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Al Franken:"Disingenuous, Stupid, and Jacketless is No Way to Go through an Impeachment Hearing, Son (Original Post) Gothmog Dec 2019 OP
Oh, how I miss Al Franken! leftieNanner Dec 2019 #1
"Son" fwvinson Dec 2019 #21
If there is a deity who metes out justice. . . Collimator Dec 2019 #2
😔Boy do I miss him. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #3
Him not wearing a coat is like the least thing wrong with him. Silly. Nt USALiberal Dec 2019 #4
He's trying to prove to his gullible constituents that he's hard working. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #7
Gym Jerkin' is going to regret all the attention he's drawing to himself. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #17
Al is one of the best and brightest malaise Dec 2019 #5
I can't even stand to listen to this so called former coach, who allowed the molesting of ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #6
Because all the rethuglicans have is disruption and obfuscation... Raster Dec 2019 #9
Gym Jerkin' may be wiser to work on his own defense. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #18
Al, you nailed it! UCmeNdc Dec 2019 #8
When they call you "son" that is not a compliment or an endearment. gordianot Dec 2019 #10
Bless his heart, Gym Jerkin' doesn't seem to understand the trouble he's in. lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #19
It's a quote from Animal House. meadowlander Dec 2019 #22
It is also a southern rural put down. gordianot Dec 2019 #24
On this instance,... magicarpet Dec 2019 #11
Al nails it ... UpInArms Dec 2019 #12
He'll be back! Soon! Dr Rise Dec 2019 #13
Why is Al not a serious contender this primary? LakeArenal Dec 2019 #14
"Jim Jordan's not on the Intelligence Committee..." dchill Dec 2019 #15
Al should have never been forced out karin_sj Dec 2019 #16
Paraphrasing Dean Wormer? pecosbob Dec 2019 #20
Mr. Gi.... Mr. Giuliani, Zero. Point. Zero. Initech Dec 2019 #23

leftieNanner

(15,147 posts)
1. Oh, how I miss Al Franken!
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 03:10 PM
Dec 2019

His wit and his intellect were so effective in the Senate.

And Gym Jordan? GO AWAY!

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
2. If there is a deity who metes out justice. . .
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 03:22 PM
Dec 2019

. . . in some sort of afterlife, do you think that it will be Jordan or Franken who will be stamped as someone who didn't care about the dignity and bodily integrity of others?

Whatever gaffs Franken may or may not have committed in his physical expression of social connections, he didn't turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to serious sexual abuse.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
7. He's trying to prove to his gullible constituents that he's hard working.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 04:03 PM
Dec 2019

But not as hard as he was in that shower with his Sanduskian friend.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
6. I can't even stand to listen to this so called former coach, who allowed the molesting of ...
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 03:39 PM
Dec 2019

children under his care. And speaking of ironies, why is he sitting on the (not a voting member) intelligence committee? I don't see any intelligence what-so-ever, other than a big mouth.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
9. Because all the rethuglicans have is disruption and obfuscation...
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 04:51 PM
Dec 2019

...and Gym* is nothing but a disruptive...

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
18. Gym Jerkin' may be wiser to work on his own defense.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 12:43 PM
Dec 2019

...instead of pushing Putin's propaganda and digging himself a deeper hole.

gordianot

(15,243 posts)
24. It is also a southern rural put down.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 06:45 PM
Dec 2019

It used to start High School fights in the days when I started teaching. As I had it explained to me it meant I am older and wiser than you, the equivalent of calling somebody “boy”. I never heard it used as a racial insult but am sure that was possible. The come back don’t call me “son” and I’m not your “boy”.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
12. Al nails it ...
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 09:11 PM
Dec 2019
“No,” says the cop. “You don’t get to put your illegal drugs back into your fanny pack and doff your cap and casually walk away.” Then the cop cuffs him. That’s because Trump would be guilty of a crime – soliciting a cop for an illegal schedule two drug. Even though the cop never takes possession of the drug, President Trump has still committed a serious crime.

Couldn’t a Democrat on the committee have pointed that out.

I think Adam Schiff is doing a great job. I not only admire his steely dignity – I think it’s exactly the right way for him to go. But someone on that committee should be dedicated to calling out this crap.

Whether the next hearings in the House are in the Intelligence Committee or the Judiciary Committee or in the Senate trial, Democrats should assign one staffer dedicated only to crazy Republican blather and pass it on to a member who will act as an enforcer. That will create a few viral moments that will be hard for most Americans to escape entirely.

It’s jujitsu. Their dishonesty and stupidity and cynicism is one of their most powerful weapons. It should also be one of ours.

LakeArenal

(28,844 posts)
14. Why is Al not a serious contender this primary?
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 12:12 PM
Dec 2019

Oh yeah, now I remember. All those Senators. I have not forgotten.

karin_sj

(812 posts)
16. Al should have never been forced out
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 12:33 PM
Dec 2019

We need him desperately right now. Democrats try to be honorable and resign or get forced out without a second thought, but the repukes get to stay, no matter what they do—even if they are proven to be corrupt, dishonest, immoral, violent, racist, sexist, etc., etc.

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