Gee, I was told NOBODY cares or remembers about Franken-- and Gillibrand's role in his departure (Reply #10)

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Thu Jan 17, 2019, 02:44 PM

hlthe2b (83,442 posts)

10. Gee, I was told NOBODY cares or remembers about Franken-- and Gillibrand's role in his departure

I'm guessing this might be the first of many such editorials.

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155 replies	Author	Time	Post
About Gillibrand and Franken - a letter, not mine. [View all]	question everything	Jan 2019	OP
...	handmade34	Jan 2019	#1
I'm with you 100%.	lark	Jan 2019	#11
Bill the Cat	Glaisne	Jan 2019	#120
or mine. she should be ashamed of herself.	trueblue2007	Jan 2019	#139
Don't worry. She'll NEVER become our party's nominee.	NurseJackie	Jan 2019	#18
I will never understand how that went down. Dont see ANYBODY winning in that one.	Eliot Rosewater	Jan 2019	#54
If I can't trust her judgement on something like this...	NurseJackie	Jan 2019	#59
It is so absurd it is almost comical. Al Franken, for those who know him and his family	Eliot Rosewater	Jan 2019	#64
He was railroaded and denied the investigation he sought.	NurseJackie	Jan 2019	#69
In all of the Senate, Franken was the one tRump* and his minions feared the most...	Raster	Jan 2019	#88
+1	mahina	Jan 2019	#101
Thank you for this wonderful post in support of Al Franken,	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#125
I think that he realized that he was losing his effectiveness with these bogus claims	question everything	Jan 2019	#133
I want to thank you as well	maui902	Jan 2019	#153
Consider that confirmed. n/t	DFW	Jan 2019	#98
My feelings as well.	Pepsidog	Jan 2019	#19
...	iluvtennis	Jan 2019	#38
My feelings exactly	wryter2000	Jan 2019	#47
Her past is ugly and what she did to Franken even uglier	RVN VET71	Jan 2019	#61
Franken 2020	greblach	Jan 2019	#99
I personally agree completely with that letter.	Rene	Jan 2019	#2
Yes, I could not have said it better	question everything	Jan 2019	#5
the loudest distortion was constant from the radio, limbaugh,	certainot	Jan 2019	#90
Agreed	Timewas	Jan 2019	#3
If you don't want to vote for Gillibrand in the primaries, don't do it.	Squinch	Jan 2019	#4
Sorry, not going to self-censor. DU is exactly the place to debate Democratic primary matters.	Demit	Jan 2019	#9
it is not the place to demonize women fighting against sexual harassment	crazycatlady	Jan 2019	#16
We only wanted that 'fan favorite' to have his day in court, so to speak, with the ethics panel.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#31
OMG, your user name	wryter2000	Jan 2019	#48
+1	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#79
You really believe that the republicans	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#62
Well, you've got three questions there and I guess they'll never be answered.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#78
Were basic background checks on the accusers done?	suegeo	Jan 2019	#82
You raise a great point-- if KG was interested in justice, she could have shut down the railroading.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#85
They don't usually run background checks on victims	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#102
Victims of what?	NotAPuppet	Jan 2019	#138
Tweeden was a fake.	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#143
Ok, let's look at the other accusers!	NotAPuppet	Jan 2019	#147
OK	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#148
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2019	#146
How many of those 7 women filed lawsuits against Al Franken?	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#131
Why would they?	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#141
No evidence was found to support the allegations.	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#142
What proof?	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#145
...	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#150
I' take that as a no	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#151
You can take it anyway you want.	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#152
Have a nice day too	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#154
Thank you!	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#155
Weiner and Franken are not a good comparison	Perseus	Jan 2019	#32
I agree with everything you said	PatSeg	Jan 2019	#52
Forgot about that. This, alone, should disqualify her	question everything	Jan 2019	#72
She and over 30 other Senators	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#63
Franken wanted an investigation, which he did not receive.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2019	#41
I won't defend any of the other men accused	wryter2000	Jan 2019	#51
And LeAnn was buddies with	PatSeg	Jan 2019	#55
They are going to try	FuzzyRabbit	Jan 2019	#74
I don't doubt it	PatSeg	Jan 2019	#84
+ 1	loyalsister	Jan 2019	#44
I disagree with your characterization that Gillibrand is being "demonized" here.	Demit	Jan 2019	#49
She might as well be Satan on this forum	crazycatlady	Jan 2019	#58
I am truly sorry that you were victimized while still so young.	kag	Jan 2019	#71
Gillibrand "focused on sexual assault in the military" - as did Franken, on defense contractors	question everything	Jan 2019	#73
I remember that. They showed the case on an HBO special.	Caliman73	Jan 2019	#119
You just made the case for Franken having been a sacrificial lamb.	Demit	Jan 2019	#75
Let me ask about the Weiner hearings, the Conyers hearings, etc	crazycatlady	Jan 2019	#81
Senator Bob Packwood, a Republican, in the early 90s	question everything	Jan 2019	#87
thank you	crazycatlady	Jan 2019	#89
Notice that Louis CK is on the road and getting standing O's for doubling down.	SleeplessinSoCal	Jan 2019	#50
Respectfully, I think you're missing the point.	kag	Jan 2019	#57
Not so quickly	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#68
FYI, you are posting a hit piece by a right winger.	Caliman73	Jan 2019	#121
Loud and consistent??	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#128
Yes. That opened the floodgates	Caliman73	Jan 2019	#129
An ethnics committee hearing	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#149
+1	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#80
Excellent details. Knee-jerk reactions do not serve any of us well.	Cassidy	Jan 2019	#97
Thank you for your post. The country certainly needs a public discussion of what is acceptable	question everything	Jan 2019	#135
Not all women are telling the truth.	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#105
An act of self-aggrandizing betrayal is not simply a conflict.	dchill	Jan 2019	#24
Disscussion board! Get it??? Nt	USALiberal	Jan 2019	#30
I do get it, but there is no discussion in having 9 threads that say, "Rachel is having Gillibrand.	Squinch	Jan 2019	#45
I suspect this will sink her early on...nt	2naSalit	Jan 2019	#6
K&R!!!!!	Ernesto	Jan 2019	#7
And there's no reason for KB to expect any favors from the Clinton people. nt	oasis	Jan 2019	#8
They should keep their pocketbooks closed and the endorsements non-existent.	lark	Jan 2019	#12
Gee, I was told NOBODY cares or remembers about Franken-- and Gillibrand's role in his departure	hlthe2b	Jan 2019	#10
Really? Interesting.	SDJay	Jan 2019	#91
I'm not excluding anyone even if there are things in their past (even recent past) I don't like.	aikoaiko	Jan 2019	#13
I agree	rbnyc	Jan 2019	#107
She's the only one that gave no due process to Al..	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#110
Good	ananda	Jan 2019	#14
please reconsider...	handmade34	Jan 2019	#15
Well said	Perseus	Jan 2019	#34
Agree 100%.	zentrum	Jan 2019	#17
That's what I think too	TexasBushwhacker	Jan 2019	#65
Yup. Me too.	zentrum	Jan 2019	#77
Or, the GOPee/Putin were blackmailing Gillibrand for something?	suegeo	Jan 2019	#83
As were the rest of us. Robbed of Paul Wellstone's legacy twice.	mahina	Jan 2019	#103
mahina, thank you for remembering another great Minnesotan.	pazzyanne	Jan 2019	#134
Me too, from so far away. He still lifts my heart.	mahina	Jan 2019	#136
+100	MoonRiver	Jan 2019	#20
EXCELLENT letter.	LisaM	Jan 2019	#21
Teen Vogue has some great articles, too.	deurbano	Jan 2019	#25
I just don't see anyone running now or anyone we know may run	mastermind	Jan 2019	#22
Keyword: progressive.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#28
Warren is another topic..	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#113
Given her history with Phillip Morris and the NRA rating, how is she a Democrat?	CaptYossarian	Jan 2019	#23
She seem chameleon-like	SoFlaDem	Jan 2019	#29
Bernie Sanders is a better "Democrat" than this Democrat. (n/t)	thesquanderer	Jan 2019	#93
?Bernie signed that Railroad letter too!	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#114
I was talking about all the republican-ish positions KG has taken over the years	thesquanderer	Jan 2019	#118
She doesn't think fast enough on her feet to be president.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jan 2019	#26
Saw that this morning in my paper newspaper and was going to post it here	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2019	#27
Gillibrand	pamdb	Jan 2019	#33
I do hope that if she were to become the candidate for the Democratic party	Perseus	Jan 2019	#39
? Both Harris and Brown signed the Railroad letter...	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#112
K & R	Duppers	Jan 2019	#35
I have asked this question before, maybe someone here can answer it	Perseus	Jan 2019	#36
So far it doesn't seem like he's ever expressed an interest in it.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2019	#42
People often are best in specific posts and Adam Schiff is excellent as head of	question everything	Jan 2019	#76
I do agree. But maybe we NEED him to run	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#115
His fan base has mentioned it, but he isn't talking.	Caliman73	Jan 2019	#122
She will have my complete support if/when she comes out of the Convension with the nod.	marble falls	Jan 2019	#37
Exactly the way I feel. As they say, "She's dead to me."	pdsimdars	Jan 2019	#40
Wonderful Letter. Thanks for posting!	bitterross	Jan 2019	#43
Please let me once again. . .	Hangdog Slim	Jan 2019	#46
Welcome to DU	wryter2000	Jan 2019	#53
Hypocrisy of Gillibrand	marieo1	Jan 2019	#56
Spot on analysis.	SergeStorms	Jan 2019	#60
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.	Butterflylady	Jan 2019	#66
The one thing I knew for sure when that all happened.	JNelson6563	Jan 2019	#67
There were two letters	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#70
It was not Chuck Schumer that was the deciding factor in Al's decision to resign	DFW	Jan 2019	#111
Ok	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#123
I'm not interested in permanently obsessing over this	DFW	Jan 2019	#130
Thank you for your clear analysis	question everything	Jan 2019	#137
There was a reason he was slow to react	DFW	Jan 2019	#140
I believe that Gillibrand used Franken for her personal political purposes.	Zen Democrat	Jan 2019	#86
she wont get far....you can tell she's fake	mentalslavery	Jan 2019	#92
I'll just put this here	cannabis_flower	Jan 2019	#94
As a former	LittleGirl	Jan 2019	#95
The Franken thing stuck in my craw a little bit	padah513	Jan 2019	#96
Nor mine. Her spectacular flameout on. Rachel Maddow (1st interview. Since	mahina	Jan 2019	#100
It was ALL about HER career. Get rid of a more popular candidate;look good & (feel good)doing it.	flying_wahini	Jan 2019	#104
How do you know that?	Trumpocalypse	Jan 2019	#106
Me too.	firstwife	Jan 2019	#108
While I am really sorry about the loss of Franken, who	Perrenial Voter	Jan 2019	#109
If this was political jiu-jitsu to calibrate the Democratic Party to the #MeToo movement . . .	MrModerate	Jan 2019	#117
Agree with your second paragraph.	LakeArenal	Jan 2019	#126
She's dead to me. n/r	MrModerate	Jan 2019	#116
+1000	Power 2 the People	Jan 2019	#124
Gillibrand is a small ripple in the pond, there are far more important things to attend to.	NoMoreRepugs	Jan 2019	#127
I will vote for Gillibrand.	Collimator	Jan 2019	#132
Good letter to the editor	cp	Jan 2019	#144

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