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hurple

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22. It was a lynching

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:48 PM

Dec 2017

assumed guilty from word one, with absolutely no allowance to defend against any accusation

This is NOT how this should work.

Yes! Accusations should be taken seriously.

Yes! They should be investigated.

trump, moore, et al, have FAR more evidence to corroborate their horrid behavior than the zero credible corroborating evidence from any of Franken's accusers.

This country is going down in flames. Fast. I weep for the life my children will have...

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Franken: "As I'm resigning, a man sits in the Oval Office accused of sexual assault" [View all] kpete Dec 2017 OP

DURec leftstreet Dec 2017 #1

The mob has spoken. No need for any investigation. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

Maybe he told them I'm resigning and then they all made the declarations so it LOOKS LIKE Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #5

Perhaps, but the pressure was building in the media and from fellow guillaumeb Dec 2017 #8

But isn't it funny that this mass declaration was made one day prior to his announcement? Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #10

I would not say funny. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #12

Al is well-off financially. As a private citizen, why couldn't he The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #7

Why did he not do this already? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #9

Probably because he trusted his colleagues to conduct the investigation he asked for The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #11

Agreed. Sad, but probably correct. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #13

you know bdamomma Dec 2017 #19

He asked for the ethics investigation. That should have been enough. Tatiana Dec 2017 #33

So sad and maddening Beringia Dec 2017 #3

We need to make lemonade out of lemons so REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #4

And drown the Repedolicans in it. (NT) getting old in mke Dec 2017 #14

And none of the Dems who wanted Franken gone Bettie Dec 2017 #6

Absolutely right. It is never the right time. wisteria Dec 2017 #18

Best *BLAST* at Twitler & pedo-MOORE UTUSN Dec 2017 #15

He's got money. snort Dec 2017 #16

They planned for that. She said he should not be removed from office. Thor_MN Dec 2017 #17

yup hurple Dec 2017 #20

He can still get an investigation going, that should scare some of the accusers Perseus Dec 2017 #29

Need we say more? saidsimplesimon Dec 2017 #21

It was a lynching hurple Dec 2017 #22

K&R Sunsky Dec 2017 #23

Im sobbing. This is just too much. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2017 #24

I could give you a hug Neerav B. Trivedi Dec 2017 #26

Lol! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2017 #32

Yes Senator Franken will be ok bdamomma Dec 2017 #25

I don't know if that is true that he may be more valuable outside Perseus Dec 2017 #30

hear hear., also one is running for congress in alabama. AllaN01Bear Dec 2017 #27

There is no comparison Alameda Dec 2017 #28

Meanwhile ..... L. Coyote Dec 2017 #31