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WMDs in Iraq, Obama eats arugula, the IRS is after conservatives, Al Gore said, "I invented the
the internet.", Hillary did nothing to save those people in Benghazi, John Kerry was not a war
hero, Ohio 2004 was clean, coal jobs are coming back, Dan Rather faked the story about W
going AWOL. and on and on.
This is a right wing hit job. Its my right as an entertainer. Please! Who the hell
talks like that? (outside of Russian trolls)
Another woman says Franken tried to forcibly kiss her
Source: Politico
A former Democratic congressional aide said Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006, three years before he became a U.S. senator.
The aide, whose name POLITICO is withholding to protect her identity, said Franken (D-Minn.) pursued her after her boss had left the studio. She said she was gathering her belongings to follow her boss out of the room. When she turned around, Franken was in her face.
The former staffer ducked to avoid Frankens lips. As she hastily left the room, she said, Franken told her: Its my right as an entertainer.
He was between me and the door and he was coming at me to kiss me. It was very quick and I think my brain had to work really hard to be like Wait, what is happening? But I knew whatever was happening was not right and I ducked, the aide said in an interview. I was really startled by it and I just sort of booked it towards the door and he said, Its my right as an entertainer.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/06/al-franken-accusation-sexual-harassment-2006-281049
enough
(13,259 posts)"When you're a star they let you do it." I agree this is some barely disguised trolling.
ProfessorPlum
(11,256 posts)someone thought someone else was trying to kiss them, but they didn't kiss?
wtf. we are throwing our best congresspeople on the pyre for this weak shit?
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)and said the news service had vetted it. I asked how they vetted it with two people in the room. That was an hour ago and still no answer...