AP is reporting Franken will resign tomorrow or sooner On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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.
