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Leeann Tweeden and Don Jr are friends - here are the receipts (Original Post) Jan Levinson Dec 2017 OP
interesting. crazylikafox Dec 2017 #1
Unbelievable riverwalker Dec 2017 #2
I see ballplayers swatting each others butts all the time world wide wally Dec 2017 #19
Kick! tosh Dec 2017 #3
Birther groupie. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #4
Dumb fuck Democrat leadership gets sucked in every time!!! Good work on tax bill. FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2017 #5
Oh, stop it! 32 Dem senators asked Franken to resign. Hortensis Dec 2017 #24
Hence why an ethics investigation was needed and was the right thing to do. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #6
Plus, they wanted it fast BEFORE an investigation. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #38
Of course she is Thrill Dec 2017 #7
Screen shot and archive these riverwalker Dec 2017 #8
Amplify this damn it! riverwalker Dec 2017 #9
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Vol 2 hexola Dec 2017 #10
K and R SHRED Dec 2017 #11
thick as thieves, these two. K+R IronLionZion Dec 2017 #12
Yes, the golf club... StarryNite Dec 2017 #28
If you look more closely at the golf club.... LisaM Dec 2017 #43
Bigly K&R!!!!! DippyDem Dec 2017 #13
Is this for real??? WTF Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #14
Be sure to give your thread a shamelss kick later today for the night crowd eleny Dec 2017 #15
K and R BadgerMom Dec 2017 #16
Sent a link to Gillibrands office, I would suggest others do so as well snort Dec 2017 #17
Franklin shouldn't have resigned Matthew28 Dec 2017 #18
Looking like a hit job to take attention off daddy. triron Dec 2017 #20
And off HER MY Space page from all those years ago.... Bengus81 Dec 2017 #21
Here's a real Christmas-y one from Jr....sent on Christmas Eve... LisaM Dec 2017 #22
K&R Cattledog Dec 2017 #23
Wow.....This is pathetic...n/t Upthevibe Dec 2017 #25
Jr. Again. democratisphere Dec 2017 #26
Nice job, Jan! bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #27
The golf... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #29
Nice work! stevil Dec 2017 #30
I am so not surprised. I was surprised at how many here bought into this nonsense. Tipperary Dec 2017 #31
But of course RhodeIslandOne Dec 2017 #32
Is there a link to copy these tweets that doesn't copy this whole thread? OliverQ Dec 2017 #33
Kick dalton99a Dec 2017 #34
WELCOME! And thanks. RandomAccess Dec 2017 #35
Tom Arnold made some allegations about her and she was on Hannity's show Jarqui Dec 2017 #36
K&R. dchill Dec 2017 #37
!!! Alice11111 Dec 2017 #40
K&R Hugin Dec 2017 #39
Very revealing OP. Good work. Thank you. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #41
Thank You Me. Dec 2017 #42

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. Oh, stop it! 32 Dem senators asked Franken to resign.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 05:44 PM
Dec 2017

THE LEADERSHIP, who called for investigation, came in late.

May I suggest that you should consider not getting "sucked in"?

As for "good work on tax bill," who's to blame for the fact that we're the minority party in all 3 houses? Not our leaders, who worked themselves to exhaustion practically begging people to vote.

We all know a bunch of people here helped create Republican majorities in both houses of congress, regardless of whether or how they voted. It wasn't our leaders, it was years of this kind of message, disconnected from principles, going out.

It's us. Everyone blaming our leaders for our losses, same as they did before we lost, is shining a light on themselves.

I've asked others, and I'll ask you: What ARE your political principles and how is your behavior upholding them, or isn't it? Don't waste time answering me. And, btw, none of the others could. Breaking the habits of years of complaint and evasion to define and develop a coherent set of personal principles one can excited about fighting for are two big jobs that are both too big for many. You? Go find out.

And I'll try to kick you off: how do you feel about the principle of equality of all men? It's huge with me, and was with the guy below. Conservatives are genetically hard wired to not feel it, and have been trained to fight and despise it.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson


“In matter of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” -- Thomas Jefferson


You? People fighting for their own principles won't get sucked into and drowned in the Kool-Aid.

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
6. Hence why an ethics investigation was needed and was the right thing to do.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 02:58 PM
Dec 2017

Stuff like this probably would have come out and changed the entire situation. I can't believe that so many Democratic politicians caved in like this when there were reasons to be suspicious that this was a swiftboating campaign.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
38. Plus, they wanted it fast BEFORE an investigation.
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 04:04 AM
Dec 2017

I wonder what they were so afraid of?
I have an idea.

Even the Repubs seemed stunned that he didn't get a hearing/investigation, so the real heat came from Democrats.

Ms. Leeann was obviously asked if she could go back and see if she could find something or say something to bring him down. Otherwise, it would have come out before, when he ran, if she was so upset. Sounds like Karl Rove or someone called for a hit job on Franken because he was effectively calling out Repubs.

I think Gillabrand wants to run for President. She has her anti Clinton thing going to pick up the Hillary and Bill Haters, and that's potentially a lot of people.
Now, she thinks she's getting the #metoos, which means every woman. Then, she needs to knock the most obvious potential competitors, who are way better than her, out. She whipped people into a frenzy, idiots. I wonder if she, or someone close to her, could be one of the Anonymous accusers, and she didn't want that to come out?

Possibly she too worked with the Trumpsters. Maybe not that, but there is something there.
She derailed him from the right to confront his accusers, a basic constitutional right, and the Dems lined up like lemmings.

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
9. Amplify this damn it!
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 04:04 PM
Dec 2017

Stop whining and crying in our beers. If you are on Facebook, Twitter whatever, get this out there. Tweet this to media! Do you seriously think it is a coincidence that Leeann, who started this mass hysteria about Franken, is friends with Donald Junior?!

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
43. If you look more closely at the golf club....
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:47 AM
Dec 2017

You'll see that it's propped up against two golf balls.

snort

(2,334 posts)
17. Sent a link to Gillibrands office, I would suggest others do so as well
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 04:47 PM
Dec 2017

especially if you are a constituent.

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
18. Franklin shouldn't have resigned
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 04:50 PM
Dec 2017

These bastards(republicans) are going to attack any democrat that has ever taking a campaign photo now and they won't be held to the same standard.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
21. And off HER MY Space page from all those years ago....
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 04:57 PM
Dec 2017

Doesn't look like this bit of shit embarrassed her at all--she put the pic on HER page. In fact she said it's just those two guys from the show "being silly." Franken comes along and she about dies from his joker type of pic.

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
22. Here's a real Christmas-y one from Jr....sent on Christmas Eve...
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 05:01 PM
Dec 2017

Takin the round out of the pipe on my 45 in case I'm a bit itchy on the trigger tonight when the fat man comes down the chimney! HoHoBang

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
27. Nice job, Jan!
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 06:39 PM
Dec 2017

You have uncovered something more important than all of the news outlets combine. Good job. And welcome to DU.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
31. I am so not surprised. I was surprised at how many here bought into this nonsense.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 07:20 PM
Dec 2017

It looks like our leadership somehow got hornswoggled on this as well. This day has me reeling.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
36. Tom Arnold made some allegations about her and she was on Hannity's show
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 09:06 PM
Dec 2017

https://twitter.com/TomArnold

Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 22h22 hours ago

I’m disappointed with my friend Leeann Tweedon. Her partner at KABC John Phillips is a Roger Stone pal & they coached her for weeks to bring Al Franken down. I’d hoped she’d use her voice to speak out for all women again predators like Roy Moore & Donald Trump but she’s a birther


Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 21h21 hours ago

I’ve gone to bat for Leeann 100 times this last month hoping she’d at least reveal her whole truth too but she ghosted me. I know every single detail of this political manipulation. KABC should lose their license. Promoting a fraud is a federal offense & FCC violation.

Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 21h21 hours ago

To put a button on this the only truth about my old pal Leeann Tweeden’s Al Franken story was the picture. The rest was created by KABC colleague & fellow Trump supporter John Phillips & his bud Roger Stone who coached Leeann for weeks to take Al down. Mission accomplished.

Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 20h20 hours ago

I’m #MeToo & don’t doubt any other woman but the Leeann Tweeden-John Phillips-Roger Stone lies & set up of Al Franken were part of a larger smear campaign against Al initiated at the same time Leeann came out at KABC. I have proof. Leeann knows it. It’s a disservice to victims.

Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 17h17 hours ago

Just got off the phone with my old friend @LeeannTweeden & here’s what i now know.
She didn’t know Roger Stone was involved until after he tweeted about Franken’s “time in the Barrel”
Hannity saw the pic in 2007 & begged her to show it but she wasn’t comfortable. Leeann’s not

Tom Arnold ‏Verified account @TomArnold 17h17 hours ago

(2) with pal Hannity’s support of Roy Moore which is why she hasn’t done show.She was shocked when i read Roger Stone dirty tricks Franken smear emails.Surprised that folks at KABC shared her Franken story before she did.Never wanted Al fired.Relieved others came forward.❤️❤️

Tom Arnold ‏Verified account @TomArnold 17h17 hours ago

(3) @LeeannTweeden had no idea KABC John Phillips & Roger Stone were hard right swingin buddies. Is it possible to be politically manipulated without knowin it? Yes. Is it possible 2 people could experience the same picture & stage kiss with opposite feelings? 100% I believe her.


Tom Arnold ‏Verified account @TomArnold 11h11 hours ago

Since I didn’t get all of Roger Stone & Co “Take down Al” correspondences until late last night I thought it was very nice & brave of Leeann to respond to my tweets by calling me & sharing her beat by beat experience honestly & openly for the first time so I could share them too.


Tom Arnold‏ Verified account @TomArnold 10h10 hours ago

Picture isn’t fake. It’s bad. Leeann’s shown it to people for yrs. Hannity wanted her to share it 2007. She wasn’t comfortable. In 2017 people with bad intentions got involved. Says she didn’t realize they were who they were. Leeann was grateful to tell story & move on. The End?


Here she is with Hannity



There were other threads on here that went through her account and found several contradictions. Also pics turned up showing her kissing or feeling others at the USO event. And other pics of her & Al together without any apparent tension, etc - some of them well after.

Another of the accusers was a Trumpster/devote Republican who defended Trump & Moore while continuing to criticize Franken
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/stephanie-kemplin-franken-not-owning-up-actions

Some of the other allegations are:
- kissed on the cheek
- touched butt when getting photo (I think twice)
- squeezed waist during a photo
- touched side of boob during photo
with four of them unidentified

And the above unverified is enough to end the political career of an otherwise fine senator.

This thing smells.
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