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108. I don't fully agree with what happened with Franken

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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 05:39 PM

Oct 2018

but "getting something" isn't the point of what happened- or the #MeToo movement.

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So what exactly did we get for pressuring Franken to resign? [View all] standingtall Oct 2018 OP

The high road? Autumn Oct 2018 #1

We Go High, They Go To The White House, Senate & Supreme Court LandOfHopeAndDreams Oct 2018 #3

Nailed that. Autumn Oct 2018 #6

Absolutely correct (and awful) FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #14

+1000 Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #28

In retrospect, one of the worst quotes ever. MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #37

+1 leftstreet Oct 2018 #51

Exactly lunamagica Oct 2018 #52

Bingo. zentrum Oct 2018 #93

We take the high road, right off a cliff. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #30

It does seem that way. Autumn Oct 2018 #33

Bingo!!! nt jrthin Oct 2018 #90

Not. A. Fucking. Thing. Raster Oct 2018 #2

*This* ananda Oct 2018 #49

We showed we're not hypocrites. athena Oct 2018 #4

You're uninformed on the matter. Research Roger Stone, Leeann Tweeden and Hannity... brush Oct 2018 #48

Is Tina Dupuy a Republican as well? athena Oct 2018 #53

Oh how terrible, he touched her luv handle. Give me a break. brush Oct 2018 #55

So a woman can't tell a sexual squeeze from an arm around her waist. athena Oct 2018 #58

Oh please. Men do not get off on touching a woman's waist. brush Oct 2018 #64

Sexual harassment is not about "getting off". athena Oct 2018 #67

Ridiculous. If you think putting your arm around someone's waist to pose for a photo... brush Oct 2018 #134

A woman's waist is not a sexual organ. Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #107

Exactly. Some on this thread need to read your post. Posing for a photo... brush Oct 2018 #136

Which shoulder? OilemFirchen Oct 2018 #133

He put his arm around her waist at a photo-op standingtall Oct 2018 #59

I didn't realize it's impossible to put an arm around a woman's waist without squeezing it. athena Oct 2018 #68

The Tina Dupay accusation is absurd period standingtall Oct 2018 #72

You're not a woman, are you? athena Oct 2018 #74

ATHENA .... i am a woman AND ... AN ARM AROUND MY WAIST, if it was a friend OR Al Franken trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #80

An unwanted squeeze wouldn't bother you? athena Oct 2018 #82

I did not attack you. trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #85

I'm a woman too, and I wouldn't be offended if a celebrity squeezed my waist Bluepinky Oct 2018 #106

Let me join in here. lark Oct 2018 #109

you have a right to feel however you want but questionseverything Oct 2018 #119

If she were offended by a squeeze on her waist, she could have said, "hey - no squeezing!" Nothing spooky3 Oct 2018 #126

Unwanted squeeze? You have to believe Dupuy to believe that. brush Oct 2018 #139

I am a woman blue cat Oct 2018 #102

I'm a woman too Bettie Oct 2018 #112

Athena, I am a woman. Booting a talented ally like Franken was pure folly. Not even a pretense... Hekate Oct 2018 #114

Actually I got squeezed around waist many times in NY-family, friends, neighbors, male and female. delisen Oct 2018 #116

Oh for crying out loud. It's not like he just grabbed her waist for no reason. LisaL Oct 2018 #120

Her story is absurd. He touched my waist!!!!! yardwork Oct 2018 #142

the GOPigs LIED to get rid of Franken. I agree totally with you "Brush" trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #78

No one expected the Democratic Party to make excuses for him Merlot Oct 2018 #50

Franken didn't do a damn thing to get pushed out of the Senate HelenWheels Oct 2018 #79

Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #81

Wow, you are totally incorrect. nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #125

There was no evidence of this. alarimer Oct 2018 #130

Yup, but many here refuse to see it. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #132

The reason for him to resign is because mistreating women is wrong mythology Oct 2018 #5

I don't think it was the right thing and it did not benefit us. delisen Oct 2018 #32

That was the dumbest fucking thing ever! Dream Girl Oct 2018 #7

Um groping multiple women is a bit more than putting his arm around one woman's waist mythology Oct 2018 #10

You're uninformed. Research the Stone/Tweeden/Hannity triangle that set up the repug... brush Oct 2018 #141

There was a lot more to it than that. athena Oct 2018 #15

This is why we lose elections Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #26

Thanks for minimizing sexual harrassment. athena Oct 2018 #27

It is not minimizing. I have experienced the Kavanaughs and the Frankens. delisen Oct 2018 #40

You are being way to reasonable Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #44

Read the list of accusations. athena Oct 2018 #45

So Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #41

Well said! Welcome to DU. maddiemom Oct 2018 #113

Very kind of you... Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #123

I remember that as well. maddiemom Oct 2018 #145

Haven't heard a word from these women since Franken left. Bluepinky Oct 2018 #135

There was way more than that. Have you actually read the allegations? MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #35

Excuse me Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #47

Please read this article. athena Oct 2018 #54

I read it when it was first published Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #60

Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #62

Don't even try that Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #63

Brava. I agree with you. shanny Oct 2018 #69

Absolutely unbelievable isn't it? Ligyron Oct 2018 #92

Yes Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #97

I can't believe you. A man putting his arm around a woman's waist VS a man trying to RAPE a woman trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #84

Higher blood pressure Blue Owl Oct 2018 #8

We can now legit claim we're the purist, most super-uber-PC bunch mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #9

Is demoralized complaining going to be an eternal response to Hortensis Oct 2018 #11

+++++++++++ JHan Oct 2018 #16

Democrats needed to be reminded of what happened to Franken over and over again standingtall Oct 2018 #18

I'd trade this kind of hypocrisy for one steadfast Republican who Hortensis Oct 2018 #87

They already tried this again in Minnesota, with Keith Ellison. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #83

We felt good about ourselves maxrandb Oct 2018 #12

We lost politically how? qazplm135 Oct 2018 #13

Again what did we get out of it? standingtall Oct 2018 #19

We removed a man who treated women with contempt. athena Oct 2018 #20

Too bad none of them testified as to what he supposedly did. nt Autumn Oct 2018 #22

First off we dont know that treated women with contempt standingtall Oct 2018 #23

Read this and tell me this is how you would want a man to treat your daughter. athena Oct 2018 #25

Leean Tweeden a republican operative standingtall Oct 2018 #29

Dr. Ford qazplm135 Oct 2018 #38

First off Dr. Ford isn't a talk radio host standingtall Oct 2018 #43

No qazplm135 Oct 2018 #56

Yeah a photo of him not touching her but pretending too standingtall Oct 2018 #65

Yes and Kavanaugh got a hearing; Franken did not. delisen Oct 2018 #111

She's a repug who helped Stone and Hannity set up Franken and you believe her. brush Oct 2018 #143

Too bad Franken didn't get the investigation HE asked for. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #31

well he left qazplm135 Oct 2018 #100

Enough!!! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #88

I don't know did the right thing qazplm135 Oct 2018 #34

And that Dem has been a voice like Frankens in what way? Autumn Oct 2018 #39

Can you name his replacement without looking it up? LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #99

We demonstrated once again how easy it is to cow us. DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #17

To look like a bunch of self-righteous fools Sunsky Oct 2018 #21

a pat on the head AmandaRuth Oct 2018 #24

Taking the high road has got us effing nowhere except on the floor with dirt in our faces. sunonmars Oct 2018 #36

Franken welcomed an investigation and was willing to John Fante Oct 2018 #42

"Let hypocrisy be their defining trait, not ours." Exactly. Thank you. athena Oct 2018 #46

I did not like the conduct of Sen. Gilibrand and other democrats. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #57

Here's the difference: Franken acknowledged wrongdoing; Kavanaugh did not. brooklynite Oct 2018 #61

Franken acknowledge he was wrong for the gag photo standingtall Oct 2018 #66

franken apoligized if the woman felt badly and some have taken that for questionseverything Oct 2018 #121

We didn't get shit. jalan48 Oct 2018 #70

We? I made no calls, wrote no letters, and possessed nothing more than an opinion. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #71

Not a god damned thing! (Except that it weakened us.) I'll never forget. I'll never forgive. NurseJackie Oct 2018 #73

The other Dems on the Judiciary Committee got more face time on tv during the Kav. hearing? Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #75

Apparentlly you do not follow Franken on Facebook. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #91

I thiink we got a Woman senator who forced him to resign and SHE HURT ALL WOMEN by her actions. trueblue2007 Oct 2018 #76

We Got --Kirsten Gillibrand as Unelectable Stallion Oct 2018 #77

Gillibrand :/ FlyingCloud Oct 2018 #86

Nothing. However, Tina Smith, who replaced him is a reliable MineralMan Oct 2018 #89

Thank you! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #94

My pleasure. I made an OP out of this post, because I MineralMan Oct 2018 #95

So do I!!! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #104

What do you mean by "we"? getagrip_already Oct 2018 #96

All of the Right Wing laughing at us for succumbing to Bettie Oct 2018 #98

absolutely nothing gopiscrap Oct 2018 #101

If she wins, we will have Democratic Senator Tina Smith, the former Lt. Governor who was appointed pnwmom Oct 2018 #103

Disgusted Minngal marieo1 Oct 2018 #105

I don't fully agree with what happened with Franken Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #108

I wonder what Rock Stars are thinking about Al Franken's accusers. chowder66 Oct 2018 #110

When they go low, we go high. LisaL Oct 2018 #115

We got to be the party that believes women who EarlG Oct 2018 #117

I guess innocent until proven guilty goes right out the window. LisaL Oct 2018 #118

Thank you. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #131

I don't want to think about it. BootinUp Oct 2018 #122

The moral high ground bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #124

Isn't it great? Dave Starsky Oct 2018 #128

Yeah... bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #137

Here's what we lost Midnightwalk Oct 2018 #127

We got clarity toward some of our overmatched senators, specifically Gillibrand Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #129

A great Senator. I love Tina Smith (nt) Recursion Oct 2018 #138

We sent a message to Dem officeholders: Fight or Die Azathoth Oct 2018 #140

We got nothing! UCmeNdc Oct 2018 #144