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In reply to the discussion: I don't know why we couldn't wait until the ethics investigation played out with Franken [View all]SFnomad
(3,473 posts)will be found out to be true enough? Or that there is at least one uncovered major skeleton in his closet that he doesn't want to go through dealing with? And that he resigned to take the focus off of himself and try to make something good of it?
What I can say is, Franken is no shrinking violet. And to watch him go from denials to saying he'll resign certainly raises questions ... and that big question is, why the sudden change? Because I can see Franken standing there in the Senate and stating that he's not guilty and that he looks forward to an ethics investigation to get it all out there and being a supporter of accused rights as well as victims rights. And he either switched to saying he'll resign because Democrats either used coercive tactics behind the scenes to get him to resign or there is more to Franken's behavior than we already know.
When Franken became a Senator, I saw it more as a "stick it to the Republicans" kind of event, especially after they drew out the inevitable court battle for his seat. But over the last few years, he has proven himself to be a solid Senator and for that I will be sad to see him go.
I have no idea what the real circumstances are ... just like every single person around here. I find it sad watching the victim shaming that's gone on, on this foru. It shows that when it comes to sexual harassment accusations, people are just as partisan about that here as they are about anything else.