I don't know if this is worthy of it's own thread but I thought what the hell and while he hasn't made it to the bigs with Harv and Kev I'm sure that he would have carried on his unwanted advances if this woman hadn't outed him.

But TBH since he's not one of the "deplorables" this will be mitigated and deflected to the maxium. People will say that the photo of him grabbing her boobs was "comedy" and completely forget about him forcing her to open mouth kiss him, against her will which is what was the real issue.

Smashed a Keurig on behalf of Roy Moore and Sean Hannity lately, Fiddy?

It was an assault and she has apparently accepted his apology. There's no need for an ethics review of Franken but if anyone has to answer for their past Gary Condit should be called out for what happened with Chandra Levy which was unfortunately was dropped because the scandal came out one week before 9/11.

Mitigated and deflected? That's why it's on the front page of virtually every newspaper and newsmedia site right now.

“I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice about it the next time,” Ms. Tweeden wrote. “I walked away. All I could think about was getting to a bathroom as fast as possible to rinse the taste of him out of my mouth.”

“I felt disgusted and violated,” she added.

“The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and to everyone who counts on me to be an ally and supporter and champion of women,” Mr. Franken wrote.

“I respect women. I don’t respect men who don’t,” he continued. “And the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed.”

BTW since he's been talked about as a potential Presidential Candidate do you expect people on the other side of the political spectrum to ignore Franken's actual actions which went far beyond the locker room talk Trump is being pilloried for.

Sarah Palin (R) on Thursday condemned sexual harassment in the workplace, adding that she has not personally experienced it because people know she carries a weapon.

Democrats Call For Convincing Amount Of Condemnation For Al Franken

WASHINGTON—In response to radio personality Leeann Tweeden’s allegations of being inappropriately groped by Al Franken during a 2006 U.S.O. tour, Democratic Party leaders issued calls Thursday for a convincing amount of condemnation for the Minnesota senator. “I urge my fellow Democrats to renounce Senator Franken’s unacceptable behavior in the absolute most plausible way,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, adding that he hadn’t ruled out taking steps to eventually look into the matter. “It’s imperative that we unequivocally go through the motions of rejecting any and all forms of sexual misconduct, and I’m confident that all Democrats will join me in denouncing the senator’s actions in the strongest believable terms.” Schumer also said that party leaders would remain steadfast in their lip service even if additional Democrats were accused of sexual assault.

Great stuff on Powerline today about Franken!

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2 ... dition.php

This bit from The Onion is GOLD!!!