment are determined.

Moore should have a chance to defend himself at the Senate Ethics Committee if he is elected.

Franken should have gotten that opportunity also.

eissa

(4,238 posts)
9. Bannon and his ilk are laughing hysterically right now
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:16 PM
Dec 2017

While we lose one of the strongest liberal voices in the Senate. Well played Gillibrand. I hope clearing the competition out of the way for 2020 will be worth it for you. Hate her.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
21. I'm just sick. Just heartbroken.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 08:22 PM
Dec 2017

Minnesota is only a stone's throw from Illinois and I visit all the time. I liked to think Senator Franken represented all of us.

I can't believe our own jealous, spineless, and overly ambitious Democrats railroaded a man like him.

He's demonstrated that he has more class and caring than the people who called for his resignation.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
24. It wasn't directed at you. I expect the GOP to try and disenfranchise me, not Democrats.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 09:21 PM
Dec 2017

A handful of anonymous people, a bunch of trolls, and his ratfucking colleagues negated my vote.

I haven't felt like this for 15 years, when we lost Wellstone.

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