Congress turns on its own - let the entertainment start. I'm gonna need to get some popcorn. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum says she once fended off lawmaker's advance with rolled-up newspaper http://www.startribune.com/minnesot...nce-fended-off-colleague-s-advance/457775323/
FIRST: A DISCLAIMER - I HAVE POSTED TEXT FROM THIS ARTICLE. POSTING THE TEXT DOES NOT MEAN I AGREE WITH OR PERSONALLY ASSERT ANY WORDS IN THE CONTENT OF THE ARTICLE. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES TO TEXT FROM ALL PREVIOUS ARTICLES I POSTED. THIS DISCLAIMER HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE DUE TO exGOPer's POOR BEHAVIOR AND ABUSE. I am polite enough to other posters to spend the time to cut/paste the first few paragraphs of an article so other readers can determine if they desire to go to the link and read the entire article (with a "More at above url" indicator at the bottom). What Should Democrats Do About Al Franken? With work, Franken can and should survive this story of his past bad behavior. But if there are more tales like this, he’s probably history. https://www.thenation.com/article/what-should-democrats-do-about-al-franken/ Back in May, I read Senator Al Franken’s smart and hilarious book, Giant of the Senate. I loved it, I concluded he should run for president, and I told him so when I interviewed him. “No,” he said decisively. Why not? He laughed. “It’s a really, really hard job!” I asked if there were any circumstances under which he would change his mind. “No. None,” he answered. Now I’m wondering whether Franken knew he had something disqualifying in his past: something like the allegation that surfaced Thursday, when Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden charged that Franken forced her to kiss him, mistreated her when she rebuffed him, and took a photo with his hands grabbing her breasts when she was asleep—all when they were both touring Iraq and Afghanistan with the USO, entertaining American military personnel, back in 2006. I have no evidence that that incident drove Franken’s answer to me. But with this new allegation, it seems like good judgment on his part, anyway. I was disappointed when Franken ruled out a presidential run. But I’m much more disappointed now. Against the backdrop of the sexual-abuse scandal that threatens to drive Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore—accused of kissing or groping nine teenage girls—out of the race, I have to recognize a huge double standard in my reactions. I believed Moore’s accusers right away—especially given all the detail in their accounts, and all the corroborating witnesses. I confess: I spent at least 30 minutes looking for proof that Franken didn’t do what he’s accused of. (Then he essentially admitted he did.) I reached out to women who are close to Franken, and at least two say they don’t know enough to confirm or deny it, but they’re devastated. I don’t know him well enough to be devastated, but I’m enormously sad. Women have spent the last 13 months, in the wake of the 16 or so sexual abuse allegations against Donald Trump, which weren’t enough to keep him from being president, obsessing over and reevaluating their mistreatment by men, from their childhood well into adulthood, and telling those painful, awful stories. Publicly and privately. Now we have one about a man who’s a self-described feminist, a champion of Planned Parenthood and Emily’s List, accused of the same thing. This one really hurts. (More at above url)
Courtney Love made a joke about it too, she was once asked do you have any advice for aspiring actresses, and she responded "If harvey weinstein invites you to his room for a private meeting dont go" everyone in hollywood knew, and NBC tried to spike the story, before Ronnan Farrow ended up going somewhere else and getting it printed.