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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]betsuni
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I don't know why we couldn't wait until the ethics investigation played out with Franken [View all]
stevenleser
Dec 2017
OP
So, it's not that he's innocent, it's that the accusations aren't serious enough?
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#9
Spurious means fake/false, not "aren't serious enough". To address your last sentence, not that you
uppityperson
Dec 2017
#13
"You've never hugged or touched someone without asking for permission first?"
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#15
Even if every word is true...I don't think they are serious enough for a forced resignation, but I
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#65
Several of the complaints would have been dismissed out of hand -- as they should have been
pnwmom
Dec 2017
#21
The senate ethics committee by law has an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, 3 each
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#22
Wow, why DOES ANY investigation happen then? You seriously do not get it! n/t
USALiberal
Dec 2017
#78
accusors didn't want an investigation . Gillibrand led it just like Bernie did with the medicare
JI7
Dec 2017
#3
She is my senator, and I like how she has been doing, but I did not think her ready for the national
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#8
The multiple accusations are a concern, but there were also troubling issues with the accusations
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#23
Steven, I don't understand either. It feels like mass madness, completely self-destructive...
Hekate
Dec 2017
#29
In the speech announcing he would be resigning, Franken specifically spoke to that issue...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2017
#30
He can't speak to the issue I am discussing. It's why the pressure from other senators to resign. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#60
Yes I have. That is one possibility, but it doesnt explain the pressure from other senators.
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#59
Bob Packwood's investigation took three years and only concluded when...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#39
There are nine witnesses and countless corroborative witnesses for the accusers.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#55
If you can cite an authoritative source that an inquiry of this size and magnitude
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#57
O J was arrested on June 17, 1994. He was acquitted on all charges on October 3, 1995
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#70
You keep repeating how long you think the inquiry should take which is your right.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#75
The Senate Ethics Committee has never investigation that took place before a person was a Senator
Lee-Lee
Dec 2017
#43
I'm calling Sen. Murphy today to complain and Senator Blumenthal to thank him.
femmedem
Dec 2017
#50
Total HS that democrats railroad a fellow senator right out of office without
workinclasszero
Dec 2017
#63