Thank you Al Franken!

[MelissaB]

And thank you Sen. Leahy!

Why? For this:

EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say

According to the sources, McCabe authorized the criminal inquiry after a top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, and then-Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., wrote a letter in March 2017 to the FBI urging agents to investigate "all contacts" Sessions may have had with Russians, and "whether any laws were broken in the course of those contacts or in any subsequent discussion of whether they occurred."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-fired-fbi-official-authorized-criminal-probe-sessions/story?id=53914006

[NCTraveler]

1. Solid work Leahy and Franken.

It's what we have come to expect from the great Senator from Vermont and Franken was simply becoming a lion.

[Eliot Rosewater]

53. I think he needs to run again.

[NCTraveler]

54. I dont.

I understand anyone who thinks he should.

[ProfessorGAC]

76. And I Don't Understand Anyone Who Thinks He Shouldn't

He won't but why shouldn't he?

And the answer to your probable question is: no, i don't believe the accusers. One is an obvious liar and plant, one has questionable memory, one showed a hypersensitivity to her own appearance, another has a story contradicted by someone else who was there and the others were anonymous.

A minimum of one of those accusers had a personal gain in the "story". Not true of Moore, not true of the sloth in the White House. And Roger Stone and Sean Hannity were involved. So, i'm not hanging anything on the veracity of people making any claims, about anything, in those circumstances.

He was, imo, railroaded, and the idea that the people of MN would not have had the sufficient judgment to make up their own minds, you know like the people of Alabama did(!), is an unforgivable breach of the public trust.

That you don't see that is what i don't understand.

[NCTraveler]

77. "That you don't see that is what i don't understand. "

Please point me to where I said I don't see any of that.

You literally just made up a whole argument. Completely made up. I have no use in elaborating when that is your method of discussion.

"He won't" +1

[ProfessorGAC]

79. How Convenient

Intellectually weak, but convenient.

[NCTraveler]

80. So I didn't do what you attempted to claim I did.

Then you call me intellectually weak. lol

I don't feel the need to make a similar retort. I hope you are smiling and having a wonderful day.

[Champion Jack]

57. indeed

yes he does

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

65. I too, agree that he needs to run again

100K%. What has happened as the result of what he told Mueller practically screams it...

[magicarpet]

2. Traitor... traitor.... pants on fire.

[MineralMan]

3. Sadly, Al Franken was railroaded out of the Senate by certain Democrats.

I won't soon forget that. He was one of my Senators. I will remember. I have an excellent memory.

[femmocrat]

6. Same here.

I miss his voice in the Senate.

[brush]

62. I do too. Nice screenname, btw.

[femmocrat]

75. TY

[MelissaB]

9. Same. I'll never forget.

I wish I could say we was my senator, though.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. Well, Gillebrand is my senator

Guess which name I will be voting against in every primary.

[BigmanPigman]

19. I would too! I will not forget this!

[True Blue American]

37. Thank you!

She is not fit to be a Democrat!

Sherrod Brown received an ear full from me,too! He answers his emails. Sherrod Tried to explain why he did that. By talking about how harassment was important.

I answered by telling him he was avoiding what I said about the woman being hired by Clear Channel and there were many videos of her doing worse to others. He did not answer that one.

I have admired Sherrod Brown since he flew back from his Mothers funeral to cast the deciding vote on the ACA.

I will vote for him because his opponent is a dirty Republican, but he really disappointed me on Al.

Clear Channel declared bankruptcy so I hope she is out of a job,too!

[zentrum]

44. She's mine too. And I will

…never forget or forgive. Will support virtually any primary challenger.

But she's an entrenched power and will probably make it to the general.

[LoveMyCali]

61. I'm guessing

The same one as me. I can't even stand to look at her anymore.

[RVN VET71]

81. Gillibrand started the locomotive on the railroad

and I hope she gets successfully primaried -- but I doubt that will happen.

That said, if she's the candidate, please, folks, hold your noses and vote against the Republican by voting for Railroad Lady. It's a tough thing to do, I admit. But you have to remember that the call for Al's resignation was endorsed by a lot of Democratic Senators -- Warren being just the most upsetting of them -- who may have shown exceedingly craven judgment in this case, but they're the only soldiers we've got, at least at the moment.

[LoveMyCali]

82. I would vote for any Democrat

but I'm still hoping it isn't her.

[pazzyanne]

21. Nor will I forget!

He was also my Senator. I, too, will remember, and I have an excellent memory as well. I can't shake the feeling that he was "sacrificed", and to what end?

[True Blue American]

38. Richard Painter is thinking about running for that seat

I like Richard but he is still a Republican.

[pazzyanne]

46. Unfortunately there are many in Minnesota that will vote for him.

Tina is a solid politician, but I am afraid for her chances of holding that seat. At least Painter is better than Tim Pawlenty or Michelle Bachmann. Minnesota has elected both Pawlenty and Bachmann for more than one term. Both were a disaster for Minnesota.

[ananda]

29. Me too ... and I'm in Texas!!!

I appreciate good senators. Period.

And I don't appreciate railroads .. and by our own party, for godssakes!!

[Red Raider 85]

47. Fire! Ready. Aim.

The right wingers led certain Dem pols into a circular firing squad with Sen. Al as the prize.

[Eliot Rosewater]

49. it was a bad deal all around

[PatrickforO]

58. Me too.

A right wing set up.

[True Blue American]

72. I know

Have been furious with them for that one.

Made sure Sherrod Brown knew what I thought of that! And he is my favorite.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Thanks al but you know someone pointed their finger at you so you had to go

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. 1. Roger Stone wanted Sessions to conduct a whitewash investigation of Trump and Russia.

2. Al Franken put Sessions on the spot and forced him to recuse himself, and eventually see to it that Robert Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel.

3. Out of the blue, Roger Stone and InfoWars cryptically tweeted about Franken's "time in the barrel"

4. The next day, the news broke about Leeann Tweeden--who toured with Franken on a USO tour before he was a Senator and who like Roger Stone was also a frequent guest of Sean Hannity--claiming Franken sexually harassed her and provided a photo from the tour where it appears Franken was reaching towards her chest while she slept. (Franken apologized for the photo and admitted it was in bad taste, but denied all other claims of inappropriate behavior).

5. After about a month of continued pressure against Franken, Franken resigns his Senate seat.

[poboy2]

8. We must never forget our heroes, and those who silence them. -nt

[LakeArenal]

14. Perfecto!!!

[FakeNoose]

51. 6. Sessions fires McCabe 2 days before his planned retirement

Do you think it's connected? I'll bet it is! Never underestimate the vileness of th eGOP.

[poboy2]

7. American hero. -nt

[gibraltar72]

10. No wonder Kamala Harris

made Imperial Grand Wizard/Attorney general nervous.

[Leghorn21]

11. -K&R- nt

[geardaddy]

12. I miss my senator.

Thanks for doing your job well, Al!

[CelticWinter]

15. I miss Al

[BadgerMom]

16. So if McCabe ordered an investigation of Sessions

and Sessions fires McCabe, isn’t that obstruction of justice? Clearly, IANAL.

[spooky3]

22. +1 and retaliation n/t

[Lucinda]

17. KNR

[Heartstrings]

18. Due process only applies when?

Miss you AL...

[TrishaJ]

20. And Franks' sacrifice of his Senate

seat has paved the way for the unending, unrelenting, and unsavory tales of debauchery leveled at Donald J. Trump, who looks so SLEAZY against the flimsy reason for forcing the Senator to resign.

[rzemanfl]

24. Really? It took Franken to make Drumpf look sleazy? Half the guys in the front row of a strip club

could do that in comparison to Orange Julius Caesar.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. The guys sitting by themselves in the back rows of a '70s-vintage porno theatre

wearing dirty raincoats and with popcorn boxes in their laps are less sleazy than Dolt 45.

[RussBLib]

23. Run again, Al

He sure deserves a second chance. The current resident of the White House has been given mulligan after mulligan after mulligan.

[dameatball]

25. Franklin Graham says all sins can be repented.....Franken 2020!!!!

Franken......I made suggestive overtures during my role as a comedian.....so I must resign

Trump....I grabbed them by the pussy and sex with a prostitute bit I have been forgiven

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[demmiblue]

26. K&R

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Al Franken was my Senator, and I'm so glad he was able to do something so important

before he got thrown under the bus by his own colleagues - a craven political maneuver that I will never forget.

[cp]

28. Thank you Senator Franken!

Heroic work on the Judiciary Committee. Al will always be a hero.

We, too, will not forget who forced him out (cough, ahem, Gillibrand, et al).

[Stuart G]

30. Thank You Senator Franken....

[malchickiwick]

32. Who will apply the fudge stripes to the cookies once he's locked up...

...behind bars?

[Sophia4]

33. The Plot Thickens.

[jalan48]

34. How's his replacement doing? I haven't seen her name much since she was appointed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. That's Tina Smith. She's becoming more visible locally.

It looks like she's getting involved in the opioid crisis and mental health issues. https://www.smith.senate.gov/

[jalan48]

42. Good to hear.

[brush]

63. I haven't either. Unfortunately for her, because of Gillebrand's out-of-control...

backstabbing of Franken and the subsequent special election it engendered, she might be opposed by Richard Painter, a decent man who has staunchly opposed trump over and over again on the cable news shows.

And that exposure he gets is a blessing for Democrats opposed to trump but a problem for the Democrat he may oppose in the special election.

She gets no exposure at all.

[jalan48]

64. I thought maybe she would take Franken's place in the Sessions/Trump probe.

She seems to be MIA on that front.

[quickesst]

35. I've never been to Minnesota...

.... but Al Franken was my Senator too. Yeah, he was, and still remais that good.

[Mr. Ected]

36. I genuinely hope we haven't seen the last of Al Franken's days of pubic service

Wherever and whenever he decides to re-establish himself, he will immediately inure to a loving, respectful and reverent public. I was simply gobsmacked by the man. Washington needs 535 of his kind. Or one in the White House.

[Honeycombe8]

41. I couldn't agree MORE. He was one of a kind, and the kind we need. nt

[Honeycombe8]

40. Thank you, Senators Leahy and Franken!!!! (I wonder why other Senators didn't?)

Al Franken....What a loss to the Democratic Party and the country.

[dalton99a]

43. Kick

[Mountain Mule]

45. K&R! nt

[walkingman]

48. Thanks Sen. Franken - we miss you! Come back!

[elmac]

50. Thank you president Franken, oops, spoke too soon

[warmfeet]

52. K & R! nt

[Gothmog]

55. Agreed

[onecent]

56. I miss Al too!!!!

[SFnomad]

59. Whenever Franken's name comes up around here ...

The knives come out for Gillibrand, Harris and a few others.

I never seem to see anyone at DU with the same vitriol for Bernie Sanders, who on December 6th called for Franken to resign. The next day, Franken announced his intention to resign.

[wellst0nev0ter]

60. Sanders is not a Democrat

Gillibrand, Harris, etc are. Those who can't see a ratfucking while its happening, and refuses to deal with the Franken issue the right way, don't deserve my support

[LexVegas]

66. The women brought down Franken!!!

They put a spell on the men!

[Lifelong Protester]

67. i miss you Al!!!

A first class mind!!

[oasis]

68. Al, I count you has one of the great Democrats of our time.

[sandensea]

69. I miss him tremendously. Knocking Al Franken out was indeed a major blow.

But you know what? His passion is alive and well, in the Senate and in the good people seeing this investigation through.

[Tatiana]

70. He was an amazing Senator. The vitriol regarding his ostracization belongs to the Majority Leader

Meaning the senior Senator from New York... Chuck Schumer.

Gillibrand was the ambitious and willing puppet, but I'm fairly certain that Schumer wanted Franken out of the way and used her (and the other members of the Democratic caucus) to make that happen.

[jazzcat23]

71. I agree

He was an amazing, great senator and I believe he needs to come back, with a vengeance. I am still surprised he didn't give them a fight for his position. I mean, he was a civilian at that time in question, and it shouldn't have gotten that far. I think they are afraid of him and that's why they outed him.

[betsuni]

73. K&R

[Raine]

74. We need Al back

he's true patriot I'm not forgetting how he was railroaded!

[leftstreet]

78. DURec