Tom Wolper, to PGage, 11/21/17: > > 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. >
A new accusation <http://variety.com/2017/politics/news/al-franken-resignation-sexual-assault-1202632117/> (Variety link) arrived this morning (12/6), from a now-Congressional aide, but of conduct prior to his campaign for office... he moved toward her for a kiss during a break in his radio show, but she ducked away. A number of colleagues -- only Gillibrand of NY was named -- would rather he just quit than bring the Ethics investigation. B -- 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.
