General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: A statement made today by Al Franken [View all]ProudMNDemocrat
(16,485 posts)Once again I will say that the photo of Al Franken attempting to touch Ms. Tweeden's breasts through her flak jacket after a Dec. 2006 USO tour finished up was a bad joke in very poor taste. But to sexually assault her, NO!!
Al apologized for this and misconstrueing on Ms. Tweden's part. She accepted his apology, does not want him to resign, and he called for a Senate Ethics investigation to look into this and will comply and testify.
As for Donald Trump and Roy Moore, what Al Franken is accused of does not even compare. Just because both Trump and Moore vehemently denied the accusations, called their accusers LIARS, and threatened suing them all, amounts to nothing more than verbal and sexual assault all over again. Donald Trump is heard on the 2005 Access Hollywood tape BRAGGING about what he does to women and getting away with it. BRAGGING about how he wanted to bed a beautiful woman he took furniture shopping. BRAGGED about spying in on half naked girls at pagaents. And yet, people still voted for him and sided with him as he went on to threaten his accusers. Those women were credible.
Enter Roy Moore. Who has a history of a sexual attraction to young girls, innocent and virginal to exert control and power over them. Their stories are credible. Even Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and much of the Congressional Republicans believe the women in the Roy Moore case.
Roy Moore can deny this all he wants. He is taking the same defense strategy as Trump..."Cop did not see it, I did not do it." For Trump to all but endorse Moore is going beyond the pale. Birds of a feather, stick together. For Trump and Kellyanne Conway believe it is better to have a sexual predator Child Molester in the Senate to vote for Trump's agenda and Tax Cuts for the rich, than a man who prosecuted the remaining KKK members involved in the 1964 Birmingham, Alabama Church bombing that killed 4 African American girls on a Sunday morning.
This is what our politics has become. No wonder we are so divided. The fate of the Republican Party gets decided on Dec. 12th. If Al gets booted out of the Senate, so should too Donald Trump and Roy Moore, if elected, be forced to undergo an Ethics investigation and leave the offices for which they have been elected to for the good of the country.