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In reply to the discussion: Here's what happened when I called Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's office re: Al Franken [View all]Alice11111
(5,730 posts)blending in with the herd unnoticed. We watch. We think. We donate. We get the word out. We raise money. We vote.
If someone has enough backbone to say, hey, we were wrong, back up, we forgot about the Constitution, we need to preserve the right to due process. Then, I think more will be inclined to listen, if there is public pressure.
After all, one of them could be the next target of a RW hit job, and they might see the point of due process then. This is particularly true when we have reinforced the Repubs for this.
Regardless of what you think about Franken, he deserves due process. Then, if he is guilty, I will accept it. Otherwise, it is a hit job and a mob frenzy. Dems are better than that. We are supposed to be. It is the Repubs who hide things, cover up, and will not allow transparency or fair hearings. It makes them look guilty because they are hiding something. Let's not be like that.