Al Franken will soon be FREE to tell the truth about the GOP traitors in the Senate.

[Eliot Rosewater]

He will not be encumbered by the good ole boy network, and I fully expect him to tell us the truth about them.

I will encourage him accordingly and I suggest you all do as well, using Twitter I guess.

This great patriot, this FAITHFUL husband and REMARKABLE feminist has been sacrificed and taken down by the worst traitors and sick fucks this country has ever seen.

I hope he makes them VERY sorry they did.

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. He Won't

He will adhere to the "code" that the Senators have, and not call anybody out after he leaves.

After all, they were his "friends" across the aisle.

[DDySiegs]

17. He wont for an additional Reason

He will not want to look vindictive or petty. Not that telling like it is would be either vindictive or petty. What you can be sure of though is that if he did spill some beans, he would be accused of all kinds of nefarious things by those colleagues whom he might expose, as well as their friends in Congress and the WH. And of course, Faux News will mendaciously go after him with lie upon lie.

He has been a first rate senator, with a great sense of fairness and patriotic duty. I for one will miss him. I will have a hard time forgiving those Democrats who made him the target of their witch (warlock) hunt.

[MontanaMama]

2. +1000

I agree with everything you said. I suspect at this point, Al knows he was the victim of a well orchestrated hit job by those who can only be described as traitors. Let's encourage Al to come's back stronger than ever to wipe the floor with these sh!t heads.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. He needs to be tweeted a few million times with this message:

"Your allegiance and loyalty is to US not those Senators, we want the TRUTH!"

If that was tweeted to him a few million times, who knows.

[LakeArenal]

21. I will do just that.

[Eliot Rosewater]

25. Thank you.

[alarimer]

3. He should

But I guess he won't because of some stupid norms. Well, fuck those norms.

[onenote]

5. I never viewed Al as part of the Good Ol' Boy network

And if he was, why do DUers idolize him?

He was a good senator, and to the extent there was anything unique about him, it was his willingness to speak up. I doubt he has that much additional to say.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. No, media will shun him and refuse to book him

and, on the chance that they do, all they will want to do is grill him about the Roger Stone smears.

[mchill]

14. I agree that media will shun him

just like hardly a soul, maybe no one, even in liberal media, stood by him the day Gillibrand and the rest of the mob came after him. He has the Scarlett Letter (or letters) on his forhead. "SH" Sexual Harrasser

[mchill]

15. Joan Walsh blocked me on Twitter

for even having a contrary opinion to her about Al Franken (even though she hedge a bit on whether he should have quit). I'm done with her anyway after reacting to the pressure like the rest of them.

Even Al Franken's former Chief of Staff (a woman) said he should resign. You could not be female and possible ask him to reconsider.

[spooky3]

18. Do you have a link? I did a quick search and found

No former chief of staff of his who said he should resign.

[mchill]

44. All I can tell you

She was on one of the afternoon MSNBC shows and I cannot even tell you which one. She was dirty blonde? (I have a terrible visual memory), slightly overweight, I'd say mid-40's. Whatever job she had was in the past and maybe even when he was a talk show host. I was shocked, though she defended Franken in many other ways.

[MrPurple]

23. I wouldn't be surprised to see him on Bill Maher in January or February

Maher would love the high profile booking and would give him a chance to speak

[PoliticAverse]

27. Yeah Maher would relish the publicity. n/t

[spooky3]

29. I dont think that Colbert or Kimmel would shy away

from having him on.

My prediction is that he will write another book within the next six months and will start making appearances then. Meanwhile he will likely make good on his pledge to be an activist for causes.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Stephen Colbert would jump at the chance!

If you recall, he had Scaramucci on during the same week he'd been making jokes about him! I don't think that Al Franken would go for it, though. He's a real class act - he quit making those kind of appearances (and jokes) for a long while after he was finally sworn in, he wanted to establish himself and be taken seriously. Eventually, perhaps, but I can't see him doing it right away. He has to know how people are feeling - and no doubt he feels the same way, but he's not looking for publicity or recriminations or he wouldn't have left in the quiet and dignified way that he did.

[jodymarie aimee]

7. what really breaks my heart, after I move past the anger toward the

"good earnest" DEMS who shoved him out, can you imagine how HE felt when the colleagues he worked with every darn day, and outshined in many ways, turned on him.

[spooky3]

30. I thought Joe Manchins recent words summed it up

perfectly.

[kimbutgar]

8. Id like to see him hired on msnbc or cnn and be a truth teller unencumbered.

[2naSalit]

35. that sounds like

the most plausible eventuality for him. He was on AirAmerica back in the day. Maybe.

[BamaRefugee]

9. I can't help but wonder if there is something MUCH BIGGER that we don't know?

It's the only possible thing I can think of for what's happened, and for how meekly he has bowed out??

I don't what that to be true, but if that's not it, then WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???

I'm a Smith, and happy to have one appointed as a Senator, but I'd much rather have a battle tested warrior in that seat!!!!

[progressoid]

10. If he were to say anything, it would be seen as sour grapes

and ignored by the media for the most part.

The best he could do is to leak info anonymously.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. No, it wouldnt be ignored, they can view it how they want, i dont care

[Meowmee]

11. What happened is Terrible

On so many levels. Dems fd up bigtime. They collaborated in taking out the best fighter we have now. If it weren’t for him exposing Sessions we wouldn’t have Mueller. I hope he tells his story.

[mainstreetonce]

13. I don't think the media will shun him because they know the truth.

He should get a talk show.

[loyalsister]

20. I hope not

I have zero respect for anyone who joins the media circus that keeps the horserace mindset and partisan antagonism at the forefront. He's too good to be a part of that.

[sandensea]

16. A boy, does he have stories to tell.

[smirkymonkey]

22. Smartest man in the senate.

What a loss and a shame.

[spooky3]

31. Very good. If you want a laugh and havent seen it yet

Check out his appearance on Colbert’s show, where he told the Tom Coburn story.

[sandensea]

34. *snort*

Is there any accent Franken can't do?!

That was great. Thanks!

[spooky3]

36. I know! Ive watched it over and over.

What a storyteller he is.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

19. This is some of the biggest wishful thinking I've seen on DU in a long time.

What truth, do you suppose, would he be able to say now that he wasn't earlier? Don't hold your breath, my dude.

[mahannah]

24. Al Franken for President.

[mulsh]

26. Democratic Senators pressured Franken out. I think it happened a couple of weeks ago and I think the

Senators from New York were leaders in pressuring Senator Franken. He may indeed have lots of dirt on GOP Senators but it was people from his party that threw him under the bus.

I found their actions highly distasteful and hope to hell neither of the Senators from NY run for any national office.

At least the Senators from my state, CA, were somewhat subdued in their defenestration of Al Franken, Giant Of The Senate.

(we need an emoticon for "sad sarcasm&quot

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. You are just proving my point, no matter what the DNC did they would be attacked

certainly by all cons and by one group or another on the left.

Cons sexually assault and are held to no standards.

[Nevernose]

33. An HBO Michael Moore/Vice News miniseries

Is my hope. Vice News in style, Michael Moore muckraker in content. Scripted. A more in depth John Oliver.

Franken has the talent and ability to make in-depth, complicated topics both funny and understandable.

[Upward]

37. .. and that's the silver lining..

[Kirk Lover]

38. Good points everybody, but I still think he can spill a few beans without necessarily naming names.

[cwydro]

41. Nope.

Nice thought though.

[GeorgeGist]

42. Giant of the Senate ...

no more.

[betsuni]

43. K&R