Cliff's Notes for DU today: "I believe her... unless he is a liberal Democrat"

[moriah]

16. I get you. I think Franken has handled himself very well, though.

There have been some terrible posts, but also lots of people condemning hypocrisy when they saw it.

Franken hasn't engaged in any of the attempts to defend his conduct, called the bluff about an investigation so Beverly Young Nelson's testimony under oath has nothing holding it back, and did assert that he doesn't recall the alleged backstage incident the same way. Still, even while saying that, he said he still believed people should listen to a victim's story and try to understand it from their side.

When told this, Tweeden didn't push back with "Guess we record memory very differently, but...", instead saying that she felt his full statement was heartfelt and sincere. Either she's *very* forgiving about something that allegedly still made her want to punch someone a few minutes earlier, or she realizes she'd REALLY want to punch a boss who did that to her, or someone who did it to a child.