Very sad day. And apparently not going over well with the voters of MN, either.
Did he exclude standing for a seat in the future ?
Hopefully, there will be many opportunities and a big platform for Frankenās voice to continue to be heard. I think heād win if he ran again and then, as the Republicans like to say, the voters will have decided.
Thank you senator Franken for you service. Your fellow Democrats in the senate did not treat you fairly. This senior married woman is sorry to see you go.
O/T, but Ouch!
Meghan Markle Is Everything Ivanka Trump Wishes She Could Be
http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrity/meghan-markle-is-everything-ivanka-trump-wishes-she-could-be/ar-BBGf9St?ocid=ientp
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Whereās the story on Trumpās interview with the NYT??
Itās a barn-burner of a storyāthe interview is troubling and Trumpās remarks are dangerous.
Also, Kirsten Gillibrand, who probably would have been a very viable candidate for 2020, shot herself in the foot. So this debacle lost two very important potential YOUNG (relatively) Democrats with bright futures. What a damn waste.
I do love how the Russia inquiry āmakes him look badā but not not him, the raison dāĆŖtre for the inquiry. God what an idiot.
Sheās revealed herself to be a rigid āthinkerā who cannot differentiate between what Franken was accused of doing and what Harvey Weinstein actually did.
Sheās also pissed off 90% of the progressives in America.
Her national political career is over.
I hope the Junior Senator from New York, Sen. Defarge is happy with her knitting project. She should resign for lack of commitment to the basic principle of American Democracy, āinnocent until proven guilty.ā
I donāt think she sees it that way. She sees it as a victory and giving her platform a wider audience. Personally, I donāt think it is a victory, but I donāt think it was a shot in the foot for her, either. I do think in what will be a crowded primary in 2020, that her trying to coopt the #MeToo movement as her central plank wonāt give her the traction she will need.
Yeah, Iāve commented about that on several threads. Its a real head scratcher that TPM doesnāt have this one up yet. I thought it would have been the front and center piece first thing this morning.
Yikes. Reading that, I either laughed out loud or thought, āHoly crap! Heās nuts!ā
I guess twitter has been on a tear, some criticizing the reporter for lack of pushback and others saying the most information comes when Trump is allowed to ramble.
Sheās not wrong.
ETA, we do need a post about this. Thereās comedy gold in that interview, and I want to see the witty people here make hay while the sun shines!
These are the rantings of a disturbed individual who loves to talk more than listen. If he were ever to listen heād learn that public opinion on the Russian investigation says the country wants it to continue. The delusional bubble only grows bigger.
āAnother reason that Iām going to win another four years is because newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if Iām not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes,ā Mr. Trump said, then invoked one of his preferred insults. āWithout me, The New York Times will indeed be not the failing New York Times, but the failed New York Times.ā
Isnāt it more likely that sheās a political pro who saw a chance for the spotlight and took it? She was a blue dog in her House days, and then became a liberal in the Senate. Not hypocrisy, just professionalism.
Iād like to hear more evidence that sheās harmed herself among those who matter in the calculus of advancement within the Party.
And wait: Isnāt the NYT fake news? So was he talking to fake news? So was this a fake interview? This is so confusing ā¦
Maybe he can get a job at Minnesota Public Radio. I hear they have an opening since they let Garrison Keillor go.
Yes, but I think she miscalculated, badly. And worse, because she aimed at a popular (still) member of her own party.
I hope you are right about this.
I want to know what government officials believe and value. The only real way to know this is to observe their behavior in office, but Gillebrand has been all over the map. Iām not sure she has any values other than opportunism.
I donāt want her anywhere near the Presidency.