I am willing to believe that Franken might be guilty of highly inappropriate behavior with women

[Jan Levinson]

39. This is my first post and I feel like the mainstream media outlets has not reported this...

I am also willing to believe he may have been sexually inappropriate... but the difference between his allegations and say Charlie Rose’s is that Franken’s allegation started with a blog post from Leeann Tweeden. Charlie Rose’s came from the Washington Post and were corroborated and vetted. Citizen journalism is simply not as reliable as a credible newspaper who has people trained to look at sources from a variety of different angle. I also think it is fair to ask about the women who say Franken is touching their butts in the pictures — as a woman, who is very pro women and anti sexual assault — even if it was intentional, that cannot be equated with the sexual harassment a Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Bill Cosby, Bill O’Reilly is accused of. However, I do think it is very possible it could have been an accident touching the butts in photos — the hard thing is we don’t see the hand in the photo!

Even above all these points, I do believe it’s possible this is a smear. Steven Bannon told Charlie Rose that as long as Democrats play identity politics, Republicans will always win. I believe THIS is what Bannon was talking about — he knows that democrats play political theater in a way that they look like they are making the moral decision. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work and to me it looks like they’ve been Bannon’d or Stone’d here. What makes me truly question these women—and I hate that I am questioning them and I feel like Bannon and Stone KNEW they could drive democrats crazy with this story—is Leeann Tweeden’s history with conservative media and the Trumps. While it has been discussed online that Tweeden is friends with Hannity, I don’t think it has been discussed that she has a history of friendship with Don Jr.

Do a super twitter search by typing in: ‘Leeanntweeden’ from:donaldjtrumpjr // then type in ‘donaldtrumpjr’ from:leeanntweeden .

Look at all of the times Tweeden and Trump Jr. have talked since 2011. I do HATE that I have to question these women, but I do believe Don Jr (who no longer has a security clearance), Bannon, Stone, and Hannity could have been in on this with Tweeden. I don’t really have much to say about the other women. Heck, I am even willing to believe them, but at the VERY LEAST, I wish SOME NEWS OUTLET would look into Tweeden’s friendship with the Trump’s and conservatives. But obviously the “liberal” media wont because they are afraid of looking “liberal.” Sigh. Conservative media sure sets the agenda.