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In reply to the discussion: Al's punishment should fit the crime. [View all]Shemp Howard
(889 posts)5. Due process is certainly a right.
I really can't blame Franken for folding. The pressure on him must have been enormous. I can only imagine the phone calls he must have gotten.
But I sure do blame the Democratic senators who abandoned him. The ones who thought due process shouldn't apply here. The ones who thought this small "scandal" was enough to destroy a man's career and reputation.
If I could offer only one piece of advice to Franken, it would be this: Don't resign! But if you feel you must resign, run for your own vacated seat. Don't let those feckless Democratic senators decide. Let the voters decide.
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I think he should just keep on being a Senator and ask again for an ethics investigation
Maraya1969
Dec 2017
#14
I think that is backfiring against them already. Just look at Gillibrandd' FB page or look at the
Maraya1969
Dec 2017
#9
Not only is he losing his livelihood, but his reputation is being dragged through the mud. n/t
rainin
Dec 2017
#4
Listen to this anonymous accuser and tell me if she didn't get her idea from #45
Maraya1969
Dec 2017
#10
I feel like a decent person's first instinct is to apologize, no matter what
More_Cowbell
Dec 2017
#12