Ex-Sen. Al Franken takes first steps back into public arena By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Nearly a year after he resigned his U.S. Senate seat amid sexual misconduct allegations, Al Franken is testing whether he can make a comeback in the #MeToo era. The former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman released a podcast on health care this week, saying he's experimenting with ways to make his voice heard. It came out just days after a heartfelt Thanksgiving Day Facebook post in which he said he's not running for anything, but mused how much he misses "being in the fight every day." Longtime friend Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute says he's had discussions with Franken recently about how Franken might play a role in public life going forward. He says Franken is "moving cautiously, deliberately and with some humility" to find his voice again.
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:54 AM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > AP is reporting Franken will resign tomorrow or sooner > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> >> Tom Wolper, to PGage, 11/21/17: >>> >>> Somebody is doing a good job of managing this for Franken. At this point >>>> in the culture there is no way to win by trying to nuance your bad behavior >>>> and minimize your guilt. Better to apologize, shut up, ask for an >>>> investigation ( a forum that will allow him to nuance and even dispute and >>>> push back where indicated) and get women who know you to testify to your >>>> good character (the antidote to multiple accusers). >>>> >>> >>> Franken is accused of sexual misconduct with a peer on a trip. Nobody >>> claimed he forced himself on women who were accountable to him over years >>> or decades. I don't excuse his behavior but what he did was not in a league >>> with Roger Ailes or Harvey Weinstein. And the Senate Ethics Committee will >>> not remove him for something he did before he became a senator. It will >>> take a long time for the committee to finish its investigation and either >>> the heat will have died down or other victims will step forward. At most >>> this ends with a reprimand or a censure which will hurt Franken if he runs >>> for re-election. >>> >>> The reason other public figures are not doing what Franken did is they >>> know other victims are out there and they are waiting to see if attention >>> goes elsewhere before the sins of their past catch up with them. >>> >> >> A new accusation >> <http://variety.com/2017/politics/news/al-franken-resignation-sexual-assault-1202632117/> >> (Variety link) arrived this morning (12/6), from a now-Congressional aide, >> but of conduct prior to his campaign for office... he moved toward her for >> a kiss during a break in his radio show, but she ducked away. A number of >> colleagues -- only Gillibrand of NY was named -- would rather he just quit >> than bring the Ethics investigation. >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
