After <i>Seventh</i> Accuser Comes Forward, and With Moore Leading in Polls in Alabama, Democrats <i>Finally</i> Demand Al Franken Resign

After Seventh Accuser Comes Forward, and With Moore Leading in Polls in Alabama, Democrats Finally Demand Al Franken Resign

That Moore is ahead now is important -- when they thought Doug Jones would just win, even with Al Franken still in the Senate, Democrats were perfectly fine keeping him.

But now with Moore ahead, Democrats realize their own indulgence of Franken (and Conyers, until a couple of days ago) is giving Republicans not just permission to vote for Moore, but a Fuck You Then Too imperative to vote for him.

So now they're calling on Franken to resign.

But only after a seventh accuser tells Politico he tried forcibly kissed her and said, seriously, "It's my right as an entertainer."

A former Democratic congressional aide said Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006, three years before he became a U.S. senator.
The aide, whose name POLITICO is withholding to protect her identity, said Franken (D-Minn.) pursued her after her boss had left the studio. She said she was gathering her belongings to follow her boss out of the room. When she turned around, Franken was in her face.
The former staffer ducked to avoid Franken’s lips. As she hastily left the room, she said, Franken told her: "It's my right as an entertainer."

So now, with that, and seeing that they can't have both Doug Jones and Al Franken at the same time, the Democrats have found the Courage to ask Franken, very nicely, to step aside and help them get All The Political Power.

Within minutes of each other Wednesday morning, Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Patty Murray of Washington, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Claire McCaskill of Missouri forcefully called on their colleague to leave office.

They didn't ask "forcefully." They're almost apologetic about it. They say it's "best" for Al Franken to step aside. They don't condemn him.

This is about as strong as it gets -- and note, Gillibrand says Franken actually has the right to just go through an easy-peasy ethics review rather than resign.

As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards—not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated. While he’s entitled to an Ethics Committee hearing, I believe he should step aside to let someone else serve.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) December 6, 2017

Apparently Gropin' Al will be giving some kind of statement tomorrow. He probably will resign; an unexpected, once-in-a-generation chance to hold a Senate seat in Alabama is too big an opportunity to waste protecting this fat, flabby unfunny clown, who will be replaced by a Democrat (as a Minnesota's governor will appoint Franken's replacement).

Posted by: Ace at 01:30 PM

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1 No loss for the Dems; MN is so deep blue now whoever replaces him will be auto-reelected

Posted by: brak at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (WjCgM)

2 They still won't win Alabama. That Jones guy is terrible.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (a0IVu)

3 Bannon needs to throw Menendez in their faces, and Christie should say, as Governor, he is willing to appoint a replacement. #WAR

Posted by: Jmel at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (RlKfs)

4 You know somethig they never mention? Mrs. Franken.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (oVJmc)

5 5th

Posted by: fox at December 06, 2017 01:29 PM (nQs4X)

6 We are still going to vote for Moore.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 06, 2017 01:30 PM (jsWA8)

7 All your face are belong to Al.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:30 PM (Bdeb0)

8 >>>Bannon needs to throw Menendez in their faces

He lacks the upper body strength to do that.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 01:31 PM (cASAP)

9 This year Jerusalem!

Huzzah Trump.

Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at December 06, 2017 01:31 PM (T71PA)

10 "It's my right as an entertainer."

Because entertainers have special rights. It's in the Constitution somewhere, probably some penumbra or something.

The problem is that Franken isn't an entertainer, so no points. Ring him up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:31 PM (YqDXo)

11 Maybe they could replace him with that White Privilege mayor. She'd be a good fit for Franken's seat.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:31 PM (oVJmc)

12 "It's my right as an entertainer?"
Who's he think he is, fucking Jolson?

Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (O5Q3r)

13 But only after a seventh accuser tells Politico he tried forcibly kissed her and said, seriously, "It's my right as an entertainer."

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I am the Entertainer, and I know just where I stand.
It's my right to grope you, with my beefy, clammy hands.

Posted by: josephistan at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (7HtZB)

14
"It's my right as an entertainer."

Prima nocta for third rate comedians?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (493sH)

15 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you can watch his announcement live, do it.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (jjaLl)

16 1
No loss for the Dems; MN is so deep blue now whoever replaces him will be auto-reelected

Posted by: brak at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (WjCgM)

You are correct. Just swapping one libtard for another. But here is a possible theory:
Pressure mounts to get Franken to resign from a Dem safe seat. But who is the next serial sexual abuser who has yet to be revealed? It's a safe hunch there are more. And one (or more) of them won't be from a safe-Dem seat. If they get Frnaken out, precedent has been set. Now comes forth accusations/charges that are likely true against another Dem Senator. Dems can't back down then -and still claim the mantel of being for women's rights.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (jxbfJ)

17 As mentioned by others, I think there is something in the works to go after Trump for sexual improprieties, so Franken has to go. Not sure how Menendez is going to fit into that, seems to me he is a bigger problem for the dems than Franken, so still trying to think that one through.

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (Vuaet)

18 So follow the Dems lead then. Elect Moore and if necessary force him out and keep the seat.

Democrats don't immediately get to claim a mantle of morality because they waited decades to do the right thing when it costs them nothing politically.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (/tuJf)

19 Maybe they could replace him with that White Privilege mayor. She'd be a good fit for Franken's seat.

Maybe that Somali cop that blew away the Australian lady?

Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (O5Q3r)

20 So, Franken's replacement will have to be a woman, no?

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (yP91S)

21 This is a lot more about Conyers being forced out then Roy Moore continuing to do well in the polls. With Conyers forced out Whitey Franken has got to go too.

Posted by: McSausage Biscuit at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (2kF+m)

22 Hiya!

Posted by: Keith Ellison, D-Muslim at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (4ErVI)

23 >> They're almost apologetic about it. They say it's "best" for Al Franken to step aside. They don't condemn him.

Politics first and who gives a fuck about women who have been attacked.

Lovely people.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (mtfdF)

24 >>15 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you can watch his announcement live, do it. Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (jjaLl)

Hey man, nice shot. Nice shot, man.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (Bdeb0)

25 I apologize for the things I never did and today announce my intent to live my life as a heterosexual man.

Posted by: Al Franken at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (SkuXa)

26 Hope the ugly MF doesn't resign...congressional black caucus must be pissed...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (7DG+y)

27 Thoroughly enjoying listening to Rush Limbaugh I go off on Hollywood and the New York media establishments secret Friers Club roast of Matt Lauer that has suddenly come to light. The roast where every single joke was about what a rake Matt Lauer was and everyone was laughing at his wife.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (K2hsm)

28 Congrats to Ace for laying out in one pithy sentence the reason Moore will win tomorrow:

"But now with Moore ahead, Democrats realize their own indulgence of Franken (and Conyers, until a couple of days ago) is giving Republicans not just permission to vote for Moore, but a Fuck You Then Too imperative to vote for him."

After the race is called much ink will be spilled parsing out the reasons for Moore's victory. Ace wordsmithed the whole damn thing in one sentence.

Posted by: Texas Zombie at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (SUtNI)

29 It's my right as an entertainer.

Facts not in evidence, your honor.

IIRC, Franken was one of the people credited with driving Air America into the ground with excessive pay and demands...

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (oVJmc)

30 We think that aborting Franken is a perfect way to complement the Jones campaign in Alabama.

Posted by: the dems at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (326rv)

31 You just know that creepy, sick Al Franken was going to deploy the Frankentongue if he had gotten the chance. Disgusting.

Posted by: Fritz at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (RtQsb)

32 It's not your night, Al. We're going for the price on Moore.

Posted by: Chuck "Charlie" Schumer at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (O5Q3r)

33 Notice these Profiles In Courage are conspicuously NOT calling for ALL of the names on the groper settlement lists to be released. Might be too many red-state democrats on that list and we can't have that.

Because country over party, right Senator SnowFlake?

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (7bkOX)

34 They were whining about this on Fb last night. About how mere accusations shouldn't cost him his job. I told them, "welcome to what fly-over country has lived with for the last 30 years".

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (Z+uwH)

35 I saw Seven Angry Accusers and a Dweeb open for the Dead Kennedys at the Cow Palace in 1994

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (ZiGe/)

36 Moore Moore Moore how do you like it, how do you like it

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (BtQd4)

37 Hold out for the rest of your term's salary Al!

Posted by: Cock of 30 Rock at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (SkuXa)

38 I do say it often, but it doesn't stop being true: Al Franken has that Innsmouth look and it's only a matter of time before he returns to Father Dagon and Mother Hydra.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (y87Qq)

39 Unentertaining Non-Entertainers Who Don't Entertain.

Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (j+dfT)

40 Smells kinda fishy.

Posted by: Hearold Harmony Jr. at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (KdDCu)

41 4 You know somethig they never mention? Mrs. Franken.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (oVJmc)

Didn't she split back to Holland with the kids?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (YqDXo)

42 They can't go after Trump if they leave Franken in office.

Posted by: fretless at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (sGtp+)

43 Franken back to SNL?

Posted by: Rick in SK at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (K2T58)

44 36 Moore Moore Moore how do you like it, how do you like it
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (BtQd4)

Which, somewhat humorously, was sung by a Porn Star.

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:36 PM (CMbMd)

45 >>43 Franken back to SNL? Posted by: Rick in SK at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (K2T5

Nope:

1. Resignation
2. Rehabilitation
3. Return

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (Bdeb0)

46 It's still B$. Until they address the fact that there is sworn testimony that senator menendez was schtupping underage prostitutes they don't have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (+Dllb)

47 Franken will be forced to commit ritual sepukku in Congress, with a bamboo sword.

Kirsten will be his second. She won't give him "relief."

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (cAXIk)

48 43 Franken back to SNL?
Posted by: Rick in SK at December 06, 2017 01:35 PM (K2T5

He'll get Charlie Rose's job.

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (CMbMd)

49 They can't go after Trump if they leave Franken in office.
Posted by: fretless

Actually we can; we're amoral assholes.

But it does make things harder.

Posted by: the dems at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (326rv)

50 Didn't know comedians followed the rite of prima nocte.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (KUaJL)

51 Jesse Ventura.

Then the Dems can tout their solidarity by selecting a man of inempeccably "tough military experience".

Posted by: jwb7605 at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (DofIg)

52 Are you not entertained!!

Posted by: Al Fraken , The Spastic at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (ux+5c)

53 Al better sleep with one eye open tonight.

Posted by: Mrs. Al Franken at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (r9UYA)

54 Never ever trust anyone who wears faggy Al Franken glasses...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (7DG+y)

55 Because country over party, right Senator SnowFlake?

DON'T CALL US THAT!!!

Posted by: Senator Special Snowflake at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (O5Q3r)

56 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you can watch his announcement live, do it."

Wow. That's a blast from the past...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (MINbv)

57 Where are the pussy hats now?

Posted by: Tommy at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (yEAdf)

58
So now we know that for Democrats the first six are free.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (BWL+E)

59 Franken resigning or not resigning isn't going to get Jones elected. The charges against Moore are BS and Alabamans seem to know that.

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (SrkNc)

60 And Moore will still win.

Posted by: Monk at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (g4lFK)

61 They were whining about this on Fb last night. About how mere accusations shouldn't cost him his job.

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Posted by: Moron Robbie - carried over to a good chunk of the Russian population via Mongol rape at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (fsZof)

62 Oh shit.....

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (326rv)

63
No loss for the Dems; MN is so deep blue now whoever replaces him will be auto-reelected
Posted by: brak at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM (WjCgM)

PDT came within two points of carrying MN.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (lKyWE)

64 We Are the Fuck You We've Been Waiting For

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)

65
But first, you will suck my cock.

Posted by: Al's standard greeting at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (/zwDg)

66 As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated.

Um, Ted Kennedy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (+lVUW)

67 Is Fritz Mondale waiting on the wings to yell at us that we would be dishonoring Paul Wellston legacy if ee didn't vote to keep Franken in office?

Posted by: Mallamutt at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (dpMar)

68
There's a small difference: Bud Dwyer was innocent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (BWL+E)

69 They always say we get, not the representation we want, but the representation we deserve.

I fail to see how Minnesota deserves anything other than Al Groperfranken.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (9chmE)

70 I was before moving to Jerusalem before I was against it.

Housing prices are just crazy!

Posted by: Dianne Feinstein at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (SkuXa)

71 24
>>15 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you
can watch his announcement live, do it. Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at
December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (jjaLl)

Hey man, nice shot. Nice shot, man.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:33 PM (Bdeb0)

Wonder what the last thing that goes through his mind will be.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (jxbfJ)

72 Look Ma, I'm on top of the world.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Al Franken at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (ymnmz)

73 Oh shit.....
Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch "

Well, they still call her Catherine "the Great"...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (MINbv)

74 Now available in fine retail stores everywhere, just in time for Christmas-

The Al Franken Esophageal Taste Test Home Kit™

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (wPiJc)

75 At this point, isn't voting like rooting for your team. Your just voting for the uniform. With this move, it becomes even easier to vote for Moore because it likely means he won't be seated. Just replaced with another GOP member.

Posted by: SH at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (sX1BW)

76 It's my right as an entertainer.

Yeah!

Signed

Louis CK
Russell Simmons
Harvey Weinstein
Danny Masterson
Kevin Spacey
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (oVJmc)

77 PDT came within two points of carrying MN.

PDT came within two points of overcoming the margin of fraud in MN. And it's a considerable margin in MN.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (ul9CR)

78 I hope Franken stays.

He's like herpes to the dems. The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (7ClUK)

79 So from Ed Murray and Al Franken, we now know what the metrics in the situation are. A Democrat is allowed to grope 4 boys and/or 6 women. The fifth boy who accuses you of molesting him, you have to resign as mayor of Seattle. The seventh woman who accuses you of groping her, you have to resign from the US Senate.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (O7MnT)

80 I am just waiting for the cuckoos to say Dwyer was shot twice in the back of the head.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (cASAP)

81 >>Smells kinda fishy.

Posted by: Hearold Harmony Jr

You get use to it after a while.

Posted by: Huma at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (2cuLk)

82 15 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you can watch his announcement live, do it.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (jjaLl)

Don't know if I have the stomach to go through that a second time, even for a Demoncrat.

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (CMbMd)

83 FYI - it also stands in the way of the sh!+ show they have planned for Trump.

One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her on the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

84 62
Oh shit.....

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (326rv)

So when they say "F*** you and the horse you rode in on", the horse is now getting nervous.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (jxbfJ)

85 This just in (slightly OT, but kinda on topic too):

"Backlash ripples through California politics after women denounce sexual harassment"

"Yet whispers endure about California lawmakers implementing a “Mike Pence” rule— ;a reference to the vice president’s custom of eating a meal with a woman or attending an event where alcohol is served only if his wife accompanies him. Two male lobbyists, who spoke on condition of anonymity to convey private conversations with legislators, said they’ve heard from male lawmakers who say they’ll no longer meet alone with any woman—whether a lobbyist, staff member or constituent. They see it as a way to guard their reputations."

http://tinyurl.com/yalrdgc4

You've got to laugh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (YqDXo)

86 They were whining about this on Fb last night. About how mere accusations shouldn't cost him his job. I told them, "welcome to what fly-over country has lived with for the last 30 years".
Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 01:34 PM (Z+uwH)

Except that a few of those allegations are documented with photos and he has a acknowledged at least Tweedens allegations to be true.

Posted by: Al Fraken , The Spastic at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (ux+5c)

87 As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated.

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* Senators from New Jersey excepted. (in fine print)

Posted by: SH at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (sX1BW)

88 Take it from me, Al Franken.

Posted by: Al Franken's Senate Seat at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (ymnmz)

89 I think Al might be up to guest host SNL. I'd like to see him and Claire McCaskill sing "Baby, It's Cold Outside".

Posted by: mrp at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (Pqytn)

90 FYI...For the parents out there...there are still openings available for Al Franken internships...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (7DG+y)

91 PDT came within two points of overcoming the margin of fraud in MN. And it's a considerable margin in MN.

Same day voting registration with no proof of citizenship or residency in Minnesota.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (O7MnT)

92 We're sorry, but we think Senator Franken resigning would not only be a slap-in-the-face to, but actually disenfranchise, those 317 voters who, through their unstinting resolve to overcome the immense obstacles to 'keep them down', brought Senator Franken to his lofty position, and his ability to support our once, and hopefully future, President of Color and the LGGBDTTTIQQAAPPE Community.

Posted by: The Womyn's Health, Cats, and Crafts Clinic of Brattleboro, VT at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (ctuyM)

93 Who was it that called Kristen Gillibrand "the Hot Chick"? In a speech welcoming her to the Senate? Fuck, I think there were 3 guys that all remarked on her looks

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (ZiGe/)

94 I don't think this will move the Moore votes at all...

Do voters in Alabama really care what a bunch of Liberals in Washington do or think?

The chattering class think this is a referendum on Sexual Her Ass Meant... but in the end, politics are local...

And any negative Moore gets by Smalley resigning, is MORE than made up for by his takedown of Romney...

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (NgKpN)

95 The problem is that Franken isn't an entertainer, so no points. Ring him up.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I dunno. I'm finding this whole lefty gropergate pretty entertaining.
It's better than most of the crap on tv.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (+lVUW)

96 Take it from me, Al Franken.
Posted by: Al Franken's Senate Seat "

I had my stool pushed in...

Posted by: Bwany Fwank at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (MINbv)

97 Can we please all make a concerted effort to make "Rip Van Sessions" stick? I love that one.

Posted by: Mega at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (jO6Uv)

98 Genghis Don pimp-hand status: Strong.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (Bdeb0)

99 OT: That's quite a photo of the Los Angeles fires up on Drudge just now.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (ZZdXT)

100 I spread and offered my starfish to him and he still
fooled around behind my back.

Posted by: Mrs. Al Franken at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (r9UYA)

101 'PDT came within two points of carrying MN.'

This is the building political tsunami hidden from view while the media prattles on about Puerto Rican hurricane refugees flipping Florida.

If the economy continues on its strong course, PDT will likely sweep the Rust Belt and upper Midwest. He will also split the black vote by getting significant minority support in these states.

Posted by: harry lilme at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (eE/Pq)

102 What am I missing?

The people of MN elected Franken, for better or worse, not Nancy Pelosi. Unless he's charged with crimes over abusing his office for personal gain or treason no one should be pushing him out.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (cAXIk)

103 Oh shit.....

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch

*****

Don't worry bro. He is known as Stuart Smalley for a reason.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (wPiJc)

104 I am just waiting for the cuckoos to say Dwyer was shot twice in the back of the head.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (cASAP)

You are the only cuckoo here.

Posted by: Al Fraken , The Spastic at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (ux+5c)

105 Wow. That's a blast from the past...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (p+Wdc)

106 I don't think this will move the Moore votes at all...

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See my comment in #75 above. I think this helps Moore. If I were an AL voter hesitant to vote for Moore, I can probably convince myself that I'm not voting for Moore, just for the GOP in general.

Posted by: SH at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (sX1BW)

107 As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated.

The cast of characters churning out this POS include:

1. a tax cheat from MO (McCaskill)
2, An idiot lawyer (but I repeat myself) who banged her way to power with Willie Brown.
3. I don't know the Hassan chick.
3. Another idiot who didn't give a shit about due process (Gilligan), but wanted only to collect scalps.

While we're on the subject, where's the fake indian?

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (326rv)

108 It's hilarious reading all the leftist freakouts over their heroes resigning.

They want Trump to go down, and every leftist that goes first enrages them even more.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (zGsgt)

109 I remember Al Franken had a kid. Does he get to name him as his successor? He is a dem, after all.

Posted by: Dang at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (8b+oT)

110 I don't think this will move the Moore votes at all... "

Oh, I think it will. As in more Moore votes...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (MINbv)

111 12 "It's my right as an entertainer?"
Who's he think he is, fucking Jolson?
Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (O5Q3r)

Hey! I could get on one knee, hold out my arms and say "Mammy!" before motorboating the next target of my romatic overtures!

Posted by: Al "Jolson" Franken at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (7ClUK)

112 hmm, it seems like the DNC/soros plan to impeach trump REALLY depends on that AL senate seat.

I say fuck em.

and really, the only thing against moore is that he somehow assaulted a 14 yo whose mother let him drive her around while she was in court, during the day when he was working...as an attorney for the court? Oh right, and that same accuser had dealings with him in court ?

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (TlvUt)

113 99
OT: That's quite a photo of the Los Angeles fires up on Drudge just now.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (ZZdXT)

Fire purifies.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (jxbfJ)

114 The Al Franken decade has ended prematurely.

Al can take his Roman hands and Russian fingers back out on the circuit.

Posted by: harry lime at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (eE/Pq)

115 What am I missing?

The people of MN elected Franken, for better or worse, not Nancy Pelosi. Unless he's charged with crimes over abusing his office for personal gain or treason no one should be pushing him out.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (cAXIk)

That's why I'm hoping Franken digs in his heels and turns this into a nationwide shitshow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (hcyUh)

116 99 OT: That's quite a photo of the Los Angeles fires up on Drudge just now.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (ZZdXT)

I wonder how many illegals will be Burned Beyond Recognition(BBR)?

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (r9UYA)

117 One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her on the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.
Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

I think the Reds got the timing wrong, because I expect sexual harassment hysteria to burn itself out fairly soon as fatigue sets in. By the time All_Red gins up her campaign, I suspect the hysteria will have blown over.

Also, All_Red is getting pretty shopworn with this shit. She's at least near the point that when she start quacking people roll their eyes and groan.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (YqDXo)

118 MEL FRANKLIN IS AN...AN...AN...AN...AN...AN ICON!!!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (O5Q3r)

119 So which unbiased MSM source do we think has 20 Trump accusers waiting in the wing to unleash as soon as this witch hunt hits a critical mass?

Because then they'll say "ALL THESE R's CALLED ON "xyz" TO RESIGN (or be fired), why are they being hypocritical and not demanding Trump resign?"

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (wmaTe)

120
So follow the Dems lead then. Elect Moore and if necessary force him out and keep the seat.

Democrats don't immediately get to claim a mantle of morality
because they waited decades to do the right thing when it costs them
nothing politically.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:32 PM (/tuJf)

Why would they force him out and exactly how do you think they will accomplish that?

Follow up question: why would you approve of Yertle and Co. thwarting the will of the voters of Alabama?

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (SrkNc)

121 "There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer,"

Geez, I hope not. I strongly dislike the bastard, but I think he should pull a John Profumo: disappear from public life, stay gone, and spend the rest of his life quietly doing good works without working an angle.

I don't think he's that good a man, but he'd be better for trying.

Posted by: JPS at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (aCtGR)

122 while the media prattles on about Puerto Rican hurricane refugees flipping Florida. "

Which is Bravo Sierra, so there's that...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (MINbv)

123 Hi, I'm Al Franken...may I push in your stool?

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (7DG+y)

124 83 FYI - it also stands in the way of the sh!+ show they have planned for Trump.

One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her on the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.
Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

Funny how Allred being caught falsifying evidence doesn't discredit her in any way, because of that "Greater Truths" shit that Leftists always pull.

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (CMbMd)

125 I've been convinced since election night that Trump really won MN, and NH as well.

Just couldn't overcome the margin of fraud.

And we now know busloads of Massholes were sent up to illegally vote in NH in the closing hours. MN hides it better. In the trunks of cars.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (ul9CR)

126 >>>>One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her on
the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the
wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the
public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.
.
.
.Any links for that? I haven't seen squat and I would think that would be all over the news.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (+Dllb)

127 Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

the lawsuit is a weird one...

He is well past the statute of Limitations for groping... but they are saying that him denying the charge and calling her a liar, is slander...

So defending yourself, can now set you up for a lawsuit?

/facepalm

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (NgKpN)

128
Eh.

the republicans are in control of the Congress, which means they're in control of the-

Congressional Sex Harassers Hush Money Fund.

Time to release a Democrat high up's name who used the fund.

Just for laughs.

See if he gets tossed out on his ear.

A slow steady drip of Democrat names would pretty much close the door on this whole thing.

And if they come from a state with a Republican governor-

Alakazam! Another Republican in the Senate.

There. Is. No. Downside.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (9q7Dl)

129 I LOOK FORWARD TO SNL'S HILARIOUS SATIRICAL TAKE ON THE DISGRACED AL FRANKEN ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (wtvvX)

130 Is there an Al Franken, Jr. who can get the legacy appointment to fill the vacant seat?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (wPiJc)

131 Bad news coming out about Moore.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - carried over to a good chunk of the Russian population via Mongol rape at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (fsZof)

132 66
As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards not
the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that
cannot be tolerated.

Um, Ted Kennedy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:39 PM (+lVUW)

Wrong Kirsten, The allegations can be tolerated. The fact that they are true, not under dispute, nor denied by Franken, and documented makes it intolerable.

Just to be clear....There's a difference. Can you see it?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (ymnmz)

133 One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her on the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.
Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

Oh. should have just read the earlier comments and I would have answered my own question.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (wmaTe)

134 There is no corruption in elections in Minnesota.

Posted by: Lincoln Towncar with 20,000 Franken votes on the trunk at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (dpMar)

135 What is truly motivating these machinations about the Senate is SCOTUS.

The idea of Trump having the opportunity to nominate and confirm 2-3 additional conservative Justices terrifies the Left more than anything else.

Posted by: harry lime at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (eE/Pq)

136
I wonder how many illegals will be Burned Beyond Recognition(BBR)?
Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (r9UYA)

The only illegals in the area the fire is burning are housekeepers and gardeners.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (lKyWE)

137 don't know the Hassan chick

+++

HASSAN CHOP!!!

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (ZiGe/)

138 "Who was it that called Kristen Gillibrand "the Hot Chick"?"

It's always relative. Think of the other women in the Senate.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (cAXIk)

139 Miss me yet?

Posted by: "Filthy" Filner at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (ctuyM)

140 62
Oh shit.....

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (326rv)

No worries

Posted by: Lady Chatterley at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (suO/a)

141 56 There's a 50/50 chance Franken pulls a Bud Dwyer, so if you can watch his announcement live, do it."

Wow. That's a blast from the past...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (MINbv)

I got to see that live at school. They thought it would be a good civics lesson to see what Dwyer had to say, so they brought in a TV from the AV department to let us watch his press conference.

Posted by: josephistan at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (7HtZB)

142 It's clear that Franken is contemptuous of women. So why would he cede to the wishes of 6 esteemed senatorial floozies, eq colleagues?

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (9xfh1)

143 So Franken won't step down but teh Dem Babe Sens get to virtue signal and pretend they really mean business cuz wimminz.

I hope Moore takes everyone of them to the Hickory House and spanks them.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (YV+SU)

144 How are the Democrats going to convert the political fight to a class war?

That's what they want to run on. The tax cuts are supposedly the rich stealing from the poor. The working class was lied to by Trump. Blahblahblah.

They need to clear the decks of sideshows like Franken. Moore isn't the issue; they know they aren't going to win that seat. They want to tar Trump, sure, but what they really want is to go after the GOP as the party of the rich.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 06, 2017 01:47 PM (LISuA)

145 99
OT: That's quite a photo of the Los Angeles fires up on Drudge just now.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at December 06, 2017 01:42 PM (ZZdXT)
Wilshire is my exit when I take my kid to see her medical team at UCLA. Glad I don't have an appointment till next year.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 01:47 PM (a0IVu)

146 >>>Bad news coming out about Moore.

His next event is a yearbook signing?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 01:47 PM (cASAP)

147 But what does the delightful FRANNI FRANKEN think of this latest kerfuffle?

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 01:47 PM (7DG+y)

148 Who was it that called Kristen Gillibrand "the Hot
Chick"? In a speech welcoming her to the Senate? Fuck, I think there
were 3 guys that all remarked on her looks

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:41 PM (ZiGe/)

***
I'll see your Kirsten Gillibrand and raise you THREE Tulsi Gabbard.Go Fish....Feinstein!!!

Posted by: Creepy Dem Strip Poker at December 06, 2017 01:47 PM (xqfqx)

149 The perverts didn't happen over night, decades of glorifying the pigs the Kennedys led us to this moment. I'm surprised none of those Rinos have been exposed as sex perverts?

Posted by: Rose at December 06, 2017 01:48 PM (30UCB)

150 137
don't know the Hassan chick

+++

HASSAN CHOP!!!

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:46 PM (ZiGe/)

She's the former Governor of NH. Took Kelley Ayotte's seat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:48 PM (jxbfJ)

151 Straightforward from here:

-Lose any veneer of credibility in Mueller investigation by only having blatantly partisan members on the team
-Get multiple Democratic congressmen to resign from sexual harassment allegations
-Fail to stop Roy Moore from winning the seat in Alabama
-Heat death of the universe
-Donald Trump is removed from the presidency

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 06, 2017 01:48 PM (KUaJL)

152 so we're supposed to give up moore after dnc/soros's dirty tricks? Fuck that. Fuck the trap.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (TlvUt)

153 Hang in there, Al. If these bitches wait years, I am out of empathy. I am sick of trial by media opinion and unsubstantiated claims

Posted by: cn at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (5gaNQ)

154 I think the Reds got the timing wrong, because I expect sexual harassment hysteria to burn itself out fairly soon as fatigue sets in.
======
Timing is everything. And Trump got inside their decision loop and he's stayed inside it ever since. They can't quite catch up to him, but they won't quit. Its an existential fight. All involved know it.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (C6xeQ)

155 It's fun and games until they come at you with an edged weapon.

Posted by: Barry Wom at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (loZXu)

156 Appeasement today, appeasement tomorrow........

Posted by: Pope Francis at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (SkuXa)

157 "Because I'm good enough,
I'm smart enough,
and doggone it, it's my right as an entertainer."

Wake up, Minnesota.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (xJa6I)

158 >>Why would they force him out and exactly how do you think they will accomplish that?

>>Follow up question: why would you approve of Yertle and Co. thwarting the will of the voters of Alabama?

What part if necessary confuses you? And if he proves to be guilty of some sort of sexual misconduct, you know like Franken, why would you want him to stay?

Can we stop pretending that Senate races are all about the will of the people of that state when we spend all day talking about races all over the country and then boo and cheer when people we hate and like from out of state go to that state to try and influence the outcome of the election.

When Senators stop seeking help both in the form of money and endorsements from out of state sources then I will agree that the race is all about the will of the people of that state. When do you suppose that will happen?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (/tuJf)

159 >.That's why I'm hoping Franken digs in his heels and turns this into a nationwide shitshow.

We need to have a national discussion on sexual assault.

I'm only half-joking, in that the 'campus rape epidemic' crowd so diminished the charge of rape that it includes looking at a woman too long.

I don't mean to give Franken a pass - what he did was creepy, and it sure looks like it was his SOP, not one or two weak moments. However, in the chaos (heh) of #MeToo the feminists are lumping in a random ass grab with Weinstein's decades of sexual assault and harassment.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (W+vEI)

160 I LOOK FORWARD TO SNL'S HILARIOUS SATIRICAL TAKE ON THE DISGRACED AL FRANKEN ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

They'll probably let him host. It's his "right as an entertainer". Then the lezbo chick that played Hillary can sing "Hallelujah".

Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (O5Q3r)

161 155 It's fun and games until they come at you with an edged weapon.
Posted by: Barry Wom at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (loZXu)

There's a video out there all about surviving them. I hear it's good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (xJa6I)

162 more bad news? wow, dnc/msm/soros coming up with all sorts of late breaking news at various no turning back points in an election. oh sure and this won't be happening all during 2018 either and throughout any other special election.

right?

fuck the trap.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (TlvUt)

163 152 Fuck the trap.
Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (TlvUt)

I see that somebody's spent a little too much time in Thailand...

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (CMbMd)

164 Why are they tossing out Al Franken when there's no super irrelevant obviously forged tangential evidence to "support" the accusations like there is with Moore?!?

Posted by: Dang at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (8b+oT)

165
107 As elected officials, we should be held to the highest standards not the lowest. The allegations against Sen. Franken describe behavior that cannot be tolerated.

The cast of characters churning out this POS include:

1. a tax cheat from MO (McCaskill)
2, An idiot lawyer (but I repeat myself) who banged her way to power with Willie Brown.
3. I don't know the Hassan chick.
3. Another idiot who didn't give a shit about due process (Gilligan), but wanted only to collect scalps.

While we're on the subject, where's the fake indian?
Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:43 PM (326rv)

You forgot the intellectual giant of the Senate, a worthy successor to Barack Obama, Pattycake Murray.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (e1mEI)

166 : Lincoln Towncar with 20,000 Franken votes on the trunk"

It was an Oldsmobile!

Oh, wait, that was the Lion of the Senate's ride...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:50 PM (MINbv)

167 "Who was it that called Kristen Gillibrand "the Hot Chick"?"

It's always relative. Think of the other women in the Senate.

+++

I think it was Dingey Harry but Schumer was part of it too

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (ZiGe/)

168 Allred could be pretty busy soon getting sued by Roy Moore for her law license.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (oVJmc)

169 so we're supposed to give up moore after dnc/soros's dirty tricks? Fuck that. Fuck the trap.
===========

Always attack into an ambush. If you retreat you are doomed. If you fight, at least you won't get shot in the back, you might kill them and you might even fight your way free.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (C6xeQ)

170 So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

Ran across some liberal bleating "But why haven't you condemned Blake Farenthold?????? Why are you focusing on Franken???????"

I guess that is the new talking point. Blake Farenthold--whom I've never heard of-- is a R Congresscritter from Texas who settled a sex harassment suit. Sounds like he might be a bad apple, but whatever.

Still, that appears to be the new talking point.

Posted by: Vanceone at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (HDMVB)

171 I got to see that live at school. They thought it would be a good civics lesson to see what Dwyer had to say, so they brought in a TV from the AV department to let us watch his press conference.

The kicker is, it turns out Dwyer really was innocent of the charges against him.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (O7MnT)

172 Los Angeles Burns.

A metaphor?

Posted by: dananjcon at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (xqfqx)

173 If you wait years to make your claim...eabod

Posted by: cn at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (5gaNQ)

174 156 Appeasement today, appeasement tomorrow........
Posted by: Pope Francis at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (SkuXa)

"Your severed head on my scimitar now."

--Hassan from Raqqa

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (CMbMd)

175 So, Suzie-Q Collins (D-ME) couldn't be bothered to sign-on to this missive from the other dingbats? This is my spectacularly unsurprised face.

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (7bkOX)

176 >>146 >>>Bad news coming out about Moore.

He's calling for a prom-king vote recount?

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (Bdeb0)

177 Would a decisive number of Alabama voters be swayed to vote for Jones, the Democratic candidate, by the forced resignations of Conyers and Franken?

It doesn't intuitively seem like this would be the case--I don't see the linkage--but I don't know Alabama well enough to guess which way Alabama voters would move on this issue or if it would move them at all.

Posted by: troyriser at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (raGQi)

178 "It's my right as an entertainer," reminds me of a great scene from Braveheart.

"I was claiming my right as a lord."
"I'm claiming my right as a husband!"

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (mynhJ)

179
131 Bad news coming out about Moore.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - carried over to a good chunk of the Russian population via Mongol rape at December 06, 2017 01:45 PM (fsZof)

You forgot to make your name a dessert.

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (cAnNx)

180 21 This is a lot more about Conyers being forced out then Roy Moore continuing to do well in the polls. With Conyers forced out Whitey Franken has got to go too.
Posted by: McSausage Biscuit

Yup. And at least Conyers has the senility thing to generate sympathy. All Franken has is that he's homely and has a big mouth.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (+lVUW)

181 I got to see that live at school."

Ouch.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (MINbv)

182 Oh shit.....

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 01:38 PM (326rv)

Let me tell you about the time I was mounted and stuffed.

Posted by: Trigger at December 06, 2017 01:52 PM (hLRSq)

183 To elaborate... If Franken digs in his heels, the dnc can't do squat really. Let him stay as the face of the democrat Senate. Languish, even.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (hcyUh)

184 >>So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

Yea, and he's a bit more than a talking point. He used $84,000 of the secret taxpayer funded slush fund to settle a sexual harassment suit. He's a creep.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (/tuJf)

185 They need to clear the decks of sideshows like Franken. Moore isn't the issue; they know they aren't going to win that seat. They want to tar Trump, sure, but what they really want is to go after the GOP as the party of the rich.
--------------------
Then they need to demand that Pelosi and Feinstein step down cuz filthy rich. It could happen.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (YV+SU)

186 That's why I'm hoping Franken digs in his heels and turns this into a nationwide shitshow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 06, 2017 01:44 PM (hcyUh)

Me too. Let the left have a lovely civil war

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (493sH)

187 158 >>Why would they force him out and exactly how do you think they will accomplish that?

>>Follow up question: why would you approve of Yertle and Co. thwarting the will of the voters of Alabama?

What part if necessary confuses you? And if he proves to be guilty of some sort of sexual misconduct, you know like Franken, why would you want him to stay?

Can we stop pretending that Senate races are all about the will of the people of that state when we spend all day talking about races all over the country and then boo and cheer when people we hate and like from out of state go to that state to try and influence the outcome of the election.

When Senators stop seeking help both in the form of money and endorsements from out of state sources then I will agree that the race is all about the will of the people of that state. When do you suppose that will happen?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (/tuJf)

Your question probably deserves better than the quick snark I would throw.

But to answer the 'why would you want him to stay' question, I'd say this is a war. And he can be useful to our side.

Also, I don't believe the allegations, but that's a whole 'nother ball of wax. Moore is not Harvey Weinstein.

One other note, money helps but it doesn't do everything. We've seen outside money come in and try to sway elections and the locals have told them to pound sand and voted for whom they wanted. That would be a clear 'will of the people' message to me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (xJa6I)

188
I expect Franken to say he just won't seek re-election, but I am willing to be surprised and throw virtual rotten tomatoes at him if he leaves. But this is all about Moore, they (both sides) do not want him seated, so Franken becomes expendable. There are no principles involved here.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (r+sAi)

189 Bad news coming out of Franken

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (QC/4S)

190 It's my right as a proofreader to stick my tongue down your throat! Why are you laughing...?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (RD7QR)

191 Every single male Republican running for office should start dressing in drag right now.

Then we can accuse Democrats of being bigots when they dare to challenge a single one of them.

Your rules. We're playing by them so you have to do it too.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (4ErVI)

192 Yea, and he's a bit more than a talking point. He used $84,000 of the secret taxpayer funded slush fund to settle a sexual harassment suit. He's a creep."

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (/tuJf)

---

Yes, please. Let's PLEASE have this conversation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - carried over to a good chunk of the Russian population via Mongol rape at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (fsZof)

193 There's a flip side to the Weinstein / Lauer revelations.

A lot of somewhat attractive women put out to get ahead.

My working theory includes ScarJo (she's not that hot actually), Savannah Guthrie and Schumer protege Kristen.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (cAXIk)

194 Appeasement today, appeasement tomorrow........
Posted by: Pope Francis at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (SkuXa)

Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (hLRSq)

195 More bad news coming out.

What else did you expect, it's what we do.

Posted by: MFM at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (EzdLW)

196 Ran across some liberal bleating "But why haven't you condemned Blake Farenthold?????? Why are you focusing on Franken???????"

I guess that is the new talking point. Blake Farenthold--whom I've never heard of-- is a R Congresscritter from Texas who settled a sex harassment suit. Sounds like he might be a bad apple, but whatever.

If he settled, it's old news.
What about you Al Franken?
You want to settle?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (Z+uwH)

197 >>>Bad news coming out of Franken

Hes going back to comedy?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (cASAP)

198 FYI - it also stands in the way of the sh!+ show they have planned for Trump.

One woman in court today with Alred on claim that trump groped her
on the set of the apprentice. Allegedly 12 more women waiting in the
wings with same allegations.

So yeah, the sexual harassment hysteria is part of the plan.

We are watching some really weird weird stuff. Its all out in the
public, playing out. Attacks, and counter attacks in a cold civil war.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 01:40 PM (C6xeQ)

In court for what? This woman did not file charges at the time of the alleged incident or we would have heard about it. And I am pretty sure that any statute of limitations on a tort suit suit would have run out by now.

IF this is even true, my money is on this being another publicity stunt by Allred (something Trump is well prepared to smack down)?

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (SrkNc)

199 Franken also seems to have anger issues. He should become an antifa commando. The 39th bikelock brigade.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (/qEW2)

200 >>So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

Yea, and he's a bit more than a talking point. He used $84,000 of the secret taxpayer funded slush fund to settle a sexual harassment suit. He's a creep.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (/tuJf)

Why is he the ONLY one that has been named? His $84k payout is a very small percentage of the $15 Million.

Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (T71PA)

201 @193 Jennifer Lawrence, but is was mutual...

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (QC/4S)

202 >>Bad news coming out of Franken

Hes going back to comedy?

That would be really bad news for us.

And... going "back"?

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (7bkOX)

203 Funny how Allred being caught falsifying evidence doesn't discredit her in any way, because of that "Greater Truths" shit that Leftists always pull.

Are you talking about the yearbook? Have they proven it's a fake? Last I read Allred refused to turn it over for examination.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (zGsgt)

204 Los Angeles Burns.

A metaphor?

Posted by: dananjcon at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM

An embarrassing disease, more likely.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (p+Wdc)

205 Rush just said Dick Turbin is calling for Franken to go.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (r9UYA)

206 By the way, we can thank Harvey Weinstein for all of this. That hypocritical perv got the ball rolling and we're still benefiting.

I may even send Harv a Christmas card, complete with the baby Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (+lVUW)

207 Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (hLRSq)

That line never gets old, ever.

Posted by: troyriser at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (raGQi)

208 I don't mean to give Franken a pass - what he did was creepy, and it sure looks like it was his SOP, not one or two weak moments. However, in the chaos (heh) of #MeToo the feminists are lumping in a random ass grab with Weinstein's decades of sexual assault and harassment.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (W+vEI)

Btw, Time magazine made #MeToo it's ... whatever ... of the Year.

The Donald was wise to fart off Time's request for an interview on the outside chance they were thinking of making him Man of the Year. They probably never had any such intention, just wanted to jerk him around a bit.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (YqDXo)

209 Bad news coming out of Franken

Hes going back to comedy?

Tragedy

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (QC/4S)

210 Oh Stuart.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (nQHw/)

211 Iran and SA (plus Israel) are on the razors-edge of total war. North Korea is being North Korea. China is periodically shooting at India and Vietnam, and trying to fence in the China Sea. Japan is contemplating nuclear weapons.

Bad time for the Democrats to move their sedition machine into high gear.

Oh well, that's the ground we fight on I guess.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (LISuA)

212 I have no skills in web crowd source funding but there is the Citizen Kane of police instruction videos out there (seen on RLM) that deserves release with all the bells and whistles. Somebody should look into it.

Posted by: Barry Wom at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (loZXu)

213 >>>>
so we're supposed to give up moore after dnc/soros's dirty tricks? Fuck that. Fuck the trap.
.
.
.I wouldn't get too far ahead of this mess. So far there is only one woman who accused Moore of sexual assault, all of the other ones said he was a gentleman and never even kissed them while they were dating.

What franken did is way beyond any of that and there is at least one photographic piece of evidence that he admitted was true.

The single Moore accuser has been called a liar by her step son and her boyfriend from that time period. Two waitresses who worked at the restaurant she claimed to work at where she met Moore have called her a liar and said they didn't hire anyone younger than 16 and they do not remember her working there.

An officer of the Court who frequently went to that restaurant said he never saw Moore there.

Additionally, her attorney refuses to verify the only *evidence* she has is authentic or turn the yearbook over for analysis to anyone.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (+Dllb)

214 I may even send Harv a Christmas card, complete with the baby Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (+lVUW)

Christmas card?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:56 PM (YqDXo)

215 45
1. Resignation
2. Rehabilitation
3. Return
4. Rinse, Repeat

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (si9V2)

216 If he settled, it's old news. "

2014, IIRC. Was the "look at pervy repubs" at the time...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (MINbv)

217 >>Yea, and he's a bit more than a talking point. He used $84,000 of the
secret taxpayer funded slush fund to settle a sexual harassment suit.
He's a creep.

Given the number of settlements there are going to be both Dem and GOP creeps revealed.

I am OK with the Blake Farentholds resigning in shame. All of Congress needs to play by the same rules we do. If they did something on the job that would get your company's CEO fired, then buh-bye!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (W+vEI)

218 "He probably will resign"

Doubt it. Being in the Senate is such a cushy job that members generally insist on being carried out of the Senate in a pine box.

I'm sure the pressure on Landslide Al is tremendous, but I have hopes that he will resist.

Posted by: The Arc of History at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (Mrl1e)

219 More bad reviews coming out about Daddy's Home 2.

Posted by: Rotten Tomatos at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (EzdLW)

220 Franken's defense is simple - If the yearbook doesn't fit, you have to acquit.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (YV+SU)

221 Nobody likes you.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (nQHw/)

222 Its cute how all these women came out within the same hour to say the same thing suddenly. Their conscience finally got the best of them all at once!

This is about two things:

1) Avoiding the appearance of racism. I mean if you drum Conyers out of office over accusations and leave Franken in place with photographic proof...
2) Trying to provide the Democratic Party with a semblance of moral authority to condemn Moore.

That's all it comes down to. If it weren't for those two things, both of them would still be in office and the press would shut up about them just like it has all other accusations about other congressmen.

You notice that? It was one or two guys a day for a while. Now its crickets.

But this sets up a very dire precedent. Now if you're accused of and shown to be a scumbucket, the price is being thrown out of office. Both of these guys are very safe Dem seats, guaranteed to be replaced by another hard left fool.

But what about the next ones? Bet on the accusers being silenced, ignored, and shut down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)

223 Los Angeles Burns.

A metaphor?

Posted by: dananjcon at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM

It only burns when they pee.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (YqDXo)

224 208 as much as I dislike Al, the only one who can prove her case is the one with the pics. The rest of the me too brigade can lump it, IMO.

Posted by: cn at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (5gaNQ)

225 Posted by: Ignoramus at December 06, 2017 01:54 PM (cAXIk)

Scarjo was a child actress so I do not know if she would fall into that category. Her older sister is also an actress. Otherwise I would not disagree with your overall theory.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (ux+5c)

226 So now they call on him to resign? Go to hell. No mention of his wife and children and what this has done to them by this flappy perv.

Equally despicable Al Green is going to propose a vote on impeaching Trump tomorrow. Mr. Green has a few misconduct women in his past.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (oiNtH)

227 Here's a thought:

Say Moore wins. And, Conyers and Franken both resign in disgrace.

GOP waits until next year after new Senators are sworn in, then demands MOORE resign for "the good of the party/Senate/country/whatever". Republican Governor picks a Republican to replace him.

No more leverage for the Dems (assuming they had any to begin with).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (wtvvX)

228 What's interesting is that they think that people are too stupid to see this for what it is.

Again, I think the pundit class and the political class have not the first clue how utterly furious most people are about such blatant attempts at manipulating people and at evading responsibility.

If I were in Alabama, I would be sure to be the first person at the polls next week in order to double flip off Our Ever So Betters.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (mf5HN)

229 206 By the way, we can thank Harvey Weinstein for all of this. That hypocritical perv got the ball rolling and we're still benefiting.

I may even send Harv a Christmas card, complete with the baby Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (+lVUW)

Photoshop in guns in the hands of Baby Jesus and Mary.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (4ErVI)

230 Things have gotten so bad, all we can do is laugh about it.

We're tanned, rested, and ready, America.

It's time!

Posted by: Franken/Griffin 2020 at December 06, 2017 01:59 PM (ctuyM)

231 IF this is even true, my money is on this being another publicity stunt by Allred (something Trump is well prepared to smack down)?

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (SrkNc)

Let's see a copy of the complaint you've filed, Gloria. That'll tell me if it is just another stunt or real by whether you are willing to put your bar license on the line.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 01:59 PM (hLRSq)

232 Has a Hawaiian judge ruled the embassy must stay in Tel Aviv yet?

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 01:59 PM (a0IVu)

233 Bad news coming out of Franken

Hes going back to comedy?

shit, thats bad news for us...well those of us who still have cable TV I suppose.

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at December 06, 2017 01:59 PM (vmsda)

234 217
>>Yea, and he's a bit more than a talking point. He used $84,000 of the

secret taxpayer funded slush fund to settle a sexual harassment suit.

He's a creep.

Given the number of settlements there are going to be both Dem and GOP creeps revealed.

I
am OK with the Blake Farentholds resigning in shame. All of Congress
needs to play by the same rules we do. If they did something on the job
that would get your company's CEO fired, then buh-bye!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 06, 2017 01:57 PM (W+vEI)
^^^^^^^^THIS!!!
I'm willing to take friendly fire on this. Why? Cause the House Senate GOP-elite refuse to work with Trump and have forgotten those of us who elected them.
#PublishTheList

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 06, 2017 01:59 PM (jxbfJ)

235 "A lot of somewhat attractive women put out to get ahead."

Never!

Posted by: Senator Kamala Harris at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (Mrl1e)

236 >>Your question probably deserves better than the quick snark I would throw.

>>But to answer the 'why would you want him to stay' question, I'd say this is a war. And he can be useful to our side.

>>Also, I don't believe the allegations, but that's a whole 'nother ball of wax. Moore is not Harvey Weinstein.

>>One other note, money helps but it doesn't do everything. We've seen outside money come in and try to sway elections and the locals have told them to pound sand and voted for whom they wanted. That would be a clear 'will of the people' message to me.

It is an absolutely safe seat that has been made unsafe by Moore. I support him being elected because so far there are only allegations against him that he has denied and there hasn't been enough proof to make me not support him.

But if he does get elected and more comes out that show that he is some kind of sexual creep like Franken then I support him getting the same treatment. That way the governor can appoint his replacement, a Republican, or a new Republican can be elected in his place.

I'm not advocating surrender in any way but I am also not advocating supporting creeps on our side just because they are on our side.

Yea, money makes a huge difference which is why it was such a big deal when Senate Republicans cut him off and then when they turned the spigot back on. Moore welcomed it because he needs it.

And if you are so confident that Moore can do this all on his won why was Bannon there doing a big rally for him? Last I looked, he isn't from Alabama.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (/tuJf)

237
In court for what? This woman did not file charges at the time of the alleged incident or we would have heard about it. And I am pretty sure that any statute of limitations on a tort suit suit would have run out by now.
=========================
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y86rusnd

See link for info

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (C6xeQ)

238 What part if necessary confuses you? And if he
proves to be guilty of some sort of sexual misconduct, you know like
Franken, why would you want him to stay?

Can we stop pretending that Senate races are all about the will of
the people of that state when we spend all day talking about races all
over the country and then boo and cheer when people we hate and like
from out of state go to that state to try and influence the outcome of
the election.

When Senators stop seeking help both in the form of money and
endorsements from out of state sources then I will agree that the race
is all about the will of the people of that state. When do you suppose
that will happen?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:49 PM (/tuJf)

There is no "if necessary" here nor does Yertle have the power to force Moore out.
Also your claim that outside money being spent negates the outcome of elections is... counterfactual.

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (SrkNc)

239 Rush just said Dick Turbin is calling for Franken to go.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (r9UYA)

Senator Durbin, show us on the doll where Senator Franken groped you.

Posted by: Hands Solo at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (EzdLW)

240 57 Where are the pussy hats now?

Posted by: Tommy at December 06, 2017 01:37 PM (yEAdf)

Shouldn't we see some dem males walking around with their dicks on their heads by now?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (7UW64)

241 So with all these democrats calling on Franken to go, I'm guessing tomorrow the Republicans will finally start saying it as well. Of course when it was Moore they couldn't rush to the camera's fast enough to be the first ones to denounce him.

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (cAnNx)

242 They will ask for Ted Kennedy to resign as well ... posthumously. To show how virtuous they are.

But uranium to Russia, and Comey turning the FBI into a Democrat/globalist house of political whores ... that's OK.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (otAqJ)

243 Are you talking about the yearbook? Have they proven it's a fake? Last I read Allred refused to turn it over for examination.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (zGsgt)/i]

I think Allred's refusal to turn it over for examination allows one to draw a reasonable inference that it's fake, or she fears it MIGHT be fake.

Turn it around: if she were convinced it was authentic, she'd be trotting out experts swearing to God it was kosher, right?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (YqDXo)

244 More bad news coming out about that burrito you just had for lunch.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (jjaLl)

245 If they did something on the job that would get your company's CEO fired, then buh-bye!

Yeah, I don't care what party you belong to or what effect it has on the "balance of power" in congress. If you're bad, you are gone. Scum should not be allowed to stay, even if they are someone I otherwise admire and wish was in office. Its obvious you cannot rely on the moronic voters in these scuzzpit congressmen's districts to do the right thing.

But we need to make sure they are proven or known bad guys. Not just accused. Not just attacked. Its not enough to just have someone stand up and say "Senator Sasse peeked up my skirt in phys ed!" it has to be something demonstrable and real.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (39g3+)

246 Damn! Drudge has a helluva story from Fox News about a Friar's Club Roast of Matt Lauer some years back that implicates pretty much everyone in the news indutry as knowing about his sexcapades.

https://tinyurl.com/ybyx4yh5

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (wtvvX)

247 Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 01:53 PM (/tuJf)

Cost of litigation value . No liability admitted.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (ux+5c)

248 Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've lost track.

Has anyone accused Roy More of "inappropriate" behavior that occurred in this century?

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (7bkOX)

249 Photoshop in guns in the hands of Baby Jesus and Mary.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

Let Joseph's concealed carry piece "print".

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (Z+uwH)

250 240: They are always dickheads

Posted by: cn at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (5gaNQ)

251 Rush just said Dick Turbin is calling for Franken to go.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (r9UYA)

Dickless Dirtbag should follow him out the door

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (493sH)

252 Given demographic trends in MN, the Dems can replace him with a Somali. Get ahead of the curve

Posted by: brak at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (WjCgM)

253 In court for what? This woman did not file charges
at the time of the alleged incident or we would have heard about it. And
I am pretty sure that any statute of limitations on a tort suit suit
would have run out by now.

=========================

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y86rusnd

See link for info

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (C6xeQ)

Thanks for the link... That suit is going nowhere though. That woman would have to prove that the assault happened to prove that Trump defamed her when he called her a liar.

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (SrkNc)

254 >>>>IF this is even true, my money is on this being another publicity stunt
by Allred (something Trump is well prepared to smack down)?

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (SrkNc)

Let's see a copy of the complaint you've filed, Gloria. That'll
tell me if it is just another stunt or real by whether you are willing
to put your bar license on the line.
.
.
.
.She won't she is very close to being disbarred in NY as there are still two ethics charges and investigations pending against her.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (+Dllb)

255 235 "A lot of somewhat attractive women put out to get ahead."

Never!
Posted by: Senator Kamala Harris at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (Mrl1e)

"It's how I got where I am!"

Posted by: Rosa de Lauro at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (YqDXo)

256 >>246 Damn! Drudge has a helluva story from Fox News about a Friar's Club Roast of Matt Lauer some years back that implicates pretty much everyone in the news indutry as knowing about his sexcapades. https://tinyurl.com/ybyx4yh5 Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (wtvvX)

I read that earlier. What the hell.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (Bdeb0)

257 It just doesn't matter because it's all OVER!

https://twitter.com/MichaelDelauzon/status/938363936864272384

Posted by: geoffb at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (zOpu5)

258 Al Franken- The Lyin' of the Senate

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (wPiJc)

259 Are you talking about the yearbook? Have they proven it's a fake? Last I read Allred refused to turn it over for examination.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (zGsgt)
---
which tells you all you need to know about its validity.

Thomas Wictor on Twatter did a comparison on the handwriting on it, the new note and samples of Moore's handwriting. the note and the yearbook match... each other.

same forger, and definitely NOT Moore's writing.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (/8lcL)

260 And if you are so confident that Moore can do this all on his won why was Bannon there doing a big rally for him? Last I looked, he isn't from Alabama.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:00 PM (/tuJf)

Bless Bannon, more hands make for light work.

I don't know if confident is the right word. But like AtC said, I think folks in Alabama don't want outsiders telling them who to vote for.

But like with Trump, I like the Moore isn't just curling into a ball and running away. We need fighters.

And again, I just flat doubt the allegations against him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (xJa6I)

261 Frankenslime under the bus? May the bus go over the cliff, burst into flames, and explode on Reid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (HpeUK)

262 Are you talking about the yearbook? Have they proven it's a fake?

No, it hasn't been proven fake. Its exceptionally unlikely to be real, its bizarrely inconsistent both in content and style to reality, but its not proven fake. Really its awfully hard to prove something like that in any case, all you can do is get "expert" analysis and opinion. Anything short of an admission is just a matter of the odds something is true or not.

And the odds are heavily against it being real.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (39g3+)

263 "By the way, we can thank Harvey Weinstein for all of this. That hypocritical perv got the ball rolling and we're still benefiting."

Do not forget Ronan Farrow, he's the one that truly persisted and got the story out.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (hLRSq)

264 258 Al Franken- The Lyin' of the Senate
Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (wPiJc)

Nice one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (xJa6I)

265 Too late, that ship has sailed,

They've already motivated the people in Alabama to vote for Moore. That's not going to change because a bunch of dishonest liberals finally realized they aren't the cobs they thought they were.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (VpIIl)

266 Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've lost track.

Has anyone accused Roy More of "inappropriate" behavior that occurred in this century?
Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (7bkOX)

*raises hand* I would like to know that as well.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:04 PM (mf5HN)

267 >>There is no "if necessary" here nor does Yertle have the power to force Moore out.
Also your claim that outside money being spent negates the outcome of elections is... counterfactual.

And yet, you are the only one talking about McConnell. You might notice I have not.

McConnell isn't forcing Franken out, his peers are because politically he has become too costly. How is this confusing?

You're last statement is just gobbledegook so I will just ignore it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:04 PM (/tuJf)

268 She won't she is very close to being disbarred in NY as there are still two ethics charges and investigations pending against her.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 02:02 PM (+Dllb)

And in California too, no less.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:04 PM (YqDXo)

269 It's almost as if the Inner Party is completely OCD when it comes to sex.

Posted by: Monk at December 06, 2017 02:05 PM (g4lFK)

270 Damn! Drudge has a helluva story from Fox News about a Friar's Club Roast of Matt Lauer some years back that implicates pretty much everyone in the news indutry as knowing about his sexcapades. https://tinyurl.com/ybyx4yh5 Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (wtvvX)

I read that earlier. What the hell.
=============
Oh the layers of phoney are still being applied daily. Its like watching some woman apply makeup in the rearview mirror as she's driving down the freeway at 70mph.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:05 PM (C6xeQ)

271 nah, I'm fine for now letting only the DNC play by their new rules now.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:05 PM (TlvUt)

272 222 Its cute how all these women came out within the same hour to say the same thing suddenly. Their conscience finally got the best of them all at once!

This is about two things:

1) Avoiding the appearance of racism. I mean if you drum Conyers out of office over accusations and leave Franken in place with photographic proof...
2) Trying to provide the Democratic Party with a semblance of moral authority to condemn Moore.

That's all it comes down to. If it weren't for those two things, both of them would still be in office and the press would shut up about them just like it has all other accusations about other congressmen.

You notice that? It was one or two guys a day for a while. Now its crickets.

But this sets up a very dire precedent. Now if you're accused of and shown to be a scumbucket, the price is being thrown out of office. Both of these guys are very safe Dem seats, guaranteed to be replaced by another hard left fool.

But what about the next ones? Bet on the accusers being silenced, ignored, and shut down.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)

3.) Neither one or two would have happened if they were not safe Democratic seats.

Posted by: WisRich at December 06, 2017 02:05 PM (OAlmw)

273 Franken resigning will save Jeff Flake $100 dollars next election cycle.

Posted by: ShainS at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (EcMMG)

274 TIM PAWLENTY NOW!!!!

Posted by: Fort Collins Lurker at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (yGY/h)

275 Matt Lauer is reportedly "broken" one week after his shocking firing from NBC's the "Today" show following a "detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior."

According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has been having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden ousting.

Oh dear, how awful. I feel just...who gives a shit

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (493sH)

276 NRO freelance tool Jay Kaganoff calling on Clarence Thomas to resign in the WaPo.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (Bdeb0)

277 Has anyone accused Roy More of "inappropriate" behavior that occurred in this century?

Nobody has accused him of anything inappropriate from the last quarter century.

Look, if he did what the 14 year old accuses him of -- just that -- then I think he's scum who shouldn't be in office as a dogcatcher. I don't care that it was 38 years ago. That's just wrong. And "she looked old enough to me" isn't an excuse.

But there's zero evidence, the girl's testimony has some holes in it, and none of this came up the previous, what, 40 times this guy has run for office, which is highly suggestive to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (39g3+)

278 "They were whining about this on Fb last night. About
how mere accusations shouldn't cost him his job. I told them, "welcome
to what fly-over country has lived with for the last 30 years".

Posted by: rickb223"

I thought it was the seriousness of the charges that mattered. Haven't they ever heard of that rule?

Oh, wait. FB whining LIV's and Dems, so no.

Posted by: Ripley at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (MxEKc)

279 266 Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've lost track.

Has anyone accused Roy More of "inappropriate" behavior that occurred in this century?
Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 02:01 PM (7bkOX)

*raises hand* I would like to know that as well.

+++++++++++

he openly dated a 17 year old which is meh.

he magically got a 14 year old in his car and then assaulted her and she didn't recall this until after he won the gop nomination.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (TlvUt)

280 It's almost as if the Inner Party is completely OCD when it comes to sex.

Posted by: Monk
===========
Dubyk? I think. A term from Hebrew tradition for one who is pestered by an in dwelling evil spirit.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (C6xeQ)

281 Turtle Trivia: McConnell's first name is real Addison. Addison Mitch McYertle.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (r9UYA)

282 "It's my right as an entertainer."

"We are not entertained." Followed by knee to the Frankenballs.

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (nBr1j)

283 273 Franken resigning will save Jeff Flake $100 dollars next election cycle.
Posted by: ShainS at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (EcMMG)

LOL

Flake...was a man ever more justly named?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (xJa6I)

284 Are you talking about the yearbook? Have they proven it's a fake? Last I read Allred refused to turn it over for examination.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 06, 2017 01:55 PM (zGsgt)

Which basically tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (oPNmq)

285
Have these seven commie women denounced bill clinton yet?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (r+sAi)

286 someone inform BananaSHITSguy who is boring Now !

Posted by: MISH McConnell at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (y3aQB)

287 >>> I don't think this will move the Moore votes at all...

Exactly. "They get nothing!" as Willy Wonka would say.

Posted by: Delusional Sessions Supporter at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (q177U)

288 Coming out of a recession, our economy typically records stellar productivity growth. In 2014, for example, when we recorded the weakest recovery in modern history from the Obama Depression, our productivity expanded dramatically.

Good news! Trump just matched that productivity growth, and did it in a non-recession recovery year (according to the Fed). Amazing. Truly amazing.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9wom6vb

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (LISuA)

289 I think I saw that "bad news" about Moore - isn't that where he wrote on someone's graduation card "Happy Graduation - I know you'll be a success in anything you do!"

What a Horrible, Horrible Man!!! How could we ever elect a man who wrote such vile and abusive language as that!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (k1TUh)

290 >>I don't know if confident is the right word. But like AtC said, I think folks in Alabama don't want outsiders telling them who to vote for.

Everybody says this in every state during election time. Never stops the candidates from taking outside help and money. Moore would give his left nut if Trump would go campaign for him just as he was very appreciative the other day when Trump modestly though his support to him.

People say "I don't need some out of stater to tell me how to vote!" when they are being told to do something they don't like. When it supports their position they love it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (/tuJf)

291 real=really

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (r9UYA)

292 The Weinstein op was perfectly executed on the tactical level. Stratigiclly it is ranking up there with Imperial Germany shipping Lenin to revolutionary Russia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (HpeUK)

293 I thought it was the seriousness of the charges that mattered. Haven't they ever heard of that rule?

Oh, wait. FB whining LIV's and Dems, so no.
Posted by: Ripley at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (MxEKc)

"Seriousness of the charge" requires a weighting in favor of certain political groups. Charges against republicans are by definition, much more serious.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 06, 2017 02:08 PM (KUaJL)

294 Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 06, 2017 02:08 PM (VpIIl)

295 The spoiler that entered the race recently will have a bigger impact than this weaksauce non-sanction sanction.

Besides...it's not just the Dems voters are angry with...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at December 06, 2017 02:08 PM (AM1GF)

296 >>According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has been having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden ousting.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (493sH)

Huh. That's a shame; people make mistakes. Sounds like he could use the not-tender ministrations of an assertive, angry lesbian with a strapon Huma.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:08 PM (Bdeb0)

297 Franken won't resign, he'll do that weaselly apology thing. maybe even claim anti-semitism.

Posted by: kallisto at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (9xfh1)

298 >>But we need to make sure they are proven or known bad
guys. Not just accused. Not just attacked. Its not enough to just
have someone stand up and say "Senator Sasse peeked up my skirt in phys
ed!" it has to be something demonstrable and real.

Completely agree.

Seems like agreeing to a settlement indicates something happened given that this system is specifically designed to protect the legislator and vamoose the accusers. Of course we'll still need details on each settlement (not just assuming everyone is a creep), but doing a hush-hush settlement is quite different from a Gloria Alred 'late in the campaign' hit-job.

Also, these settlements mean it was behavior on the job, not decades old alleged misbehavior.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (W+vEI)

299
I work with a millennial who upon seeing the story that Franken might resign said that Moore now needs to leave the race. Why? Because with all of his accusers there has to be something there. But what if none of it is true? He still needs to because it looks bad. Good logic

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (493sH)

300 I think I saw that "bad news" about Moore - isn't that where he wrote on someone's graduation card "Happy Graduation - I know you'll be a success in anything you do!"

Yeah see, that's what an ADA would write in a yearbook. I'll buy that he'd sign someone's yearbook, but he'd do something generic and meaningless like that, not some personal note in a bizarre poetic form about how hawt she is.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (39g3+)

301
A lot of somewhat attractive women put out to get ahead."

Shut your mouth

Posted by: Wendy Davis at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (lKyWE)

302 ===========
Dubyk? I think. A term from Hebrew tradition for one who is pestered by an in dwelling evil spirit.

Posted by: simplemind

The spirit/demon is a "dybbuk", IIRC.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (AM1GF)

303 he openly dated a 17 year old which is meh.

he magically got a 14 year old in his car and then assaulted her and she didn't recall this until after he won the gop nomination.
Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (TlvUt)

That is not even close an answer to the question.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (mf5HN)

304 @172

Unfortunately, based on where the fires are located, the Reagan Presidential Library is much more likely to get burned than LA City Hall.

Not that there's really much chance of the former at the moment.

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (zVgt5)

305 Farenthold, who is the US rep in the district southeast of mind, was cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics. The office that pays for the settlements paid the accuser off anyway. Farenthold is now offering to pay back the $84k, because he thinks the taxpayers shouldn't have to pay out for these things.

I don't know if he's a creep or not, he may be, but the accuser's female successor says that Farenthold was wonderful to work for. This was even though she thinks congress in general is a boys' club cesspool.

Posted by: stace at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (8JE5H)

306 >>According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has been having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden ousting

Poor guy. He has nobody to show his dick to, now.

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (+PZsn)

307 Sorry, up above I said that Mrs. Franken had returned to the Netherlands with the kids.

I just realized that that was Matt Lauer's wife.

My bad.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (YqDXo)

308 >>>why was Bannon there doing a big rally for him

He heard Alabama ranked 3rd in obesity so he was hoping to look slim in comparison. Unfortunately he was on the stage by himself.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (cASAP)

309 Good news! Trump just matched that productivity growth, and did it in a non-recession recovery year (according to the Fed). Amazing. Truly amazing.
============
Unexpectedly, unprecedented, he's punching above his weight!

*bells ding*

I claim the Trifecta.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (C6xeQ)

310 I dated a 14 year old girl when I was 21. I guess that makes me a bad person.

Her parents weren't hot on the idea, but they never called me a pedophile.

They finally ended it. She later married an asshole who should have been shot for beating her.

It was really Shakespearean.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (VpIIl)

311 I work with a millennial who upon seeing the story that Franken might resign said that Moore now needs to leave the race.

And that's what this is about. Giving them leverage, so they can seem to be the good guys. The Dems figured out (finally) that Franken staying in office gave Moore a free ride to congress.

Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.

Yeah but he'll be replaced by a hard left Democrat governor. And the incombent almost always wins.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (39g3+)

312 306
>>According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has
been having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden
ousting

Poor guy. He has nobody to show his dick to, now.

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (+PZsn)
Odds are we might read about him wandering around his local grocery store shoring his dick to soccer moms.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:11 PM (a0IVu)

313 GOP waits until next year after new Senators are
sworn in, then demands MOORE resign for "the good of the
party/Senate/country/whatever". Republican Governor picks a Republican
to replace him.

No more leverage for the Dems (assuming they had any to begin with).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (wtvvX)

And what happens when Moore tells the GOP, "Fuck you. I will sit as an Independent."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2017 02:11 PM (oPNmq)

314 People say "I don't need some out of stater to tell me how to vote!" when they are being told to do something they don't like. When it supports their position they love it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:07 PM (/tuJf)

I'm not sure what your point here is. Of course people want to follow their own best interests. I'll take that as given.

Call me a fool, I just don't think Moore is going to lose. I don't think the allegations are credible and I suspect a majority of voters in Alabama feel the same way.

I think we both want the same thing here, more Conservatives in the Senate and fewer squishes and Dems.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:11 PM (xJa6I)

315 There is no "if necessary" here nor does Yertle have the power to force Moore out.

Also your claim that outside money being spent negates the outcome of elections is... counterfactual.

And yet, you are the only one talking about McConnell. You might notice I have not.

McConnell isn't forcing Franken out, his peers are because politically he has become too costly. How is this confusing?

You're last statement is just gobbledegook so I will just ignore it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:04 PM (/tuJf)

His peers cannot force Franken to do anything. They can condemn him but he can also tell them to take a flying leap.

What is gobbledegook is your claim that outside money being spent on elections negates anyone's responsibility to respect the voters' decision on who to elect.

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:12 PM (SrkNc)

316 I am tired of this crap about asking Moore to step aside. You either believe in innocent until proven guilty or not. Gropen has photographic evidence that he molested someone WHILE ASLEEP FFS!

If I was in Alabama I would vote for Moore unless there was definitive proof otherwise of his guilt.

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter at December 06, 2017 02:12 PM (2X7pN)

317 I work with a millennial who upon seeing the story that Franken might
resign said that Moore now needs to leave the race. Why? Because with
all of his accusers there has to be something there. But what if none of
it is true? He still needs to because it looks bad. Good logic

Millennials don't "do" logic. To be fair, it's not like any of the savants they've had for teachers/mentors in their lives have taught anything resembling logic to them.

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 02:12 PM (7bkOX)

318 >> I dated a 14 year old girl when I was 21.

Pretty sure you are safe in Alabama, they have a cousin exemption.

Posted by: garrett at December 06, 2017 02:12 PM (+PZsn)

319 That Dem Rep Kueller (sp?) said he told Pelosi about sex charges while running for the seat. THAT needs some real exposure.

Posted by: oddnot has come to hate the Left, viscerally at December 06, 2017 02:12 PM (g1MTt)

320 https://tinyurl.com/ybyx4yh5

Posted by: Tex Lovera at

Oh it was a real hoot to them all. Bag of sex toys in his dressing room....ha, ha! Secret button in the office.....hilarious! I find as equally despicable is Couric who claims to be all about girrrrl power. Hypocrites all.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (oiNtH)

321 Sorry, up above I said that Mrs. Franken had returned to the Netherlands with the kids.

I just realized that that was Matt Lauer's wife.

My bad.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (YqDXo)
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That's all right. It's hard enough to keep all the pervs straight, let alone their wives.

Posted by: bluebell at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (UoSKV)

322 294 Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.
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I believe Trump can within 2 points of taking MN. Lot of bitter clingers in MN. They import Somalis to keep things close (by close, I mean they win).

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (YV+SU)

323 A top Senate Democrat says he expects Sen. Al Franken to resign Thursday
over allegations of sexual misconduct. Another woman has come forward
with accusations against the Minnesota Democrat of sexual misconduct.

http://tinyurl.com/ycurok9d

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (oVJmc)

324 The super-conservatives keep saying "Country over party"

Well,

1. I don't have a party

2. The Republican party so far has largely hated Moore -- so the "party move" is to denounce Moore. So, if you're a staunch Republican, and you're denouncing Moore and incanting "Country over party", there's no difference.

3. Moore's a conservative

4. Blues seem to be trying to kill the country right now -- No fucking way I'm trusting them on this.

The Trump gambit--hoping that Trump is not too irredeemable to not gain something in terms of liberal agenda rollback--is now the Moore gambit.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (vDqXW)

325 GOP waits until next year after new Senators are

sworn in, then demands MOORE resign for "the good of the

party/Senate/country/whatever". Republican Governor picks a Republican

to replace him.

No more leverage for the Dems (assuming they had any to begin with).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 06, 2017 01:58 PM (wtvvX)

Cause Moore has shown a propensity to do as the GOP asks him thus far:-P

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (SrkNc)

326
Poor guy. He has nobody to show his dick to, now.

Not true

Posted by: Shep Smith at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (lKyWE)

327 I don't know if he's a creep or not, he may be, but the accuser's female successor says that Farenthold was wonderful to work for.

Well, here's the thing. Not everyone who would have used that payout is necessarily a masher. Some of them would have just done it to quiet an accuser despite being innocent. Now, given the kind of human being most politicians are, I'm willing to accept that they may all be scum paying off victims, but that's not necessarily the case. Often the cost of fighting for your innocence far outweighs the cost of paying someone off,

Just ask Roy Moore, who is almost universally considered a pedophile because a few women talked to one of the most bitterly partisan news organizations in the country.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (39g3+)

328 That's all right. It's hard enough to keep all the pervs straight, let alone their wives.

Posted by: bluebell at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (UoSKV)

Thanks!

Yeah, I need a program to keep them all straight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (YqDXo)

329 Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.

Yeah but he'll be replaced by a hard left Democrat governor. And the incombent almost always wins.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (39g3+)

That was his first election. I believe he won reelection comfortably 53-43.

Posted by: WisRich at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (OAlmw)

330 Good God, this Pope is embarrassing. I am sure the Holy Spirit had a good reason for picking him but seriously..

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (a0IVu)

331 >>And what happens when Moore tells the GOP, "Fuck you. I will sit as an Independent."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2017 02:11 PM (oPNmq)

The GOP tells him to go caucus with the Democrats, like the other Senate independents. And get primaried next cycle in beet-red Alabama, and lose.

Check.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (Bdeb0)

332 Do not forget Ronan Farrow, he's the one that truly persisted and got the story out.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 02:03 PM (hLRSq)

He spent his own money to report part of it.

Rush made a comment about how if Hillary had won none of this would have come out about Weinstein and I'm not too sure about that.

Ronan Farrow seems determined that the story will be told. I'm not convinced he wouldn't have gone fully independent to publish it if the New Yorker wouldn't do it.

The question is whether other women would have come forward or if people would have rallied around Hillary. Probably that but I'm not entirely sure.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

333 >>It's hard enough to keep all the pervs straight, let alone their ...

heh.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (+PZsn)

334 At first glance you'd think people like Franken would be too toxic for anything in the public eye. But there's still one way for them to cash in on this and make lemonade from lemons.

Franken, Spacey, Weinstein, Lauer, Rose and Russell Simmons could do a reality show created just for them: "Celebrities in Sex Rehab". It would share their group therapy sessions, aversion therapy and drug treatments.

Eventually, like Clockwork Orange, they would graduate if a sexy woman could be brought into their midst and they wouldn't grope her.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (/qEW2)

335 326
Poor guy. He has nobody to show his dick to, now.

Not true
Posted by: Shep Smith at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (lKyWE)

Ok, you got me.
I laughed at this one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (xJa6I)

336 I find as equally despicable is Couric who claims to be all about girrrrl power. Hypocrites all.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (oiNtH)

He probably saw her dance and figured he wouldn't go near that, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (7UW64)

337 331 >>And what happens when Moore tells the GOP, "Fuck you. I will sit as an Independent."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2017 02:11 PM (oPNmq)

The GOP tells him to go caucus with the Democrats, like the other Senate independents. And get primaried next cycle in beet-red Alabama, and lose.

Check.
Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (Bdeb0)

If that happens I'm pretty sure we'd have a reverse Murkowski or however you spell it from AK and Moore would win a write in campaign.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (72PAC)

338 "Yeah see, that's what an ADA would write in a yearbook. I'll buy that he'd sign someone's yearbook, but he'd do something generic and meaningless like that, not some personal note in a bizarre poetic form about how hawt she is."

I hope you're joking, because that's pretty close to the kind of thing that I and everyone else I knew wrote in every yearbook we ever signed, even for people we barely new.

It was kind of a thing for people to see how many signatures they could get in their books, so we all obliged each other, and would add some generic blurb like that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (k1TUh)

339 The Moore race is important to bring the Senate down to a 1-vote difference. The Dems would love to get a 'gain' now before the midterms, to limit their losses.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (oVJmc)

340 I work with a millennial who upon seeing the story that Franken might resign said that Moore now needs to leave the race.

+++++

oh, now there's a store where we can exchange senators? did dnc keep the receipt?

Sorry, we prefer the DNC play by their new rules, we'll play like we know the rules are a DNC trap and ignore them. because fuck the trap.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (TlvUt)

341 Oh it was a real hoot to them all. Bag of sex toys in his dressing
room....ha, ha! Secret button in the office.....hilarious! I find as
equally despicable is Couric who claims to be all about girrrrl power.
Hypocrites all.

I was reading about Lauer's "roast" in 2008 and some of the things they were saying about him back them.
Yeah, I'm sure they were all shocked when this finally hit the light of day.

Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (O5Q3r)

342 When can we just stop talking about these assholes?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (xfb67)

343 One piece of "evidence" against Roy Moore discredits another piece of "evidence" against Roy Moore.

The first signature we saw had "Roy Moore" written out, with the Moore part in a different color ink. Probably added recently.

Now the latest signature just has "Roy" written out. And there's some convenient space right to add the last name Moore but not quite enough space so they left it off.

So they want us to believe Roy Moore sometimes signs his name under completely the same circumstance in a different way.

Posted by: Dang at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (8b+oT)

344 Gloria AlRed. To claim a scintilla of creditability one does not appear with AllRed as representative.

Posted by: gNewt at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (/RKWU)

345 >>>263 "By the way, we can thank Harvey Weinstein for all of this. That hypocritical perv got the ball rolling and we're still benefiting."

Do not forget Ronan Farrow, he's the one that truly persisted and got the story out.

And Ronan Farrow credits his sister's accusations against Woody Allen as his prime motivation for pursuing these things. So we really should be thanking the supreme perviness of Woody Allen.

Posted by: wooga at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (3I7wr)

346 275
Matt Lauer is reportedly "broken" one week after his shocking firing
from NBC's the "Today" show following a "detailed complaint from a
colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior."

According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has been
having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden
ousting.

Oh dear, how awful. I feel just...who gives a shit

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (493sH)

Not rich enough to grab the mish, ehh Matt?

Posted by: President Richard Punch at December 06, 2017 02:16 PM (ymnmz)

347 I am sure the Holy Spirit had a good reason for picking him but seriously

You misspelled "college of increasingly leftist cardinals"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:17 PM (39g3+)

348 "The super-conservatives keep saying "Country over party"

Posted by: Axeman"

I think what they meant say was "Deep State over country"

Posted by: Ripley at December 06, 2017 02:17 PM (MxEKc)

349 330 Good God, this Pope is embarrassing. I am sure the Holy Spirit had a good reason for picking him but seriously..

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (a0IVu)

Well, it's not like we weren't warned about this sort of asshattery.

Go back and read what Sister Lucia had to say about the coming years.

It isn't any worse than the crap that got pulled after VII.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:17 PM (7UW64)

350 330 Good God, this Pope is embarrassing. I am sure the Holy Spirit had a good reason for picking him but seriously..

+++++++++

the american christian selling point seems to be slow motion suicide via illegal immigration. I don't know...tough sell.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:17 PM (TlvUt)

351 Dennis Prager just said the count for Franken is up to 21

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 02:17 PM (aC6Sd)

352 NRO freelance tool Jay Kaganoff calling on Clarence Thomas to resign in the WaPo.
Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (Bdeb0)

Because of Anita Hill ?

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (QC/4S)

353 Moore will never resign.
I'm waiting to hear him tell McYertle to go fuck himself in open session. That alone will be worth it.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (r9UYA)

354 When they find a dead body in Franken's closet, they'll start calling for him to resign "quickly".

Posted by: Roy at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (7n4KQ)

355 316 . . . If I was in Alabama I would vote for Moore unless there was definitive proof otherwise of his guilt.
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter
_______

I don't care for Moore one bit, but I'd vote for him even with live video of him rogering a goat.

Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (j+dfT)

356 uh oh, there is dunce hat with Franken's name on it

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (QC/4S)

357 >>I'm not sure what your point here is. Of course people want to follow their own best interests. I'll take that as given.

>>Call me a fool, I just don't think Moore is going to lose. I don't think the allegations are credible and I suspect a majority of voters in Alabama feel the same way.

>>I think we both want the same thing here, more Conservatives in the Senate and fewer squishes and Dems.

My point is pretty clear. People only say they don't want outside sources telling them who to vote for when those outside voices tell them to vote against their wishes. When outside voices tell them to vote the way the person wanted to all along, they like those voices.

I don't think Moore is going to lose either and based on what I know right now I would support him if I had a vote. All I was saying is that if the charges do prove to be true or something else comes out that shows he really does have problems then yea, I would support him getting the Franken treatment.

I can see what the Dems are doing as clearly as anyone else by forcing Franken out right now. They are trying to influence the election in Alabama because they know if Franken resigns he will be replaced with another Democrat so they lose nothing. I do not support playing their game and giving the seat to Jones.

If Moore wins and he is forced out because of his own baggage the Republican governor in AL can appoint another Republican Senator and we are back to the status quo. That is an ok outcome for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (/tuJf)

358 The GOP tells him to go caucus with the Democrats,
like the other Senate independents. And get primaried next cycle in
beet-red Alabama, and lose.

Check.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:14 PM (Bdeb0)

That strategy has zero chance of working. They can't make him not be a Republican and, even if they could, Alabamans would vote for him just because he is their Senator (unless he goes to the Senate and breaks campaign promises).

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (SrkNc)

359 170. Ran across some liberal bleating "But why haven't you condemned Blake Farenthold?????? Why are you focusing on Franken???????"

I guess that is the new talking point. Blake Farenthold--whom I've never heard of-- is a R Congresscritter from Texas who settled a sex harassment suit. Sounds like he might be a bad apple, but whatever.

Still, that appears to be the new talking point.
Posted by: Vanceone at December 06, 2017 01:51 PM (HDMVB)

I dint know the details but based on Farenholds picture, you should feel free to condemn him from now till next year. Yikes.

Posted by: LASue at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (Mjus2)

360 The question is whether other women would have come forward or if people would have rallied around Hillary. Probably that but I'm not entirely sure.

Posted by: alexthechick -

I watched a recent interview with Farrow and he was asked about his feelings on Woody Allen. Hoo Boy! Farrow despises him and called him a perverted creep that broke up his family. I got the feeling that this was also his release valve for the past years of anguish.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (oiNtH)

361 .

Posted by: . at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (RIbb6)

362

According to a new People source, the 20-year "Today" vet has been

having a difficult time dealing with the aftermath of his sudden

ousting.

This bag of sex toys! That's ALL I NEED!!

...and this remote control.

Posted by: Matt 'The Jerk' Lauer at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (oVJmc)

363 I don't care for Moore one bit, but I'd vote for him even with live video of him rogering a goat.

Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (j+dfT)
-----------------------------
And just what would the poor goat get?

Posted by: RioBravo at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (5NMZN)

364 I'm waiting to hear him tell McYertle to go fuck himself in open session. That alone will be worth it.

That, and watching SENATOR Moore jam Jeff SnowFlake's $100 donation to the commie down Flake's throat.

Posted by: DocJ at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (7bkOX)

365 NRO freelance tool Jay Kaganoff calling on Clarence Thomas to resign in the WaPo.
Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (Bdeb0)

Is that the dude with the @Jagoff Twitter handle?

Posted by: Roy at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (7n4KQ)

366 >>That strategy has zero chance of working. They can't make him not be a Republican and, even if they could, Alabamans would vote for him just because he is their Senator (unless he goes to the Senate and breaks campaign promises).
Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (SrkNc)

You are incorrect. Kneel.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (Bdeb0)

367 I was reading about Lauer's "roast" in 2008 and some of the things they were saying about him back them.

Yep, they all knew. Just like they all know about the rest of these scumbags that are out there still using casting couches, trapping girls in hotel rooms, jacking off in public to them, exposing themselves, grabbing them at parties, etc.

They knew then and they know now. They said nothing then, and they're saying nothing now. They all know and do not care. FOr a MatthewDowd 17:4 says

"Thou shalt harbor thy neighbor who loveth abortion and speakest as an SJW for the narrative overwhelmeth all needs of truth, justice, and honor."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (39g3+)

368 355 316 . . . If I was in Alabama I would vote for Moore unless there was definitive proof otherwise of his guilt.
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter
_______

I don't care for Moore one bit, but I'd vote for him even with live video of him rogering a goat.
Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (j+dfT)

You BAAAAAstards!

Posted by: The Goat at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)

369 But now with Moore ahead, Democrats realize their own indulgence of
Franken (and Conyers, until a couple of days ago) is giving Republicans
not just permission to vote for Moore, but a Fuck You Then Too
imperative to vote for him.
----
In the fevered dreams of congress maybe.

In the real world, there was never any credible reason to think Moore was in trouble.

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (XQvuQ)

370 I don't care for Moore one bit, but I'd vote for him even with live video of him rogering a goat.
Posted by: Furious George at December 06, 2017 02:18 PM (j+dfT)

The Muslim vote would guarantee his victory.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

371 And just what would the poor goat get?

Ice to put on that sore part

Posted by: Billy Jeff Klin-Ton at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (39g3+)

372 Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.

Coming from him I'm not all that interested in either of them.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (3J/LN)

373 170 So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

It was "Inga" at Althouse who posed this question....am I right?

Posted by: Pax78 at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (rzzWz)

374 "Damn! Drudge has a helluva story from Fox News about a Friar's Club Roast of Matt Lauer some years back"

He better have returned the jacket!!!

Posted by: Pat Cooper at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (OD2ni)

375 I am sure the Holy Spirit had a good reason for picking him but seriously

You misspelled "college of increasingly leftist cardinals"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
=========
Well put CRT. I was searching for a formulation that was appropriate . . .

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (C6xeQ)

376 C'est mon droit de comique!

Posted by: Marquis de Al Franquenne at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (W/SyC)

377 Even Banana Shits should be able to figure this one out. Frankenstein is out, and all those oh the loop are placing their influence markers.

And I'm within 10 miles.

Posted by: Avenger at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (RIbb6)

378 Franken has 24 hours remaining to tongue rape and grab ass every women in a 100 ft radius...make the most of it Al...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (7DG+y)

379 Am I the only one who is getting a chuckle out of the notion that the Senate has an Ethics Committee?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (wPiJc)

380 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (Z+uwH)

381 Just like they all know about the rest of these scumbags that are out there still using casting couches, trapping girls in hotel rooms, jacking off in public to them, exposing themselves, grabbing them at parties, etc.

It hits me in periodic waves: who the hell does crap like that, anyway, and why? I'm unaware of anyone in my entire life who was even rumored to have done anything like that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:22 PM (YqDXo)

382 >>365 NRO freelance tool Jay Kaganoff calling on Clarence Thomas to resign in the WaPo.
Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:06 PM (Bdeb0) Is that the dude with the @Jagoff Twitter handle? Posted by: Roy at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (7n4KQ)

He's citing Anita Hill. Unbelievable--I thought no one writing for the Post could be dumber than Dana Milbank. Will wonders never cease...

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (Bdeb0)

383 Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.

Coming from him I'm not all that interested in either of them.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (3J/LN)

-----------------------------Yeah deep dish pizza is crap. Lasagna is OK if it doesn't have ricotta cheese.

Posted by: RioBravo at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (5NMZN)

384 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)

385 You are incorrect. Kneel.

Posted by: Zod at December 06, 2017 02:20 PM (Bdeb0)

<SNORT>

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (SrkNc)

386 There is a component of this that I believe is fair game to put out there. I am sick to death of the hollow vessels that are mormon politicians like Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake, et al., waxing poetic on their moral high horses. I am an ex-Mormon.

I am here to tell you that Mitt Romney worships a pedophile demigod. The history of Joseph Smith is some of the most reprehensibly explicit salacious material in all of American history. Marrying 14 year olds, sexual affairs to other teenagers he's not married to, marrying other men's wives, sending men off to do work for the church while banging their wives back home. And even this stuff just scratches the surface frankly.

Right at this very moment there is an uprising in the Mormon/LDS church to end the practice of sexually explicit ecclesiastical interviews that Mormon youth, young girls and boys, are subjected to by old priesthood holding men one on one behind closed doors. I was repeatedly asked about things like masturbation as a child and teen, and coerced into detailed discussions about natural sexual thoughts floating around in my head. What do you think about when you masturbate? Describe how you touch yourself. And so on.

Mitt Romney, both as a bishop and stake president, was one of the men that took children into a room and asked them questions like this. He'd tell boys they shouldn't masturbate or it will make them gay. If they did, he'd setup "recovery" programs for them, bring them into his office on a regular basis to quiz them on their sexual thoughts and actions. Same stuff for the girls. Oh, he touched you, where did he touch you. Describe it for me, in detail.

And keep in mind the difference of the situations. Roy Moore supposedly came onto a girl. One time. No repeated contact after that. She's free to run, etc. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, would systematically subject children to this type of abuse, where all the adults around them, their parents, etc, are tacitly endorsing this abuse and forcing their children into a situation where they must submit to it. The sort of shit that really gets into a person's head and sets them up for a life of dysfunction well into adulthood.

Posted by: The Exmo at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (sl+ie)

387 321
Sorry, up above I said that Mrs. Franken had returned to the Netherlands with the kids.

I just realized that that was Matt Lauer's wife.

My bad.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:10 PM (YqDXo)

Tough break kid. Have you met my wife Melania?

Posted by: President Richard Punch at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (ymnmz)

388 I'm going with the Matt Lauer Rule on Moore. When Moore displays 20 years of sexual hijinks in the workplace I will support his resignation. This could also be the Bill Clinton Rule as well.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (YV+SU)

389 384
On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)
She is a vicious old crow, they better not piss her off.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (a0IVu)

390
Ronan Farrow seems determined that the story will be told. I'm not convinced he wouldn't have gone fully independent to publish it if the New Yorker wouldn't do it.

The question is whether other women would have come forward or if people would have rallied around Hillary. Probably that but I'm not entirely sure.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

I'm convinced that a lot of those women, reliably leftist women, would have avoided coming forward if Frau Gruppencankles had won the election. Because it would have made things VERY uncomfortable for the First Woman President because of the actions of her One True Love, Bubba.

Now that her political career is in tatters, and everyone knows that Hillary Clinton Will Never Be President, there isn't an incentive to protect her delicate sensibilities anymore.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (eXA4G)

391 372 Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.

Coming from him I'm not all that interested in either of them.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:21 PM (3J/LN)

We need to quit paying attention to that attention whore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (7UW64)

392
I hope Moore gets elected just for the pure soap opera it brings. I only look to DC for entertainment, not governance. Plus he would be a PITA to McTurtle. But I could see Moore doing something completely embarrassing at some point to disillusion his supporters.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (r+sAi)

393 This bag of sex toys! That's ALL I NEED!!

...and this remote ~~control~~ door lock.

Posted by: Matt 'The Jerk' Lauer at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (oVJmc)

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (8gDQu)

394 Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.

==

he also thinks the Bears play at Condisky Field

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (QC/4S)

395 I watched a recent interview with Farrow and he was asked about his feelings on Woody Allen. Hoo Boy! Farrow despises him and called him a perverted creep that broke up his family. I got the feeling that this was also his release valve for the past years of anguish.
Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (oiNtH)

Yup. I think this is Ronan Farrow saying you know what, I might not be able to go after Woody Allen but I sure as hell can go after everyone else. And then Woody will get caught up in it as well.

Good for him. I pray he and his siblings get some sense of catharsis from this.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (mf5HN)

396 354 When they find a dead body in Franken's closet, they'll start calling for him to resign "quickly".
Posted by: Roy

not likely

Posted by: Joe Scar at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (K2T58)

397 384 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)

A cardboard cutout of Madeleine Albright, which in Nancy's addled state appeared very lifelike.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at December 06, 2017 02:24 PM (72PAC)

398 384 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?
-------------------
Who will make it Rain on DEM coffers when she's gone?

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (YV+SU)

399 If Moore wins and he is forced out because of his own baggage the Republican governor in AL can appoint another Republican Senator and we are back to the status quo. That is an ok outcome for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (/tuJf)

Only issue is that it would once more show the GOPe contempt for the Voters who elected him.

You know... like the GOPe showed for the Trump voters?

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (NgKpN)

400
On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down

================
She should be doing Life Alert commercials for falling down!

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (rmH5B)

401 389 384
On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)
She is a vicious old crow, they better not piss her off.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (a0IVu)

She didn't grab anyone. She can't even find her own ass with both hands.

Claws, maybe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (7UW64)

402
He's citing Anita Hill. Unbelievable--I thought no one writing for
the Post could be dumber than Dana Milbank. Will wonders never cease...

If I've learned one thing from the UVa Rolling Stone scandal, it's that you can't believe every allegation.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (oVJmc)

403 384
On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)

Please please please let her someday somehow utter the words, "That's not how any of this works"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (ymnmz)

404 The latest poll has Moore at 50 to jones 43. They are panicking.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (+Dllb)

405 Farenthold is a low wattage backbencher who's really never attracted any attention except for now. Since it's so hard to keep the players straight in this mess, he was accused of making sexist and suggestive remarks to a member of his office staff, who made an official complaint. He says that he agreed to settle to make the claim go away (and hey, he wasn't even paying, was he?)

Who knows how much is true, but I think it's significant that he's never been accused of doing anything more than saying stupid shit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (k1TUh)

406 When Moore displays 20 years of sexual hijinks in the workplace I will support his resignation.

I go even simpler: nobody's alleging Moore's done anything since he got married, unlike with all these Democrats who consider marriage a minor speed bump at most. So I don't think he's a perv.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (3J/LN)

407 398 384 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?
-------------------
Who will make it Rain on DEM coffers when she's gone?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (YV+SU)

Palamino?

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (NgKpN)

408 Adios dirty Frankenstein.

You. Will. NOT. Be. Missed.

Go. And shut up.

Posted by: Cold Civil War at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (Z2PYk)

409 Frau Pelosi, your ice floe is ready.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (oVJmc)

410 What is with these superannuated gasbags staying in the Senate long past their expiration dates?

Don't people who can afford it, retire at some age?

Out, filth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (7UW64)

411 "I'm waiting to hear him tell McYertle to go fuck himself in open session. That alone will be worth it."

IDK, reading the wedding cake transcript yesterday made me appreciate McConnell for holding firm on Garland. Gorsuch had some good digs at the Colorado Solicitor General.

Posted by: Benji Carver at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (OD2ni)

412 384
On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S.

so much winning, you will get tired of winning

- PDT

Posted by: Rick in SK at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (K2T58)

413 Bad news coming out of Pelosi

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (QC/4S)

414 372 Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.
_______________

Who puts noodles and ricotta cheese on their pizza?

Obama is just weird. In so many ways.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (fqUgw)

415 I'm not good enough.
I'm not smart enough.
And gosh darnnit, people don't like me.

Posted by: Al Franken at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (mQ0Mc)

416 I don't care for Moore one bit, but I'd vote for him even with live video of him rogering a goat.

Or video of Moore rogering Roger Moore

Posted by: Hands Solo, Ho Ho Holder belongs in jail at December 06, 2017 02:26 PM (EzdLW)

417 I can see what the Dems are doing as clearly as
anyone else by forcing Franken out right now. They are trying to
influence the election in Alabama because they know if Franken resigns
he will be replaced with another Democrat so they lose nothing. I do not
support playing their game and giving the seat to Jones.

If Moore wins and he is forced out because of his own baggage the
Republican governor in AL can appoint another Republican Senator and we
are back to the status quo. That is an ok outcome for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:19 PM (/tuJf)

This is as much about Trump than Moore, probably more so. Sexual assault charges are next after The Russians! collusion setup quietly goes away.

Why they're allowing Allred to be the face of it baffles me. Nobody on the Left even takes her seriously any more.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (UBzPO)

418
Who did she grab?
==========
the kitchen counter on the way to the floor.

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (2X7pN)

419 Prepare the cousin-humping snark Memegenerator!

Posted by: Dr. Soros in his underground lair after Moore wins at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (W/SyC)

420 Who puts noodles and ricotta cheese on their pizza?

--

Must've been out of dog.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (mQ0Mc)

421 They want Al to take one for the team. The Al-Franken martyrs brigade.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (/qEW2)

422 >>Obama apparently had two hot takes in Europe today: Trump is Hitler, and deep dish pizza is lasagna.

He also tried to take credit for PDT's improvement of the economy.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (r9UYA)

423 >>Only issue is that it would once more show the GOPe contempt for the Voters who elected him.

How would be any different from what the Dems are doing to Franken right now? Are they showing disrespect to the voters of Minnesota who didn't know what Franken was guilty of when they elected him?

Not every Senator is a member of the GOPe unless of course guys like Cotton and Cruz are now establishment.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (/tuJf)

424 This just in: calls for Adam to leave Eden for harassing Eve.

Bastard.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (YqDXo)

425 >>>I am here to tell you that Mitt Romney worships a pedophile demigod.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Ho Ho Hoing to the Holidays at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (cASAP)

426 "I thought no one writing for
the Post could be dumber than Dana Milbank. Will wonders never cease..."

Jennifer Rubin says hello...

Posted by: Benji Carver at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (OD2ni)

427 The most recent Moore accusation that I've heard of is in the mid 80s that he supposedly grabbed a 20-something woman's rear end.

That's the most recent thing, maybe something new has come out.

Posted by: Billy Jeff Klin-Ton at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (39g3+)

428 424 This just in: calls for Adam to leave Eden for harassing Eve.

Bastard.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

bitch set me up

Posted by: Zombie Marion Barry at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (K2T58)

429 420 Who puts noodles and ricotta cheese on their pizza?

--

Must've been out of dog.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (mQ0Mc)

Yeah.... its like Carrots in Chili!

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (NgKpN)

430 He also tried to take credit for PDT's improvement of the economy.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (r9UYA)

This is why we need to treat him like the temper-tantrum-throwing toddler that he is, and just ignore him until he shuts up and goes away.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (7UW64)

431
Who knows how much is true, but I think it's significant that he's
never been accused of doing anything more than saying stupid shit.

The frenzy isn't interested in details, this is mass hysteria.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (oVJmc)

432 170 So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

He was in 'Dynasty" right?

Posted by: tu3031 at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (O5Q3r)

433 What about Bob?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (9QPk5)

434 bitch set me up
Posted by: Zombie Marion Barry at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (K2T5

---

One sec while I decorate your statue.

Posted by: Femail Pigeon at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (suO/a)

435
Why they're allowing Allred to be the face of it baffles me. Nobody on the Left even takes her seriously any more.
==============
Because they allegations are so bogus a real lawyer won't go near them.

also, the point of the allegations isn't to succeed on their merit, it is to create a side show, and a black hole to suck favorability away from trump. They need his favorability ratings down in the twenties before they try to impeach.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (C6xeQ)

436 She should be doing Life Alert commercials for falling down!
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Splitter Chapter at December 06, 2017 02:25 PM (rmH5B)

I think they already signed up Hillary for those.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (YqDXo)

437 "Who puts noodles and ricotta cheese on their pizza? "

Not as bad as cucumbers on pizza!!

Posted by: Poppie at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (OD2ni)

438 The most recent Moore accusation that I've heard of is in the mid 80s that he supposedly grabbed a 20-something woman's rear end.

That's the most recent thing, maybe something new has come out.
Posted by: Billy Jeff Klin-Ton at December 06, 2017 02:28 PM (39g3+)

So nothing this millenia.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (mf5HN)

439 384 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?
Posted by: Ian S. at December 06, 2017 02:23 PM (3J/LN)

She thought it was some more bribe money but it was actually Leon the janitor. Boy was Leon pissed!

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (RD7QR)

440 How's Rosie feeling today?
Heard she ate some crayons yesterday but seems better with the med adjustment.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (W/SyC)

441 Color me stupid but I don't understand how Franken resigning is going to change enough minds to get Moore's D opponent elected. Happy to be educated on this.

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (14URa)

442 Because they allegations are so bogus a real lawyer won't go near them.

also, the point of the allegations isn't to succeed on their merit, it is to create a side show, and a black hole to suck favorability away from trump. They need his favorability ratings down in the twenties before they try to impeach.
Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (C6xeQ)

Actually... I think its like the Mueller crap...

They want Discovery, so they can fish for dirt...

Posted by: Don Q, singing the Song of Angry Men at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (NgKpN)

443 430 He also tried to take credit for PDT's improvement of the economy.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (r9UYA)

This is why we need to treat him like the temper-tantrum-throwing toddler that he is, and just ignore him until he shuts up and goes away.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:29 PM (7UW64)

Hey, Barry, you didn't build that.

Bwahahaha! Karma, bitch!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (YqDXo)

444 This will have zero impact on the Alabama race.

Zero.

If they had tossed Franken under the bus two weeks ago, maybe. But that chance is long since passed.

Posted by: Gridlock at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (GW7H6)

445 I would imagine Al Franken's annual holiday handjob from the always delightful, Franni, is off the table...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (7DG+y)

446 He also tried to take credit for PDT's improvement of the economy.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (r9UYA)

The economy was at or under 2% his whole time in office because the economy is racist

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (493sH)

447 Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Patty Murray of Washington, Kirsten
Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Maggie Hassan of New
Hampshire and Claire McCaskill

That's every Democrat women in the Senate except for Lindsay.

If they all started chasing Franken and tongue-kissing him he'd bail in a hurry.

Posted by: DaveA at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (FhXTo)

448 @386 . . . I was repeatedly asked about things like masturbation as a child and teen, and coerced into detailed discussions about natural sexual thoughts floating around in my head. What do you think about when you masturbate? Describe how you touch yourself. And so on.
_______

* big smile, contented sigh *

Posted by: Harry Reid, Reminiscing at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (j+dfT)

449 Pelosi would never grab anyone--she's a fine upstanding faithful Catholic grandma, doncha know?

Or some such shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (7UW64)

450 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

NANCY PULASKI IS AN...AN...AN...AN...AN...AN ICON!!!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (O5Q3r)

451 324 The super-conservatives keep saying "Country over party"

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 02:13 PM (vDqXW)

The GOPe is no more "super-conservative" than Antifa is "anti-fascist".

Posted by: rickl at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (xjiRE)

452 Jeb tweets his approval of PDT's Jerusalem deal.

Thanks !jeb, now go the fuck away and die.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (r9UYA)

453 Right at this very moment there is an uprising in the Mormon/LDS church to end the practice of sexually explicit ecclesiastical interviews that Mormon youth, young girls and boys, are subjected to by old priesthood holding men one on one behind closed doors. I was repeatedly asked about things like masturbation as a child and teen, and coerced into detailed discussions about natural sexual thoughts floating around in my head. What do you think about when you masturbate? Describe how you touch yourself.

Literally, what the f*ck?

Posted by: Delusional Sessions Supporter at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (q177U)

454 Praying for any of the horde who are in or around the wildfires in California - dear God.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (oiNtH)

455 So anyone else heard of Blake Farenthold?

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He was mocked on this very blog months/years ago when the ethics review was being called for or started or something. This is not a safe space with regard to his physical appearance!

Posted by: RioBravo at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (5NMZN)

456 305. I don't know if he's a creep or not, he may be, but the accuser's female successor says that Farenthold was wonderful to work for. This was even though she thinks congress in general is a boys' club cesspool.
Posted by: stace at December 06, 2017 02:09 PM (8JE5H)

I stand corrected!!

Posted by: LASue at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (Mjus2)

457 stupid sock!

Posted by: Max Power at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (q177U)

458 I am here to tell you that Mitt Romney worships a pedophile demigod.

I didn't know he was Muslim!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (39g3+)

459 Not as bad as cucumbers on pizza!!
Posted by: Poppie at December 06, 2017 02:30 PM (OD2ni)
_______________

That's almost as bad as carrots in chili.

Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (fqUgw)

460 All this talk of pizza makes me hungry.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (YV+SU)

461 @447
Wait, don't start without me!

Posted by: Rosa DeLauro at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (W/SyC)

462 Color me stupid but I don't understand how Franken resigning is going to change enough minds to get Moore's D opponent elected. Happy to be educated on this.

The $19 that Flake was going to send the Franken campaign, can now be sent to Jones. That should be enough to put him over the top.

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (vmsda)

463 When I lived in DC in 1999 one night I was at the Capital Lounge on Pennsylvania playing pool and a woman came up behind me and grabbed my ass. No shit. My buddy said "Man, you need to go flirt with her, that's XXX (worked for important person then, now important person)!"

Is it too late to get in on this action? True story.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (UBzPO)

464 This just in: calls for Adam to leave Eden for harassing Eve.

Bastard.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (YqDXo)

More bad news for Adam

Posted by: The Eden Post - Paradise Dies In Darkness at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (EzdLW)

465 448 @386 . . . I was repeatedly asked about things like masturbation as a child and teen, and coerced into detailed discussions about natural sexual thoughts floating around in my head. What do you think about when you masturbate? Describe how you touch yourself. And so on.
_______

* big smile, contented sigh *

Posted by: Harry Reid, Reminiscing at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (j+dfT)

But, but, I thought only Catholic priests were perverted. /s

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (7UW64)

466 Mrs. Lauer was doing what while Katie Couric was keeping Matt so busy that he had left nothing left over for Meredith Viera?

Posted by: gNewt at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (/RKWU)

467 454
Praying for any of the horde who are in or around the wildfires in California - dear God.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (oiNtH)
I am surrounded on both sides...eeekkkk...school district closed all schools today. Winds not expected to die down till Friday.

Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (a0IVu)

468 Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Patty Murray of Washington, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Claire McCaskill

Why, that must be, what, 500 IQ points there, easy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (YqDXo)

469 I wish Franken would stay. Not because I don't think he's a massive douche of epic proportions, but because our drug laden Governor. Mark Dayton (Medicted Mark as I call him) gets to pick his replacement. And it will be worse than Al even is. Keith Ellison anyone? Fuck. Then the R candidate will have to campaign against an incumbent. Of course if Norm Coleman and the rest of the R's would have fought Frankenfraud and he wasn't such a pussy it wouldn't matter.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (VAlay)

470 ranken, Spacey, Weinstein, Lauer, Rose and Russell Simmons could do a reality show created just for them: "Celebrities in Sex Rehab". It would share their group therapy sessions, aversion therapy and drug treatments.

I am going to stampede.

Posted by: The horse at the 'sex therapy' ranch at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (326rv)

471 Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 06, 2017 02:08 PM

More than that. It was a trunkful of votes.

Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (ux+5c)

472 House voted 364-58 to table Al Greens impeachment.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (jsWA8)

473 -
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440
How's Rosie feeling today?

Heard she ate some crayons yesterday but seems better with the med adjustment.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM
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Bad pie. Bad Pie.

Posted by: Trapper Keeper at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (pMGkg)

474 463 When I lived in DC in 1999 one night I was at the Capital Lounge on Pennsylvania playing pool and a woman came up behind me and grabbed my ass. No shit. My buddy said "Man, you need to go flirt with her, that's XXX (worked for important person then, now important person)!"

Is it too late to get in on this action? True story.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (UBzPO)

Oh great, our own little #metoo.

I'm thinking, no.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (7UW64)

475
453 Right at this very moment there is an uprising in the Mormon/LDS church to end the practice of sexually explicit ecclesiastical interviews that Mormon youth, young girls and boys, are subjected to by old priesthood holding men one on one behind closed doors. I was repeatedly asked about things like masturbation as a child and teen, and coerced into detailed discussions about natural sexual thoughts floating around in my head. What do you think about when you masturbate? Describe how you touch yourself.

Literally, what the f*ck?
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How else are you going to insure no one stains their holy underwear? Jeebus - they're Mormons!

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (YV+SU)

476 446 He also tried to take credit for PDT's improvement of the economy.

Posted by: Under Fire at December 06, 2017 02:27 PM (r9UYA)

++++++++++

well...er..ah...you see. The errr republicans put the economy. errr. In a ditch. On the side of the road. And now, ehhh, trump is sipping a slurpee. Trying to take credit. For the change that we've made. While also being hitler and ruining the economy by destroying my lifegiving, economic turbo charging regulations. So, you see, that's not who we are. Trump bad. Very bad.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (TlvUt)

477 Color me stupid but I don't understand how Franken resigning is going to change enough minds to get Moore's D opponent elected.

Its about the long game. They're trying to set up a narrative of the GOP being the party of perverts and kiddy diddlers, that no woman is safe around one. Sure, there is a 10:1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans being nailed for this in public places, but they fire theirs, see? They're better!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (39g3+)

478 Ace has got to be dippin' the balls in the guacamole bowl after Jebs! latest comments...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (7DG+y)

479 468 Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Patty Murray of Washington, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Claire McCaskill

Why, that must be, what, 500 IQ points there, easy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
_________

550 if you exclude me.

Posted by: Patty Murray at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (j+dfT)

480 Who puts noodles and ricotta cheese on their pizza?

That's not ricotta.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (EzdLW)

481 Jeb tweets his approval of PDT's Jerusalem deal.

Thanks !jeb, now go the fuck away and die.
---
Did he at least clap?

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (XQvuQ)

482 But, but, I thought only Catholic priests were perverted. /s

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (7UW64)
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They got an earlier start. /s

Posted by: RioBravo at December 06, 2017 02:36 PM (5NMZN)

483 No loss for the Dems; MN is so deep blue now whoever replaces him will be auto-reelected
Posted by: brak at December 06, 2017 01:28 PM

Disagree, Franken won by 300 plus bogus fraudulent votes. Trump lost here by one point! The state legislature is controlled by reps. There's a good chance it can be flipped. The problem is that now whomever our medicated governor picks will be an incumbent which carries weight for some people.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 06, 2017 02:36 PM (VAlay)

484 I'll vouch for Al.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 06, 2017 02:36 PM (9QPk5)

485 472 House voted 364-58 to table Al Greens impeachment.
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (jsWA

Well I think he was a great singer! Why would you impeach him?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at December 06, 2017 02:36 PM (RD7QR)

486 I am surrounded on both sides...eeekkkk...school district closed all schools today. Winds not expected to die down till Friday.
Posted by: IC at December 06, 2017 02:33 PM (a0IVu)

I thought the pictures from today were Photoshopped because c'mon. Nope.

Stay safe.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun at December 06, 2017 02:36 PM (mf5HN)

487 Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (fqUgw)

The plaintive cry of ER docs at SF General.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (YqDXo)

488 > I didn't know he was Muslim!

The only practical difference between the prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) and the prophet Joseph Smith (praise to the man), is that Joseph Smith didn't wait for heaven to bag his 72 virgins... nor did he particularly care if they were all virgins to begin with.

Posted by: The Exmo at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (sl+ie)

489 463 When I lived in DC in 1999 one night I was at the Capital Lounge on Pennsylvania playing pool and a woman came up behind me and grabbed my ass. No shit. My buddy said "Man, you need to go flirt with her, that's XXX (worked for important person then, now important person)!"

+++++++++++++++

man, one time ...ok multiple times...well nearly every...say 7 out of 10 times at Cap Lounge, I'd end up getting groped by some chick.

Oh wait...right. Bars. Drinking. Girls want sex because they like boys.

And, fwiw, cap lounge is filled with med who are definitely older than 50 and in suits, always in suits, hitting on and doing their best to grab chicks.

sad.

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (TlvUt)

490 At any moment an Hawaiian Judge is likely to expel Franken from the Senate. Its what Hawaiians do.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (YV+SU)

491 Is the Pelosi thing due to that other democrat assaulter now admitting he told Pelosi all about the assaults before he ran and she still gave him the thumbs up?

Posted by: LASue at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (Mjus2)

492
"Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?"

Lena Dunham?

Posted by: Name names at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (/zwDg)

493 On Fox News: Dems are calling for Pelosi to step down.

Who did she grab?

Posted by: Ian S.

Please please please let her someday somehow utter the words, "That's not how any of this works"
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

"Where's the beef?"

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (Z+uwH)

494 Jeb tweets his approval of PDT's Jerusalem deal.

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

495 I don't know the ins and outs of Mormonism. Most of what I know is from South Park and bad Pornhub videos.

I will say Mormons make good neighbors, based on the three I've had. Nice people, well-behaved and happy kids, decent shots.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (xJa6I)

496 I'm sure it makes me a racist or an intolerant dolt, but I don't see a whole lot of difference between the Mormons and the Scientologists.

Made-up religions that say more about their founders' odd perversions than anything about our place in the universe.

I have never heard anything good that came from either place, either for an individual or for society as a whole. They are both just power-grabs for the a few select freaks and the rest are just there for show.

So, I guess I denounce myself, but there you have it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (7UW64)

497 Funny thing about That Friars Club roat of Matt Lauer.
Trump was there! I'm surprised they haven't asked him if he laughed at any of the sexist jokes....

Posted by: JoeF. at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (7uYFy)

498 Oh great, our own little #metoo.

I'm thinking, no.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (7UW64)

LOL! Hell, I was flattered. Friends were jealous.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (UBzPO)

499 Keith Ellison. It will be a consolation prize for losing to Perez as DNC Chair-crook. And, since he will be taking a new office, it will give him the opportunity to re-write his history once more. (In case you are not aware, before every election or new office, Keith Ellison is allowed to change his name, his past affiliations or re-write any past history that might be inconvenient in the present.)

Posted by: King Barky the 1st at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (SGGel)

500 490 At any moment an Hawaiian Judge is likely to expel Franken from the Senate. Its what Hawaiians do.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (YV+SU)

Nope, we'd just overturn his resignation. It's the law, bitches.

Posted by: Random Hawaii Judge #7 at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (72PAC)

501 "Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?"

Congressional staff?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (Z+uwH)

502 Literally, what the f*ck?
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How else are you going to insure no one stains their holy underwear? Jeebus - they're Mormons!
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM

"Describe your first sexual experience?".......Well, I was alone.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 06, 2017 02:39 PM (VAlay)

503 When I lived in DC in 1999 one night I was at the Capital Lounge on Pennsylvania playing pool and a woman came up behind me and grabbed my ass. No shit. My buddy said "Man, you need to go flirt with her, that's XXX (worked for important person then, now important person)!"

+++

BTW kathleen harris was a very attractive older lady

Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:39 PM (TlvUt)

504 "Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?"

I'll take "Signs seen at the San Francisco Pride Parade" for $1000 Alex

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at December 06, 2017 02:39 PM (vmsda)

505 IC - please be safe....scary. California is my home state and it is tragic what is happening.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:39 PM (oiNtH)

506 Its about the long game. They're trying to set up a narrative of the GOP being the party of perverts and kiddy diddlers
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Presumably they expect people to forget obama's education department thought kindergartners needed to learn about fisting.

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (XQvuQ)

507 And, fwiw, cap lounge is filled with med who are
definitely older than 50 and in suits, always in suits, hitting on and
doing their best to grab chicks.

sad.
Posted by: porg herder at December 06, 2017 02:37 PM (TlvUt)

That was every single bar in DC as I recall.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (UBzPO)

508 479 468 Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Patty Murray of Washington, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Claire McCaskill

Why, that must be, what, 500 IQ points there, easy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
_________

550 if you exclude me.

Posted by: Patty Murray at December 06, 2017 02:35 PM (j+dfT)

I see the strategy now.
Purge all male Dems and show the nation the superior intellects remaining.

WINNING!

Posted by: jwb7605 at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (DofIg)

509 Dems play "We'll show you we're people of integrity by sacrifice one of YOUR own" against Republicans.

I expect this will succeed for them as well as Republicans playing "We'll show you we're people of integrity by criticizing members of our own party and not responding when you vilify us. Now YOU gotta do the same" against Democrats.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (/qEW2)

510 Nood.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (72PAC)

511 This will have zero impact on the Alabama race.

Zero.

If they had tossed Franken under the bus two weeks ago, maybe. But that chance is long since passed.

Posted by: Gridlock at December 06, 2017 02:31 PM (GW7H6)
I agree.

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (14URa)

512
CNBC has dusted off Gretchen Carlson to talk about Time's Persons of the Year.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (493sH)

513 You sit on a throne of lies!

You stink!

You smell like beef and cheese!

Kamala Harris to Nancy Pelosi, 5 minutes ago in the Senate Cloak room.

Posted by: simplemind at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (vCp3P)

514 Wow the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office who denied Corey Feldman ever told them anything about child molesters and never named anyone in Hollywood found the audio recordings he made to the Sheriff back in the 1980s.

Woops@

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (+Dllb)

515 I'm sure it makes me a racist or an intolerant dolt, but I don't see a whole lot of difference between the Mormons and the Scientologists.

Made-up religions that say more about their founders' odd perversions than anything about our place in the universe.

I have never heard anything good that came from either place, either for an individual or for society as a whole. They are both just power-grabs for the a few select freaks and the rest are just there for show.

So, I guess I denounce myself, but there you have it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (7UW64)

The Mormons tend to at least be decent people who actually put their money where their mouth is when it comes to helping people in need. Yeah, I know they are hoping to sign up the people they help. That's the game.
But the aid and comfort they give is real.
Scientologists are.....different.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 06, 2017 02:40 PM (7uYFy)

516 Is the Pelosi thing due to that other democrat assaulter now admitting he told Pelosi all about the assaults before he ran and she still gave him the thumbs up?
Posted by: LASue

I think it's due to dementia and senility. Seriously. Nancy has been showing signs lately that something is seriously wrong.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (Z+uwH)

517 "I have chosen to live the rest of my life as a Muslim Man."

--Mustapha al-Franken

Posted by: Hikaru at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (CMbMd)

518 Gah, I meant, Dems play "We'll show you we're people of integrity by sacrificing one of our own. Now you gotta sacrifice one of YOUR own" against Republicans.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (/qEW2)

519 The Exmo at December 06, 2017

===

Thank you for bringing this up. Many Christians assume Mormons are just another protestant group, and it just ain't so.

Thank you.

Posted by: Texican (ette) at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (CjE8v)

520 Who are these people who insist on putting vegetables where vegetables should never be?"

Congressional staff?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (Z+uwH)

Hollywood talent agents ?

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (QC/4S)

521 Any minute a Hawaiian judge will make the Tel Aviv US embassy stay open and cancel the move to Jerusalem

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 02:42 PM (aC6Sd)

522 454
Praying for any of the horde who are in or around the wildfires in California - dear God.

Posted by: Cheri at December 06, 2017 02:32 PM (oiNtH)I keep tearing up seeing this stuff. It's reallt bad out there this year.

Posted by: Peaches at December 06, 2017 02:42 PM (14URa)

523 Chief of the Boat: Yes, sir?
Ramsey: You're aware of the name of this ship, aren't you Mr. COB?
Chief of the Boat: Very aware, sir!
Ramsey: It bears a proud name, doesn't it, Mr. COB?
Chief of the Boat: Very proud, sir!
Ramsey: It represents fine people.
Chief of the Boat: Very fine people, sir!
Ramsey: Who live in a fine, outstanding state.
Chief of the Boat: Outstanding, sir!
Ramsey: In the greatest country in the entire world.
Chief of the Boat: In the entire world, sir!
Ramsey: And what is that name, Mr. COB?
Chief of the Boat: Alabama, sir!
Ramsey: And what do we say?
Ramsey, Chief of the Boat: GO 'BAMA!
Crew: ROLL TIDE!

Posted by: Bring it baby at December 06, 2017 02:42 PM (W/SyC)

524 "Describe your first sexual experience?"

I can't remember something that lasted only 10 seconds.

Posted by: Hands Solo at December 06, 2017 02:43 PM (EzdLW)

525 The Mormons tend to at least be decent people who actually put their money where their mouth is when it comes to helping people in need.

Exactly, its about works righteousness, but Mormons are good citizens who are a benefit to their community, however wrong I believe their faith to be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:43 PM (39g3+)

526 The Mormons did settle the Great Basin. That was accomplished by their highly successful colonies - a result of authoritarian, from the top down, central planning. An outlier in American settlement patterns.

Posted by: RioBravo at December 06, 2017 02:43 PM (5NMZN)

527 Dems are one Waitress Sandwich too late...

Posted by: William Eaton at December 06, 2017 02:43 PM (MuTTO)

528 They are going to force Franken to resign, in order to establish the precedent, that when Moore from Alabama is elected, if the Repubs don't immediately force him out, then it's see we told you so, Repubs #WarOnWomen.

Posted by: John A. Fleming at December 06, 2017 02:44 PM (cIj06)

529 Keith Ellison. It will be a consolation prize for losing to Perez as DNC
Chair-crook. And, since he will be taking a new office, it will give
him the opportunity to re-write his history once more.
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Dude, senator Keith Ellison will be awesome for any onf the guys Bannon sends up to key off of. Because there will be pictures of him being all cordial and shit with the incumbents.

Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2017 02:44 PM (XQvuQ)

530 Thank you for bringing this up. Many Christians assume Mormons are just another protestant group, and it just ain't so.

Thank you
Posted by: Texican (ette) at December 06, 2017 02:41 PM (CjE8v)

I'd always assumed they were Protestants too, because they sure aren't Roman Catholics or Greek Orthodox....

Posted by: JoeF. at December 06, 2017 02:44 PM (7uYFy)

531 Whee! Another anti-Mormon crazy. Had one in one of the areas I served in during my mission that pretty much socially ostrasized himself due to his obsession with revealing the "truth" about the LDS Church to anyone and everyone around him no matter how inappropriate the situation. It's an obsession with these people, from what I've seen.

How long has this one been floating around here?

Posted by: junior at December 06, 2017 02:44 PM (zVgt5)

532 "Its about the long game. They're trying to set up a narrative of the GOP being the party of perverts and kiddy diddlers."

*looks over at their Hollywood, MSM, and Congressional Democrat-type persons*

They're doing it wrong.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Holiday Magic! Get a Face-Plant Hillary doll from the Outrage Outlet! at December 06, 2017 02:45 PM (hLRSq)

533 "The Mormons tend to at least be decent people who actually put their money where their mouth is when it comes to helping people in need.

Exactly, its about works righteousness, but Mormons are good citizens who are a benefit to their community, however wrong I believe their faith to be."

Exactly my sentiments. I've known a few Mormons from school etc and seen them in later life as they interact in the community. I'd rather have a Mormon neighbor than a progressive atheist or progressive-of-any-stripe by a longshot.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at December 06, 2017 02:45 PM (W/SyC)

534 "I'll take People who FingerBlasted their own Sister for $200, Alex"..."Who is Lena Dunham, Alex"...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 02:45 PM (7DG+y)

535 472 House voted 364-58 to table Al Greens impeachment.
Posted by: CSMBigBird at December 06, 2017 02:34 PM (jsWA

What do they have against soul singers?

Posted by: Northernlurker, glad to be only lurking at December 06, 2017 02:46 PM (nBr1j)

536 Idaho tavern owner's greatest customers...MORMONS...

Posted by: What Smells? at December 06, 2017 02:46 PM (7DG+y)

537 The Mormons tend to at least be decent people who actually put their money where their mouth is when it comes to helping people in need.

Exactly, its about works righteousness, but Mormons are good citizens who are a benefit to their community, however wrong I believe their faith to be.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2017 02:43 PM (39g3+)

As a Catholic ,I know that to many Christians, "good works" don't mean that much. It's all about Faith--which I totally get. But give me a person who's a net benefit to the community over someone who does nothing for nobody but sits in the first pew--whatever the church.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 06, 2017 02:48 PM (7uYFy)

538 Peaches, thanks for reminding me. Heard on radio news the fires in so Cal are getting worse. Please be safe anyone in those areas.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 02:50 PM (aC6Sd)

539 528 They are going to force Franken to resign, in order to establish the precedent, that when Moore from Alabama is elected, if the Repubs don't immediately force him out, then it's see we told you so, Repubs #WarOnWomen.
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This assumes that (1) there are no other revelations of Dems in Congress, and (2) no one busts the big Piñata of taxpayer payouts for Scummy Congress Critters. Add to that the Dems don't control the sexual harassment narrative - Millennial Fems do. So far they haven't been zeroing in on Pubbies.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 06, 2017 02:50 PM (YV+SU)

540 521 Any minute a Hawaiian judge will make the Tel Aviv US embassy stay open and cancel the move to Jerusalem
Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 02:42 PM (aC6Sd)

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Forget that...Any minute a Hawaiian judge will declare Israel not to exist.

Posted by: William Eaton at December 06, 2017 02:52 PM (MuTTO)

541 After the race is called much ink will be spilled parsing out the reasons for Moore's victory. Ace wordsmithed the whole damn thing in one sentence.

I disagree. I think Moore will win (and Moore was hated) because he believes he is answerable to God, and that's the only reason.

Posted by: artemis at December 06, 2017 02:52 PM (AwPyG)

542 Also I miss remembered my story fighting a wild fire,( it was 38 years ago) the days were from a Sunday afternoon to Monday evening, so missed a day of duty ( was just tech class) didn't get into any trouble personally but thing the flight leader did,.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2017 02:53 PM (aC6Sd)

543 Jeb tweets his approval of PDT's Jerusalem deal.

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2017 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

Better known in these parts as Jeb!

Posted by: redbanzai at December 06, 2017 03:01 PM (SrkNc)

544 These accusations are not being made in a court of law; he is not being confronted by his accusers. I don't see any way that this is o.k.

Posted by: m at December 06, 2017 03:03 PM (sVFZk)

545 544: And not even in any appropriate office at the time of the occurrences. When Rush says "feminazi", I used to feel annoyed, but now I agree

Posted by: CN at December 06, 2017 03:14 PM (5gaNQ)

546 I'm in AL, I'm voting for Moore. I don't care if the Senate sends him home, the gov will find a suitable conservative replacement, not someone hand picked by the GOPe.

Posted by: Gmac - 'All politics in this country now is dress-rehearsal for civil war' at December 06, 2017 03:34 PM (qZdIZ)

547 I once did a puppet show for my students. So I'm an entertainer and now I'd like that hawt 25 year old health teacher to.... well...give me a very thorough examination.

Its my right.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey 'making dirty balloon creations cause entertainer! at December 06, 2017 03:35 PM (xFBfz)

548 This is theater. As soon as the AL race is over, he'll just fade from the news, but securely in his ill gotten Senate seat. The "fired" Hollywood types will be quietly rehired after their vacation.

Posted by: Karen at December 06, 2017 03:38 PM (PWpKW)

549 Didn't Franken win by a handful of votes? I wouldn't exactly call that a "safe" Dem seat.
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There are more people with car trunks in Minn.

It was pretty sickening watching the Michigan returns. Normally Detroit counties are the first to have 100% reporting. However, last year, they stayed pale blue as the red upstate votes came in. And you could just see the gears grinding: "Well, we have to know how many votes we have to manufacture" down in the districts of Detroit.

Posted by: Axeman at December 06, 2017 03:42 PM (vDqXW)

550 We'll know the Dems are scared if they start demanding Child Hooker Patron Menedez resign. But they're not because Christie can appoint his replacement until the end of the year.

Posted by: Iblis at December 06, 2017 04:05 PM (9221z)

551 Did Hot Lips Franken have a bag of sex toys in trunk of car or were they just votes?

Posted by: gobagoo at December 06, 2017 05:33 PM (A/saJ)

552 I guess that SNL alum mash note couldn't save Franken after all.

http://wapo.st/2jkRc8f

Posted by: Christian Toto at December 06, 2017 06:46 PM (GppXG)

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