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gabeana

(3,166 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:48 AM Apr 2018

Wouldn't it be something if Al Franken ran for POTUS

At Sunday’s TimesTalk panel for women senators — which featured Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) — Klobuchar said she expects her former colleague and friend to make a comeback.

“He’s had two acts and he’s still going to have a third,” Klobuchar told the crowd of Franken.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/sen-amy-klobuchar-predicts-al-franken-will-make-comback/

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Wouldn't it be something if Al Franken ran for POTUS (Original Post) gabeana Apr 2018 OP

What is "POS"? Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #1

sorry, fixed it gabeana Apr 2018 #2

Trump has a lock on the POS position. CentralMass Apr 2018 #6

would love some big move by Al.. LakeArenal Apr 2018 #3

No. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #4

Once again we agree! It would be a disaster if Franken ran...hopefully you have not passed out with Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #8

That's my hope. n/t Mister Ed Apr 2018 #5

No, he is an easy target for the GOP. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #7

No. We need someone with the willingness to fight for themselves. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #9

You got it in your top line. BOTTOM LINE! poboy2 Apr 2018 #18

Id love it if he could run and win but I do feel hes given so much, Id like his next race, should mahina Apr 2018 #10

He's just waiting for the rise in public outrage over usurious ATM fees. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #11

... LexVegas Apr 2018 #12

I never heard any indication that Al Franken was ever interested in the White House DFW Apr 2018 #13

It would be something alright. An instant loss. nt mtnsnake Apr 2018 #14

The women of our party would badmouth him as an ass-grabber milestogo Apr 2018 #15

Wow... LakeArenal Apr 2018 #16

As much as I like Franken...no Tarc Apr 2018 #17

Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)

1. What is "POS"?

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:52 AM

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gabeana

(3,166 posts)

2. sorry, fixed it

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:55 AM

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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

6. Trump has a lock on the POS position.

Reply to gabeana (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:38 AM

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LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)

3. would love some big move by Al..

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 01:43 AM

Apr 2018

Just a reminder to the "list of senators"... We haven't forgotten...

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

4. No.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:17 AM

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Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)

8. Once again we agree! It would be a disaster if Franken ran...hopefully you have not passed out with

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:55 AM

Apr 2018

shock. with the agreement and all.

Mister Ed

(5,935 posts)

5. That's my hope. n/t

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:23 AM

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Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)

7. No, he is an easy target for the GOP.

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:53 AM

Apr 2018

We need a win.

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. No. We need someone with the willingness to fight for themselves.

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:58 AM

Apr 2018

Not someone willing to tell one of the greatest deliberative bodies in the world to just hold tight. Wait and see. Hold on. An ethics earring is just months away. Yeah. That’s the ticket.

Love Franken. Don’t kid myself for a second about what happened. This has about as much thought behind it as Gillibrand for President. This will simply be used as a point of further division.

I don’t see the word President mentioned a single time in the article.

poboy2

(2,078 posts)

18. You got it in your top line. BOTTOM LINE!

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:10 AM

Apr 2018

No. We need someone with the willingness to fight for themselves.

EXCLAMATION POINT!

I'd LOVE Al, but he is not a brawler. At this time, I want a FIGHTER with emotion.
Al will take the 'high road' and get slaughtered.

mahina

(17,663 posts)

10. Id love it if he could run and win but I do feel hes given so much, Id like his next race, should

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:13 AM

Apr 2018

We be so lucky that the re-enters the political scene, to be a surer win.

Still pissed he was shamed into resigning. Very. And just as thankful for what he has done for us.

His last book is loooking at me from the bookshelf. Lying Liars skated the battle in my view. Thankful for his service and very hopeful he may serve again.

TheSmarterDog

(794 posts)

11. He's just waiting for the rise in public outrage over usurious ATM fees.

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Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:25 AM

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LexVegas

(6,067 posts)

12. ...

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Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:33 AM

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DFW

(54,397 posts)

13. I never heard any indication that Al Franken was ever interested in the White House

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:00 AM

Apr 2018

But I would support him over ANY of those on "the list" of Democrats who fell for the phony scam of accusations of sexual harassment against him, and urged him to resign. We do not need a nominee that gullible or that susceptible to Republican manipulation.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)

14. It would be something alright. An instant loss. nt

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Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:03 AM

Apr 2018

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

15. The women of our party would badmouth him as an ass-grabber

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:04 AM

Apr 2018

The other party celebrates a pussy-grabber.

LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)

16. Wow...

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:49 AM

Apr 2018

Al Wouldn't be bad mouthed by this woman in the party..

The disaster regarding Al has already happened...

I see the "no due process fans" are aboard today.

What happened to we need every smart, popular, Dem to run for any office? Oh he's a man. Sorry, I guess only if you are a woman should you run..

If Gillibrand and Schumer and the other part of the list are still in government, Al Franken can still run. I think the former have more of a stain on them than AL.

You can try to keep Al down, but you're gonna lose that battle. Because MN will probably want their Senator back in some form of political place and those of who still STAND WITH AL.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)

17. As much as I like Franken...no

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:53 AM

Apr 2018

Unfairly or not, he will spend his entire candidacy on the defensive regarding his actions. You can't hand a weakened GOP a gift like that.

What I'd like to see in a few years is Franken run again for the Senate. It'll be the same defensive play, but on a smaller stage. Make his case to the people of the state about what happened and what he's done going forward to address it.

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