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In reply to the discussion: Now that Sessions' recusal is back in the news it should be noted that Al Franken exposed... [View all]standingtall
(2,785 posts)66. No we should be livid at the 30 plus Democrats who demanded he resign
before an ethics investigation. Signaling that it would be impossible for him to get a fair hearing and you could bet that all 52 repukes would've agreed he should resign it was a simple matter of math.
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Now that Sessions' recusal is back in the news it should be noted that Al Franken exposed... [View all]
brush
Jan 2018
OP
That why his loss is so painful. He really focused on the underlying issues and brought them out.
SharonAnn
Jan 2018
#24
Secret, investigative army? Are you serious? He asked the right questions. Sessions lied. Franken...
brush
Jan 2018
#23
Do you really think it's adulation? How about extreme disappointment at other Dems not backing him..
brush
Jan 2018
#48
Dems backing other Dems. Who'd thought that was such a hard concept to understand.
brush
Jan 2018
#60
2 points, if I may -- and a little bit of idle speculation about the Franken affair
RVN VET71
Jan 2018
#63
Oddly, the Sessions comment was NOT a direct answer to the question Franken asked
karynnj
Jan 2018
#53
Right. Just keeping a Democrat in the seat does not make up for this loss of one of our
enough
Jan 2018
#3
Harris was good but because of, unfortunately, McConnell's sexism, wasn't allowed to continue.
brush
Jan 2018
#5
Sessions is still US Attorney General and has not been charged with perjury, just faulty memory.
yallerdawg
Jan 2018
#28
Who's talking about prosecuting the executive branch? Harris was good, McConnell blocked her from...
brush
Jan 2018
#31
That's the way you read it? That's not at all what I said. I said it wasn't FAIR how Harris'...
brush
Jan 2018
#46
History will show that Franken did more to unseat this president than the women who
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2018
#6
And Roger Stone was the one who wanted a Sessions whitewash of the Russia scandal.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2018
#7
He resigned 3 days ago. His contribution to the continuing investigation should be noted.
brush
Jan 2018
#10
Re-read the post. Of course that was the intention. And how could one not mention Franken's...
brush
Jan 2018
#13
Sessions' recusal is back in the news. Franken had a big hand in that. You don't have to read it.
brush
Jan 2018
#15
The dig was at other Dems who threw Franken under the bus without a hearing. I stand by that.
brush
Jan 2018
#38
Yeah, that lesser dems shit pisses me off, and there is no bigger supporter of Al on this site
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2018
#26
Stand by for the "forget it and move on" replies. IMHO, we should NEVER forget what was done to him.
Binkie The Clown
Jan 2018
#21
Oh, please. We should be livid at those who didn't stand by him through an investigation, instead...
brush
Jan 2018
#40
I'm with you, Brush. Without Franken, Sessions would still be the Good Elf. We don't have anyone eve
Alice11111
Jan 2018
#67