Accused of sexual harassment, with apparent photographic evidence.
Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It
ETA: from looking at the picture it’s looks more like he’s not actually groping her but just pretending to for comic effect. Not sure how that translates.
Well, shit. I’ve always admired him.
What the hell, guys?! :mad:
I can’t tell from that photo whether or not Franken is actually touching her (and she was asleep at the time, so she wouldn’t know).
The story of the forced kiss, however (if true, and I have no reason to believe otherwise) is disturbing enough.
To me, it looks like his left hand is still coming in for a landing, but the right appears to have made contact.
That’s it. The only men who never molested anyone are my father, my husband and my son. Probably not my brother, although, he works in Hollywood, so who knows anymore?
Yeah, I saw that and was about to start a thread myself.
Fuck and damn. :mad:
Should probably resign. The governor is a D and would appoint a replacement through next year.
Well, good bye Al. Time for a special election!
For what it’s worth, I don’t think he actually groped her while she was sleeping. That’s her flack vest she’s wearing, and it doesn’t seem like his fingers are actually touching it. It looks like he was pretending to grope her and have the photographer take a photo because he thought it would be funny. But that doesn’t excuse it at all. Of course, it is also demeaning and sexually objectifying her.
Is that a reputable source? It looks like an ABC radio station out of LA, but I know nothing of its reputation.
I’m curious: Would your recommendation change if the governor were an R?
And one article I read said he forcibly kissed her during a rehearsal for a skit. She objected, and she said he then started acting like a dick to her.
I’m not basing my recommendation on the party of the governor. That was just information on what would happen afterwards.
Imagine what he did back in the early days of SNL while fueled on Cocaine?
The bigger question is how many Senators have sexual harassment in the past? I’m guessing it is a disgusting number. Have you seen the protections they put in place for themselves from Federal workers complaining? It is a complicated procedure that takes 90 days minimum and must be completed within 180 days. I would like to find a link to this procedure; I would laugh about how silly it sounds if it wasn’t so deadly serious. I heard about it just last night on the Opposition with Jordan Klepper.
Apparently she’s a regular on Hannity. I’m sure he won’t have any issues seeing the absolute worst on this issue.
It’s hard to be the side that does the right thing when the other side couldn’t give one fuck about what’s right but that’s what the Dems have to do. Show these fucks that ultimately even if it hurts you you have to do the right thing.
Al should be criticized and the cards should fall where they fall.
WTF, Al!
I thought you were one of the good ones…
That’s in the article linked to in the OP.
Ah. I couldn’t get to that site from my work machine, so I saw it on another news site.
Are you saying the pic isn’t real?