that's almost as bad as the time he called somebody on the phone.

i especially like the clinical term, "buttocks", in the article.

the narrative that they're pushing here is that franken is too unattractive to run for president and that any kind of casual touching is just enough to leave any halfways attractive woman grossed out. the democrats would be better off with a sexier guy that can grab woman at state fairs for selfies without them complaining about it, or even have them line up for it. whatever kind of bullying this is, and however much it's designed to cover up the reality that he's being a problem in the senate, it might be reasonably true.

but, that's the kind of logic that got us stuck with a right-wing neo-liberal pawn like justin trudeau, who has revealed a set of truly awful political positions on the gamut of traditional left-wing voting issues, even relative to historical liberal party standards. at least barack obama passed a couple of meaningful pieces of legislation on climate change. he's useless to anybody but identity voters. and, that might be all he has left in the next election.

democrats should focus on building a political coalition. this strategy of just running a model on neo-liberal platitudes is going to leave them with the bottom fallen out.

this "accusation" is probably more likely to convince people that he's being targeted than that he's actually guilty of anything. it seems like this is all they've got.

the article really reads off like some kind of joke at the expense of the puritanical morass of middle america.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/politics/al-franken-inappropriate-touch-2010/

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.