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Dem Senator AL Franken Sex Accusations Kisssed And Groped
The Bill Clinton of Senators. I am sure all the Dem Senators will want him expelled from the Senate.

Quote:Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It
By Leeann Tweeden

In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks. My father served in Vietnam and my then-boyfriend (and now husband, Chris) is a pilot in the Air Force, so bringing a ‘little piece of home’ to servicemembers stationed far away from their families was both my passion and my privilege.

Also on the trip were country music artists Darryl Worley, Mark Wills, Keni Thomas, and some cheerleaders from the Dallas Cowboys. The headliner was comedian and now-senator, Al Franken.

Franken had written some skits for the show and brought props and costumes to go along with them. Like many USO shows before and since, the skits were full of sexual innuendo geared toward a young, male audience.

As a TV host and sports broadcaster, as well as a model familiar to the audience from the covers of FHM, Maxim and Playboy, I was only expecting to emcee and introduce the acts, but Franken said he had written a part for me that he thought would be funny, and I agreed to play along.

When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after, but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd.

On the day of the show Franken and I were alone backstage going over our lines one last time. He said to me, “We need to rehearse the kiss.” I laughed and ignored him. Then he said it again. I said something like, ‘Relax Al, this isn’t SNL…we don’t need to rehearse the kiss.’

He continued to insist, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable.

He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.

I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice about it the next time.

I walked away. All I could think about was getting to a bathroom as fast as possible to rinse the taste of him out of my mouth.

I felt disgusted and violated.

Not long after, I performed the skit as written, carefully turning my head so he couldn’t kiss me on the lips.

No one saw what happened backstage. I didn’t tell the Sergeant Major of the Army, who was the sponsor of the tour. I didn’t tell our USO rep what happened.

At the time I didn’t want to cause trouble. We were in the middle of a war zone, it was the first show of our Holiday tour, I was a professional, and I could take care of myself. I told a few of the others on the tour what Franken had done and they knew how I felt about it.

I tried to let it go, but I was angry.

Other than our dialogue on stage, I never had a voluntary conversation with Al Franken again. I avoided him as much as possible and made sure I was never alone with him again for the rest of the tour.

Franken repaid me with petty insults, including drawing devil horns on at least one of the headshots I was autographing for the troops.

But he didn’t stop there.

The tour wrapped and on Christmas Eve we began the 36-hour trip home to L.A. After 2 weeks of grueling travel and performing I was exhausted. When our C-17 cargo plane took off from Afghanistan I immediately fell asleep, even though I was still wearing my flak vest and Kevlar helmet.

It wasn’t until I was back in the US and looking through the CD of photos we were given by the photographer that I saw this one:

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I couldn’t believe it. He groped me, without my consent, while I was asleep.

I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated.

How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think it’s funny?

I told my husband everything that happened and showed him the picture.

I wanted to shout my story to the world with a megaphone to anyone who would listen, but even as angry as I was, I was worried about the potential backlash and damage going public might have on my career as a broadcaster.

But that was then, this is now. I’m no longer afraid.

Today, I am the news anchor on McIntyre in the Morning on KABC Radio in Los Angeles. My colleagues are some of the most supportive people I’ve ever worked with in my career. Like everyone in the media, we’ve been reporting on the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations since they broke, and the flood of similar stories that have come out about others.

A few weeks ago, we had California Congresswoman Jackie Speier on the show and she told us her story of being sexually assaulted when she was a young Congressional aide. She described how a powerful man in the office where she worked ‘held her face, kissed her and stuck his tongue in her mouth.’

At that moment, I thought to myself, Al Franken did that exact same thing to me.

I had locked up those memories of helplessness and violation for a long time, but they all came rushing back to me and my hands clinched into fists like it was yesterday.

I’m still angry at what Al Franken did to me.

Every time I hear his voice or see his face, I am angry. I am angry that I did his stupid skit for the rest of that tour. I am angry that I didn’t call him out in front of everyone when I had the microphone in my hand every night after that. I wanted to. But I didn’t want to rock the boat. I was there to entertain the troops and make sure they forgot about where they were for a few hours. Someday, I thought to myself, I would tell my story.

That day is now.

Senator Franken, you wrote the script. But there’s nothing funny about sexual assault.

You wrote the scene that would include you kissing me and then relentlessly badgered me into ‘rehearsing’ the kiss with you backstage when we were alone.

You knew exactly what you were doing. You forcibly kissed me without my consent, grabbed my breasts while I was sleeping and had someone take a photo of you doing it, knowing I would see it later, and be ashamed.

While debating whether or not to go public, I even thought to myself, so much worse has happened to so many others, maybe my story isn’t worth telling? But my story is worth telling.

Not just because 2017 is not 2006, or because I am much more secure in my career now than I was then, and not because I’m still angry.

I’m telling my story because there may be others.

I want to have the same effect on them that Congresswoman Jackie Speier had on me. I want them, and all the other victims of sexual assault, to be able to speak out immediately, and not keep their stories –and their anger– locked up inside for years, or decades.

I want the days of silence to be over forever.

http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leeann-tw...l-franken/
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He should resign immediately!
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Good for her for speaking out - I hope Franken apologizes for his behavior, and this is checked out completely.

Of course, if Franken were a repub, the line from some on here would be "Look at the picture - he doesn't even have his hands ON her, just NEAR her. Until someone provides some real proof, it's just her word against his. I mean, this was over TEN years ago! Why is she speaking up now?"

/facepalm
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(11-16-2017 10:57 AM)UofMTigerTim Wrote:  He should resign immediately!

Absolutely. I am sure the lib posters based on their recent posts here agree 100%
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That's kind of a shock to me. Figured he'd be harassing and groping men.
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(11-16-2017 11:03 AM)tigergreen Wrote:  Good for her for speaking out - I hope Franken apologizes for his behavior immediately.

Of course, if Franken were a repub, the line from some on here would be "Look at the picture - he doesn't even have his hands ON her, just NEAR her. Until someone provides some real proof, it's just her word against his. I mean, this was over TEN years ago! Why is she speaking up now?"

/facepalm

Is that a Republican in the picture? So you are a typical double standard lib. I am shocked.
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(11-16-2017 11:05 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  That's kind of a shock to me. Figured he'd be harassing and groping men.

I am sure he has a Kevin Spacey poster on his wall.
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Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him
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(11-16-2017 11:03 AM)tigergreen Wrote:  Good for her for speaking out - I hope Franken apologizes for his behavior, and this is checked out completely.

Of course, if Franken were a repub, the line from some on here would be "Look at the picture - he doesn't even have his hands ON her, just NEAR her. Until someone provides some real proof, it's just her word against his. I mean, this was over TEN years ago! Why is she speaking up now?"

/facepalm

You evidently didn't get the memo. This week you leftists are against whataboutism.
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(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

So you don't think he should resign immediately? Hmmm.....
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So he is now a confirmed and unquestionable rapist.

I demand he step down right now and go home and kill himself.

What an awful rapist with no use!

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(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

He said I don't recall and sorry for the photo. That's good response?
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(11-16-2017 11:13 AM)Dasville Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

He said I don't recall and sorry for the photo. That's good response?

That is the standard Democratic response to anything. "I don't recall."
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Flood of excuse making in

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(11-16-2017 11:08 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

So you don't think he should resign immediately? Hmmm.....

Nope.

There's a difference between

1) One accusation and multiple accusations
2) The response of the accused in these cases. Franken's response is consistent of someone who isn't hiding anything.
3) And note, at least Franken had a reason to be physically in contact with the accuser. Physical comedy. There's no reason for Roy Moore to be asking out 16 year olds as a 32 year old man.

There's a whole LOT more allegations going on against Roy Moore. A lot more. At some point the sheer volume of accusations against Moore lends credibility to the charges. Remember the Franken case is a he said, she said. Moore's situation is a 'he said, she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and the mall employees said...

Sure, investigate Franken. Lets see if other women come out against Franken. Lets see if there's any other issues going on. And Franken isn't acting like someone who has something to hide. Moore is.
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Franken should resign immediately. He is guilty. That's how it works now, amirite
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(11-16-2017 11:17 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:08 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

So you don't think he should resign immediately? Hmmm.....

Nope.

There's a difference between

1) One accusation and multiple accusations
2) The response of the accused in these cases. Franken's response is consistent of someone who isn't hiding anything.
3) And note, at least Franken had a reason to be physically in contact with the victim. Physical comedy. There's no reason for Roy Moore to be asking out 16 year olds as a 32 year old man.

There's a whole LOT more allegations going on against Roy Moore. A lot more. At some point the sheer volume of accusations against Moore lends credibility to the charges. Remember the Franken case is a he said, she said. Moore's situation is a 'he said, she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and the mall employees said...

Sure, investigate Franken. Lets see if other women come out against Franken. Lets see if there's any other issues going on. And Franken isn't acting like someone who has something to hide. Moore is.

There is a difference. Moore is running for the Senate. Franken IS A MEMBER OF THE US SENATE. Your spin is humorous and expected. You covering for Franken is expected also.
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(11-16-2017 11:05 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  That's kind of a shock to me. Figured he'd be harassing and groping men.

was thinking bestiality.....but yeah.....that works too....
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(11-16-2017 11:17 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:08 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  
(11-16-2017 11:07 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Al Franken's response was really good. Whether the accusation is true or not, he's got good staff advising him

So you don't think he should resign immediately? Hmmm.....

Nope.

There's a difference between

1) One accusation and multiple accusations
2) The response of the accused in these cases. Franken's response is consistent of someone who isn't hiding anything.
3) And note, at least Franken had a reason to be physically in contact with the accuser. Physical comedy. There's no reason for Roy Moore to be asking out 16 year olds as a 32 year old man.

There's a whole LOT more allegations going on against Roy Moore. A lot more. At some point the sheer volume of accusations against Moore lends credibility to the charges. Remember the Franken case is a he said, she said. Moore's situation is a 'he said, she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and she said, and the mall employees said...

Sure, investigate Franken. Lets see if other women come out against Franken. Lets see if there's any other issues going on. And Franken isn't acting like someone who has something to hide. Moore is.
So now the burden of proof is the number of accusers not the validity of the claim. Well done. They should all wear similar uniforms and get the accused in the middle of the night for efficiency.
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