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27. Nothing ever quite works out the way you want it to. Gillibrand has been facing major blowback from

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 06:35 PM

Dec 2017

the party base over the failure to grant Franken due process.

I wonder if, as a result of that pressure from the base, she issued this call prematurely.

As angry as I am with using Franken as a pawn, one must acknowledge that women have been waiting a long time, have spent a long time being treated as second-class citizens. Perhaps it is an inconvenient time, but if not now, then when? But at the expense of one of our strongest voices?

Same for the really courageous souls in the House who voted FOR debate on articles of impeachment. If not now, when?

We'll see how it pans out. I don't think the anger being felt by so many in the base, myself included, is going to go away anytime soon.

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Gillibrand, Wyden join calls for Trump to resign over allegations [View all] DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

Go get 'em, Gillibrand. forgotmylogin Dec 2017 #1

You've got to be kidding me. Mr.Bill Dec 2017 #9

Little late to join others calling for the Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief to resign... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #29

It is never to late and I am glad she is spoke out riversedge Dec 2017 #35

Guess you're right... just would have been better if she had spoken up earlier InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #37

WTF? Skittles Dec 2017 #16

She's a wimp. She's only doing what WE told her to do. She's a follower. Not a leader. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #20

pawn? no, more like a bishop, maybe a rook 0rganism Dec 2017 #34

He needs to be impeached for treason and obstruction of justice. madaboutharry Dec 2017 #2

+1000 gordianot Dec 2017 #6

+1000x1000 C Moon Dec 2017 #12

Exactly. zentrum Dec 2017 #18

Guess Trump will be resigning any day now. Yavin4 Dec 2017 #3

LOL, McTurtle and Lying Ryan set hearings you say Iliyah Dec 2017 #4

Yep... that ill get'em..... mentalslavery Dec 2017 #11

Let's just continue to keep it in the headlines. Chakaconcarne Dec 2017 #5

It'd be better coming from someone with cajones. Not a follower who's never done anything. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #22

grandstanding ebbie15644 Dec 2017 #7

Dems should still schedule hearings and investigate IronLionZion Dec 2017 #8

They can't Egnever Dec 2017 #10

They can do it outside on the Capitol hill steps in front of news cameras IronLionZion Dec 2017 #13

Waste of time & resources. We need to focus. This gal is just saying this... Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #23

if they thought calling for Franken to resign first would somehow shame GOP or yurbud Dec 2017 #14

THIS. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #15

They were getting Franken out of the way for her & others to run for Prez. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #24

crap. yurbud Dec 2017 #33

I really think that. If he had been a nobody newbie... Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #41

I thought of him as presidential material--funny, warm, telegenic, progressive enough yurbud Dec 2017 #42

He said he has no aspirations for the Presidency...he was excited about being a MN Senator. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #44

a good case in point for likability: recall of Gray Davis in California yurbud Dec 2017 #45

I didn't know all those details. I wondered about that. How it all came down. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #46

Greg Palast of the BBC covered it best: yurbud Dec 2017 #47

Thanks. How do some people sleep at night? Geez. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #48

on mattresses made of money yurbud Dec 2017 #49

I'm going to steal that! :) nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #50

If that's why Franken was pushed out without a hearing... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #38

THIS THIS! SansACause Dec 2017 #30

Empty Gesture disndat Dec 2017 #17

Exactly. They're doing this to try to placate the base. Won't work. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #25

lol stonecutter357 Dec 2017 #19

Well, That should do it. world wide wally Dec 2017 #21

He'll probably resign 1/25/2019. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #26

Nothing ever quite works out the way you want it to. Gillibrand has been facing major blowback from PatrickforO Dec 2017 #27

True dat... looks so reactionary. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #39

Where are the others? rockfordfile Dec 2017 #28

Maybe if 30 Dem Senators got together and insisted he resign... SansACause Dec 2017 #31

Exactly. He doesn't care. LisaL Dec 2017 #36

Agree. For a whole number of reasons in addition to his admitted... TomCADem Dec 2017 #32

So why did Gillibrand et al wait until they had hounded Freanken out of office before turning their Nitram Dec 2017 #40

It's election day in AL. How bout a miliwatt of rage at Moore? ucrdem Dec 2017 #43