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Eliot Rosewater

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101. Oh hell yes, I was ALL OVER it here on this board, believe me.

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 10:49 AM

Apr 2018

NONE of this has to do with his guilt, he did NOTHING wrong, NOTHING.

The pic is actually NOT wrong given the time and context, but he apologized anyway.

I am talking about the right and the way they lie, he must have known more lies were coming.

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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