Posted on 12/10/2017 4:25:34 PM PST by Hojczyk
Edited on 12/10/2017 4:47:15 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
I’d rather have a weakened Franken in a seat that’s likely to remain Dem, than say a Keith Ellison.
Who would we have a better chance of unseating Franken or Ellison in the next election (2020 I think)?
Newt’s right about due process, too, though I do love watching the Dems eat their own.
Do me a favor Newt, shut your mouth and buy that Brooklyn bridge.
As one that was taken down by leftist nonsense he should actually be enjoying their all being hoisted on their own petard.
Franken gained notoriety on SNL......
He went on tour....a partner would read off names of SNL female stars.
Al would smirk and say: say “F***** her.” Or “she B*** me.”
Did those girls feel sexually abused about Franken using them in a comedy act?
Thank goodness Trump didn’t hire him...
“Lynch Mob” is the correct definition of a Democracy “Mob Rule”
I think “we” are better off with Franken than an unknown replacement in the Senate, now that his reputation is crap and he’ll never live down that photo.
But GIngrich should have talked about the lack of consistent standards for what constitutes sexual harassment if he wanted to make a valid point. Is what Franken is accused of the same as what Poppy Bush admitted to having done? It’s all over the map and yet no one has the ability to face their accuser(s), or even know that others receive equal treatment. There’s a couple of constitutional issues for ya to chew on.
No wonder President Trump has kept his distance from Gingrich.
My dad just slept w/ his.
What I found irksome about the sudden avalanche of Dem senators coming after Franken to demand his resignation was what, or rather who, tipped the scale. The first six women didn’t matter to them. It wasn’t good but it didn’t create the lynch mob frenzy Newt mentioned. He was all set to survive LeeAnn and the others.
It took ONE OF THEM!!! It took a writer for Media Matters. Had she not stepped forward and written of HER experience with Franken, he’d have skated as everyone thought he had by midweek before that revelation. So, again, it’s who is making the charge.
I agree with Newt to an extent—some of this is hysteria, kind of like the Salem witch trials.
But it is delicious in the unintended consequence that has come into play: the “war on women” ruse was only supposed to work against Republicans. But now its the Dims that are overwhelmingly being bitten in the posterior.
Time to feast on schadenfreude.
Yet another reason why Trump was wise to not include the Newtster in his administration.
Newton did a lot to help nominate Mittens in 2012 because he split the anti-Mitt vote with Santorum. He wouldn’t drop out: though winning GA and SC was all he needed to do. Like Kasich did in 2016 with his OH primary
Right message, wrong recipient.
If all it takes is accusation(s) to end years of effort to get somewhere, why would you bother?
Franken is a horrendous weasel. He went to the Senate floor and made no apologies, said some allegations were false and on others he has a “different memory” of what happened. He never tells us which allegations are false or what his “different memories” are or mean. He mentioned no instance in which he was at fault. He didn’t resign. There are photos of him groping two women that I have seen and both women say the actions were not consensual.
Moore denies all the charges , and says he’s suing all the accusers.
I got banned for posting that picture by an overzealous moderator a few years back.
Guess we need a sex court for elections.....the accusers have to appear and the defendent......it is closed trail with a three judge panel....
just a verdict and no comment by anyone
That is Newt. He is a genius that for some reason or another can’t keep his foot out of his mouth.
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