tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post6787776817477129221..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: Goodbye Gillibrand! Kirsten drops outPinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-24584428212547082812019-08-31T20:54:25.135-04:002019-08-31T20:54:25.135-04:00Yeah, despite Gillibrand being a surprisingly libe...Yeah, despite Gillibrand being a surprisingly liberal candidate, she wasn't getting any traction, not even as much as Tulsi Gabbard, which is saying something.<br /><br />She may have been right, but most liberals did not want to hear her message. They still enjoyed Franken's ability to skewer Republicans and didn't want to lose him. It would interfere with their entertainment, which is one of the few things I've found to get Americans to act.<br /><br />That written, this is the first I've read about him trying to forcibly French kiss a woman. Ick! That's probably because I just saw the infamous picture and dismissed it as a bad joke gone worse. I also paid attention to reports that the woman involved was associated with Roger Stone and suspected the whole thing was one of Stone's dirty tricks. That it was much worse than I thought tells me that he did indeed have to go, but Gillibrand's part in it resulted in it being an example of "no good deed goes unpunished."Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-51990242959505636862019-08-31T20:47:18.791-04:002019-08-31T20:47:18.791-04:00You aren't alone. Every comment the link to t...You aren't alone. Every comment the link to this entry got on Facebook referenced Al Franken. Most of them danced on her campaign's grave because of her role in getting him to resign. Neither my wife and I were going to vote for her because of it.<br /><br />As for that page, I wonder about the author's implicit bias if not outright agenda beyond telling Jewish history.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-92066308467365237982019-08-29T07:59:22.149-04:002019-08-29T07:59:22.149-04:00At least she accepted the inevitable in a timely m...At least she accepted the inevitable in a timely manner. With such a ridiculously large field of candidates, it's hard to get traction, and the list of the top five (the only ones with any real chance at being nominated) has been stable for months.<br /><br />Gillibrand was 100% right on the Franken issue. The primary accusation against him was forcing his tongue into a woman's mouth (a penetrative sexual assault), and he was also accused of grabbing several other women in the ass (not just "patting", as some bloggers have it, and where the hell do these guys get the idea that even that behavior is acceptable anyway?). His defenders' excuse-making and minimization and insinuations about the victims are no different than the Republicans similar apologetics for abusers on their own side.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-78252100481431130142019-08-29T07:20:47.654-04:002019-08-29T07:20:47.654-04:00Well that's good. I still bear her ill will du...Well that's good. I still bear her ill will due to her role in the pile-on against Al Franken. Too bad he fell on his own petard just for being mildly dickish. Gillibrand reminds me of too many nurses I've known (including some who have sacked me) who get off from using their power to punish men for perceived violations of gender rules. <b>"Inappropriate"</b> is the feminist equivalent to the <a href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/Hep_Hep_riots.htm" rel="nofollow">"hep-hep" pogrom war cry used to during anti-Jewish riots in Europe during the 1800s.</a>*<br /><br />* Although Oogling around for more info about this, which I first heard of when reading James Michener's book about Poland many years ago, there are some sources that say it's an urban legend.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.com