I agree entirely about Franken’s alleged sins being of a different degree. But I also think they are managing the crisis well.
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:34 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:28 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Somebody is doing a good job of managing this for Franken. At this point >> in the culture there is no way to win by trying to nuance your bad behavior >> and minimize your guilt. Better to apologize, shut up, ask for an >> investigation ( a forum that will allow him to nuance and even dispute and >> push back where indicated) and get women who know you to testify to your >> good character (the antidote to multiple accusers). >> > > Franken is accused of sexual misconduct with a peer on a trip. Nobody > claimed he forced himself on women who were accountable to him over years > or decades. I don't excuse his behavior but what he did was not in a league > with Roger Ailes or Harvey Weinstein. And the Senate Ethics Committee will > not remove him for something he did before he became a senator. It will > take a long time for the committee to finish its investigation and either > the heat will have died down or other victims will step forward. At most > this ends with a reprimand or a censure which will hurt Franken if he runs > for re-election. > > The reason other public figures are not doing what Franken did is they > know other victims are out there and they are waiting to see if attention > goes elsewhere before the sins of their past catch up with them. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
