CNN and Washington Post working on exposing 20-30 congressional members 4 sexual harassment.

[MelissaB]

SOURCES: @CNN and @washingtonpost working on exposing 20-30 congressional members 4 sexual harassment.

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[ollie10]

1. I wonder how many of the Franken Lynch Mob are on the list?

Karma

[HipChick]

3. Yup..n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

11. I'm hoping there are some

That would be fun at this point.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

46. +1

Good

[Sanity Claws]

30. My guess is that they knew this was coming down

and that is why they pressured Franken to leave.

So my answer is none.

[ollie10]

37. Soooo....let's get this straight......

There is hardly any credible evidence of sexual harassment by Franken, we have a couple of questionable accounts, and some anonymous accusations that could have been made by literally anybody.....

And it is important to railroad Franken.....right now......

Because there are likely to be more accusations coming in?

Now, since we don't know who these other cases are, it seems appropriate to ponder whether anyone else is getting railroaded here?

Will railroading Franken make it easier to railroad someone else?

I get it. The guardians of the high road at work......

[Sanity Claws]

42. Hold it.

I am not questioning whether Franken is being railroaded. I just answered your initial question whether any of those who got him to leave will be caught up in the new story.

Keep in mind that you and I don't know who will be included in the new story. However, Democratic leadership may know through their sources.

[Achilleaze]

2. "Gulp" - McT (KGOP)

[yurbud]

35. that would be beyond creepy. Mitch looks like he drowned & floated in the river a couple of days

[Blue_true]

49. LOL. nt

[True Dough]

4. I wonder how that will break down

in terms of ReThugs and Dems among those accused?

[BannonsLiver]

63. My guess is it will be a majority Dems

That seems to be the trend. Republicans don't harass, or at least that's what the media would have us believe.

[True Dough]

65. I don't watch/read that media

That would be Fox News or Breibart or some such trash. CNN, on the other hand, takes the ReThugs to task frequently, as they should!

[BannonsLiver]

67. They do, and then they don't.

It's a mixed bag. And the ratio of Dems to Republicans that have been reported by CNN and elsewhere post Weinstein is a disgrace. It's been a one way street, and we all know in the real world that is not the case.

I don't watch Fox and I sure as fuck don't read Breitbart.

[True Dough]

68. It ought to be a mixed bag

They are supposed to be unbiased, after all. Yet if you talk to anyone who leans right, CNN is the devil. It's largely in the eye of the beholder. I think they do a great job, for the most part.

[VMA131Marine]

5. Not surprised! We knew they were out there.

Hang on! It gets bumpy from here!

[VMA131Marine]

6. Paul Ryan! Paul Ryan! Paul Ryan!

[bdamomma]

55. nt

[TheMastersNemesis]

7. They Are Most Likely ALL Democrats.

[yurbud]

36. Who owns Post & CNN?

[brooklynite]

66. The same owners who greenlighted the stories about Roy Moore?

[ollie10]

39. We now know the rules....if they are Democrats, they need to resign.....

....to make room for Moore to join the Senate

Now if they are Republicans, who cares?

Our guardians of the high ground never asked Trump to resign. They aren't about to ask any Republican to resign.

First and foremost we must cave?

[bagelsforbreakfast]

47. Yep. Nm

[brooklynite]

57. Were talking about research by respected media...

...the same media that broke the Roy Moore story and saw through the Project Veritas scam. there a Republicans with skeletons, why would they not be revealed?

[PearliePoo2]

8. His next tweet says Harold Ford Jr. is going down.

[blogslut]

12. yikes

Link to tweet

Yashar Ali
🐘‏Verified account @yashar
1h1 hour ago

SCOOP: Former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr. has been terminated for misconduct by Morgan Stanley. I spoke to one of his alleged victims.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harold-ford-fired-morgan-stanley_us_5a29743ee4b0b185e53a0ce6?psa

[LisaM]

52. Good gravy.

I'm going to need a little more on this one. I'm not even a big fan of Harold Ford, but....

[RandomAccess]

59. I can't stand him.

Arrogant DLCer whose values depend on who's in power -- I'm not at all surprised at allegations about him.

[LisaM]

64. I don't like him much either (though realize that he is just in a different world from me)

However, this seems like some pretty thin stuff.

[OnDoutside]

15. They'll be no one left on Morning Joe soon enough !

If we're going down that road, I always get the feeling that there is something between Heilemann and Wallace....

[Yavin4]

41. Four hours of weather reports

which would be a vast improvement.

[PearliePoo2]

53. Smug Halperin didnt surprise me one bit but

Harold Ford does. But I’ve been accused of being naive before! I wonder if Joe Scar is sweating it yet?

[OnDoutside]

56. Trump already has attacked Scarborough on the dead intern, so yes I'm sure he is.

[uponit7771]

9. If 100% of em are reps dems will stand by and just "call" for them to resign ... jus .. fuckin

[FarCenter]

10. The MSM has found an issue that attracts viewers, boosts ad ratings, and gathers ad dollars.

[flamingdem]

17. +1

[Willie Pep]

45. That is a big problem with this whole issue.

We are in danger of entering tabloid territory now. This is why trial by media is bad and why we need real mechanisms to deal with sexual harassment claims.

[stopbush]

13. Franken has set the standard.

If Rs are exposed and refuse to resign, he should unresign.

[AJT]

19. Rs don't get the crazy attention, ratings.....it will be all dems.

[ollie10]

40. Dream on....

The Republicans will say any Democrats who are accused should follow Franken's example. Meanwhile, they will ignore the Republicans who are accused.

All the Republicans have to do is nothing....just wait for the Democrats to high ground themselves to death,.....and then march on as if nothing ever happened.

[MineralMan]

14. Who TF is Michael Trujillo, and why

should we pay attention to his tweet? Please explain.

I have a Twitter account. I can post any damned thing there that enters my head. What "Sources:?" Who the heck is this tweeter?

[OnDoutside]

16. Democratic Strategist Formerly: CA Gov. Gray Davis; antonio4CA; Actor/Director @robreiner; Secreta

ry Clinton

[MelissaB]

20. Thanks!

[MelissaB]

27. In addition, I was the tweet because Maggie Haberman of the NYT retweeted it.

[Irish_Dem]

18. I am not surprised. Power and wealth seems to bring out the worst in people. nt

[ollie10]

21. Now that Franken is gone.....

it will be easy to force all the Democrats to resign.....you know.....for the high ground.

The Republicans will just say everyone else is doing it, what's the big deal?

No Republicans will resign. And, dutifully, Gillibrand will not say a word about the Republicans.

Don't want to get the Republicans upset, when you have Democrats to fry!

[FreeStateDemocrat]

22. I hope chicken-shit Schumer and Pelosi grow a pair and declare war on the groper-in-chief!!!

[OnDoutside]

29. And do what ? He already confessed to grabbing them by the pussy, and then got elected President !!!

[OliverQ]

23. It will probably be all Democrats.

Our prospects of saving this country are looking very grim.

[Paladin]

32. All Democrats? Think how happy Senator Gillibrand will be! (nt)

[moondust]

24. Making taxpayers pay the settlements

is not much of a deterrent. How the hell did they ever get away with that scheme?

[awesomerwb1]

25. Well, could be a problem if they

use "anonymous" women/men because the reps obviously have no problem finding willing "volunteers".

[mopinko]

26. i hope they come down hard on those that harassed pages.

throw those suckers on a bonfire.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. I hope some of them are Republicans.

Let's see how the Senate behaves then.

[CentralMass]

31. Its time to start planning my off grid shack in the woods.

The future looks very bleak.

[gibraltar72]

33. Regarding the creep list

the women say the ones who live in their offices have to be avoided as they roam the halls. My congressman lives in his office. Hmmmm.

[ismnotwasm]

34. Read a book one time about sex workers in Washington DC

Let’s just say they had to be very inventive. The old boys club is getting hit hard.

[MelissaB]

38. I have a friend who answered the phone for an escort service for years while in law school. I can

confirm that according to the stories I was told over the years.

[lame54]

43. Dems will go - repugs will stay

[Demsrule86]

44. the rightwing will help CNN...all Democrats will be forced out...and the GOP will shrug.

[hamsterjill]

48. And meanwhile, Putin is smiling.

The distraction is working.

At what point does this end?

[ProfessorPlum]

50. I'm sure they will all resign in an atmosphere of highmindedness and fairness

ha ha hah ha ha ha hah

[Ferrets are Cool]

51. How many of their sources will be ANON?

[mn9driver]

54. Lets be clear. There are now two sets of rules.

One for Democrats and one for Republicans.

Democrats resign, republicans ignore.

[bdamomma]

58. Pharmacy is said to have delivered Alzheimers drugs to members of Congress

how about this tidbit of information

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2017/10/11/congressional-pharmacy-has-reportedly-delivered-alzheimer-drugs-members-congress/4K2HsLB7YqLXIFDFzyHQxM/story.html

[WestMichRad]

60. Only 20-30?

Out of 535 members of Congress? Sounds too low.

Men can be such pigs. (And I say that have witnessed their behavior first hand and hearing plenty of locker room talk and what passes as "jokes".)

Gotta be at least double that number!

[SoCalMusicLover]

61. Hopefully ALL Accused Democrats Will Resign

It's only right after all.

Maybe we can give the repubs a larger majority. That will show 'em.

[LisaL]

71. I am sure they will. Republicans of course get to stay.

[book_worm]

62. Hopefully most of them won't be democrats!

[irisblue]

69. K

[MelissaB]

70. Rick Wilson (and others) saying the same thing.

If you're a Member of Congress, batten down the haches. It's about to get real.

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