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hlthe2b

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13. I am old enough to remember a time when people would sacrifice themselves

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 12:10 PM

Dec 2017

For what they deemed to be the honorable cause. I have also known people whose honesty compelled them to self doubt over even what they thought to be scurrilous accusations. As a comedian, it isn’t hard for me to imagine this latter issue with Franken.

These kind of people must be in such short supply now that the premise is inconceivable to many. Not to quote the ultimate antithesis to this, but...sad...

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the only way this Franken thing makes sense [View all] ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 OP

If there was something that big... ollie10 Dec 2017 #1

yeah, exactly ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #3

My memory not so good, didnt Harpo Marx goose ladies in the movies? 4139 Dec 2017 #2

Not unless Franken is a better actor than we thought-- he looked really broken up.. TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #4

Don't believe that for a second. LisaL Dec 2017 #5

Franken resigned because a majority of his democratic colleagues in the Senate told him to. mn9driver Dec 2017 #6

That's exactly right. LisaL Dec 2017 #7

it's pretty much Franken's duty to tell those idiots to pound sand ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #8

If most of your colleagues tell you to go take a hike, LisaL Dec 2017 #10

If I'm Franken, I'm not going to disenfranchise the voters in my state ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #12

Franken has not resigned yet. Please don't support that concept. Thor_MN Dec 2017 #19

Would someone put his wife/family through the pain delisen Dec 2017 #9

And it's not going to be possible to win by appealing to one subset of population while alienating LisaL Dec 2017 #11

I am old enough to remember a time when people would sacrifice themselves hlthe2b Dec 2017 #13

good point ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #16

30 upright virtuous souls vs 1 scummer flotsam Dec 2017 #14

But Begs The Question. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #15

That's a great point ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #17

It would have come out during the election against Coleman JI7 Dec 2017 #18