Posted on 11/16/2017 12:59:31 PM PST by drewh
On Thursday morning, Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden wrote in a disturbing article alleging that Sen. Al Franken sexually harassed her on a 2006 USO tour. According to Tweeden, Franken coerced her into “rehearsing” a kiss for a skit, then forcefully stuck his tongue in her mouth. She also provided a photograph of Franken appearing to grope her while she slept.
There is no rational reason to doubt the truth of Tweeden’s accusations, no legitimate defense of Franken’s actions, and no ambiguity here at all: Franken should resign from the Senate immediately. Democrats should call for him to step down straightaway. This revelation is a test of the Democratic Party’s consistency, honesty, and decency. If Democrats wish to preserve whatever moral standing they have today, they must exhort Franken to leave the Senate, with no hesitation or reservations.
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The hypocrisy of Franken’s reaction is galling. Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the senator wrote an impassioned Facebook post declaring that sexual harassment is “appalling” and “far too common.” He added that it “takes a lot of courage to come forward, and we owe them our thanks.” Franken then praised Gretchen Carlson for writing about “the disappointing responses women often face when they go public both embolden harassers and encourage victims to stay silent.”
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Yet another self-proclaimed defender of women’s rights has revealed himself to be a misogynistic fraud. Franken’s ardent promotion of gender equality on the Senate floor is rendered meaningless in the face of his disgusting conduct.
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How high’s the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin’
How high’s the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin’
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can’t come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin’
Well, it’s five feet high and risin’
Al Franken was much more than "a comedian."
Franken was the founding talent for the progressive Air America Radio Network, launched in 2003. Franken hosted "The O'Franken Factor," later renamed "The Al Franken Show" from March 2004 to February 2007.
This incident occurred while Franken was still the premier host on Air America Radio.
Would this have been acceptable if Alan Colmes did it as a progressive radio host at the same time as Franken?
-PJ
Franken’s seat is not safe.
Trump almost won MN, and Franken had to steal votes to get elected senator the first time.
I can’t believe Slate is saying this!!!
Amazing that these hypocrites are frothing at the mouth over Al Franken’s actions when they manned the ramparts with full-throated support for the biggest sexual predator in the nation’s history, Bill Clinton. They didn’t believe the accusations of the women who accused him of acts far worse than those committed by Franken, instead discrediting them and calling them “trailer trash.” We were witnesses. We remember.
Franken had to steal votes to get elected senator the first THIRD time.
They did have to have the election thrice before he was elected.
“Minnesota has some great people, who sadly tend to vote idiotically at times”
Really? “at times?” Try all the time. “Great people” don’t act like the idiots in MN!
The cold winters must numb their “minds,” or what passes for “minds!”
Unlikely. They’ll argue that it wasn’t a real grope. He just had his hands in position but didn’t squeeze. If he had, she would have awoken.
“Unlikely. They’ll argue that it wasn’t a real grope. He just had his hands in position but didn’t squeeze.”
And Bill Clinton did not inhale or have sexual relations with that woman. Demos are perverts and so are some rhinos, and then there is Linda Graham.
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Seeing Franken stay in office is probably worth some MAGA votes nationwide. Starting today, Franken is a dead and rotting Albatross hanging around the Democrats' neck! "Instead of the Cross, an Albatross about my neck was hung." Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge Painting: Gustave Dore |
It may not be groping, but the national appearance of this photo is massive sexual harassment!
There has been $15,000,000 of OUR taxpayer money doled out to prove it.
That was a shocker to hear about that.
We need names.
I didn’t!
However, any lies the left wingers hurl out to defend Franken, Biden and other Harvey’s does not surprise me!
It shows their total depravity: Morals and laws are for thee, not for me.
She was wearing a Plate Carrier and it looks like there were plates in it. He couldn't have squeezed her breasts.
That is the real point.
She is wearing SAPI plates (otherwise why would she be wearing a Plate Carrier?) so he could not have actually squeezed them, but the photo alone is NOT funny in any way shape, or form. That photo is really demeaning to that woman.
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