Franken: "As I'm resigning, a man sits in the Oval Office accused of sexual assault"

[kpete]

Franken: As I'm resigning, a man sits in the Oval Office accused of sexual assault and a man who preys on young women is running for Senate.

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[leftstreet]

1. DURec

[guillaumeb]

2. The mob has spoken. No need for any investigation. eom

[Kirk Lover]

5. Maybe he told them I'm resigning and then they all made the declarations so it LOOKS LIKE

they urged him.

[guillaumeb]

8. Perhaps, but the pressure was building in the media and from fellow

Democrats. Abandoning due process and caving to mob pressure.

[Kirk Lover]

10. But isn't it funny that this mass declaration was made one day prior to his announcement?

[guillaumeb]

12. I would not say funny.

I would say that they are bowing to contrived pressure and media focus and ignoring due process.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Al is well-off financially. As a private citizen, why couldn't he

hire his own investigator? Maybe that would turn up evidence of the GOP ratfcking I suspect might have happened.

[guillaumeb]

9. Why did he not do this already?

Or perhaps he has, but his voice will not be as covered by the media. We can only hope that another Democratic Senator will take his place and continue the fight.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Probably because he trusted his colleagues to conduct the investigation he asked for

and didn't expect to be fucked harder by them than by the GOP.

[guillaumeb]

13. Agreed. Sad, but probably correct.

The circular firing squad aims and fires once again.

[bdamomma]

19. you know

Senator Franken is now a free agent he got thrown out of one club, but he can always be in OUR CLUB!!! We will gladly have him on our side. What do you guys think???

He is not an ignorant man.

[Tatiana]

33. He asked for the ethics investigation. That should have been enough.

If these spineless Democratic colleagues of his would have worked with the "ratfking" side to begin the investigation immediately, we could have gotten to the bottom of this.

But I really think a huge part of this is the so-called Democratic leaders from NY, full of ambition and hating that a political novice was stealing all their glory. They are content to have Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, comedian, and overall respected AND well-liked politician out of the picture.

But I hope that an independent investigation is pursued and I look forward to Senator Franken clearing his name.

[Beringia]

3. So sad and maddening

[Kirk Lover]

4. We need to make lemonade out of lemons so REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT

[getting old in mke]

14. And drown the Repedolicans in it. (NT)

[Bettie]

6. And none of the Dems who wanted Franken gone

will even speak a word of criticism against the guy roosting in the White House...nor will they give a rat's ass when Roy Moore is a senator.

They will, however, believe the next anonymous accusers of whoever is the next target...and the next and the next until there are no elected Dems left.

[wisteria]

18. Absolutely right. It is never the right time.

They can all go to hell.

[UTUSN]

15. Best *BLAST* at Twitler & pedo-MOORE

“I of all people am aware there is some irony I am leaving,  while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party,” Franken said.

[snort]

16. He's got money.

He should sue Tweeden for defamation of character. Its the discovery that counts here. The alleged groping occurred in the company of several, so lets hear about it from them.

[Thor_MN]

17. They planned for that. She said he should not be removed from office.

It was the rat fucking anonymous accusers dribbling out, the trolls and morons that joined the mob. The accusers will never be investigated and the right wing media will never go after real sexual misconduct by the GOP. The short attention span audience will turn to something else and all that will happen is that we lose two effective politicians, replaced by novices.

He's a public figure, he basically can't sue for defamation and it's too late, the rats are lighting cigarettes and smiling.

[hurple]

20. yup

[Perseus]

29. He can still get an investigation going, that should scare some of the accusers

and also, you are correct in saying that he is a public figure but he can still sue if he can prove bad intention to hurt his reputation.

And hopefully he will because when Tweeden heard that Franken had asked for an investigation she became very uncomfortable, and that is very telling.

I am not a lawyer, but that is what I got from this link:

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/defamation-law-made-simple-29718.html

[saidsimplesimon]

21. Need we say more?

Time for me to head back to Resist activities with a heavy heart and foreboding of betrayals to come?

[hurple]

22. It was a lynching

assumed guilty from word one, with absolutely no allowance to defend against any accusation

This is NOT how this should work.

Yes! Accusations should be taken seriously.

Yes! They should be investigated.

trump, moore, et al, have FAR more evidence to corroborate their horrid behavior than the zero credible corroborating evidence from any of Franken's accusers.


This country is going down in flames. Fast. I weep for the life my children will have...

[Sunsky]

23. K&R

This is a sad sad day.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. Im sobbing. This is just too much.

Too much to bear. 😭😪😓.

[Neerav B. Trivedi]

26. I could give you a hug

But I might also be wrongly accused of sexual harassment, so all I can say is feel better.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. Lol!

Yes, true, very wise of you. Who knows how I could use it against you, if you tried to interfere with my evil plans to build a swamp.

[bdamomma]

25. Yes Senator Franken will be ok

he just gave his one two punch to the club. He may even be more valuable to us on the outside....think about it.

[Perseus]

30. I don't know if that is true that he may be more valuable outside

In the inside he has access to information that is not publicly available, the fact that he got Sessions to compromise himself could only be done because he had a position where he could ask questions in a special setting that will not be available to him if he infact decides to call it quits.

I am an optimist, so I am still hoping and thinking that he gave himself enough time to do some investigating and try to exonerate himself...and I do hope that happens, and 35 democrats will have to come out and apologize, but it will help them "think before they act" the next time and not make reactionary decisions.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. hear hear., also one is running for congress in alabama.

i smell a rat fink on this . ever since this broke . amomimity . no due process. and my interal alarms going off on this .

[Alameda]

28. There is no comparison

between anything Franken did and a pedophile....those where not young women, they were girls....children.
Good Lord, I'm going to miss Franken!

[L. Coyote]

31. Meanwhile .....