Will Avenatti allege that Kavanaugh "grabbed" a woman's waist?

[OilemFirchen]

'Cause that seems to be the tipping point...

[Ninga]

1. We all know very well that Franken was railroaded into resigning. We also know

that Susan Collins demanded he step down.

We are not good at standing together in opposition to the GOP.

[OilemFirchen]

6. "We" seem to be pretty damned good at taking down a fellow Dem, however.

Though I think it's a simple math problem: Two solid allegations of sexual assault = anomaly. Six allegations of sexual "misconduct", including three anonymous ones = proof.

Let's call it Gillibrand's Theory of Cumulative Discomfort for the time being...

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Excellent question.

Edit to add: Was Franken on the judiciary committee?

[PatSeg]

3. Good question

I googled it and yes, Franken was on the judiciary committee.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Hmmm.

Do I smell a rat?

[PatSeg]

5. I do on a regular basis lately!

[brush]

7. What's your point? Are you suggesting there's nothing to the allegations?

[OilemFirchen]

10. Huh?

I don't think my "point" was vague, but here's a bit more specificity: Several posters here - ones who gleefully jumped on the Dump Franken train - are now advancing a hyperbolic scenario that suggests Avenatti is making "the Democrats" uncomfortable. They were perfectly fine with spurious allegations from anonymous Franken accusers, but are now having second thoughts about jumping the gun, as it were.

I sense a bit of situational ethics at play.

[brush]

11. Thanks for clearing it up. I'm with Avenatti and Franken.

[Autumn]

8. I wish he was still on the committee and going after Kavanaugh. He was a force

to be reckoned with in those hearings.

[jezebel321]

9. when did his tweets go to protected? I cant see his twitter feed anymore.

[OilemFirchen]

12. Here's a gratuitous bump.

Though I could start another coupla threads, I'll just leave this one here...