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gollygee

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46. I've had this happen

Tue Nov 21, 2017, 09:48 PM

Nov 2017

Somewhere around 20 years ago, in a crowded place while my husband snapped my picture, an elderly man grabbed my butt. I was uncomfortable but he was a veteran and it was at a WWII veteran event and I didn't feel right saying anything. I told my husband after we moved away from him, and he called him a dirty old man, and we moved on to something else at the event. We didn't do anything else because he was so old and it would have turned the event into something else. (I'm not sure why him being so old made such a difference to me but it did.)

I will say that "He totally molested me" is something I've heard young people flippantly say as a total joke where nothing inappropriate happened, so I don't think her saying that on Facebook at the time means anything. But this kind of thing does and can happen.

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About that second accuser . . . [View all] markpkessinger Nov 2017 OP

Honestly, I don't see why the generalities would be hard to believe. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #1

What.....Oh you were the guy in the background with the Trump hat right? INdemo Nov 2017 #22

No, just someone who has been to the Minnesota State Fair, has posed in group photos where people WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #36

She also has a relaxed looking smile on her face Mellomugwump Nov 2017 #2

Sorta like this? rsdsharp Nov 2017 #6

Exactly like that! Mellomugwump Nov 2017 #8

I will never unsee that look on her face. Ken Burch Nov 2017 #10

Like this? B2G Nov 2017 #9

My wife, probably any wife, would have slapped the hand away and informed her spouse Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #3

You and your wife are not every wife GatoGordo Nov 2017 #14

Were you taking a photograph of the event? She told you months after...not 7 years later after Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #16

Unfortunately for your point she told her husband at the time mythology Nov 2017 #47

I stand corrected. Also claims to have told her father, which begs the question, why now? Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #48

Franken is a Senator who was campaigning that day and was not drunk...one has to want to believe Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #40

i'm supporting franken and i think this is an exercise in false equivalency unblock Nov 2017 #4

I'm not suggesting it doesn't or cannot happen . . . markpkessinger Nov 2017 #11

Yes. And, the behavior claimed is HOSTILE and there is Hortensis Nov 2017 #45

My observation earlier today. rzemanfl Nov 2017 #5

+1 dalton99a Nov 2017 #17

I'm missing something. Control-Z Nov 2017 #20

In my OP it said it proved the existence of gawd. rzemanfl Nov 2017 #26

She expects us to believe... GatoGordo Nov 2017 #7

I support your right to believe whatever you want to believe. crosinski Nov 2017 #13

I have a lot of friends who go to the Minnesota State Fair and they seek out Franken's booth LisaM Nov 2017 #32

Thanks for adding this. crosinski Nov 2017 #50

at work I called an oncall system engineer in the middle of the night Skittles Nov 2017 #55

The photo in the case of 'Victim 1" does not show Franken groping the woman at all... markpkessinger Nov 2017 #15

Add in the tape of her grabbing the guitar player's butt... maddiemom Nov 2017 #21

Groping through a flak vest is like groping through drywall. trof Nov 2017 #27

A different take... TiberiusB Nov 2017 #38

If there were other people around them Drahthaardogs Nov 2017 #49

Arianna Huffington actually bashed the paper that lied about her and she supported Franken. and... mucifer Nov 2017 #52

the snl woman sent a letter of support questionseverything Nov 2017 #58

I don't and I said...one has to want to believe this shit...and I suggest you watch Keith Olberman Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #41

Wow. cwydro Nov 2017 #59

We MUST believe her maxrandb Nov 2017 #12

Exactly! markpkessinger Nov 2017 #18

Marching lockstep with no critical thought process is a repuke trait. nt Doremus Nov 2017 #24

I don't believe her and I don't support rape...are these folks secretly righties? Or do they really Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #42

Yeah maxrandb Nov 2017 #44

This is what it appears... Snackshack Nov 2017 #56

Second accuser marieo1 Nov 2017 #19

The second one said she voted for Trump, so, yes, she is a Trump supporter. LisaL Nov 2017 #25

She voted for Trump... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #43

First of all, I dont think he is a sexual predator forthemiddle Nov 2017 #23

And, it could be that, as a short person, his hand could have just naturally laid in the vicinity of dhol82 Nov 2017 #30

Do you really think he shoved his finger up her ass? dhol82 Nov 2017 #31

Did I miss something? forthemiddle Nov 2017 #35

Goosing is a very specific term. dhol82 Nov 2017 #39

Is she now claiming he did that? kcr Nov 2017 #34

i don't believe her trueblue2007 Nov 2017 #28

Me either. cwydro Nov 2017 #60

Yeah, he waited to be surrounded by people, cameras, to do something he NEVER Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #29

I agree 100%, but you realize you're risking being accused of "slut shaming". George II Nov 2017 #33

The exact same thing happened to me - not with Franken, but my reaction was the same Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #37

I've had this happen gollygee Nov 2017 #46

Yeah, the wording of that FB post was questionable. Kentonio Nov 2017 #61

So we are to believe the women fallout87 Nov 2017 #51

No and you know that but if something looks fucked up its rational to question it ... uponit7771 Nov 2017 #53

100 Bucks says she driving a new Mercedes in 2 weeks! Chasstev365 Nov 2017 #54

Bulls Eye! jimlup Nov 2017 #57

This whole story has the smell of Roger Stone all over it sellitman Nov 2017 #62

The trolling is strong in this one. Wednesdays Nov 2017 #63