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underthematrix

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70. I'm not saying it was appropriate. It's in poor taste.

Reply to VermontKevin (Reply #36)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 01:06 PM

Nov 2017

But it does not constitute sexual harassment. It's just stupid and inappropriate.

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NEW/Updated: Statement From Al Franken: [View all] kpete Nov 2017 OP

I'm glad he kept it short and simple. lamp_shade Nov 2017 #1

Thankie Lucinda Nov 2017 #2

Good enough for me..n/t monmouth4 Nov 2017 #3

me too HipChick Nov 2017 #7

It's not enough. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #4

Not enough sackcloth and ashes ? OnDoutside Nov 2017 #9

A press release is not enough. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #11

I'm sure there will be more, but this is a good appropriate start. Fox/Brietbart will be all over OnDoutside Nov 2017 #18

Those are the only options? NCTraveler Nov 2017 #15

Public Flogging ? Death by Lethal injection ? Sentenced to life in Alabama ? OnDoutside Nov 2017 #23

I do appreciate the laugh. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #30

;) OnDoutside Nov 2017 #32

Sentenced to life in Alabama! David__77 Nov 2017 #69

I agree. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #12

He humiliated her with that picture. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #20

I'm not sure I'm willing to make that assumption. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #24

She didn't describe groping - she described seeing the photo Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #51

Read the rehearsal allegation. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #56

I read the rehearsal allegation and I see the picture of the alleged "groping" Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2017 #64

I did. I read her entire statement before I responded to you. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #82

What is there left to say? DetlefK Nov 2017 #16

"I resign." VermontKevin Nov 2017 #21

Nyet. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #26

Oooh. OnDoutside Nov 2017 #29

Volk v ovech'yey shkurye. It knows no political bounds. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #34

Uh huh BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #38

Why? DetlefK Nov 2017 #37

"something which he doesn't remember" NCTraveler Nov 2017 #27

I beg your pardon. He DOES remember it. Differently than how she describes it. DetlefK Nov 2017 #41

Thank you. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #42

For some on the "left" maxrandb Nov 2017 #78

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #104

Then precisely what reaction is warranted? LanternWaste Nov 2017 #25

At the minimum, a public, personal apology for taking such a picture. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #31

willing to be investigated is not enough?... lame54 Nov 2017 #87

His initial public statement was not enough, and apparently the Senator agreed with me. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #92

Works for me. Thank you, Senator. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #5

The only thing I can say about this is that he admitted some interaction at least. tonyt53 Nov 2017 #6

Not enough. How DOES he remember the rehearsal? Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #8

He has asked for an investigation jberryhill Nov 2017 #101

Thanks. I posted this earlier in the day, before I saw his longer response. Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #103

Lame... sorry. Nothing funny about sexual assault... but, hey, that's just me. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #10

There's something funny about seeing an obviously staged photo maxrandb Nov 2017 #80

I'm disappointed in Al. Let's hope this wasn't a pattern. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 #13

What else could he say? Grammy23 Nov 2017 #14

It's not doctored... lame54 Nov 2017 #39

I think the photo intended to find humor in copping a feel through a flak jacket Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #57

He could do better. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #17

I believe him 100%. Greybnk48 Nov 2017 #19

As do I BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #22

A right-wing hit job, it's a 3-fer ... Distraction from Moore & GOP activities, click-driving Aimee in OKC Nov 2017 #60

I am thinking the same thing. smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #105

I thought the photo was meant to be funny too. underthematrix Nov 2017 #28

Funny to the asleep woman? VermontKevin Nov 2017 #36

Do you think shes actually sleeping in that chair? Really? writes3000 Nov 2017 #46

Do you think she's not? Really? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #48

Yes. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #58

I'm not saying it was appropriate. It's in poor taste. underthematrix Nov 2017 #70

Not asleep, it is a skit. She is lying. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #76

That's not part of the skit..it's the flight home. AncientGeezer Nov 2017 #79

"Sorry" and ""I don't remember" and "Just trying to be funny" JaneQPublic Nov 2017 #33

He did not say he did not remember the rehearsal Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #45

His answer for me is NOT sufficient. JaneQPublic Nov 2017 #52

Leeann Tweeden is very right wing, with a somewhat different Hortensis Nov 2017 #35

Wow. Just wow. I am shocked at your post. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #40

Lol. I just bet you are. Don't like THIS picture as much? Hortensis Nov 2017 #44

I didn't click on that picture. The only picture that matters is the one Franken took. VermontKevin Nov 2017 #47

They're both worth 1000 words, including the pretend grope, Hortensis Nov 2017 #54

Message: See - here's the good girl. We can believe her when she says she didn't consent. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #90

Even more complication, the photographer says they were Hortensis Nov 2017 #91

I was addressing your messaging. nt Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #93

Al Franken has called for an ethics probe of himself. Hortensis Nov 2017 #94

I was addressing your slut-shaming messaging. n/t Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #95

And yet you're the one using that ugly word and term. Hortensis Nov 2017 #96

I'm accurately labeling what you have done in this thread Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #97

Ms. Toad, feedback from a real, lifelong feminist, Hortensis Nov 2017 #98

You're not reading the threads very carefully - it is there by many other posters Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #99

Well, end of this. You either get it or you don't. Hortensis Nov 2017 #100

In other words, Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #102

Non consenting to what...he wasn't touching her. Now if he did put his hands on her Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #67

I agree. The photo shows he was "groping" air. Hortensis Nov 2017 #84

"the credibility of this accuser?" MichMary Nov 2017 #61

This goes to truth, not her sex life, which is not mentioned. Hortensis Nov 2017 #63

Nice victim blaming Roland99 Nov 2017 #62

I don't think there is a victim, except for the intended one of course. Hortensis Nov 2017 #66

You may find those pictures vulgar but plenty do not. I don't think that should Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #68

I MEANT the airplane picture with Sen. Franken Hortensis Nov 2017 #86

It does NOT go to her credibilty. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #88

Fox is desperate to deflect away from Moore. Dawson Leery Nov 2017 #43

Well that could backfire for them. If Franken got to go Moore got to not even RUN Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #65

You can do better than this. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #49

No, I really can't. TRUTH MATTERS. Hortensis Nov 2017 #75

What on earth does a half-naked photo of her have to do with her political beliefs? Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #89

+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #106

Her posing for anything in a provocative manner does not excuse non consensual contact Roland99 Nov 2017 #59

+1000. But it does undermine her credibility in describing Hortensis Nov 2017 #73

This message was self-deleted by its author eissa Nov 2017 #72

Ha! cwydro Nov 2017 #81

Even acting in a porno would not make it okay to grope her Ezior Nov 2017 #85

Ill wait to see what he does and if theres a pattern. nolabear Nov 2017 #53

You can't apologize for what you're not admitting you did. Orsino Nov 2017 #55

He said he remembers it just fine, but differently. I really want to hear how he forced her to kiss Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #71

Great statement by Al eissa Nov 2017 #74

That picture is bad optics Not Ruth Nov 2017 #77

This is good workinclasszero Nov 2017 #83

Foo-kin-bee-YOO-tee-ful!!! rocktivity Nov 2017 #107