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pnwmom

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81. No one's saying that sexual assault should be a laughing matter, or that Franken shouldn't have
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 03:08 PM
Nov 2017

apologized.

But the photo doesn't show Franken actually touching her, so claims that it does are untrue.

Fuck. This. Shit. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2017 #1
It's CNN that keeps calling the photo a banana lame54 Nov 2017 #2
It's a flak jacket you fools. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #3
She has also accused him of forcibly kissing her against her will oberliner Nov 2017 #4
Really? Having looked into who she is...rightie...and how Hannity and Stone knew in advance... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #7
I believe women who come forward about claims of sexual assault oberliner Nov 2017 #9
many women are serial liars. any claim should be investigated on its own merit nt msongs Nov 2017 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author SCantiGOP Nov 2017 #20
Many women are serial liars? oberliner Nov 2017 #26
Jesus Christ thats disturbing ismnotwasm Nov 2017 #30
And many men are serial sexual abusers mythology Nov 2017 #47
interesting..... Fla_Democrat Nov 2017 #55
Holy shit, this is offensive. Gravitycollapse Nov 2017 #59
It's not always true. I had a nutjob neighbor woman get caught claiming sexual assault. She brewens Nov 2017 #28
I think your going to far neohippie Nov 2017 #29
You should not automatically believe or disbelieve treestar Nov 2017 #48
Most women who come forward PatSeg Nov 2017 #50
On the one hand you have Leeann panader0 Nov 2017 #62
I don't. And I am a woman...and I have been assaulted in fact. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #67
Crystal Mangum and other women have been proven wrong. It is possible for women to lie, pnwmom Nov 2017 #78
Seriously, if Sarah Silverman claimed that Marco Rubio Cosmocat Nov 2017 #34
It depends on the circumstances, but I can promise you that the GOP would treat it as a lie Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #66
agree that the kissing against her will is more serious NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #11
The photo of the groping is not part of "a comedy skit" oberliner Nov 2017 #27
the photo was part of a cd that was given out to every1 on the tour questionseverything Nov 2017 #82
Exactly oberliner Nov 2017 #87
I would agree, but the kiss was part of the script for the skit she agreed to take part in. Gore1FL Nov 2017 #19
She said she did not want to kiss him in the skit (and didn't) oberliner Nov 2017 #24
Actors rehearse. Gore1FL Nov 2017 #40
Actors don't stick their tongues down people's throats in a rehearsal for a USO comedy skit oberliner Nov 2017 #68
I'll take your word for it over my decades of experience as an actor and playwright. nt Gore1FL Nov 2017 #71
She didn't tell HIM that she didn't want to kiss him. Telling US, after the fact, is not the same.nt pnwmom Nov 2017 #80
Yes, she did oberliner Nov 2017 #88
She didn't say that in the written statement. Please post the link where you heard her say that. n/t pnwmom Nov 2017 #89
against her will Larrybanal Nov 2017 #21
Al Franken wrote the script for the skit oberliner Nov 2017 #23
And apparently it was a good thing the writer wrote that Nevernose Nov 2017 #54
And his official escort has said that was a lie obamanut2012 Nov 2017 #33
I'd love to see a valid link for this because I haven't yet RandomAccess Nov 2017 #56
If you can name this "official escort", you have a world scoop. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #73
This is the "far more disturbing" claim since it is the ONLY remaining claim Atticus Nov 2017 #38
Nowhere in her statement does she say that she told him not to kiss her pnwmom Nov 2017 #77
Who knows? Orsino Nov 2017 #5
It. Doesn't. Matter. RandomAccess Nov 2017 #6
Let me answer this ...NO. We will not throw our own under the bus with no real evidence...and Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #8
Beat me to it.. mikeysnot Nov 2017 #22
Franken absolutely handled with with great class RandomAccess Nov 2017 #60
thats how wrong wingers work mikeysnot Nov 2017 #70
She is a liar and you have to want to believe her to find her bullshit credible. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #64
Who wants to throw him under any bus? RandomAccess Nov 2017 #57
It does matter what her politics are as she is a righty plant...the GOP throws shit our way and then Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #63
bullshit Larrybanal Nov 2017 #25
By all means wait for facts RandomAccess Nov 2017 #61
But it does matter. kcr Nov 2017 #53
What's weird to me is Hannity saying he saw the photo years ago but kept mum all these years. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #65
thats ok MFM008 Nov 2017 #10
Best guess, Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #12
She'll be well compensated by the RW media machine Boomerproud Nov 2017 #13
They always are. louis-t Nov 2017 #15
And videohead5 Nov 2017 #31
That's riiiight. Forgot about that. louis-t Nov 2017 #46
I was just about to add this. Thank you. jrthin Nov 2017 #52
Amazing difference from the time she entered the game, and after playing her part. Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #79
Track records and reputation matter. Al Franken has my vote of confidence. oasis Nov 2017 #16
"Yeah, but WHO KNOWS where his hands were just before or just after that photo!" George II Nov 2017 #17
No, the photo does not show any groping. In act, the woman herself cannot attest to groping... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #18
I want to videohead5 Nov 2017 #32
Yup, and his official military escort stated her version of the rehearsal obamanut2012 Nov 2017 #36
Why aren't? videohead5 Nov 2017 #39
I believe this was an orchestrated hatchet job. ananda Nov 2017 #35
Simple Test Pinna Nov 2017 #37
Just a couple observations about your test: Atticus Nov 2017 #44
Fair point on the "ok" Pinna Nov 2017 #45
Do you think a plane containing comedians and other entertainers in a combat zone Atticus Nov 2017 #49
So its acceptble to you... Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #72
Sorry, you don't get to pronounce what I find "acceptable", especially when Atticus Nov 2017 #74
No one's saying that sexual assault should be a laughing matter, or that Franken shouldn't have pnwmom Nov 2017 #81
Franken is leading the charge against Sessions for lying about his contacts with the Russians. jalan48 Nov 2017 #41
It's strange, as in one photo, I see space between his hands and in whathehell Nov 2017 #42
I posted this comment on another site and it's just my take for what it's worth. Mr. Evil Nov 2017 #43
That Ms. "Tweedy's photo does NOT show actual physical contact has now been accepted by" bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #51
There were at least two other men in the room at the time ecstatic Nov 2017 #58
"but would 2 grown men sit idly by while a woman was being molested in her sleep" oberliner Nov 2017 #69
Obviously, we associate with a different class of men. nt Atticus Nov 2017 #75
Huh? oberliner Nov 2017 #76
oh for christ sake, now it's a gang rape? The_Casual_Observer Nov 2017 #84
No, obviously not oberliner Nov 2017 #85
"There's the sign post up ahead---" nt Atticus Nov 2017 #90
Men sit idly by while other men do inappropriate things to women oberliner Nov 2017 #91
WTF? Homeoutside Nov 2017 #83
The poster above used that terminology oberliner Nov 2017 #86
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