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31. Don't be baited off topic. It's all they'be been trying to do all week.

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Wed Sep 26, 2018, 10:19 PM

Sep 2018

We have many credible collaborated witness statements. That is the focus.

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Gillebrand is now on CNN/Cuomo saying the anonymous allegations... [View all] brush Sep 2018 OP

They could be a bad distraction this week. We have corroborated statements- focus! bettyellen Sep 2018 #1

My point is she didn't have that opinion about the anonymous allegations... brush Sep 2018 #7

Al Franken, also a distraction this week. Let's not have the pity parties this particular week. bettyellen Sep 2018 #17

Fair enough, but she of all people should not be talking about anonymous... brush Sep 2018 #21

Don't be baited off topic. It's all they'be been trying to do all week. bettyellen Sep 2018 #31

I'm not baited. Just the irony is so strong of her discounting anonymous sources... brush Sep 2018 #34

She's trying to get her fellow senators to focus on the concrete right now- you are not the audience bettyellen Sep 2018 #39

I get your point but you don't seem to get the irony of her and anonymous... brush Sep 2018 #41

I get it, but it's pointless- even harmful- to disrupt her working her fellow senators as she is bettyellen Sep 2018 #45

Betty, it's just a discussion board. Lotsa topics. Even Bruckner pops up from time to time. pangaia Sep 2018 #55

Honestly, WRers troll here for anti Dem memes from Dem. many of us tweet too. This is exactly the bettyellen Sep 2018 #63

100% right. H2O Man Sep 2018 #53

They could be a set up Kaleva Sep 2018 #2

She sang a different tune with Franken. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #3

THIS Ferrets are Cool Sep 2018 #5

She sings the song she thinks sounds best for her. I will never forgive her, although I SUPPORT rzemanfl Sep 2018 #9

Does seem a bit contradictory. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #19

Does seem a bit contradictory. LenaBaby61 Sep 2018 #26

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If it's Wednesday, Democrats are busy pulling the rug out from under each other flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #33

She said the anonymous allegations... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #36

No, several were anonymous. brush Sep 2018 #50

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Some anonymous, right? The first one, Tweeden wasn't but also proved to not be credible. brush Sep 2018 #54

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You ignore the allegations Nevernose Sep 2018 #57

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And open accusations are treated more credibly? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #67

GOP set up. Iliyah Sep 2018 #4

One of them has already recanted. john657 Sep 2018 #6

There's debate on if that recant is real. Kaleva Sep 2018 #12

Having trouble following the shitstorm that serial rapist KKKavanaugh has left in his wake. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #22

What is that from? brush Sep 2018 #13

Accuser #5, the alleged rape on the ship in RI. n/t john657 Sep 2018 #29

The accuser who allegedly beat up the rapists. Not the woman who was raped. Nevilledog Sep 2018 #61

I personally think it's a repub dirty trick to try to throw us john657 Sep 2018 #62

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2018 #64

It definitely has a different flavor. Nevilledog Sep 2018 #66

If you treat anonymous accusations like the accusations with names, faces, and testimony sworn RockRaven Sep 2018 #8

She didn't feel that way about the anonymous allegations against Franken. brush Sep 2018 #15

+1000. N/T john657 Sep 2018 #30

And DUers didn't feel the same way about named allegations against Franken mythology Sep 2018 #47

Not getting it. She of all people should avoid even talking about anonymous sources. brush Sep 2018 #49

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Because they are a set up! manor321 Sep 2018 #10

Missing the point. See her positon on anonymous allegations against Franken. brush Sep 2018 #18

The non-anonymous allegations should be sufficient for a full and thorough investigation gratuitous Sep 2018 #11

Fakes Dream Girl Sep 2018 #14

Coloradans (including myself) are waiting patiently until 2020 idcdu Sep 2018 #23

I think they need to be very careful with anonymous allegations, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #16

Franken's accusers were anonymous? I thought they were all named. nt FromTheAshes Sep 2018 #25

No. Several were anonymous. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #28

Smelling a Republican rat? C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #20

She is absolutely right. Anonymous has absolutely no backing, and runs a very real risk of being a still_one Sep 2018 #24

She finally figured that out. Too late for Al Franken though. See the difference? brush Sep 2018 #32

The allegations that pushed her to demand that Franken resign came from three Blue_true Sep 2018 #42

I don't know what her logic is, and while I agree that Al Franken was railroaded, Al choose for the still_one Sep 2018 #43

I know what the focus is but she of all people should not be talking about... brush Sep 2018 #44

I realize you know the score brush still_one Sep 2018 #46

I'd rather someone other than Gillebrand makes the case. dem4decades Sep 2018 #35

So would I. She doesn't have the best record on these kinds of thing. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #40

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2018 #65

I've been drinking, this can't possibly be true njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #37

What else did she say? njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #38

I agree - especially as there are three that are not anonymous karynnj Sep 2018 #48