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In reply to the discussion: This is Al Franken. [View all]napi21
(45,806 posts)136. Is it crazy for me to want him to run foe thr Senate again?
I think everybody, even the jerks that insisted that he resign, know he wasn't guilty of anything he was accused of and shouldn't have listened to them. I also think if he ran again, the people of Mn. would elect him again!
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Thanks for sharing that with this board. I always liked Al Franken and believed he was a good man.
politicaljunkie41910
Jan 2019
#3
Mine too. Can you imagine any of the leading rethugs ever doing this? Not even close.
JudyM
Jan 2019
#29
This reminds me of the story about Obama giving money to help a stranger at the airport:
tblue37
Jan 2019
#8
She hurt the party and killed her own career. I am hoping that Al finds a way to be active in 2020.
Mars and Minerva
Jan 2019
#107
Of course she was re-elected. A Democrat would have to kill babies to lose that seat at this point.
Mars and Minerva
Jan 2019
#195
Yep, and that will factor into my assessment of each and every one of them, including how Sen Sanders
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#51
He only responded when the story broke; his staffers allege they have been ignored for years
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#58
I didn't find where the staffers say Bernie knew and ignored them for years. However I prefer
Autumn
Jan 2019
#60
Yes, you deflected my point, and I elaborated. As to the staffers being ignored:
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#64
No, I'm talking about people who insisted Franken resign. I'm not interested in discussing
Autumn
Jan 2019
#66
Excuse me, but I responded directly to a post about Sanders. You expanded it to everyone else. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#79
Excuse you? You ignore all the other Democrats who pushed for AL to resign. I simply pointed out
Autumn
Jan 2019
#81
Please read carefully. At the top of this thread, "elmac" posted, "it saddens me that
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#85
None of them are perfect. I felt the same way about Kamala Harris when I found out
Autumn
Jan 2019
#169
It broke my heart that no one stood up for him. As a member of our party, an effective one
Autumn
Jan 2019
#84
I may have misinterpreted the motivation for this post; if so, I apologize
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#103
Yes, he's on the list. He signed the ouster letter. His was the nail in the coffin.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#88
But for me, I can't blame any Dem or independent for joining the resignation crowd
mastermind
Jan 2019
#105
1500 coordinated unchallenged radio stations is all it takes to turn a guy like that into
certainot
Jan 2019
#16
Actually, what it takes is 30 co-Senators signing a letter telling you to leave.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#89
a lot of red/talk radio state senators - this shit would have gone nowhere without
certainot
Jan 2019
#121
he was railroaded because the railroaders felt pressure they thought was 'popular'
certainot
Jan 2019
#133
limbaugh called christine blasey ford a liar and dem operative for 3 weeks straight and dems did
certainot
Jan 2019
#120
Maybe. But the rightwing media is always attacking effective Democrats. Pelosi is their #1 prey.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#140
we're preoccupied completely now with walls and the hillary emails hangovers merely because
certainot
Jan 2019
#173
Except I didn't say only half. I said almost half of the Dems did not sign the ouster.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#185
Me, too. He not only didn't stop it, his signing the ouster statement was the nail in coffin. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#102
Ignore list for you. Being able to think and reason critically is fundamental to discussion. Bye!
keopeli
Jan 2019
#161
That is what we have lost in the Senate. That. An exceptional human being, who was a force...
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#86
She doesn't care, and doen't get it. She's "very surprised" this is still such an issue. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#112
Because she, and others, ran a good man out of the Senate without even the hint of due process,
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#170
So, can we all agree that Gillibrand should become Democratic Leader in the Senate?
brooklynite
Jan 2019
#190
Al Franken's biggest strength is: he's one of us. He knows who we are and how we are.
marble falls
Jan 2019
#106
It takes a warm, very aware, intelligent person to do what Al Franken has done throughout.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2019
#119
Right, there are degrees. Nothing Franken did rises to the level of Weinstein, Cosby, Epstein, etc.
TSheehan
Jan 2019
#155
Thank God he was railroaded without an investigation of those convenient, anonymous, accusations!
Beartracks
Jan 2019
#157
Because it was a witch-hunt, and in this case our leaders were cowards. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#171