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In reply to the discussion: A statement made today by Al Franken [View all]Demit
(11,238 posts)It's ludicrous. It defies logic. It was a very specific accusation and Franken was able to deny it immediately and unequivocally.
You are conflating details of the various accusations to such a degree that I doubt you are very clear on what and where accusations were made. It was the Leeann Tweeden photo that he said was an attempt at humor; he didn't deny appearing in it and he apologized for it. Her initial accusation was that he groped her. Except the photo showed he didn't. Several of her other claims were contradicted by later photographic evidence.
My personal opinion, at the end of the day, is that something might have happened with the three women who posed with him for photos, but that there is a hazy area between perception and reality that is difficult for an accused person to address. Especially regarding events that happened ten years ago with women who were strangers to him (two of whom are anonymous. I think that's suspicious).
Lastly, if Al Franken is a "serial groper" there would be RECENT evidence of it. Evidence over the decade since these events. Many more stories. That would only be logical. It's been 2 weeks since Leeann Tweeden's carefully orchestrated revelation. The kind of revelation that usually opens a floodgate. And yet only three additional stories, from ten years ago, have trickled out. I want these stories fully investigated.