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In reply to the discussion: The rush to judgement on Franken has BACKFIRED causing more problems in the party. DUMB CALL! [View all]Chemisse
(30,824 posts)35. No he shouldn't have. His response was classy.
I admire him all the more for it.
Some things are more important than winning at politics.
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The rush to judgement on Franken has BACKFIRED causing more problems in the party. DUMB CALL! [View all]
LBM20
Dec 2017
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actually i think there has been more unity among most democrats on how fucked up it was
JI7
Dec 2017
#1
Unity there, but there are some who have also dug in on the other side. I see it on social media.
LBM20
Dec 2017
#2
A minority compared to the numbers of people upset by what was done to Franken.
OnDoutside
Dec 2017
#3
Yes, I think most of us are more concerned with due process and actual justice
PatrickforO
Dec 2017
#102
THat's what my sister thought, and she is a progressive who is pretty tuned in. I gave
Amaryllis
Dec 2017
#98
Very similar to Hillary's emails. All they had to do was say "more emails!" and the
Amaryllis
Dec 2017
#99
He may be right about that. The righties would continue to create "set up" stories, which
Amaryllis
Dec 2017
#100
Few will forget this loss - No Franken, no Obamacare... No Franken, No Mueller investigation...
dalton99a
Dec 2017
#51
really?????? would respond more clearly but that would earn an alert for attacking
dembotoz
Dec 2017
#59
I wasn't offended (although I guess you meant that sarcastically as well). n/t
Chemisse
Dec 2017
#66
Thinking that "winning isn't the most important thing" is why Dems are always losing. nt
Binkie The Clown
Dec 2017
#132
We'll see. I know it's caused a problem with ME. But a correction to your post.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2017
#43
Stupid, stupid, stupid. And these are the Dems we trust to push our agenda in Washington?
MrModerate
Dec 2017
#49
As usual, establishment Dems seem more obsessed with distancing themselves from their base
Loubee
Dec 2017
#65
Okay so how are they going to respond to our disgust, the disgust of most dem voters?
flamingdem
Dec 2017
#72
And now opening up other Democrats to the same kind of scrutiny and divisiveness
krispos42
Dec 2017
#87
In case you haven't noticed, the extreme majority here agrees with me. And I am a LIFELONG Dem.
LBM20
Dec 2017
#123
I've noticed...believe me I've noticed. It actually reminds me of the JPR people..it's insanity
Kirk Lover
Dec 2017
#127
And accomplished what? Weakened us in Congress, made us look like suckers to the RW.
Binkie The Clown
Dec 2017
#133
Your last paragraph is exactly what the Democratic Party leadership should
PatrickforO
Dec 2017
#101
He did but tried to do it in a very respectful way, as he said in his speech on the Senate floor.
LBM20
Dec 2017
#124
This incident quite possibly marks the beginning of the end of the Democratic party.
Binkie The Clown
Dec 2017
#131
You know the easy way to atone is for all those senators to call for Trump to step down now...
Blue_Tires
Dec 2017
#142