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In reply to the discussion: Is Our Revolution trying to unseat Al Franken? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of course, and I can't imagine them trying to normalize Moore. Isn't that a Republican thing?
But their disgust with Moore doesn't mean they can't put his scandal to use against Democrats through false equalization. As they are specifically doing.
Agree that behaviors that were probably normal to Franken's former career can be twisted against him. We've seen him on stage doing ribald humor, and that picture of him hamming in the airplane.
But it's still not established that he ever did anything genuinely, knowingly offensive, and that includes the airplane picture. Remember, to be offensive the object has to have been offended, and this particular object both engaged in ribald comedy with herself as the object for years and has also been supporting the kind of vicious right-wing lies Hannity spreads for years.
Otoh, 3 or 4 dozen women who'd previously worked on Franken's staff or with him when he was at SNL, most long departed, say he never behaved disrespectfully or inappropriately to them.