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rainin

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5. Yes!! Everybody's afraid to have courage. No one will remember this

Reply to ecstatic (Original post)

Fri Dec 8, 2017, 08:47 PM

Dec 2017

in time. Democratic Leaders: Stand up now, say you were wrong. Stop acting like you're scared to death of those people with microphones. Answer boldly and confidently that he deserved due process and no one should be tried by the media without an opportunity to be heard.

It ain't complicated!

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Should Gillibrand & Co reverse course on Franken, admit they rushed to judgment and ask him to stay? [View all] ecstatic Dec 2017 OP

I'm afraid the damage has already been done. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #1

Agreed. The damage has already been done. democratisphere Dec 2017 #6

Too late to save either al or their own reputations😯 bagelsforbreakfast Dec 2017 #8

You can't unring this bell. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2017 #2

At this point, not immediately. Wait until the election Dec 12, Alice11111 Dec 2017 #3

Yes, but if I were Al I would tell them to go to hell! Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #4

Yes!! Everybody's afraid to have courage. No one will remember this rainin Dec 2017 #5

SHOULD she? Sure. WILL she? NO. trof Dec 2017 #7

But, good God, the optics right now are anything but positive ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #17

Yes x1000 riverwalker Dec 2017 #9

This is becoming absurd. And why is all the venom aimed at Gillibrand? Bleacher Creature Dec 2017 #10

It's not venom. She is portrayed, in the reporting that I've seen, ecstatic Dec 2017 #15

I wish. But that is never going to happen. kcr Dec 2017 #11

Too late. MineralMan Dec 2017 #12

MSNBC Mme. Defarge Dec 2017 #13

How so? ecstatic Dec 2017 #14

I think they are referring to Sam Seeder Egnever Dec 2017 #23

The only thing worse than making a mistake BootinUp Dec 2017 #16

Acceptance is coming FBaggins Dec 2017 #18

Lol. Probably bargaining ecstatic Dec 2017 #19

It could also still be anger mythology Dec 2017 #20

Sen Gilibrand will face several primary candidates with lots of funds and backing, if she CK_John Dec 2017 #21

I am beginning to suspect that this is a new kind of political theater. McCamy Taylor Dec 2017 #22