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Stinky The Clown

(67,832 posts)
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 09:43 PM Nov 2017

Al Franken did not . . . . [View all]

. . . . sexually assault a 14 year old girl.

. . . . induce nine women who didn't know each other to come forward with essentially the same story about preying on women FAR too young for the preyer.

. . . . brag about grabbing women by their pussies.

. . . . walk into the dressing room of a teenage beauty contest and ogle girls and very young women.

. . . . spoken about his own daughter in the most disgusting ways not just once, but on multiple occasions, in multiple venues, and in highly public settings.

. . . . ignore the allegations of more than a dozen women who did not know each other yet made very similar allegations of groping, hands up skirts, vagina touching, and more.

. . . . refute what is increasingly being shown to be spurious charges at best, if not outright lies.

. . . . even breathe a HINT of a negative statement against his questionable accuser.

. . . . deflect the focus on him by publicly chiding others accused of similar actions




On the other hand, he he did . . . .

. . . . quickly acknowledge the accusations, even as the accuser has shown herself to have a political and personal agenda well beyond the allegations made.

. . . . offer a public apology.

. . . . deliver a hand written personal apology.

. . . . call for the Senate to do an ethics probe into the incident.

. . . . quietly withdraw from the controversy and allow the accuser to speak unrefuted.





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Al Franken did not . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 OP
Some of the headlines drive me crazy riverwalker Nov 2017 #1
AND . . . . . that the script was from a USO tour he did years earlier, in 2003 . . . . Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #3
Did he write the skit as an excuse to kiss whatever attractive female he is paired with? oberliner Nov 2017 #17
I think that's generally the plot. Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #18
Tweeden was eye candy. trof Nov 2017 #25
Needle Is Stuck ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #24
The groove is very deep. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #26
Oh gee, look how easily you do this, you save me the trouble of trying to say Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #28
No MFM008 Nov 2017 #29
LeeAnn tweeden is lying through her teeth an Al Franken knows it and it's best to have an investigat Heather MC Nov 2017 #2
THIS Neema Nov 2017 #8
can you imagine the look on their faces when he said let's investigate this Heather MC Nov 2017 #10
They just don't have any experience with people who aren't totally corrupt. Neema Nov 2017 #11
her attitude changed from outrage and disgust to "i don't want him to resign, i forgive him, he is JI7 Nov 2017 #12
Well played Al Franken Heather MC Nov 2017 #14
now the problem for her is azureblue Nov 2017 #15
Oooh, I didn't realize she's not endorsing an investigation. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #23
EXACTLY why he instantly said what he said and called for an investigation, knowing FULL WELL Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #30
Preyer? I think the word youre looking for is predator. aidbo Nov 2017 #4
No, "preyer" Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #5
Oh! Iggo Nov 2017 #9
Call Franken zentrum Nov 2017 #6
KnR Hekate Nov 2017 #7
That's because Al Franken is a grown-up. goldwax317 Nov 2017 #13
Free Barabus! The new DU meme Drahthaardogs Nov 2017 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author StrictlyRockers Nov 2017 #19
Please remove that from my thread. That's slut shaming. Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #20
Agreed! usaf-vet Nov 2017 #21
To Strictly Rockers - Thanks for the self-delete. Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #27
Picky, picky wryter2000 Nov 2017 #31
K&R Gothmog Nov 2017 #32
Superb post Stinky!!! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2017 #33
Trying to get him out ironman25 Nov 2017 #34
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