Posted on 11/20/2017 8:06:04 AM PST by Kaslin
Despite calls from his Republican and Democratic colleagues alike to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct, Sen. Al Franken is reportedly refusing to go anywhere.
When his hometown paper The Star Tribune asked over the weekend whether he planned to resign, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Democrat said, “no.”
“He is spending time with his family in Washington, D.C., and will be through the Thanksgiving holiday,” the staffer told the paper by text, “and he’s doing a lot of reflecting.”
Sports broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of forcibly kissing and groping her without her consent. She even tweeted a photo of the groping incident from a 2006 USO tour in Afghanistan. The then-comedian appeared grabbing her breasts over her flak vest while she was sleeping on a military aircraft.
I’ve decided it’s time to tell my story. #MeToohttps://t.co/TqTgfvzkZg— Leeann Tweeden (@LeeannTweeden) November 16, 2017
She also said while they were practicing a sketch he kissed her despite her protesting.
Franken himself and his Senate colleagues have recommended a Senate Ethics Committee investigation of his behavior.
“I understand why we need to listen to and believe women’s experiences,” Franken said in a statement. “I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate.”
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Republican Sen. Tim Scott agreed an ethics investigation should begin.
“We certainly should start the process,” Scott said. “This is absolutely the right starting point. All sexual harassment is inexcusable. And everyone should be punished at the same level.”
And yet; where would Israel be today without Potiphar's Wife?
Not on Labor Day.
But they do get a chance to defend themselves....i,e, Melendez for starters.
Dims innocent until proven guilty. Keeps seat. Nothing changes
Republicans, guilty period. No trial. Just resign
Really?
“Pro-abortion Senator Al Franken fantasized about raping news anchor, ‘joked’ about child rape”
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/sexually-accused-democratic-senator-told-child-rape-jokes-fantasized-about
Just how far beneath the barrel is the standard for “conservatism”, anyhow?
He didn’t break the law. It also has little to do with the job he was elected to do. The voters can handle it at the next election.
I’m tired of these sex scandals. They are pointless. We are not choosing a husband in elections. People forget that humans are sexual creatures and every job brings with it its perks and challenges. Unless they break the law, I don’t want to know and I don’t care. Except at election time.
How's that workin' for ya?
>>The voters can handle it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTitnDgw3Gc&list=PL6qkWbxcri_e0e32gr33uZuuM7CWlM7IZ
“I don’t care”
That ‘bout sum it up?
#DrainTheSwamp!
Hey, there is a reason I moved, in 2011, from my home of 46 years, Seattle, to a 32 acre wooded and partly cleared place in central KY. The writing has been on the wall for a long time.
I put my money where my mouth is. The smart jews didn’t stay and fight Hitler. They took a boat to the UK or the US.
We must choose our battles.
>> The smart jews didn’t stay and fight Hitler.
Uhuh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School#Theorists
>>We must choose our battles.
Maybe you should just stick with “I don’t care”.
#DrainTheSwamp!
Yep!
“I don’t care” was a flippant remark regarding which issues are important to me, and which ones are not.
I don’t care about this “heing and sheing” stuff. It’s been going on for the entire history of mankind. There are no new revelations of late. It’s all “dog bites man”, except for the false accusations.
The one positive of the rest is that they expose the hypocrisy of many of our elected leaders. But, as I said, I choose my battles. I don’t waste much time (other than occasionally talking in threads like this) with things I can not change.
The thing about fly over country is...
https://www.google.com/search?q=usafa+Lesbian+commandant
It gets flown over.
So, good luck with that “I gots mine, I don’t care” “strategy”, out there in KY when the technocrats are lighting your hut up with SOFLAM.
#DrainTheSwamp
If you think this amoral Cultural Marxist and his "recreate '68" vintage comrades wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on everyone who opposes the collective's glorious revolutionary objectives...
YOU haven't been paying attention.
Uhuh.
So, good luck with that “I gots mine, I don’t care” “strategy”, out there in KY when the technocrats are lighting your hut up with SOFLAM.
It’s not that. I think they would. But as long as we have “a gun behind every blade of grass” I’m not too worried.
It will become more of an issue for me when Trump is done. I said, way back in 2000, when Dubya won, that all it did was put off the inevitable for four years.
I still see it as inevitable. I read the bible. Being a man, I know the heart of man.
>>1. The jews that got out of germany were the smart ones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School#Theorists
How’s that workin’ for Frankin’s fans/supporters/voters?
Never mind. You gots yours. You don’t care.
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