Holy Cow! Franken has a special gift!

[Ninga]

He seems to seek out only registered Republicans to "touch inappropriately."

Hang in there Al.

[alarimer]

1. It's amazing how many want photos with a known Democrat.

I mean, I have never knowingly had a photo taken with a Republican Senator. In fact I would go out of my way to avoid them, because I could hardly stop myself from slapping them.

[mythology]

2. This might be relevant if Franken was a Senator at the time

The denial on this has gotten embarrassing.

[bettyellen]

4. He was either campaigning or senator for the state fair pics.

[alarimer]

8. I don't give a shit.

A lot of this is in fact bullshit. I think they are liars, put up by some right-wing nuts trying to discredit him.

[Glorfindel]

9. So do I.

If we forget what slime Repukes really are, we're doomed.

[hadEnuf]

23. The Right would like everyone to believe that Dems have been mercillesly harassing women for years

and that the Repigs have had to sit back and helplessly watch it without being able to say or do a thing. Yeah, I think that is obvious bullshit to anybody awake.

They can't have it both ways. Either there is a culture of harassment that BOTH parties have engaged in and allowed to go on, or it is complete bullshit.

If both parties have allowed it, then it is almost GUARENTEED that Repigs are equally or more guilty than those they are accusing.

If that is the case then THEY need to be exposed as well.

[hadEnuf]

14. Buying into the accusations that Democrats have secretly been raging perverts running amok

for decades with no one, including Republicans, noticing until now is also pretty embarrassing.

[Loki Liesmith]

21. oh Mary this is a black art to change your shape.

[Ninga]

5. Yep.and Yep. I can't remember if his political affiliation was well know

when he was just an entertainer- but the smiling woman in the MN state fair photo certainly knew...

[greeny2323]

3. Info

Where is the information on the accuser?

[Ninga]

10. Below, taken from CNN article.

Kemplin, who now works as a federal contractor investigating Medicare fraud, is a registered Republican and said she voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

[angstlessk]

12. CNN thought a sister and ex-boyfriend is all they needed as reason to post story!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029903039

[Drahthaardogs]

6. He also has arms like an ape

It would appear. I bet he has a hell of a time buying long sleeved shirts. Those 15 inch necks with 54 inch sleeves are hard to come by

[kcr]

7. His hand is on her shoulder

Am I missing something, here?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/al-franken-groping-allegation/index.html

[Ninga]

13. In the article, she asserts that she shifted her body just,before the smiling photo was

snapped.

In Church Lady's best voice...."how convenient"

[Mike Nelson]

11. Hmmm...

...that is interesting.

[mucifer]

15. It was a USO tour in 2003 before he was a politician. She is in the military. She might not

have known about the books he wrote.

That said I think if it was a pattern she would have come out when the other stuff came out a few weeks ago. The fact that it's such a slow trickle and the Arianna Huffington stuff all makes me skeptical of this, too.

[Ninga]

16. Here is my assertion. Project Veritias (scum bag O'Keefe)

has declared that "hate" means they are successful and will not stop.

GOP and hate filled operatives are on record with their dirty tricks.

I stand with Al.

[riverwalker]

17. The reporter is MJ Lee

She is the one who ran with the 2010 State Fair story of Lindsay Menz without any proof, alluding to Facebook of sister who wasn’t even on Facebook until 2011.
Why is MJ Lee on a mission to take down Franken?

[greeny2323]

18. Every Trump voter is looking for their pictures with Franken n/t

[Ninga]

19. You betcha!!! Nt

[madaboutharry]

20. Count 5 to 10 seconds.

It's a long time for something like that. How would his arm get all the way around her?

I am upset that some of these claims seem to have questionable veracity. If they are not true, it causes great damage to the actual victims of harassment.

[Ninga]

22. Once again, I assert, that women are more victimized by other women than

spoken about. I am very very concerned that these highly questionable claims seriously harm victims of assault.

[Demit]

27. Yes, I'd like to see that reenacted in court.

With a stopwatch. Have her show us the pose they were in for ten long seconds (while the photog was doing what?) and then how she shifted her position right before the photog (finally) snapped the photo.

[Ninga]

24. Anonymous number 3 is added to the list. Let's see the score.

3 Republicans (two of which declared voting for 45)

And how many anonymous? 3

[OnDoutside]

25. There's an apt joke for what's happening to Franken...

I'll just use Al's name in it,

"Did you hear Al Franken got a girl into trouble ?

No ?

He told her mother she was smoking"


This is the f*cking level people are at.

[Ninga]

26. Yep. It's just a mess. This by the way, is how facism flourishes.

Tons and tons of lies are mixed in with the truth. People stop trusting what they hear. People become confused about the truth.
People start turning on each other.......