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In reply to the discussion: Everyone Seems to Be in a Big Hurry to Write Off Sen. Franken. Why? [View all]OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)he seems to be a person who is respectful of everyone, not just women. I'll wait until they actually talk with the accusers before I make any decisions. I hope he doesn't have a pension for occasionally patting women's bums but if he does, I still don't consider it on par with forcing himself on 14 year old girls or sending porn shots of his thing and threatening the woman he sent them to.
If it turns out he's a bum patter, I think he should get some sort of talking to and have to get some counseling but I still don't see it as serious enough to make him quit the Senate.
I'm 68 years old. I am a women's libber from way back. I can't tell you how many times in my life I've been sexually assaulted in one way or another. Some were much more serious than that and I can't say I would have wanted a guy who patted my bum to lose his job if everything else about him was to the good. Fire away.