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Originally Posted by Adder
Let me stop you right there. Who declared one of the accusations "main?" Is it more important than the rest or is it just the one Al remembers and can put context around?
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Ah. I see. This is going to be a stupid conversation. Okay.
The main one is the one with the photo. The main one is the one that kicked the whole thing off. The main one is the one which brought all the others out of the woodwork. If you're going to drag us into a world where we're having this conversation, then you need to show me all the evidence for all of the other allegations and then let's discuss those, by all means.
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Originally Posted by Adder
I guess it was first (to my recollection) and the most detailed, but they're all allegations misconduct that would have needed to be investigated, and dismissing one doesn't make the others go away.
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No fucking shit. Franken wanted them investigated. I wanted them investigated. Lots of people did and it would have been the right thing to do. You wanted him to step down based on the mere existence of the allegations.
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Originally Posted by Adder
Yes, the politics is the only part that matters. Jesus, how is that even in dispute?
I do not care on whit about whether Al (or any them) gets to continue to be a Senator. I do not care about what is "fair" to Al or what additional process any particular person thinks is or should have been due. The politics of it meant that Al needed to go, his colleagues told him that and he made his decision. That's it.
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Well, at least you're consistent.
So, in the Senate, members needn't be investigated for misconduct (for their own or others' protection). All that matters is whether the current political climate will allow them to stay or leave, no matter what they've done? How are you even practicing law? Do you work for Barr?
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Originally Posted by Adder
That people defending Al continue to singled out just one of the women involved - which Al doesn't seem to do himself - is one of the strangest parts of the whole thing.
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People aren't defending Franken, you numbskull. People are pissed off about the process in this case and how a rush to judgment played out. And they're focusing on the incident for which there is actual evidence. All other allegations have nothing to analyze other than the allegation because holding an investigation apparently had no political purpose.
You talking out of one side of your mouth about how everyone is only focused on one allegation while spitting bullshit out of the other about how there was no need to investigate
any of the allegations is monumentally ridiculous.
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