This is a married man...
Posted on 11/17/2017 9:40:13 AM PST by drewh
Republicans, never particularly eager to hold their own to account, will use Franken to deflect from more egregious abuse on their own side, like what Trump and Roy Moore are accused of. Women with stories about other members of Congress might hesitate to come forward.
That horrifying photo of Franken will confront feminists every time they decry Trump’s boasts of grabbing women by the genitals. Democrats will have to worry about whether more damaging information will come out, and given the way scandals like this tend to unfold, it probably will.
The feminist thinks: Who cares? Replace them all with women! But this frenzied moment will not end with the collapse of patriarchy. There will be overreach and then a fierce and ugly backlash, as men — but not only men — decide we can’t just go around ruining people’s lives and careers by retroactively imposing today’s sexual standards on past actions.
Besides, as more and more men get swept up in this moment of reckoning, we’re going to have to figure out some mechanism by which those accused of offenses that fall short of assault can make amends and get their lives back.
The question isn’t about what’s fair to Franken, but what’s fair to the rest of us.
He should go, and the governor should appoint a woman to fill his seat.
The message to men in power about sexual degradation has to be clear: We will replace you.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Please God, please please please, let them come up with something on McConnell. Please make Christmas come early the year.
This is what powerful men do.
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They used to do it in corporate, until there were Hugh lawsuits. That behavior is not tolerated in Corporate America- only in Politics, education and hollywood. (the ones immune from the law and decency).
No, just an emotional liar.
I expect most of his fellow dems will circle the wagons for him, while they drive Senator Gillibrand out for her comments about Bill Clinton not resigning when he got caught.
Steve Bannon is rope-a-doping these people.
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This morning my thought was, good move Mr. Bannon. You are winning the game for us.
Well, if the NYT says so, then he should go! After all, the NYT is the most respected and reliable paper there is! Your career is over, frankin! Get out!
Franken should be ousted for the joke(?) he told about raping a baby!
Let liberal pukes defend the baby rape jokes!
Google Wilbur Mills and Fanne Foxe.
For those too young to know now this is a real sex deal.
I almost stopped there, but couldn't resist the urge to see the Old Gray Whore throw Franken under the bus.
Spoken by a man that knew the value of the myth.
This is a married man...
Great find! Thanks, Doug.
"...since when?..."
Oh my gosh!!!!! I agree with Valerie Jarrett!?!? What next? Cats lying down with dogs? The apocalypse?!
They figure it would be OK to sacrifice Franken to sink Moore and possibly hurt Trump - else they’d be making the usual excuses for him....
Now that’s just......WRONG! I don’t care how funny it is. :0)
There's a not so subtle tell...
The Lizard Queen said *that*?
/sign of the end times...
Imagine Valerie Jarrett in that chair...and I can’t help but imagine groping her around the neck.
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