I miss the voice and sensibilities of Al Franken

[Stinky The Clown]

He was one of the best.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Great man , faithful to his wife, never ONCE inappropriately touched anyone EVER

Fucking makes my head spin with RAGE what happened to him.

I am getting a fucking headache.

[chimpymustgo]

2. He will avenge his name and his supporters. nt

[Baltimike]

3. amen. nt

[fierywoman]

11. Me too! Damn Gillebrand.

[TSheehan]

13. "never ONCE inappropriately touched anyone EVER"

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. not once

[TSheehan]

20. How do you know? Are you calling those women liars?

[LakeArenal]

22. One I do at least. But we will never have an investigation to prove it.

Anyway it didn’t matter to those Senators what I think. So not it doesn’t matter to me about their aspirations.

[Butterflylady]

26. Six anonymous women,

Yes I certainly do.

[FoxNewsSucks]

33. Wasn't the only non-anonymous accuser

a friend of stinking pig Sean Hannity?

Franken wanted a full investigation, his accuser wanted NO investigation. It's not that hard to figure out which one is telling the truth.

[Trumpocalypse]

4. It has been over a year

[MoonRiver]

5. Me too

[leftieNanner]

6. Yes, and I longed for his questions

in the Judiciary Committee with Barr. He would have dragged him over the coals - very nicely, of course. He was always polite.

And wicked smart! I miss him too, Stinky.

[Hekate]

7. This

[Phoenix61]

8. Me too

I don't think people realize how smart most good comedians are.

[Phoenix61]

9. Me too

I don't think people realize how smart most good comedians are.

[Honeycombe8]

10. He was. I agree. Such a loss for the Democrats. nt

[TSheehan]

14. If he was such a loss for the Democrats than Democrats are in serious trouble.

[Honeycombe8]

40. Then I wonder why he was targeted by the Republicans? Hmmm....

maybe they were mistaken about him being a strong 2020 contender. Nah...they weren't mistaken.

Some Democratic fools didn't catch on, unfortunately. So we are short on good contender. Smart, articulate, quick on his feet, hard to get anything past him, good at getting at the root of things, good communicator, witty, likable, not a long history in the Senate to attack him with, nationally known. Not perfect. But a strong contender.

So far, there's not another name in the race that comes close.

But I'm sure you'd vote for him, if he were our candidate in the general election. Sure you would.

[Martin Eden]

12. His comedic background was a plus

Comedians have insights and perspective that career politicians lack. Humor is funny due to the element of truth.

George Carlin could be hilarious while passionately speaking truth to power.

[Honeycombe8]

41. I miss George Carlin. Another loss.

But we all gotta go. He had a great life.

[TSheehan]

15. I'd rather we didn't have such men as elected officials, thanks.

[LakeArenal]

23. Your welcome. You got your wish. So quit griping on this support Franken page.

[itsrobert]

34. This is in General Discussion

Which means anyone can express their opinion. That being said, Franken got railroaded led by mob rule leader Gillibrand.

[LakeArenal]

39. Yes. As TSheehan did. As did I in my response.

[Honeycombe8]

42. +1. nt

[SergeStorms]

37. Maybe you'd be better off...

posting about what you do think are acceptable characteristics for our elected officials, rather than crapping all over someone else's post and the responses. You don't like Franken for whatever reason. We get it. Many, many do.

[RicROC]

16. My ideal team to run against Trump....

would be Al Franken for Prez with Kamala Harris for VP. On the stage Al could go toe-to-toe with Trump...and even step on Trump's toes.

[LakeArenal]

25. You think Harris would run with Al after railroading him out?

Or he would run with her? Really?

[ProudLib72]

17. You and me both, Bubba

[TSheehan]

21. "Bubba" - isn't that what they called Bill Clinton? He's a funny, smart guy too.

And he's also got some...issues in terms of his treatment of women.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

18. I would love to see him run for governor one day

Minnesota could do a lot worse than Al. He could have a listening tour and go to the counties across Minnesota to see what they think. I would imagine they would be open to him after the current governor is term limited.

[brooklynite]

28. How would he stay above water for eight years?

He would have been out of office a long time at that point.

And, he would have to explain why he gave a public apology if he was innocent.

[LakeSuperiorView]

30. He isn't a no name Senator, unknown outside his state, other than for backstabbing colleagues.

Funny how hate for him is so virulent among some.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

31. From what I remember

He apologized for inappropriate touching that offended women in pictures he took. The types of things he apologized for are not deal breakers in my book. Governor Brown of California came back after a long time away so it's not unheard of.

[Honeycombe8]

44. He didn't touch the woman. He was pretending to touch her, for the pic, as a gag.

He never apologized for touching her. Just for the gag. I think a lot of people think he touched her. Ironically, SHE rubbed her rear end intentionally against another guy in the entertainment troop (she was twerking him personally). That same gal also claimed when they did their kissing scene in a skit, he french kissed her. He denied that.

I think he apologized generally for any touching that a woman may have thought was inappropriate (I thought at the time that he was talking about the woman who was uncomfortable with his putting his hand on her waist & giving a squeeze, when he agreed to her request for a photo with her, and he leaned in for the photo).

[Docreed2003]

27. Miss his presence as well...

[BlueTsunami2018]

29. We could have really used his voice throughout this debacle.

Which is why he was kneecapped. I’ll forever be bitter over his treatment by supposed allies. Classic foot shooting.

[Duppers]

32. K & R

[watoos]

35. I watched the first day

No one came close to what Al would have done.
Mazie Hirono And Amy Klobachar did ok, but I missed Al. He is why we have Mueller.

[Stinky The Clown]

36. "He is why we have Mueller."

May that NEVER be forgotten.

[Honeycombe8]

46. Yep. nt

[dalton99a]

38. A horrible and senseless loss

[Jakes Progress]

43. Ever wonder

whose office those pop-up defenders of KG are sitting in when they begin trying to explain how Al wasn't so good and KG is so great?

[PufPuf23]

45. Amen. Franken handled the GOP hit job appropriately

but that was not good enough for some Democratic Senators.

I hold a grudge against those Senators particularly Gillibrand.

They should have let the situation play out as a teaching moment and it cost the Democratic Party Franken in the Senate and his grace and skill as a national politician.

[smirkymonkey]

47. Hear, Hear!

I miss Al! We need him back. He was one of the most valuable assets that our party had.