Old DU may recall I was part of an SNL circle & I'm about to say something (socially impolite

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32. Did you ever actually look at the photo with Ms. Tweeden???

She's wearing a flak jacket, which in and of itself makes 'groping' pretty damned impossible. If you look closely he's not touching anything, merely pretending to grope her flak jacket. Furthermore, the date she claimed the photo was taken doesn't match the data embedded in the photo, which in this case is a big deal because that means the photo wasn't taken where she said it was. Someone who was there has even come forward and said that she was in on the gag.

Now granted, depending on your point of view the photo could be considered to be in very bad taste, but that's to be expected from anyone whose life's work at that point was comedy. But it does not show Al groping her.

Hell, I suppose if I were running for public office right now I'd have to be afraid of being outed for touching a co-worker's breast once (but it was a total freakish accident and I was embarrassed as hell and apologized profusely).

What's maddening is that the right is trying to put Al Franken in the same league with someone who chased teenage girls when he was in his 30s - and some of us are buying into it. Until I see concrete proof of any wrong I'm remaining firmly behind Senator Franken.