I feel at tad better about this from Als fellow senator....Amy K

[a kennedy]

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who serves in the Senate representing Minnesota with Al Franken, explained Friday that she didn't publicly ask Franken to resign this week because of their relationship.

"I had condemned his conduct early on when the first allegation was made," she told CNN's Dana Bash on "Inside Politics." "I felt I was in a different role as his colleague, that I'm someone that has worked with him for a long time, there's a lot of trust there, and I felt it was best to handle it in that way."


http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/amy-klobuchar-senate-al-franken-minnesota/index.html

[dhol82]

1. So, she just automatically believed his accuser?

She decided that her colleague, whom she has known for years and who has never shown any tendency to harass, was guilty. With no proof.
Right.

[spooky3]

6. My reaction also. Very disappointing.

[CatMor]

2. I don't.....

I would have liked to see her stand by him.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Amy is my other Senator and she has a huge problem sitting on the fence until she sees

which the wind is blowing...........afraid to stick her neck out
So I would caution you

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I agree. She tends to be pretty timid when it comes to controversial issues.

If she plans to run for President someday she'd better grow herself a spine, and then prove she has one.

[Angry Dragon]

7. thanks for the backup

[Thor_MN]

4. I'm surprised she isn't being raked over the coals for not joining the lynch mob.

[a kennedy]

10. I know.....

and have I told you before that I really do not like the Vikings??

[Thor_MN]

11. Sorry that you are not a fan. They do have a chance of doing something that has never happened.

My avatar is almost more for my Scandinavian background than the football team, but I cheer for them too.

All of my immigrant ancestor came from Norway and Sweden, but I have 9% Finnish roots thanks to Finnish emigration to Sweden further back than my people coming to the US and finding somewhere cold to live.

Anyway, the way this lynching occurred, I really feel that the only thing keeping Klobuchar from getting smeared is the speed that the end game happened. Somehow, some peole thought that disenfranchising one of the most reliably blue states was a good idea. The master plan apparently being having a cleaner wedge a year from now over people that don't care about that issue...

I guess we will see how that works out, and they will find out how long Minnesotans memories are and how well we hold grudges...

[a kennedy]

8. She DIDNT ask for his resignation....

or am I really reading this wrong.

[LenaBaby61]

9. 2 more friends ....

Phoned me from different states saying that they changed their party affiliation from Democrat to Independent.

3 more friends here where I live here in California are close to doing the same. I cannot speak to what might be other Democrats anger @ what Franken's OWN party did to him, but I can honestly say that I know 4 people who've changed their party affiliation from Democrat to Independent within this week. For the 4 I know, it wasn't just because of the Franken situation. It was also because of other things leading up to this Franken event.

[BigDemVoter]

12. I am not one of Klubuchar's fans.

[democratisphere]

13. Many women think all men are dogs and will ALWAYS stand with the accusers.

This premise, in fact, is not true!