When you worship someone, it's easy to turn a blind eye.

[Kaleva]

When just about every female Dem in the Senate suggests Sen. Franken ought to resign, then it's time for him to go. There's little point in discussing it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. What does worship have to do with it?

It's more that we seem to be disarming ourselves when one of the most draconian tax bills in the history of our country is about to become law.

Most of these congress people making the principled stand won't be affected by it.

[dalton99a]

3. Exactly.

[brooklynite]

18. If Franken resigns tomorrow, a progressive Dem opposed to the tax bill will be in office by Monday

[Kaleva]

22. That is what will very likely happen

[atreides1]

32. I don't think so

Unless Governor Dayton has been conducting interviews to find a replacement, it won't happen by Monday!

I like to think that the governor at had enough respect for Senator Franken, to wait until he made a decision!

[lapfog_1]

2. and when every white person in town says that the black man raped the white woman

it's time to get a rope and just hang him...

right?

[nini]

7. yep

it's not people haven't falsely accused others of things they did not do.

[hatrack]

12. Yeah, he was "no angel", y'know?

[ProudLib72]

25. Did that just happen?!

Never mind, don't care. Just lynch the SOB.


Good God, we are living in Jim Crow era for Dems, and everyone is just too happy to play along.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. All our heroes are problematic -- which should really make us rethink why we want heroes

so badly.

[nini]

5. Why not investigate before the hanging?

Can we discuss that?

[BannonsLiver]

9. But then there would be a wait to moralize.

And we can't have that. We must lie down like lambs for the GOP like the OP wants. Because hey, it ticks all the moralizing boxes and makes people feel good.

[Snotcicles]

6. I would like to see Al Franken offer to take a polygraph test under the condition

(and his accusers must agree first) that if he fails he will resign. And if he pass the test, his accusers must take the same.

[beaglelover]

8. NO!

[hatrack]

10. "Worship"? You have got to be fucking kidding me . . .

Al Franken is a smart, hard-working and valuable member of the Senate. If not for his pointed and well-informed questioning, Jeff Sessions would not be recused from the Mueller investigation.

That's reality - it's not "worship" for me to point out that reality.

But by all means, keep on piling up the straw, man.

[Kaleva]

14. What you say has nothing to do with the allegations.

You are turning a blind eye.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Better than being hopelessly naive.

[Kaleva]

20. It's not naive to know that Franken's time is up.

That's reality.

[BannonsLiver]

26. Well at least you feel better. Cheering all the way, I'm sure.

All your boxes are ticked.

[hatrack]

19. Welcome to ignore, clown.

.

[geardaddy]

34. +1

[demmiblue]

36. I don't understand why he posts here in the first place.

Discussionist seems to be a better fit.

Which is weird considering his life circumstances.

[flotsam]

43. We call allegations by anonymous people

"rumors"...

[Bettie]

11. It is not worship

it is recognition that he is fighting FOR US. Every day in the senate.

[demmiblue]

13. Oh, it's you.

[Skittles]

40. yup

pretty obvious

[Adrahil]

15. Make no mistake.

Once they chalk up Franken, the right-wing smear machine will move on to its next target. Do not be complicit.

[Kaleva]

16. Stabenow, Warren, Feinstein, Duckworth, Hirono and others are right wing?

[Adrahil]

21. Nope, they are dupes, being played.

The voters will not reward us. Moore will win. We'll lose Franken's seat and our nation will be even more fucked. Congratulations on holding the moral highground as we continue to get rolled by the GOP.

[Kaleva]

24. You are projecting

Assuming already that we'll lose Franken's seat when there is absolutely no evidence right now to support the notion that such a thing will happen.

[Adrahil]

28. Once it happens...

I'll give an I told you so.

Our party just doesn't have the will to win in this nasty environment.

[BannonsLiver]

30. Not when you have people cheering on our defeats

And lying down like a lamb at the first sign of trouble.

[Adrahil]

31. I'M not ging up! These weak knees are!

[BannonsLiver]

37. I was talking about the OP.

[Adrahil]

38. I do not support that.

I will continue to fight and hope my compatriots realize that we are in a fight for life and death and the other guys have stacked the deck and are fighting dirty.

[atreides1]

35. And you aren't???

At the moment there's no evidence to support the notion that such a thing won't happen, either! I understand that Norm Coleman was seen slithering around D.C. today!

Franken's seat isn't a guaranteed win for a Democrat, especially one who gets seated to finish out his term.

[oasis]

23. Next up will be Bill Clinton. Bannon's machine will get more Dems

to go wobbly on the Clintons since the formula seems to be working.

[ProudLib72]

27. I'm sure Freepers have found this thread

and are rejoicing big time.

[brush]

29. Could it be they are the ones turning a blind eye to the shakiness of the Tweeden case, the one...

that started it all?

We know by now the original accuser, Tweeden, worked with Roger Stone and Hannity to concoct her story with a gag photo that was not actual groping, and photos of her actually groping a guitarist on stage on the same USO tour surfaced but she was not pilloried for groping as Franken was and is.

Has none of that occured to you?

All male Democratic politicians and candidates are now vulnerable to this new repug tactic of anonymous accusers because they now know other Dems will called for resignations instead of waiting on an investigation.

[geardaddy]

33. Right, and all the Senators are people that don't represent me are the ones trying to take him away.

Al Franken is my senator. I voted for him and I want him to stay. Even Amy Klobuchar hasn't climbed on board the get rid of Al wagon.

[NRaleighLiberal]

39. What a load of bullshit.

[Pathwalker]

41. Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Roy Moore and Steve Bannon

salute you and thank you for helping them kill the #metoo cause. Worship? What a poor choice of words.
I have a feeling you'll be on board with ditching the next Democratic voice those men I listed will accuse of doing something less than Roy Moore and Donald Trump. You won't have to wait long.

[angstlessk]

42. IF they know something we don't they should come forward...otherwise

keep their mouths shut and let the hearing begin!

[Bengus81]

44. Worship? I didn't "worship" Charlie Manson but he deserved a trial....

Sadly these 38 Women and Men Democrats don't think Franken deserved as much as a POS like Manson.

[alarimer]

45. They did it entirely for political reasons, though.

Not because they thought it was true.