Senator Al Franken accused of sexual assault

[Deianeira]

In cases like this, I take the side of the victim, especially when they provide a photograph that makes the accusation more believable. I seriously doubt you'd be this concerned about "just believing one side" if it was Trump in this photograph. Get fucking real, cubby.

i have not checked your history but i sure as fuck hope you have shouted from the rooftops for Trump to step down then ever since he was elected? And Moore ofc.

[ezgeze]

I had met Leeann Tweeden on my birthday in Afghanistan when she was doing a USO tour. I got a polaroid picture with her and she signed it "to my cutie patootie, xoxo". She was super sweet.

[downnola]

i have not checked your history but i sure as fuck hope you have shouted from the rooftops for Trump to step down then ever since he was elected? And Moore ofc.

You should probably check my post history. I mean, the book in my signature should be a massive clue to how I feel about Trump.

[cubby]

Okay person that defended Franken but got mad about "Locker room talk".

Looks like you're wracking up those penalties. I appreciate that you can't use logic and reason to address an issue, that's fine. And we're all thoroughly entertained by your ridiculous deflection.

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Lemme translate.

*TWEEEEEEET*

Logical fallacy on the field -- Dextroden. Used Ad Hominem attack on Cubby instead of Cubby's argument. 10 yard penalty, still third down.

Gotcha - thanks for clarifying.

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Was pointing out what you basically said. He Ad-Hominem attacked you as he couldn't continue his argument. (An Ad-Hominem is when you try to attack against a person rather than the position they are maintaining because they couldn't defend their position.

In short, I was agreeing with you against him. :P

Gotcha - and thanks. I got the ad hominem, I some how wasn't tracking your sarcasm. Gotta get my meter fixed.

[Breccia]

Turns out the Franken accuser is a frequent guest on Hannity and birther conspiracy theorist.

Hmm. Might explain how Roger Stone knew ahead of time this would happen.

[cubby]

Sexual Assault is the only crime where you are guilty before proven innocent.
Even when proven innocent your reputation is scared for life

And now it looks like the entire thing was staged . . . .

[Smitzelplix]

Well I'm glad Al Franken has apologized and has said he will cooperate in any ethics investigations into his behavior. It's also nice to see that both Republicans and Democrats are in favor of any such investigations including Franken himself, it's a lot better response than the Moore allegations.

[Gutpile]

Well I'm glad Al Franken has apologized and has said he will cooperate in any ethics investigations into his behavior. It's also nice to see that both Republicans and Democrats are in favor of any such investigations including Franken himself, it's a lot better response than the Moore allegations.

He admits it but he's not resigning. Kay.

[Blur4stuff]

Men in congress have to be careful with their response. If any of the rumors are to be believed, harassment has been commonplace there over the decades. Acts committed against staffers, reporters, pages etc... It's very likely that a fair number on both sides have things in their past that they are hoping stay buried.

[Grapemask]

He admits it but he's not resigning. Kay.

I think he may not get that it's a big deal. I grew up with Franken on SNL, so I don't doubt at all that he thought he was being hilarious and not crossing the line, even though that was clearly the case. He'll probably end up resigning unless something else comes to light, though.

[Gutpile]

Turns out the Franken accuser is a frequent guest on Hannity and birther conspiracy theorist.

She can be disregarded.

https://www.mediamatters.org/researc...e-birth/178035

She is a lying liar that lies.

Wait, so should Al Franken take back his apology?

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AL FRANKEN HAS LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT JOKES BEFORE ACCUSATION OF GROPING WOMAN’S BREASTS

http://www.newsweek.com/franken-joke...t-women-713678

Franken once joked about child rape during a comedic roast of film director Rob Reiner. Franken laid out a scene where Reiner’s father, Carl, would invite famous friends over to rape his son.

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“On a typical night, Carl would slip into Rob’s bed, roll him over, swab him down and say something like, ‘I’m thinking about hiring Morey Amsterdam to play Buddy Sorrell, what do you think?’” Franken said. “Well, the success of The Dick Van Dyke Show changed things dramatically. Carl started inviting many of his famous friends to fuck his son. That list includes some of the greats in comedy: Paul Lynde, Dom DeLuise, Rip Taylor, Danny Kaye, Charles Nelson Reilly and Rock Hudson—whom I frankly don’t think is that funny.”

Franken also brought up rape in a 1995 New York magazine article and detailed three-way sex with robots in a 2000 Playboy article, during which he also discussed a well-known 60 Minutes reporter.

“And, ‘I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then, when Lesley’s passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her,’” Franken said. “Or, ‘that’s why you never see Lesley until February.’ Or, ‘when she passes out, I put her in various positions and take pictures of her.’”

Just locker room talk, right guys?

[BrerBear]

Hmm. Might explain how Roger Stone knew ahead of time this would happen.

Something really weird going on here.
Roger Stone knew of this ahead of time, as did another InfoWars guy.
Stone also mentioned that others are coming. Why would the famous ratfucker know that? Hmmm...

I don't think Franken's call for an investigation is purely benevolent, although it is the right thing to do.
I think he knows that the investigation is going to reveal some interesting context. This is less than 10 years ago, and we're going to find out the role the photographer and other participants had in this.

Nonetheless, I'm glad he apologized. It's a crass display for sure.

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AL FRANKEN HAS LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT JOKES BEFORE ACCUSATION OF GROPING WOMAN’S BREASTS

You want to take roasts into account?

Really?

You know there was a roast of Donald Trump on Comedy Central a few years ago, and he participated.

I've read the behind-the-scenes stories. I'd loooooooove for Trump's roast to be opened up for scrutiny, too.

[Fabray]

The photographer says the picture is staged. She is playing dead and eh is acting as if reviving her. Can't trust these Fox women.

You got a source for that?

[ohiostate124]

The photographer says the picture is staged. She is playing dead and eh is acting as if reviving her. Can't trust these Fox women.

Acting as if he is reviving her? Lol come on dude.

[Machismo]

Although his actions aren't as serious as the actions of others, it's still a shitty thing to do... and he doesn't deserve to be a politician. Unfortunately, Congress and the Senate are both packed full of pigs.

[Moralgy]

The photographer says the picture is staged. She is playing dead and eh is acting as if reviving her. Can't trust these Fox women.

Now that is interesting if true, source that up to spice this thread up.

[Adam Jensen]

Franken apologized gracefully, demanded an ethics investigation on himself and, from what I understand, his accuser accepted it.

At least he owned up to his mistakes.

[Travis B]

TIL that pretending to grab someone by the breasts is worse than actually grabbing someone by the pussy.

[akris15]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...57870024687616

Trump better be careful with this one. I mean Grab Them By the Pussy is still a meme...

[Dacien]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...57870024687616

Trump better be careful with this one. I mean Grab Them By the Pussy is still a meme...

Trump truly is a meme president. I feel like he knows he's shot for 2020 so he's just going to meme it up for 4 years. There used to be hope that he'd buckle down and cut the crap, but I guess not.

It's hard to explain away these kinds of tweets. It's easy to point out the flaws in Russian collusion evidence, it's easy to point out the baseless attacks on Sessions, it's easy to point out the redeeming qualities of Trump that are easily overlooked, but it's just impossible for me to justify tweets like this.

The best explanation I've heard is that this is Trump in jest, winking at his supporters with an unseen smirk on his face. But even then, is it too much to ask that he just be presidential?

The only good thing about this is that what you see is what you get. There's no political doublespeak; I don't get the impression that I'm being manipulated or that I'm reading a statement from a president wearing a different hat. I wish we could have that same kind of frankness from a more principled individual.