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In reply to the discussion: The Case of Al Franken by Jane Mayer [View all]Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)210. Of course the media never bothers to question them about it
Or at least, I've never seen anyone in the media doing so.
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we don't do it to ourselves. we let limbaugh and sons do it to good people all day long
certainot
Jul 2019
#85
thanks. any dem that asks mueller if he saw evidence russians were using talk radio or
certainot
Jul 2019
#139
The entire thing was a Roger Stone ratfuck hit job. I hope Stone gets convicted and rots in prison.
Texin
Jul 2019
#136
This article is truly wrenching. Those who defended the rail-roading of Franken REALLY
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#2
Well Bill, Tammy, Heidi, Angus, Jeff, Tom, Harry and Patrick, that's nice . . ..
hatrack
Jul 2019
#5
Laughably incorrect. Gillibrand is a junior senator. Schumer was the minority leader.
yardwork
Jul 2019
#39
Don't be condescending. We all know who is Senate minority leader, yet Gillibrand LED the effort.
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#40
I didn't mean to be condescending. It's just that Schumer needs to be held accountable.
yardwork
Jul 2019
#54
Yep!! And,Republicans STILL laughing their azzzz off on how EASY this was to pull off
Bengus81
Jul 2019
#272
I agree. "Stampeded" is the perfect word to describe what was taking place: herd mentality.
Demit
Jul 2019
#106
opportunist KG lost me too when she used this opp to paint herself as a champion for women.
onetexan
Jul 2019
#8
Ironically, she could have gained even more popularity if she had called for the Ethics investigatio
RVN VET71
Jul 2019
#150
i hate how the author described him as "disgraced" - he was railroaded, but not disgraced.
onetexan
Jul 2019
#6
exactly Cha. A good man and a great Dem leader was done in by another politician for expediency.
onetexan
Jul 2019
#135
For me its unforgivable. And I am glad I will miss the oportunity to vote ...
marble falls
Jul 2019
#59
After writing several still-very-angry paragraphs I decided to repeat your post...
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2019
#77
Thank you for posting that. That last paragraph should immediately end Gillibrand's campaign
drbtg1
Jul 2019
#144
Yes...he did, and it's why I won't vote for the gaggle that fell for Stone's sucker bet. nt
Baltimike
Jul 2019
#78
I hope they learned, too, but I doubt it. It looked like a replay of "Julius Caesar."
DFW
Jul 2019
#69
If I were him, I wouldn't want to be back with the people who threw me under the bus.
catrose
Jul 2019
#242
He should start a nationally syndicated Talk Show that specifically talks about trends
Blue_true
Jul 2019
#270
Who cares what repubs think or do! Dont we know by now that in the absence of
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jul 2019
#134
ONE QUESTION...Where is the Me Too movement on the RAPIST in the oval????????????
Zoonart
Jul 2019
#60
Franken had far more serious allegations against him than Tweeden the right-wing hack
Tarc
Jul 2019
#67
Why is a woman who complained that a man's arm around her waist made her uncomfortable because
Demit
Jul 2019
#110
Yes, as I recall she was the only non-Republican who wasn't "anonymous" who accused him,
deurbano
Jul 2019
#138
And yet you, rightly, supported the accusations, pre-investigation, against Kavanaugh, right?
Tarc
Jul 2019
#125
and I am sorry that you don't support a person is innocent until proven guilty
Baltimike
Jul 2019
#286
The one accuser that has HER arm around Franken for a picture--that allegation?
Bengus81
Jul 2019
#250
Think how valuable an active, office-holding Al Franken would be to us, right now.
Paladin
Jul 2019
#79
I pray this extensive, well-written article shepherds his re-entry into office.
Dennis Donovan
Jul 2019
#80
CAN HE NOT run and win again? What am I missing - I mean if Anthony effing Weiner can
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jul 2019
#82
Right. There are two Senators for every state and MN's are now filled by Dems Klobuchar and
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#132
My fantasy is that Franken returns to the Senate when Klobuchar is appointed AG
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2019
#255
After he resigned: "Gillibrand and other Senate colleagues flocked to hug him..."
catrose
Jul 2019
#105
What happened was that Franken made some of his other colleagues look bad by doing such a good job
PoliticAverse
Jul 2019
#179
She said that any time she saw Franken afterward her hands "clenched into fists."
Demit
Jul 2019
#159
I'm reading the article and it sounds like Franken was railroaded more than I previously
Vinca
Jul 2019
#176
Gillibrand Can Attribute Much of Her Primary Failure To Her Treatment of Al Franken.
Indykatie
Jul 2019
#177
I called her office and warned them that grassroots Democratic activists will never ever forgive her
Princetonian
Jul 2019
#188
"I'm going to die alone in the jungle" Amazing how far back in evolutionary terms mob violence goes
Hekate
Jul 2019
#194
I'm glad she wrote this article, but I hate how she characterizes him in the opening.
femmedem
Jul 2019
#223
Just finished. Now I'm more pissed than the day he was forced out of the senate.
IADEMO2004
Jul 2019
#277
I am so ashamed of the Dems. We are entering a new puritanism on our side of the aisle...
Hekate
Jul 2019
#289
I've heard a lot about Franken since I live in WI just across the Mississippi from MN.
elocs
Jul 2019
#301