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32. The same "credible news outlet"s that "credibly" flacked every RW claim about Hillary?

Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:34 AM

Dec 2017

The same "credible news outlet"s that were just dying for a claim about a Democrat so they could retreat to their "both sides do it" comfort zone?

The "credible news outlet"s that have long been so eager for salacious news about a Democrat that if you pointed over their shoulder and said "Holy shit! Is that Bill Clinton's penis?" their heads would whip around so fast they'd snap their own necks?

Those outlets?

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Was Al Franken denied a right to due process [View all] lapucelle Dec 2017 OP

If he wanted one, he could have stayed around until he got one... brooklynite Dec 2017 #1

Franken did want want an investigation and hearing, lapucelle Dec 2017 #3

And Frankie Pentangeli could have lived out his years in The Villages in Florida Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #6

Perfect. dalton99a Dec 2017 #30

I agree. No one forced him to apologize and resign. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #28

This. aikoaiko Dec 2017 #39

He wasn't expelled from the Senate (as other Senators have been). He wasn't denied "due process"... PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #2

Nor was he afforded the opportunity for due process before yesterday's calls for his resignation. lapucelle Dec 2017 #4

He could have chosen to stay in the Senate. If the Senate chose to expell him... PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #10

Go watch "The Crucible" Jakes Progress Dec 2017 #13

A bit different when people hang you instead of suggesting you leave. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #19

Count on you to miss the point. Jakes Progress Dec 2017 #37

The reality is Franken is still alive, and hasn't even actually resigned yet. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #38

The reality (the point of the reference) is Jakes Progress Dec 2017 #42

Franken is staying for a few weeks; that is evidence of his fighting lapucelle Dec 2017 #22

Nonsense. Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #5

I would love to hear your thoughts on high school bullying Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #8

I'm opposed to it. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #11

Do you believe that bullying has consequences and can affect personal decisions? Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #12

Are you implying 35 Democratic Senators are bullies? n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #14

I'm not implying anything. I am saying precisely that. Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #16

What??????????????????? n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #27

My Thought Is Yes Me. Dec 2017 #7

general 110liberal Dec 2017 #9

I find it interesting that Franken did not resign effective today, lapucelle Dec 2017 #15

Be interesting to see what he does over the next couple of weeks. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #17

I am sure Al Franken is one vindictive son of a bitch Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #18

Politics can be unfair, there is no right to due process in the court of public opinion tritsofme Dec 2017 #20

When I think of due process, I think of legal stuff LeftInTX Dec 2017 #21

I think you're right. Maybe a "fair hearing" would be a better term. lapucelle Dec 2017 #23

He hasnt been charged with anything.. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #24

I'm not contending that these words or terms are synonymous. lapucelle Dec 2017 #33

The only one that matters. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #35

The Packwood investigation took three years DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2017 #25

that is an absurd amount of time dsc Dec 2017 #40

He was lynched by the Senatorial mob. MoonRiver Dec 2017 #26

I agree Jarqui Dec 2017 #29

Yup, he was sacrificied as some phony high ground morality leverage that R B Garr Dec 2017 #31

The same "credible news outlet"s that "credibly" flacked every RW claim about Hillary? JHB Dec 2017 #32

I'm not the one who characterized the source as "credible". lapucelle Dec 2017 #34

And I didn't claim you did. It was the senators who did... JHB Dec 2017 #36

Two credible claims in one day! Nevernose Dec 2017 #41