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In reply to the discussion: Major Dem donor hints she'll withhold funds after 'vigilante' Democrats forced Al Franken to resign [View all]wryter2000
(46,039 posts)128. Did Lauer et al.
Have letters from huge numbers of women from his staff and from his previous tv show stating he treated women with complete respect? Not just a few women supporters but the vast majority of women who had good reason to know.
Did Lauer et al. Perform their assaults in front of a camera for other people to see, including one woman's husband who said nothing at the time?
No one here would defend anyone like Weiner, but with Franken, the charges were obviously bogus. His immediate apology to Tweeden is only more evidence he's a decent guy.
And, btw, I'm a woman who, like all women, has put up with shit from the small subset of men who are creeps throughout my life. I have no patience with abusers.
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Major Dem donor hints she'll withhold funds after 'vigilante' Democrats forced Al Franken to resign [View all]
workinclasszero
Apr 2018
OP
No, Franken was a huge loss - it was the railroad job that helped the Repubs.
PatrickforO
Apr 2018
#75
Couldn't agree more..seems to me Gillibrand opened mouth, inserted foot...
asiliveandbreathe
Apr 2018
#7
I would expect Gillibrand would have been more pragmatic when the Franken issue was
asiliveandbreathe
Apr 2018
#41
Gillibrand's "A" rating from the NRA was downgraded to an "F" in 2010 after she was elected...
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2018
#97
Good. Gillibrand went from my short-list of picks to my No-Way-in-Hell List for that shit!
Stand and Fight
Apr 2018
#9
There could not be an ethics investigation because the people that would have
standingtall
Apr 2018
#67
Yeah, where is KB in front of cameras demanding the resignation of the pussy grabber in chief
workinclasszero
Apr 2018
#77
Led to fragging our own by Roger Stone and his friend Leeann Tweeden. Suckers-nt
poboy2
Apr 2018
#79
I hope she still donates to the non witchhunters, notice how none of those women pursued
diane in sf
Apr 2018
#78
Wow, that was extremely out of bounds? A Democratic, rich, entitled donor?
Ferrets are Cool
Apr 2018
#106
Yea Im pissed Franklin resigned but Im apopoletic about Trump. Forgive and forget
Pepsidog
Apr 2018
#117
Good. Yes, Gillibrand spearheaded it. Because Franken was in the way of her Presidential plans.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2018
#120
In days gone past, they once thought the pulp in orange juice wasn't worth keeping
nolabels
Apr 2018
#121