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2. Still such a loss!

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Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:22 PM

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Does anyone else wish Al Franken [View all] Snotcicles Apr 2018 OP

Or would the right STILL be beating him and the DNC up over the LIES told about him? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1

No...he became the target of a small group of Democrats who saw him as competition. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #21

Exactly ret5hd Apr 2018 #26

Competition...too popular... tavernier Apr 2018 #37

I really believe that. He was just doing his job. He can't help it that he's smart... Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #42

Just as Stuart Smalley said... LakeArenal Apr 2018 #67

LOL! Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #74

I agree meadowlark5 Apr 2018 #52

Yes Progressive2020 Apr 2018 #58

I do too meadowlark5 Apr 2018 #65

Amen! True Blue American Apr 2018 #86

At the end of the day, the ONLY Democratic Senator who told him NOT to resign Exotica Apr 2018 #59

Oh....I forgot how many go-along-to-get-along, jump-on-the-bus ones there were. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #75

Wow, did not see that at the time dhol82 Apr 2018 #117

Yes he does. I may not always agree with him, but on some crucial things he seems ro be an upright Exotica Apr 2018 #121

I agree - I'm still pissed that some of the... TheDebbieDee Apr 2018 #78

Excellent visual. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #79

Bang on! LiberalLovinLug Apr 2018 #109

It wasn't the right wing that did him in. They just delivered him up. A small band of Democrats EffieBlack Apr 2018 #57

+1, we know who they are. harun Apr 2018 #107

The real problem was that Franken himself didn't fight back. Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #98

Oh no, we dont know that, at all. Much went on behind the scenes we are not privy Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #99

We do know that he apologized several times. Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #100

Oh hell yes, I was ALL OVER it here on this board, believe me. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #101

He never should have apologized. Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #103

So I am confused, on this board there are 3 groups I guess Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #105

I think I'm somewhere between 1 and 3. Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #106

I would also add this. Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #112

He was willing to question everyone and everything. dhol82 Apr 2018 #118

And the same is true of many other senators Trumpocalypse Apr 2018 #120

Still such a loss! chuckstevens Apr 2018 #2

It's is his own fault he's not mythology Apr 2018 #3

Oh yeah that's what happened. tymorial Apr 2018 #5

Hey, dont sweat the trolls tonight... just yell... tavernier Apr 2018 #43

Yeah kcr Apr 2018 #6

Being railroaded by his own didn't help, TheCowsCameHome Apr 2018 #7

NOPE. LenaBaby61 Apr 2018 #11

Utter nonsense! Lonestarblue Apr 2018 #14

Damn right. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2018 #20

Franken was a Star in the party. True Blue American Apr 2018 #87

Franken was railroaded without due process because of spurious PatrickforO Apr 2018 #15

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #16

Oh, Really? Quote Evidence Unquote? Is It Real Or Is It Hannity? Vogon_Glory Apr 2018 #34

No, there was NO evidence AdamGG Apr 2018 #35

+1 and welcome to DU. spooky3 Apr 2018 #50

I saw no serious misconduct in ANY picture or video! Greybnk48 Apr 2018 #36

Nope. Tipperary Apr 2018 #19

He did, but . . . TimeToGo Apr 2018 #22

LOL! Another one who doesn't know the facts. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #23

It took guts to write that. But you are right. Blue_true Apr 2018 #27

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #41

Keep telling yourself that! chuckstevens Apr 2018 #55

He was MOCKING douche-bags, not being one! DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 #73

He was a comedian, and who hasn't made any bad choices. harun Apr 2018 #108

Prepared, intelligent, and bullshit wasnt his thing. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #4

No bigger feminist alive, either. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #12

and, he apologized for that pic, said he completely understood now why it was wrong, and Tweedon spooky3 Apr 2018 #51

The Zuckerberg propaganda internets did huge damage to Democrats democratisphere Apr 2018 #8

So do I! calimary Apr 2018 #90

The country misses him very much manor321 Apr 2018 #9

Hell to the yeah Lotusflower70 Apr 2018 #10

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #24

And so do I! pazzyanne Apr 2018 #40

I do. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #13

Thank goodness we got rid of Franken! He was such a negative for the Dem. Party!!!! Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #17

mngal marieo1 Apr 2018 #18

Those were my thoughts at the time, too. Still are my thoughts. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #25

Yep. But now that the dust has settled, her chances are blown because people see what she did. brush Apr 2018 #77

Yes, I do! MelissaB Apr 2018 #28

. Snotcicles Apr 2018 #30

I will never forgive those Dems for what they did to Franken! ananda Apr 2018 #29

I will not forgive either. Nope. Guilded Lilly Apr 2018 #46

Don't forgive -- get even -- Franken for President in 2020! earthshine Apr 2018 #85

He helped invent Facebook. nt LexVegas Apr 2018 #31

Waiting for the "post removed" folks to show up. rzemanfl Apr 2018 #32

Don't bother, they're here. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #53

Damn straight I do! Va Lefty Apr 2018 #33

Yes! Heartstrings Apr 2018 #38

YES!!!! NT Homer Wells Apr 2018 #39

Want to see Timewas Apr 2018 #44

YES! Amaryllis Apr 2018 #45

Actually, no. eggplant Apr 2018 #47

Yep - let's get rid of our best ones because the Republicans will target them EffieBlack Apr 2018 #60

twas my first thought after hearing the big 3! SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2018 #48

Hell, yes! cp Apr 2018 #49

Gillibrand And Franken Progressive2020 Apr 2018 #54

Hear hear EffieBlack Apr 2018 #61

Yes! Susan Calvin Apr 2018 #71

Thank you! True Blue American Apr 2018 #88

I wish Al Franken were doing lots of things EffieBlack Apr 2018 #56

Amen ailsagirl Apr 2018 #116

Wish he was back zentrum Apr 2018 #62

Yes! I Miss Him! He Would Have Asked Pointed Questions that Cut Through the Spin dlk Apr 2018 #63

I miss him everyday. He knew what to ask he was prepared. wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #64

Desperately. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #66

Absofreakinglutely. marble falls Apr 2018 #68

I've thought it a thousand times Lulu KC Apr 2018 #69

Yes catrose Apr 2018 #70

AL SHOULD NEVER HAVE RESIGNED. The Dems should have surrounded him with LOVE trueblue2007 Apr 2018 #72

No Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2018 #76

why? Skittles Apr 2018 #81

yes, i was thinking that when i was watching the cspan show orleans Apr 2018 #80

He was the new kid on the block and he was running circles around most of them notinkansas Apr 2018 #82

I let True Blue American Apr 2018 #89

The graveyards are full of indispensable men. tritsofme Apr 2018 #83

Exactly what I thought, and I also think this -- Franken for Pres in 2020! earthshine Apr 2018 #84

Occasionally I see questions about why Franken didn't mount a more aggressive defense DFW Apr 2018 #91

Zero tolerance is always bad policy. -nt CrispyQ Apr 2018 #95

Everyone has to follow their own instincts DFW Apr 2018 #96

I wish he were still in office. We traded him for Roy Moore's defeat, but it wasn't worth it. Nitram Apr 2018 #92

The Democratic leadership has failed to lead The Wizard Apr 2018 #93

Desperately so. (nt) Paladin Apr 2018 #94

Of Course. Pushing him out was a travesty. Lil Missy Apr 2018 #97

Dick Durbin was awesome oberliner Apr 2018 #102

Every day I wish he was doing his job in the Senate. mahina Apr 2018 #104

Oh, yes I do! lunamagica Apr 2018 #110

well rtracey Apr 2018 #111

Well.... Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #113

Y E S. VOX Apr 2018 #114

Didn't notice that Franken Progressive dog Apr 2018 #115

The party would really be shamed if Al Franken were still a senator Awsi Dooger Apr 2018 #119

Railroading Franken was the shittiest/stupidest "united" Dems move ever on so many levels stuffmatters Apr 2018 #122

Yes Luciferous Apr 2018 #123

Yes trof Apr 2018 #124

Who replaced him? I'll bet noone knows. CK_John Apr 2018 #125

Yes Snackshack Apr 2018 #126

No, but... Mike Nelson Apr 2018 #127