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lark

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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 05:39 PM

Oct 2018

100% no, it would not offend me. She said she was angry because she was overweight and this reminded her of that. Boo fucking hoo.
She had a problem and blamed it on someone who had nothing at all to do with it. Franken is 100% innocent IMO and was railroaded by sanctimonious folks who didn't care for the truth. Dems asked for an investigation here and should have done the same with Franken, only an ethics investigation, not FBI.

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So what exactly did we get for pressuring Franken to resign? [View all] standingtall Oct 2018 OP

The high road? Autumn Oct 2018 #1

We Go High, They Go To The White House, Senate & Supreme Court LandOfHopeAndDreams Oct 2018 #3

Nailed that. Autumn Oct 2018 #6

Absolutely correct (and awful) FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #14

+1000 Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #28

In retrospect, one of the worst quotes ever. MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #37

+1 leftstreet Oct 2018 #51

Exactly lunamagica Oct 2018 #52

Bingo. zentrum Oct 2018 #93

We take the high road, right off a cliff. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #30

It does seem that way. Autumn Oct 2018 #33

Bingo!!! nt jrthin Oct 2018 #90

Not. A. Fucking. Thing. Raster Oct 2018 #2

*This* ananda Oct 2018 #49

We showed we're not hypocrites. athena Oct 2018 #4

You're uninformed on the matter. Research Roger Stone, Leeann Tweeden and Hannity... brush Oct 2018 #48

Is Tina Dupuy a Republican as well? athena Oct 2018 #53

Oh how terrible, he touched her luv handle. Give me a break. brush Oct 2018 #55

So a woman can't tell a sexual squeeze from an arm around her waist. athena Oct 2018 #58

Oh please. Men do not get off on touching a woman's waist. brush Oct 2018 #64

Sexual harassment is not about "getting off". athena Oct 2018 #67

Ridiculous. If you think putting your arm around someone's waist to pose for a photo... brush Oct 2018 #134

A woman's waist is not a sexual organ. Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #107

Exactly. Some on this thread need to read your post. Posing for a photo... brush Oct 2018 #136

Which shoulder? OilemFirchen Oct 2018 #133

He put his arm around her waist at a photo-op standingtall Oct 2018 #59

I didn't realize it's impossible to put an arm around a woman's waist without squeezing it. athena Oct 2018 #68

The Tina Dupay accusation is absurd period standingtall Oct 2018 #72

You're not a woman, are you? athena Oct 2018 #74

ATHENA .... i am a woman AND ... AN ARM AROUND MY WAIST, if it was a friend OR Al Franken trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #80

An unwanted squeeze wouldn't bother you? athena Oct 2018 #82

I did not attack you. trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #85

I'm a woman too, and I wouldn't be offended if a celebrity squeezed my waist Bluepinky Oct 2018 #106

Let me join in here. lark Oct 2018 #109

you have a right to feel however you want but questionseverything Oct 2018 #119

If she were offended by a squeeze on her waist, she could have said, "hey - no squeezing!" Nothing spooky3 Oct 2018 #126

Unwanted squeeze? You have to believe Dupuy to believe that. brush Oct 2018 #139

I am a woman blue cat Oct 2018 #102

I'm a woman too Bettie Oct 2018 #112

Athena, I am a woman. Booting a talented ally like Franken was pure folly. Not even a pretense... Hekate Oct 2018 #114

Actually I got squeezed around waist many times in NY-family, friends, neighbors, male and female. delisen Oct 2018 #116

Oh for crying out loud. It's not like he just grabbed her waist for no reason. LisaL Oct 2018 #120

Her story is absurd. He touched my waist!!!!! yardwork Oct 2018 #142

the GOPigs LIED to get rid of Franken. I agree totally with you "Brush" trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #78

No one expected the Democratic Party to make excuses for him Merlot Oct 2018 #50

Franken didn't do a damn thing to get pushed out of the Senate HelenWheels Oct 2018 #79

Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #81

Wow, you are totally incorrect. nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #125

There was no evidence of this. alarimer Oct 2018 #130

Yup, but many here refuse to see it. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #132

The reason for him to resign is because mistreating women is wrong mythology Oct 2018 #5

I don't think it was the right thing and it did not benefit us. delisen Oct 2018 #32

That was the dumbest fucking thing ever! Dream Girl Oct 2018 #7

Um groping multiple women is a bit more than putting his arm around one woman's waist mythology Oct 2018 #10

You're uninformed. Research the Stone/Tweeden/Hannity triangle that set up the repug... brush Oct 2018 #141

There was a lot more to it than that. athena Oct 2018 #15

This is why we lose elections Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #26

Thanks for minimizing sexual harrassment. athena Oct 2018 #27

It is not minimizing. I have experienced the Kavanaughs and the Frankens. delisen Oct 2018 #40

You are being way to reasonable Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #44

Read the list of accusations. athena Oct 2018 #45

So Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #41

Well said! Welcome to DU. maddiemom Oct 2018 #113

Very kind of you... Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #123

I remember that as well. maddiemom Oct 2018 #145

Haven't heard a word from these women since Franken left. Bluepinky Oct 2018 #135

There was way more than that. Have you actually read the allegations? MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #35

Excuse me Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #47

Please read this article. athena Oct 2018 #54

I read it when it was first published Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #60

Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #62

Don't even try that Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #63

Brava. I agree with you. shanny Oct 2018 #69

Absolutely unbelievable isn't it? Ligyron Oct 2018 #92

Yes Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #97

I can't believe you. A man putting his arm around a woman's waist VS a man trying to RAPE a woman trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #84

Higher blood pressure Blue Owl Oct 2018 #8

We can now legit claim we're the purist, most super-uber-PC bunch mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #9

Is demoralized complaining going to be an eternal response to Hortensis Oct 2018 #11

+++++++++++ JHan Oct 2018 #16

Democrats needed to be reminded of what happened to Franken over and over again standingtall Oct 2018 #18

I'd trade this kind of hypocrisy for one steadfast Republican who Hortensis Oct 2018 #87

They already tried this again in Minnesota, with Keith Ellison. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #83

We felt good about ourselves maxrandb Oct 2018 #12

We lost politically how? qazplm135 Oct 2018 #13

Again what did we get out of it? standingtall Oct 2018 #19

We removed a man who treated women with contempt. athena Oct 2018 #20

Too bad none of them testified as to what he supposedly did. nt Autumn Oct 2018 #22

First off we dont know that treated women with contempt standingtall Oct 2018 #23

Read this and tell me this is how you would want a man to treat your daughter. athena Oct 2018 #25

Leean Tweeden a republican operative standingtall Oct 2018 #29

Dr. Ford qazplm135 Oct 2018 #38

First off Dr. Ford isn't a talk radio host standingtall Oct 2018 #43

No qazplm135 Oct 2018 #56

Yeah a photo of him not touching her but pretending too standingtall Oct 2018 #65

Yes and Kavanaugh got a hearing; Franken did not. delisen Oct 2018 #111

She's a repug who helped Stone and Hannity set up Franken and you believe her. brush Oct 2018 #143

Too bad Franken didn't get the investigation HE asked for. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #31

well he left qazplm135 Oct 2018 #100

Enough!!! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #88

I don't know did the right thing qazplm135 Oct 2018 #34

And that Dem has been a voice like Frankens in what way? Autumn Oct 2018 #39

Can you name his replacement without looking it up? LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #99

We demonstrated once again how easy it is to cow us. DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #17

To look like a bunch of self-righteous fools Sunsky Oct 2018 #21

a pat on the head AmandaRuth Oct 2018 #24

Taking the high road has got us effing nowhere except on the floor with dirt in our faces. sunonmars Oct 2018 #36

Franken welcomed an investigation and was willing to John Fante Oct 2018 #42

"Let hypocrisy be their defining trait, not ours." Exactly. Thank you. athena Oct 2018 #46

I did not like the conduct of Sen. Gilibrand and other democrats. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #57

Here's the difference: Franken acknowledged wrongdoing; Kavanaugh did not. brooklynite Oct 2018 #61

Franken acknowledge he was wrong for the gag photo standingtall Oct 2018 #66

franken apoligized if the woman felt badly and some have taken that for questionseverything Oct 2018 #121

We didn't get shit. jalan48 Oct 2018 #70

We? I made no calls, wrote no letters, and possessed nothing more than an opinion. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #71

Not a god damned thing! (Except that it weakened us.) I'll never forget. I'll never forgive. NurseJackie Oct 2018 #73

The other Dems on the Judiciary Committee got more face time on tv during the Kav. hearing? Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #75

Apparentlly you do not follow Franken on Facebook. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #91

I thiink we got a Woman senator who forced him to resign and SHE HURT ALL WOMEN by her actions. trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #76

We Got --Kirsten Gillibrand as Unelectable Stallion Oct 2018 #77

Gillibrand :/ FlyingCloud Oct 2018 #86

Nothing. However, Tina Smith, who replaced him is a reliable MineralMan Oct 2018 #89

Thank you! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #94

My pleasure. I made an OP out of this post, because I MineralMan Oct 2018 #95

So do I!!! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #104

What do you mean by "we"? getagrip_already Oct 2018 #96

All of the Right Wing laughing at us for succumbing to Bettie Oct 2018 #98

absolutely nothing gopiscrap Oct 2018 #101

If she wins, we will have Democratic Senator Tina Smith, the former Lt. Governor who was appointed pnwmom Oct 2018 #103

Disgusted Minngal marieo1 Oct 2018 #105

I don't fully agree with what happened with Franken Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #108

I wonder what Rock Stars are thinking about Al Franken's accusers. chowder66 Oct 2018 #110

When they go low, we go high. LisaL Oct 2018 #115

We got to be the party that believes women who EarlG Oct 2018 #117

I guess innocent until proven guilty goes right out the window. LisaL Oct 2018 #118

Thank you. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #131

I don't want to think about it. BootinUp Oct 2018 #122

The moral high ground bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #124

Isn't it great? Dave Starsky Oct 2018 #128

Yeah... bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #137

Here's what we lost Midnightwalk Oct 2018 #127

We got clarity toward some of our overmatched senators, specifically Gillibrand Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #129

A great Senator. I love Tina Smith (nt) Recursion Oct 2018 #138

We sent a message to Dem officeholders: Fight or Die Azathoth Oct 2018 #140

We got nothing! UCmeNdc Oct 2018 #144