Last night from Roger Stone: Al Franken's time in the barrel is about to come

[MelissaB]

Roger Stone says Senator Al Franken's time in the barrel is about to come #sexscandal

Link to tweet

How did he know?

[madaboutharry]

1. That is not surprising.

[BootinUp]

6. Not at all. Nt

[TNNurse]

60. So he knew before it was announced. That is damn suspicious.

[Initech]

61. Ha! I called it earlier this morning!

I said that it was one of those extreme far right assholes like Stone that had something to do with this.

[Kirk Lover]

2. And a couple of hours later this bull appears on Breitbart. They all work together...it's like a

sick conspiracy theory laden...lie filled network.

[BannonsLiver]

3. So it was a coordinated RW smear job.

Happy to say I didn’t fall for it. Lots of suckers on DU today.

[HipChick]

4. Exactly....Bannon

[Stuart G]

5. That is exactly correct........Bannon

[BannonsLiver]

8. Im going to kick this thread all day and night.

For the gullible folks who fell for it.

[JI7]

11. A few are long time right wing trolls

With never criticizing trump, roy moore and other republicans.

[SCantiGOP]

65. And some were reluctant to join

with Bannon, FOX, Moore, etc in a "blame the victim" knee-jerk reaction.
Just because it is a respected liberal does not absolve him of potential blame. Wonder why he immediately apologized and said he shouldn't have done it?
Hypocrisy is rampant on both sides of the political spectrum.

[Cattledog]

12. Yes indeed.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

39. The usual suspects

[whathehell]

42. Who are "all the suckers on DU"? Franken has already apologized

and doesn't seem to be denying anything, so how how is this a "right wing smear job"?

[Initech]

62. I could figure this was an RW hit job. Something definitely stinks about this.

[awesomerwb1]

7. How did he know....

These f-ers will resort to anything, there are no boundaries. Is that really Roger Stone's Twit account?

[MelissaB]

10. Yes. You know. The one that wasn't banned.

[awesomerwb1]

15. Ooohhhh hahaha

Now the third person thing makes more sense.

[JI7]

9. Its all coordinated to help moore. Remember this happened regularly

During the 2016 campaign with trump, wikileaks, fox, giuliani etc all pushing the same bs against hillary .

[still_one]

20. How will it do that? They are mutually exclusive events. Moore is running for Senate in Alabama,

and it came to light that he has a history of sexually harassing minor girls.

Al Franken's inappropriate behavior did NOT involve minors. It doesn't make Franken's actions acceptable, but it isn't the same thing, and the false equivalency they are trying for isn't going to fly

[Lucky Luciano]

38. It still helps the hillbillies to rationalize a vote for Mooreon.

[Ilsa]

40. Takes the focus off the depravity of Moore's lifelong criminality

and places the attention on Franken for this one bad thing.

[still_one]

13. First let me preface tis by saying that whether it was meant as a "joke/prank" or not is immaterial

What Franken did was inappropriate.

The woman he harassed is associated with Fox news, so this is no surprise that the thug Roger Stone would be privy to this information.

None of that excuses Franken's behavior, nor doesn't it excuse the traitorous activities of Stone, the current administration, or anyone else included in these incidents.

I say let it all come out.

While there is no doubt in my mind that some Democrats will be involved in improprieties and wrong doings, there is no doubt in my mind that a lot more republicans will be up to their neck in this shit, and it will involve much more than sexual harassment with the republicans

So let's really "clean house" if that is what they want, and when the smoke clears there will be no doubt in my mind that a hell of a lot of republicans will either be in jail or out of office than Democrats.

Realistically, this isn't going to happen

[BannonsLiver]

14. It was a hit job. Wake up.

[awesomerwb1]

19. Nah, sorry. It's not "immaterial"

if she asked for the picture or for Franken to pretend to be doing something.

Let's not be so gullible in the name of "being fair".

Coordinated smear hit job is what this is. And she was wearing a kevlar vest.

F-ck her. And Bannon, and Stone and the rest.

[still_one]

25. I am not trying to be fair, this is what the WP has reported, and Franken apologized

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/16/al-franken-kissed-and-groped-me-without-my-consent-broadcaster-leeann-tweeden-says/?utm_term=.e3717e94722e

Of course it is a hit job by the rethugs, and the fact that his accuser is associated with fox news, makes it even more evident that this is a setup, but do you think that going after Franken's accuser or saying she is distorting or misrepresenting what happen will help? It won't. Franken did the right thing and apologized if his were actions were taken in the wrong way, and it will stop right there.

[Rollo]

28. Say it ain't so, Al...

Yeah, he made a mistake. Clowning around, joking about groping. The tongue in mouth bit, well, that was a bit over the line, no? Maybe Franken is a method actor? But really, if he was trying to assault her sexually he wouldn't have written it into a script, and he wouldn't have asked for a photo to be taken of the "rehearsal". I still like Al and I think he's handling this appropriately, that he intended it to be humorous and apologizes that it did turn out that way, and he supports having the incident investigated by the ethics committee. The woman has accepted his apology and stated she doesn't see why it should cost him his seat in the Senate.

Bearing in mind they were on a USA tour for the troops, an audience that no doubt liked the sexual aspect of the humor.

Unlike some others, as far as we know, Franken made no attempt to assault her in private, nor has he denied the incident or claimed it was a "she said, he said" thing.

Franken is known for his "broad" comedy, as well as for his deadpan delivery. He's also known for having a razor sharp wit in the Senate when it comes to cross examining conservative witnesses, and that's put a target on his back.

[still_one]

30. As someone else mentioned in this thread, this is no doubt to distract from Moore and the tax bill.

Franken did the right thing, he apologized, and the refocus should be on what is coming down the river toward us

[Dream Girl]

33. It was a smear. Sheesh...

[pandr32]

54. Not sure he "harrassed" her

The picture was stupid and unfortunate, but he never touched her--he was clowning around for the camera--hardly a sexual predator's usual modus operandi. He was on a comedy tour.
He said he does not recall the kissing skit the way the so-called victim trotted out by Stone and Bannon does, yet apologized if he had done anything at all to make her uncomfortable. Already we know the groping picture incident is not as she claimed. Franken has called for an ethics investigation of himself and the "incident."
It appears that Franken is the one being harassed if anyone is.

[Roland99]

66. It was staged. Part of the skit. She was in on it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TearsInHeaven09/status/931196735107448832

[pandr32]

67. Thanks for the link

I hope this whole thing blows up in Bannon's and Stone's faces bigtime.

[ollie10]

59. I don't buy that this was actual groping....

1) the photo does not look like he was touching her

2) she was wearing flak jacket....sorta far fetched someone would "grope" through that

3) would Franken actually grope a woman in full view of a camera? be real

[VMA131Marine]

16. Doesn't Stone realize that he's just given the whole thing away by tweeting this

Now it looks like a set-up where they picked Franken because they were able to find a compromising photograph of him which was published without the apparent context from the photographer that everybody in the picture was in on the joke.

[NightWatcher]

18. That was dumb of them to telegraph. It's like "here comes a smear"

[awesomerwb1]

21. The targetted audience will probably never

get full story. All they have to do is get the story out there and Faux, Brainfart, Hannitty etc will run with it.

[UCmeNdc]

17. The Russians again?

[mopinko]

22. i found her "testimony" quite strange.

she spent way more time justifying why she was coming out now than talking about al, or what the impact on her was.
harvey weinstein, jacky speer, yada yada yada.

smelled funny to me.

i am not saying i dont believe her, but i am saying that we all knew they would be draggin a $20bill through every trailer park in america looking for someone to take down a liberal icon. any liberal icon.

[Madam45for2923]

45. For me too. She looked like someone who was trying hard to have her facial reactions match

her words but was not quite managing it.

[mopinko]

48. yeah, she was pretty visibly trolling for damning things to say.

[Madam45for2923]

50. and looking down and away from camera.

[mucifer]

52. It's probably not fun to discuss with millions of people watching

[NightWatcher]

23. Gee, it's reminiscent of when they predicted wiki leaks.

These idiots are in such a hurry to gloat that they admit collusion. Forward this shit to Mueller.

[orangecrush]

24. K&R

For visibility.

Don't fall for Bannon's distractions.

[still_one]

26. THAT IS THE KEY!!! Franken apologized, and except for the right wing hate machine, it isn't going

anywhere

[orangecrush]

27. while we were watching Bannonsquirrel

The House just passed the gop tax bill.

[still_one]

29. Exactly, but that was not unexpected. Hopefully, the Senate will be more formidible, since the

ACA attack, along with other issues have already a few republican Senators saying they will not go for the House bill.

Let's hope we can contract our Senators and stop this

[orangecrush]

37. I will call mine tomorrow.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Eff you, roger. Al Franken is a treasure of integrity and intellect.

I'm surprised the Hell spawn hadn't launched an attack sooner.

[Mr.Bill]

32. And it will backfire

because Al Franken will show the world how this kind of thing is handled with class and dignity.

[SalviaBlue]

36. I agree.

ps. I love your sig line. That lyric has come to mind often for me over the years.

[Loge23]

34. Hit job

Let's let this play out, but this one smells to high heaven.

[Hekate]

35. You KNOW the VRWC is going to take down Dems one by one if we let them. You know it. nt

[octoberlib]

41. The Hill is reporting on this. Stone claims there are more accusations coming about

more Democrats.

Link to tweet

[RhodeIslandOne]

44. Cory Booker will be next. n/m

[SummerSnow]

43. Roger Stone, I bet your barrel is about to explode

[Madam45for2923]

46. Maybe Donald's tape is about to come out?

[marble falls]

47. The hell with Roger Stone. A third nipple if ever there was one.

[Glorfindel]

49. K&R n/t

[Madam45for2923]

51. Maybe Donald's tape is about to come out?

[Sanity Claws]

53. Part of the RW conspiracy

They collude, conspire, and just generally act together to sow chaos and evil.

[George II]

55. Did he pay her to come forth?

[nini]

56. This is why it's brilliant of Franken to ask for an investigation

Bring it on to expose their crap.

[Ken Burch]

57. kicked

n/t.

[ollie10]

58. Lesson for Franken: No bad joke goes unpunished

[IronLionZion]

63. And why was Roger too stupid to keep quiet about it?

And at least act surprised as if he had nothing to do with it. These people are the most incompetent bunch of criminals.

[DoctorJoJo]

64. I Only Hope ....

... that Roger Stoned's barrel is a prison cell!

[peggysue2]

68. Roger Stone's Time In the Barrel

is long overdue. But it's coming.

Prediction:

There will be few tears for Roger Stone. There may, in fact, be celebrations. Stone's nemesis is a man whose last name starts with "M" and Mr. M will have his pound of flesh.