Hannity just said to tweeden

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

On his radio show

"I remember you showing me that photo years ago "

Hmm

[BannonsLiver]

1. Oh FFS so she's already going on Fox News.

Color me surprised. Have you seen enough gullible folks? Get the picture? You've. Been. Had.

[Hortensis]

18. She's been there a number of times before, on Hannity.

[BannonsLiver]

24. I'm well aware that she is a right wing troll.

But it shouldn't be viewed as an accident that the first media she did after her story was told was with a RWer who hates democrats.

[yuiyoshida]

52. AND CNN

[ChubbyStar]

55. Nice glasses!

[BannonsLiver]

57. Hannity first today though.

Do try to keep up.

[yuiyoshida]

59. oh, I thought you said Hannity died today...

geeze I need glasses.

[SergeStorms]

67. That would be cause....

for a National Holiday. Hannity dying, not you needing glasses.

[VMA131Marine]

2. Apparently none of these RW idiots seem to know how to keep a secret

компромат doesn't work if you give the game away.

[SergeStorms]

68. It works on his pathetic viewers.

So......mission accomplished?

[Cattledog]

3. Years ago and Hannity kept his mouth shut?

When he could have used it to hurt Franken. This is so much a setup.

[pintobean]

14. Maybe he was respecting her wishes.

It wasn't his place to go public with it. He's a complete asshole, but he's not a complete idiot.

[lame54]

23. And he's also not respectful...

He will do anything for a hurt a liberal story
Ask Seth Rich's family

[Proud Liberal Dem]

61. 2006?

Why didn't they bring that up in his 2008 race? That was a really close election. Seems like that would have been a great time to use it (not that I'm upset that Franken beat Coleman, of course).

[PatSeg]

66. You know,

that is a good point. They threw everything they could find at Franken in 2008. Now that he is a force to be reckoned with and people even drop his name as a possible presidential candidate, this story comes out Rovian style.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

69. Also

they attacked him with some of his old jokes and other off-color stuff that he had worked on in the past. With that in mind, it's really hard to believe that they didn't use this as well.

[PatSeg]

80. Yeah

That was what I was thinking as well.

[tblue37]

76. She said she never told anyone until now, though. nt

[Dawson Leery]

4. All liberal celebrities,

PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE USO TOURS!

This is where d-grade right wing washouts go to stay relevant.

[yuiyoshida]

5. This IS NOT GOOD....people

[BannonsLiver]

7. You're right

Gullible people falling for RW smear jobs timed to distract from a senate race in Alabama is not good at all.

[lostnfound]

83. Timed to distract from wealthy tax cuts bill. Nt

[BannonsLiver]

84. Its timed for a variety of reasons.

[MFM008]

8. We need more details

Who took this pictute?
What do they say about it?

[yuiyoshida]

10. Republicans smell blood in the water, they will rip him up like

[Bernardo de La Paz]

53. Best to come up to speed on DU discussions on a topic before hitting the panic button. . . . nt

[yuiyoshida]

54. UH

[mdbl]

75. I would think it would make him more electable by Repuglicans

especially the evangelicals.

[Champion Jack]

17. bingo

[Tavarious Jackson]

82. He isn't actually touching.. his hands are airborne

Link to tweet

[Dem2]

9. That's an initial reaction

Where have you been all day?

[yuiyoshida]

11. Scared ..You know Republicans will rip him up like...

[Dem2]

15. Do a little reading before you react

[yuiyoshida]

19. I read his apology...

I read that he was joking around, but YOU KNOW HOW the Republican party works... they will chew him up and spit him out.

[Dem2]

21. What else is new?

She accepted his apology and said he shouldn't resign and no further investigation is required.

Seems like honesty works.

[yuiyoshida]

27. It doesn't matter what she says....

The Republican party will try and impeach him, the same way they went after President Clinton, this will NOT GO away, nor will FOX, Sean Hannity or any of the Repigs... allow him to stay.

[bathroommonkey76]

33. Impeach him? LOL

You are acting like this is Bob Packwood.

I like how all of your posts inflate/exaggerate topics- The Franken story will blow over and dissipate like the Uranium One cloud.

[yuiyoshida]

37. You know what? I hope you are right...

But I kinda doubt it, the Republicans will send this photo out to every Republican family in Wisconsin.

[mac56]

44. Franken is from my home state of Minnesota.

Wisconsin won't affect him.

[yuiyoshida]

47. okay so i got his state wrong....

Still they will send out that photo to every Republican Family in his state.

[bathroommonkey76]

65. Sounds about right

Republicans are morons - I could see them sending the photos to all the voters in Wisconsin. LOL

[standingtall]

28. No that just means the damage has

been done already. Her acceptance of his apology is just quitting while she is ahead.

[delisen]

39. unless we stand up!

Republicans-they lie , cheat , steal , are destroying our country -so what else is new.

I personally am tired of Democrats being scared of the big bad wolf.

Let Republicans take care of the former judge. They want to keep him out of the Senate. Let them do it.

Let us follow Sen Franken's lead in calling for an ethics investigation on himself

Let us ignore Cenk Uygur in his rush to fill Franken's seat-which isn't vacant and is unlikely to become vacant.

...and then let's get busy on calling congress to oppose the tax bill

[yuiyoshida]

42. All good suggestions but

I can't see a happy ending in this, its not over... despite the fact the woman accepted his apology.. Do you know how many Republicans hate Frankin? Remember that book he wrote about Rush Limbaugh, being a big fat liar? This is going to come back on the Senator...Hannity, Fox News, Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, all have ammunition now... He should have never have done that, even in joking...because mark my words, it will come back to bite him.

The Republican party is E V I L...everyone here knows it... this won't be pretty.

[delisen]

46. I don't share your fear. Take solace in the words

of the great Democrat, FDR.

All we have fear is fear itself!

....and then take a nature walk.

[ollie10]

25. Look closer.....

It doesn't look like he is touching her....

I would also think if he was she would be startled and wake up

Why would anyone grope a woman through a flak jacket? rather bizarre

Why would Franken actually harass or really grope a woman in the full view of a camera?

What does the photographer have to say about this?

Look at Franken's eyes....he is acting. If he was seriously groping, wouldn't his eyes be on his victim's breasts, rather than at the camera in a pose?

We are being had, I am afraid.

[Kirk Lover]

49. Katie Tur is all out saying that Franken is groping her. WTF.

[DeminPennswoods]

56. Then Katy needs to look at the picture more closely

but the story supports "whataboutism" journalism.

FWIW, I missed the first half of Nicolle Wallace's show, but she didn't seem like she was taking the bait. She was focused like a laser on Roy Moore.

[DeminPennswoods]

32. He's mugging for the camera for crying out loud

It's a picture taken for a laugh.

[oasis]

43. With another guy sitting right there. "cavorting" in plain sight.

Lock him up.

[Botany]

63. That my friend is a photoshop job

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Why is Franken all lit up almost like a flash went off ... but Ms. Tweeden in the shadows?

How come Al casts a shadow but she doesn't?

And why is there cameo under Franken's arm but no person it is attached to?

[SergeStorms]

70. Al's hands....

are barely touching the flak jacket (if at all). Being "groped" is somewhat suspect, but it was in bad taste, even if she was "in" on the "joke". As for the kiss and and Al's poor judgement, he's wrong as can be. No excuse for that.

[rainin]

77. Is that guy in the red cap in a coma?

What is his take on things?

[underpants]

6. Roger Stone last night

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029850774

Link to tweet

?s=17

[Glimmer of Hope]

60. So this was orchestrated?

[underpants]

62. Effectively rolled out

Tweeden has appeared on Hannity's show before all this.

Look I'd call it "not good". Lots of airtime but Franken did,the right thing step by step. Quick apology. More full apology later. Requested ethics probe. Now he has to sit back and absorb it. He's bombed on stage before - everyone does - so he's used to it.

[Blue_Tires]

64. This whole thing stinks...

First we allowed the Repubs to shift the conversation to re-litigating Bill+Monica 20 years later and now this...

And being the good liberals we are, on cue we'll rend our garments and flog ourselves in repentance before the media spotlight while Moore continues to say all 14-year-old girls need to get the 'D' and Trump is laughing his ass off...

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. Those USO shows are one big sexist shit show.

The women receive cat calls from the audience the whole time and the humor centers around sex. The whole thing is a mess.

[MineralMan]

16. A USO show came to the tiny base in Turkey where I was stationed

in 1967-8. It was as you said. Only the officers on the base were allowed to mingle in any way with the cast. The rest of us, celibate due to where we were located, were not amused. There were only about 600 horny young guys stationed there. It was a festering rash of testosterone all the time. No women were stationed at that base, due to its remote status.

It was a strange situation, to be sure.

[Dawson Leery]

22. I could never stand Bob Hope.

[MineralMan]

26. Bob Hope was not there. There are or were multiple USO shows.

The one that came to that base had nobody in it whose name anyone recognized. There are far more of those shows than ones featuring Bob Hope and other major entertainment celebrities.

[maxrandb]

71. In the 1980s, we had the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders spend the night

On my ship. They were with Bob Hope as part of a USO tour.

They slept in our sickbay.

Within minutes of their helo leaving the next day, one of our enterprising Corpsman had cut the sheets from sickbay into squares and was selling the swatches for $5 bucks a piece.

Yes, they were dripping in sexuality.

[Ccarmona]

20. And She Is A Frequent Contributor on Fox News and appreared in Playboy

Not that it changes anything, but it should be made part of the record.

[ollie10]

30. Trumpkin

Lessee....she voted for someone who bragged about grabbing pussy....

[forgotmylogin]

79. Republican women really shouldn't be feigning any kind of tizzy.

In the words of a President "When you're a star, they let you do it."



Franken behaved boorishly and apologized for it. He didn't try to have sex with multiple minor children and deny it.

Anyone who has ever watched an episode of Benny Hill can put down their rocks and step away from the glass house.

[SaschaHM]

29. Moral of the story: Don't give people the bullets with which to shoot you.

The photo, whether harmless or sinister, is damning and just shouldn't exist. I'd be surprised if it didn't show up in the mailbox of every single female/suburban swing voters during his re-election bid next year.

My prediction is that Franken will realize that the seat is bigger than him, resign and be replaced w/ a surefire candidate w/ positions and values similar to his rather than lose to a Republican.

[ollie10]

31. It appears the victim has already accepted Franken's apology.....

......enough said

[SaschaHM]

34. The victim isn't the electorate that Franken is going to face next year.

He's a politician and what matters, and should matter to us as a party that would like to gain and keep seats, is whether or not that electorate accepts his apology and wants to send him back to the Senate. If his numbers start to crater, he needs to go. Ensuring a check on the president and frankly many other Democratic policy goals is bigger than any Senator.

[BannonsLiver]

35. You're super invested in Franken resigning.

Why is that?

[SaschaHM]

38. Super invested? You mean analyzing this from a political angle?

I've said multiple times that if his numbers crater and he's on track to lose his seat, then he needs to go. The same can be said of Menendez as well if NJ voters have a negative impression of his trial. No senator is too important to be replaced on the ballot if it looks like they're going to lose their seat.

If his numbers stay up and he looks like he's going to coast to reelection, then he needs to stay.

I care more about a myriad of Democratic issues that will only be legislated if we are in power more than I care about any single individual senator.

[BannonsLiver]

40. I'm not at all impressed with your analysis.

[SaschaHM]

41. Probably because I'm not in a photo joking about groping a women.

Sorry about that.

[VMA131Marine]

72. Franken''s not up for re-election until 2020

He won't be facing the electorate next year.

[yuiyoshida]

36. Maybe she has...BUT the Republican party will not let this bone go...

They will drag it until he is dead in the water.

[treestar]

45. Yet Moore could get elected

Why don't we hang onto these bones with the same tenacity?

[yuiyoshida]

48. Look the ONLY BONE I WANT...IS THE ONE THAT

SMACKS TRUMP in the head, by Robert Muller...

[maxrandb]

73. The Retrumplican party never lets any bone go

We don't have to help them chew on it though.

This is a complete and total set-up.. no doubt about it.

Dems are supposed to abandon and kill a great Senator because he took a silly picture with a right wing Hannity whack job.

If you don't know that anyone, who would stoop so low as to even be in the same with Hannity, doesn't have a firm grasp on truth or facts... Then you're either ignorant, or a Russian bot on the DU site.

[yuiyoshida]

74. I am saying that the REPUBLICANS will make this the new

BENGAZI... you can bet on that. We have to stand with Senator Franken...That's all there is to it.

And if you want to call me a Russian troll... have at it..people on this website know how much I fucking hate all Republicans. Another reason for me to Smoke weed, is for stress... because of this shit.

Oh and I been CALLED WORSE names on this website... like "weeaboo"
Bet you don't even know what that means..huh? And "FAKE ASIAN..." You can add
Russian Troll too if you believe it.

[PJMcK]

85. That's pretty harsh

yuiyoshida is a respected member of DU. She's posted tens of thousands of comments and they all support Democratic principles.

Your dichotomy is rude.

[yuiyoshida]

86. Thanks...

I guess being Asian makes me a target now... I was already called a Hillary Hater during the primaries.. and a few other names rose up here, which I won't repeat. Its amazing what I get in my DU mailbox lately.

[Madam45for2923]

50. & he kept mum all these years.

[Cattledog]

58. Hannity keeping his mouth shut is like Trump not tweeting.

[sarcasmo]

78. The whole thing stinks, Roger Stone new last night the story was breaking.

[VOX]

81. Tweeden on Bill C.: I'm pissed off he's gotten through unscathed after some of the things he's done.

I guess impeachment and disbarring weren’t enough for her back in 2007. The ALLEGED Franken incident is a total political hit job. It stinks of Stone and Bannon.

From the backwaters of the web, in a discussion board on poker, vintage 2012. One poster there had pulled a 2007 quote from FHM (another “girlie” site):
- - - - -
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/leeann-tweeden-hannity-fox-news-says-she-supports-tea-party-draft-1221134/

Re: LeeAnn Tweeden on Hannity(Fox News) - says she supports TEA PARTY and a draft!!!
FHM 2007

FHM: Whose ass would you really like to kick?

LEEANN: Can I make it a combination? Bill Clinton and Al Gore. I'm a Republican, but Al Gore because he and his wife are idiots, and Clinton because I'm pissed off he's gotten through unscathed after some of the things he's done.
Anyway ...
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