Should Al Franken Resign?

[Mountain Man]

All the liberals saying that Leean Tweeden has accepted Franken's apology, and so we should all just forget the whole thing, a recent radio interview sure doesn't make it sound like she's accepted it. She describes him as "relentless" and compares him to Harvey Weinsten:

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...in-relentless/

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Remember, Franken never apologized for the kiss or for harassing Tweeden throughout the rest of trip. In fact, he never even denied it. In his Facebook "apology", he wrote, "I don't remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does." Yeah, I bet he doesn't remember it the way she does.

[rogue06]

It seems like not everybody was fooled by Franken's ingratiating "apology":

Source: The Gateway Pundit

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017...ranken-resign/

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Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...t-allegations/

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Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/...eterans-group/

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Of course we all know that a Senate ethics committee investigatiosn are a sham, so I'm sure Franken is mopping his brow in relief right now that he got off so easy. But I have to wonder, suppose it was Trump in that picture and not Franken... what would the response have been?

While other liberals circle the wagons.

Yesterday on CNN Newsroom host Brooke Baldwin started by noting how the charges is from "years and years ago" (2006) and that he was a "private citizen at the time." CNN's chief political analyst Gloria Borger responded by agreeing saying "He was not a member of the Congress at the time this occurred. He was just a comedian."

IIRC, this was hardly the tact that CNN took about Trump when he was a private citizen years and years ago.

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Franken at Comedy Central/NY Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner

[Zymologist]

It's like you guys are expecting the Democrats to be consistent, or something.

[Cow Poke]

Remember, Franken never apologized for the kiss or for harassing Tweeden throughout the rest of trip. In fact, he never even denied it. In his Facebook "apology", he wrote, "I don't remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does." Yeah, I bet he doesn't remember it the way she does.

That's his smarmy way of calling her a liar.

[Cow Poke]

It's like you guys are expecting the Democrats to be consistent, or something.

Maybe just once?

[Mountain Man]

It's like you guys are expecting the Democrats to be consistent, or something.

A guy can dream.

[Mountain Man]

The reliably liberal New York Times just threw Franken under the bus...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/o...e=sectionfront

[Mountain Man]

And now CNN:

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/...ranken-resign/

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[Mountain Man]

And just for fun, here's a quote from John Nolte's review of Justice League with a timely and bitingly sarcastic jab at Franken:

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywo...c-throw-towel/

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[mikewhitney]

And now CNN:

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/...ranken-resign/

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That sounds so unbiased ...
Except...

There is no evidence of Trump doing anything wrong or of Moore doing anything wrong but the Democrats have a person where there is evidence and he confessed (or, with Hillary, the evidence seems to be there about her guilt).

The other problem is that the Democrats' special concern about sexual assaults only seems to have become an issue when Democrats and Republicans decided they didn't want people to choose who goes into Congress.

[Mountain Man]

Yeah, he's trying a bit hard to create a moral equivalence between unsubstantiated accusations, and irrefutable photographic proof.

[Teallaura]

Should Al Franken resign? Included in the link is a picture Franken feeling up Leeann when she was sleeping...

IF he's guilty and IF the photo is really of her asleep and not some prank that she was aware of (which is not what she says of it) then yes, he should be prosecuted if legally possible. No, he should not be resigning over an incident eleven years ago unless convicted (or likely to be so).

I HATE you all!

[Teallaura]

Yeah, he's trying a bit hard to create a moral equivalence between unsubstantiated accusations, and irrefutable photographic proof.

It's not irrefutable - but that he hasn't refuted it already probably indicates her story is true.

[Darth Executor]

The reliably liberal New York Times just threw Franken under the bus...

NYT actually pulled the impossible and made me find a reason to oppose Franken's resignation.

[Cow Poke]

I HATE you all!