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In reply to the discussion: Uh---a minor point about Ms. Tweeden's veracity--- [View all]kag
(4,079 posts)68. In her press conference...
She specifically said she never told anyone; not at the time, not ever, not until now.
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Do you have hundreds of photographs of you not touching things that you wound up touching afterward?
George II
Nov 2017
#91
The photo proves it was a gag..a joke. Now whether one finds it funny or not is another story.
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#63
There would, indeed, be a flaw in my reasoning IF I had suggested that the photo
Atticus
Nov 2017
#69
If you're reduced to arguing "his hands weren't on her breasts, they were hovering over them,"
Denzil_DC
Nov 2017
#26
If she is reduced to saying that a photo shows what it clearly does not, SHE IS NOT HELPING and
Atticus
Nov 2017
#83
Are we selling Al Franken's superpowers short? Maybe he has to ability to
bagelsforbreakfast
Nov 2017
#34
Well, Al is making light of "groping" in that photo. It's certainly not a crime, but I wouldn't
Hoyt
Nov 2017
#47
If I had room, I would have put "at a minimum, he's making a joke of something inappropriate."
Hoyt
Nov 2017
#64
There are at least two witnesses. The man sitting to the right, and the photographer.
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#79
A picture is less than one second in time. Less than a second later he could have been touching her.
boston bean
Nov 2017
#55
Listening to Leeann Tweeden's account during her press conference and some phrases stuck out...
CincyDem
Nov 2017
#59
No, he's not touching her. It's a joke. The gang would punk each other when asleep.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2017
#66
Been reading various threads on DU about this topic for the past few hours
ClarendonDem
Nov 2017
#76
I would say that the whole story was cooked up around that one photo by
The_Casual_Observer
Nov 2017
#102