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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Can't we, as lawyers, use due process properly. Look, no constitutional violation of Franken's rights occurred. A lot of people in his party called for him to quit and he quit. You may want more process, he decided at the time he wasn't willing to fight for more process, and, frankly, it may well be he didn't want more digging.
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I disagree with this. The article makes it fairly clear that Schumer was ready to bury him by having the entire caucus call for his resignation. And given the fact that a number of senators have changed their mind about the pressure they exerted, I think it's unfair to say that he just decided not to continue. He was absolutely forced out. And the fact that he decided not to drag the entire party down with him over it doesn't change the fact that he was forced out.
If I came to your office and said when we last hung out, you were really handsy and your partners were like, "Let's not deal with this," and told you that they would issue a press release saying the partnership has no confidence in you even though you wanted the firm to investigate, would you stay and fight? Come on. The right people can tank someone such that they are
effectively denied due process.
If the Democrats had said, "We're going to investigate this and if Franken deserves to be bounced at the end, rest assured we will unite to make that happen," that's one thing. But the article points how tenuous the first claim was and how ridiculous a few others were. And a lot of it had to do with one person wanting to own this issue and make a name for herself. I think that's awful.
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Among past political wrongs to cry over, my list goes somewhat like this:
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Who gives a shit? There isn't limited capacity for this.
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But, really, we don't need the whining. He made his choices.
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Ah, so he should step down and when asked about it, even though he feels like he was railroaded, he should decline to answer.
You guys are fucking nuts.
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