Republican Richard Painter on Al Franken...

[rainlillie]

Link to tweet

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Not 'Round These Parts

Just look around for the threads.

[cwydro]

3. You got that right.

We got lots of Franken haters here.

Makes me wonder.

[rainlillie]

6. That's unfortunate.

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Sorry, I misunderstood your post!

[rainlillie]

9. No problem.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Franken haters?

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[cwydro]

11. I love it!

[Honeycombe8]

41. Yep. Yes, indeedy. I can spot 'em a mile away. They think they're being clever. nt

[spooky3]

14. I'm not sure whether we have lots of them, or just a few who POST lots.

[cwydro]

15. You have a point.

Because when I call them to mind, there are about four lol.

But they do post a lot.

[oberliner]

34. There are none

It is a preposterous claim to say that they are "Franken haters" posting here.

[moda253]

24. And their shit is allowed to stay on the forums.

Unreal. Just unreal.

[spooky3]

26. You can alert on posts that you think violate one or more rules. Then it is up to

a jury to decide whether to delete. You can also tell a MIRT member if you believe that a particular poster has a pattern suggesting that he or she may be trolling. Then MIRT would decide.

[cwydro]

27. Yes, and many of them are longtime posters.

Really not sure what to think.

[oberliner]

35. There is not a single post where anyone says that they hate Al Franken

It is a lie to suggest otherwise.

[oberliner]

29. There are no "Franken haters" here

That is a ridiculous claim.

[cwydro]

39. Funny to hear you say that.

Fascinating.

[yardwork]

47. Snort.

[rainlillie]

4. Yeah, it's quite foolish to view all accusations the same.

And to expect all of these men to be punished the same.

[George II]

16. It's like comparing a kid who steals a candy bar from a candy store and someone who robs a bank....

....at gunpoint.

[7962]

18. Exactly. both crimes, yet totally different. nt

[paleotn]

44. Yep.

With respect to Franken...this is what some around here seem to want....

[yardwork]

46. Something's rotten.

[roamer65]

2. Mr. Painter brings it back into focus.

[cwydro]

5. K and r. Nt

[TheDebbieDee]

7. I agree with Painter - in no way are Franken's transgressions

EQUAL to Roy Moore's or even Rep Barton's.

Anthony Weiner is doing prison time for SEXTING with an underage girl and I believe his sentence is almost purely POLITICAL...

Yet here we are, with Dems and progressives calling on Franken to resign.

While the republicans were shooting themselves in the foot over the Roy Moore fiasco, Dems and progressives decide to call for Franken's resignation over two incidents in which named women "felt" bad about physical contact and anonymous women made allegations. Dems and progressives have attracted media attention by shooting themselves in the HEAD over trumped up minutia...

[rainlillie]

12. Exactly!I think when we equate them all the same we are providing cover for the Republicans to

defend a freaking child molester.

[rainlillie]

13. Now this is very interesting..Also from Painter..

" The congressmen Kellyanne is accusing remain unnamed so long as they support Trump."

[7962]

19. Funny thing about Barton; his using the term "mature woman"

When I read his statement the first thing I thought of was "He's making sure nobody compares him to Moore"

[LisaL]

43. And Weiner resigned from Congress over sexting with adults.

Somehow I haven't heard anyone claiming Weiner was a victim of "revenge porn." But poor Barton apparently is.

[Gothmog]

17. I respect Richard Painter even though he is a loyal Republican

[George II]

20. What I like about him is that first he's a loyal American, then a loyal republican

[Gothmog]

22. I agree with your analysis

[paleotn]

45. bingo.

[Buns_of_Fire]

25. "Republican Classic" as opposed to "New Republican".

And just like Coke, the "new and improved" formula isn't being met with the positive response I think they counted on.

[Aviation Pro]

21. Here's the problem calling for Franken to resign

Democrats think that by leading by example Republicans will follow suit.

When has this ever happened?

[dhol82]

28. Exactly! It has happened exactly never.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

38. Yep. It's the reason they are currently packing the course and we, gee golly willikers,...

... couldn't manage to get our nominations in place.

[LisaL]

42. And would be idiotic to think that republicans wouldn't try it again and again,

if they want to get rid of someone.

[Vinca]

23. And Richard Painter is no liberal Democrat.

It is a bit much when the biggest predator of them all is in the White House.

[oberliner]

30. Trump has no shame

But even worse are the Republicans who make excuses for him. Glad that there are a few out there who don't.

[marble falls]

31. I never knew about this guy until he started appearing on TRMS ....

gotta say he's a Republican I do no mind hearing from.

[DangerousUrNot]

32. Wow

I love this guy. He is always taking republicans to task ever since they went batshit crazy for Trump.

[BigmanPigman]

33. BINGO Richard.

[mchill]

36. People do not lose their jobs for what Franken did

They just don't, whether you agree or disagree with that as policy.

People would lose their jobs for what Ray Moore did, oh, and go to court, then jail.

[brush]

49. Excuse me. We don't know what Franken did. We know what some repug women accused him of.

[spanone]

37. Amen, Mr. Painter

[meow2u3]

40. IMO, the allegations against Franken are a crock of stinky shit!

It's all a far right hatchet job to make Franken out to be as bad as their own allies, who are 1,000,000x guiltier and have committed crimes which would land you or me on death row if one of us had done them.

[standingtall]

48. There is no hard evidence that the allegations against

Franken are true other than the photo.Those who are calling for him to resign on the left like the justice Democrats and other groups have their own agendas. They want Franken to resign so he can be replaced with whatever their fantasy is without even considering what kind of damage that would do to the progressive agenda.

The only people this Franken stuff is helping is republicans.

[RVN VET71]

50. When his accusers step forward

into the limelight, I'll consider their stories and how true they may (or may not) be.

Anonymous allegations are non-allegations. Simple as that.

As for the other 2: Tweeden's is a little doubtful. No, it's very doubtful. No, it's obviously and clearly a political scam intended to stir things up among the neanderthal "both sides do it" media. Let's see . . . she was traumatized by the event and really, really bothered by it, right? That must be why she hung on to a copy of that photo for years like it was a cherished wedding photo. Hell, she even showed it to her good pal, Sean "loving me some paedophilia" Hannity. She was so sensitive to sexy grabbing that shegrabbed a male singer's butt while he was performing? Really? And now says that Franken was somehow out of bounds? It's show-biz grab ass, no harm intended, no harm done. Sorry, but I call bullshit on her.

And number 2 says he was fondling her ass while her husband was taking a glam-shot of her and Al? Really? What would she have us think: Well, didn't want to spoil the photo op since Al is such a cool guy, but I'll let my husband know later so that years later we can go public with our claim of sexual predation?

Sorry, I've seen and read and heard nothing so far that makes me feel any less supportive of one of the most conscientious and intelligent liberal spokespeople in government.

[Demit]

51. It's the fibs & exaggerations that are the tell.

Tweeden's claim that Franken groped her in her sleep, when her own photo shows he didn't; her claim that he wrote a kiss into the script just so he could kiss her, when a video exists that disproves that; her claim that she hasn't been able to look at him since without "clenching her fists," forgetting she'd been photographed yukking it up with him at an awards dinner 3 years later.

Melanie Morgan's claim that Franken "stalked" her—which turned out to be his calling her several times to discuss a policy issue he felt she was misrepresenting on her radio show.

The (anonymous) claim that a prominent senator would suggest to a constituent at a public event that they visit the bathroom together; another anonymous woman's claim that she heard someone say Franken stared at her chest too long.

These specious claims—some of them downright goofy—create serious doubt about the veracity of the rest.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

52. K&R. Thank you - Senator Franken is a good man and a gentleman.

As a Democrat, I'm proud of how Al has handled this problem with compassion and rationality. He has set a good example of humility for others to follow.

Unfortunately, no Republicans will even recognize that.