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BlancheSplanchnik

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24. Im sobbing. This is just too much.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:51 PM

Dec 2017

Too much to bear. 😭😪😓.

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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