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72. Hah! Hadn't thought of that. You're probably right.

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Fri Dec 22, 2017, 01:39 PM

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Morning Joe crew slamming Gillibrand on Al Franken ouster [View all] njhoneybadger Dec 2017 OP

"There is a difference between murder and jaywalking." madaboutharry Dec 2017 #1

Calculated politics is what janterry Dec 2017 #6

Franken IS a calculating politician. 3/4 of our Democratic senate Hortensis Dec 2017 #10

Wrong, Franken wasnt going to resign, he asked for an ethics investigation to prove the allegations Bluepinky Dec 2017 #19

Bluepinky, Franken "stabbed" himself, although I prefer to Hortensis Dec 2017 #29

Maybe he would have been a tough opponent for 2020 presidential primaries meadowlark5 Dec 2017 #53

Thank you! LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #84

When you create a zero tolerance policy against all physical contact, or even the hint of it, Rustynaerduwell Dec 2017 #22

+1 dalton99a Dec 2017 #30

Franken's innocence could NEVER be proven, never will be. Hortensis Dec 2017 #34

Thanks for your extended and persistant comments. In the long run it was the best of poor choices riversedge Dec 2017 #38

Happy solstice. More sunshine every day. Hortensis Dec 2017 #40

Good point. SharonClark Dec 2017 #76

Another wedge to divide Democrats. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #23

No, Franken didnt choose to resign, he was forced to. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #33

I'm not going to pay anymore attention to this divisiveness. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #41

Gillibrand backstabbed Franken, hes too nice and didnt bash anyone back. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #56

Yep. Gullibility and ambition, not a good combination. She fell for the repug hit job and was... brush Dec 2017 #54

EXACTLY Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #60

"She apparently cant tell the difference between sexual abuse and a right wing hit job." LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #86

Well, I hope her Democratic colleagues are more loyal to her than she was to Franken. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #89

Thank you. SharonClark Dec 2017 #79

I disagree...it was a safe seat and this was a GOP hit job...there shoul d have been an Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #27

Agree mountain grammy Dec 2017 #80

He was asked to resign because Minnesota has a Democratic Governor Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #48

And now the seat will be contested in 2018 not 2020. There will be a special election... brush Dec 2017 #58

I don't agree. itsrobert Dec 2017 #81

And, they didnt even have to have his back. spooky3 Dec 2017 #90

Agree 100%. dae Dec 2017 #12

Still not in love with those 2, because THEY were sucking up to fatso. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #82

I do dislike Morning Joe on this he has a point. gordianot Dec 2017 #2

Bottomline: Gillibrand DeminPennswoods Dec 2017 #3

She made a political miscalculation The Wizard Dec 2017 #16

She's not presidential material, in my opinion. This disqualifies her... NurseJackie Dec 2017 #18

Sadly Me. Dec 2017 #51

+1000, she's not even Senatorial material, imo. That was such a lowbrow move, R B Garr Dec 2017 #61

We wont really get a choice, you know. I predict candidates for 2020 will be Gillibrand and Booker lostnfound Dec 2017 #95

That should be true of everybody else who jumped on this bandwagon. yardwork Dec 2017 #31

Too bad. Those two should've known better. brush Dec 2017 #64

It's about what I would have expected from the two of them. comradebillyboy Dec 2017 #71

Hah! Hadn't thought of that. You're probably right. brush Dec 2017 #72

She didn't jump on the bandwagon, she drove it. Merlot Dec 2017 #63

If squeezing a waist during a photo surrounded by witnesses is sexual assault IronLionZion Dec 2017 #4

Creeps me out. I've never had a politician pose with his arm around me or cheek to cheek. SharonClark Dec 2017 #83

The woman in this instance had her arm around Frankens spooky3 Dec 2017 #92

Lots of photos of various politicians with arms around people. LisaL Dec 2017 #96

Two male students asked me for a hug this week spooky3 Dec 2017 #91

To this day I think Franken was a Roger Stone set up. Vinca Dec 2017 #5

This! Va Lefty Dec 2017 #7

agree Rene Dec 2017 #13

Appreciated but, bobGandolf Dec 2017 #8

Of course. Throwing gasoline on the far left to burn Democrats Hortensis Dec 2017 #9

Mika said the Roger Stone/Franken connection needs to be explored. She also said PearliePoo2 Dec 2017 #11

They're also slamming Bill and Hillary Clinton...Yesterday, Mika whathehell Dec 2017 #14

They slammed Hillary throughout the campaign DesertRat Dec 2017 #28

Yes, but I get particularly angry at those who say Hillary "abused" women whathehell Dec 2017 #44

They're trying to undermine her history as a champion for women DesertRat Dec 2017 #47

It's disgraceful how they are using her defeat to rewrite history. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #68

I find it strange that these Butterflylady Dec 2017 #15

Yep. I noticed that too. RVN VET71 Dec 2017 #17

Good point. And the womens claims of sexual harassment were getting more ridiculous over time. Bluepinky Dec 2017 #20

actually that was one of the claims riverwalker Dec 2017 #37

Wow. You're right. I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2017 #24

+1, it would have also been nice to at least see one picture of the alleged "assaults". R B Garr Dec 2017 #62

Hopefully Rebl2 Dec 2017 #21

Somewhere there must be a photo of her greymattermom Dec 2017 #26

Senator Gillibrand put her hands on this young male's butt IronLionZion Dec 2017 #42

Scarred for life, I tell ya! dalton99a Dec 2017 #45

If she's that inappropriate in public, imagine what R B Garr Dec 2017 #65

Yep, where do her hands go while he sleeps? dalton99a Dec 2017 #66

Joe is a Republican who propped up Trump DesertRat Dec 2017 #25

Not as bad as they slammed Hillary Clinton for months oberliner Dec 2017 #32

That is the major reason I avoid watching Morning JOe. every chance he gets, He hits riversedge Dec 2017 #35

Mika too oberliner Dec 2017 #36

Agreed. Mika is even worse than Joe. And that's pretty bad. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #77

Joe and Mika are reprehensible. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #78

That skunk rose to notoriety as one of the inquisition, I mean impeachment, managers Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #98

Exactly. Squinch Dec 2017 #94

Gillebrand didnt even go to his farewell speech riverwalker Dec 2017 #39

Probably too ashamed. I think by now she knows she screwed up. brush Dec 2017 #67

Forcing Franken was a political calculation and standingtall Dec 2017 #43

I notice people trying hard to spin the Alabama win being a result of Franken Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #70

Of course they did. Trumpocalypse Dec 2017 #46

Agree. They love to encourage Democratic infighting. SharonClark Dec 2017 #75

Good. kcr Dec 2017 #49

If gillibrand and her posse... quickesst Dec 2017 #50

Anyone else notice MFM008 Dec 2017 #52

+1 Lucinda Dec 2017 #97

This is the kind of bullshit black women ignore underthematrix Dec 2017 #55

We now know that the pugs were behing the release of that infamous USO photo question everything Dec 2017 #57

For Gillibrand, champion of women sounds much better than champion of big tobacco. jalan48 Dec 2017 #59

Too late for her. The Franken allegations were the wrong issue to champion for women. brush Dec 2017 #69

I think she made more enemies than friends out of this. Demit Dec 2017 #73

I'm not happy about Franken's leaving the Senate eleny Dec 2017 #74

While I dont want to, I agree with you. mountain grammy Dec 2017 #85

+1 Tarheel_Dem Dec 2017 #88

They were correct... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #87

The Morning Joe crew, who normalized a serial molester to the American public, should shut their Squinch Dec 2017 #93