Al Franken's absolutely awful apology

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  1. ibobbrob

    ibobbrob Well-Known Member

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    Of course he did. He had the good sense to admit it. Didn’t say “No proof”, ya? Didn’t deny, deny, deny
    And call her a liar, ya? But Trump did. He denied, denied, denied, and called 16 women all liars. What
    Is wrong with this equation? What about the trauma to them? Any thoughts? And I don’t mean typical
    Trumpist phony baloney thoughts. Duh. See if you can give it some thought.
     
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    he did, so why is he still in congress? You seriously arent going to say because he said he was sorry. Please say yes
     
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    Bill Clinton treated women far worse than Trump.

    I never want to hear moral preaching again from the left. The left is completely amoral.
     
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    Franken's apology can only be assessed as to whether it was satisfactory, not by his knee-jerk partisan vilifiers, but by his victim:

    "The apology, sure I accept it, yes. People make mistakes and of course he knew he made a mistake," Leeann Tweeden said. "So yes I do accept that apology. There's no reason why I shouldn't accept his apology."

    Comparison, for some, defines the relative merits:

    See Roy Moore's apologies to his victims, not from the perspective of his political opponents, but from that of his victims.

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    hmmm....A respected Senator admits to a bad joke.

    Or we can believe this Fox News correspondent who presented the story to Fox and was paid for it before it was released. Somehow I doubt THIS woman has an issue with being fondled.
     
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    There is an ethics committee deciding his fate, and they will indeed decide his fate. Why is Trump
    Still there? 16 women? That is a baseball team with relief pitchers. Deny, Deny, Deny
    Where are Trump’s ethics? Non existent
     
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    something to look into, for sure. The tongue thing has me a little squeamish, though.
     
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    He "remembers it differently" which is the nice way of saying she is lying.
     
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    Quite to the contrary. Trump walked into the room where teens were dressing for a beauty pageant,
    And admitted it with relish to Howard Stern. Trump admitted kissing and fondling without permission.
    Trump has been accused of rape and other inappropriate behavior by 16 women, and counting.
    On the other hand, Clinton was impeached, lost his law license, and paid a healthy fine.
    He solicited Paula Jones only and no touching. Broderick accused him of rape and recanted the statement in writing. Lewinski was of age and gave approval. Clinton’s wrong doings were with grown, of age women, and Trump? Underage rape. Trump is still there and accusing 16 women of lying? Really? Does this make sense with all the other con activities he was and is involved in? Oh, and by the way, I am not a lefty, righty, conservative, and certainly not a Trumpist.
    And I don’t ever want you to hear moral preaching from the left. Me too.
     
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    So, does an "ethics committee" have the power to nullify an election?
     
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    He apologized, admitting his guilt.
     
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    So, do you think she was asking to be sexualy assaulted by Franken?
     
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    So Moore got a pass as long as he was Democrat when all this allegedly went down?
     
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    Should they have that power? Of course not.
    An ethics committee is much further along in the process. They will make the appropriate recommendation to the appropriate senate body, currently dominated by republicans. As a Trumpist,
    I am certain that you are disappointed. Are you also disappointed with Trump’s behavior? Because it is much worse and involves underage girls? Which committee would you like to investigate Trump?
    How about an ethics committee? Right now there is nothing is being done about our sexual predator in chief on a grand scale. Oh, I forgot that Gloria Allred is wrapped around his leg. That is good, yes?
    A tad different than an ethics committee, but maybe effective. Let’s you and I hope so.
     
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    Focus. Should the Senate have the power to expel Franken?
     
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    They HAVE that power...as well as the power to remove Moore should he win.
     
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    How?
     
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    Article I, Section 5, clause 2, of the Constitution
     
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    What is the first step in the process?
     
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    ethics committee....ethics comittee??? We need a comittee to decide whatnhappens to franken. Lefties....too funny. More like what you guys are hoping will happen is you will investigate long enough for it to blow over. Nice try. It wont.
     
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    Well....



     
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    Focus? Of course it can. Absolutely. And you, based on my complete response, might consider doing some focusing also, yes?
     
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    What the hell are you talking about? Oh I know. the trumpist effect. Trumpists.....sickening. Which guys? Just lil ol' me...not a leftist, but
    a realist, yes. and certainly not a trumpist. You just continue to be a follower. Committees do everything in our congress, and then make a recommendation to the Senate body. It is in your 5th grade history book.
     
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    Well what? LOL The entire liberal/progressive mob which hysterically claimed moral high ground and concern for women's issues has been exposed for what they are - life long enablers, defenders and supporters of countless rapists, perverts and sex predators in their midst, willing to cover up countless sex crimes against women in exchange for power and campaign contributions.

    Dude, the mob of duplicitous, hypocritical leftist sex criminals and their willing lib/prog enablers is in no position to throw stones and point fingers.
     
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    Well because I don't have TDS, I can not vote for even a democrat if evidence in the court of public opinion shows one to be a pervert.

    Unlike Trump supporters whom demonstrate their TDS have said they honestly do not care if "boys will be boys" so rape,child molestation, and groping is a so called cost of doing business in their book.
     
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