Posted on 07/22/2019 12:16:08 PM PDT by conservative98
Former Sen. Al Franken says he “absolutely” regrets his December 2017 resignation over a sexual misconduct scandal — and some of the senators who’d pressed him to quit are also questioning their actions.
“I can’t go anywhere without people reminding me of this, usually with some version of ‘You shouldn’t have resigned,’” Franken, the former “Saturday Night Live” funnyman-turned-politician, said in a lengthy look back at the incident in The New Yorker.
“Yup,” was his usual reply, he told the magazine.
Pressed on whether he means it, he adds: “Oh, yeah. Absolutely.”
Leeann Tweeden, a conservative talk-radio host, had accused Franken of having forced an unwanted kiss on her during a 2006 USO tour, and several other women came forward with lurid tales of the Democrat forcibly kissing or fondling them.
As the #MeToo movement was gaining steam, several senators quickly called for Franken’s head, including New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, who does not regret her calls for him to quit.
But others do, including Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who told the magazine his decision to oust Franken without a thorough investigation was “one of the biggest mistakes I’ve made” in his Senate career.
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I love it when a Dem takes one for the team and then the team loses anyway. It's a win win.
Oh man. Don’t get me started on MN politics. I live in congressional district 5. So. Yeah.
Does Al regret CHEATING on the vote count in his first election?
His Saturday Night Live stint seemed to help him.
Even part of that hit like a thud on the floor when it was offered up.
By and large, I’d have to agree with you.
I don’t get it. His platform made it impossible for me to ever support him.
Regardless, The Senate is a much better place without Franken. Definitely smarter.
Thanks. I agree with you in principle, but our people in the military are a captive group, in that they can’t just leave the scene of their appointment.
Having to spend the rest of their assignment with this jackass might be very uncomfortable for a woman who had been disrespected.
As you intimate, all women should be treated with respect.
Lost his stolen Senate gig for being a stupid ass, and his “comedy” career in the tank, must be looking for another gig...
Even no talent, low IQ Leftists have bills to pay I suppose...
...return to the deep hole your arse slithered out of FrankenIdiot. Still waiting for you to bust the chops of Gillibrand given she crowned herself the ‘feminist champion of zero tolerance’.........
Shoot, I clicked on this thread just to see that diaper picture. Freepers we are slipping!
Franken's ouster was really about Roy Moore. Everyone thought Moore was going to win and then there'd be a move by both parties to expel Moore. They'd have no ammo if Franken was still in the Senate after facing his own #MeToo violations. Franken, at the urging of Kirsten Gillibrand, fell on his sword.
And then Moore somehow manages to lose the safest Republican seat in the Senate.
The whole escapade was comical.
When did former Playmate Leeann Tweeden become “conservative talk show host” Tweeden like this was all just a set-up?
I “regret” that this nitwit LIB loser isn’t in prison for the fraud involved in stealing the election in the first place. What a pathetic excuse for a human. To top it off, he apparently likes to sexually assault women.
To be fair, like you, it would irritate me far more if the woman had been in the military.
I think we are both on the same page here...
I don’t think he should have resigned...
I’m a man and get on. I’ve had women walk right up and plant a kiss on me.
Never bothered me...
Democrats would have been in the impossible position of defending why Franken should stay while Moore must go, and Alabama Republicans would have retaliated by sending Moore to Congress.
-PJ
Well, bye. And stay gone.
Usual and customary Hogwash and Bullshit from an aging pervert.
Al Franken is a racist.
Agreed...
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