You Know Who’s Available to Replace Joe Biden? Al Franken!
You Know Who’s Available to Replace Joe Biden? Al Franken!
As calls for Biden to exit the race grow, who could take his place on the Democratic ticket? A Minnesota man may be the antidote to Florida Man.
He'd get my vote....
Unfortunately Al Franken was sacrificed by leading democratic women on the wave of me too, on accusations staged by the Republicans.
Because Al Franken was one of the absolute most effective voices against the Republican madness.Hello Gillibrand. Are you happy now? Did this boost your career like you hoped it would?
That was ridiculous though, and media pressure shouldnt have forces his resignation.
You mean sinema?
Nope, Kirsten Gillibrand was a senator from NY who led the charge in calling for Franken's resignation
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/al-franken-kirsten-gillibrand-2020-1014697
Let's go. Either him or AOC.
Al + AOC for veep
She is 35yo on Oct 13th and fully eligible
Though she is inexperienced in foreign policy, she's quick to get up to speed on all things it seems
I don't want A.I. for president.
Yeah but he pretended to grab some chick’s tits once.
Should have grab em by the pussy. /s
I mean if Al is going to take over this country anyway, might as well be this one. Or the weird one.
Is it time for an Al/Al ticket?
Me? I’d vote for him. Liked what I saw while he was in congress. Still think it was bs how he was pushed out before any actual investigation was done, if memory serves me correctly.
It was another case of Democrats following the rules, setting an example of decency only for Republicans to go "Hm neat! Anyway, here's a rapist for president"
A comedian is perfect for today's sound bites and excerpts. Him clowning on trump up until the election would be perfect for the TV ratings these networks want. A witty, charismatic guy would win this
Stop, I can only get so erect...
Not a huge fan of the "SOPA debacle" Al Franken, but I'd take Franken over Biden a million times over.
Ugh, I just got done listening to the portion in the audiobook for Maher's book where he goes over how the #metoo thing was only really a weapon used against Democrats and talks about Franken.
I'd love to see Franken run, but the depressing fact is that he was thrown under the bus for a ridiculous overreaction called the #metoo thing, and there will be many so-called feminists coming for him with guns blazing.
#metoo was a needed movement, but in certain cases it definitely went too far. I think the "believe women" rhetoric makes sense in the contact of "sexual assault happens more than you think, we should stop completely ignoring or actively disbelieving women on impulse when they share their stories". But some people just took it as "why would any woman ever lie about this, they must be telling the complete and full truth in all circumstances" which is unfortunately how the Al Franken allegations went.
Right, it's not like no woman would ever lie about such things and it's not like after 2017 women everywhere became somehow unable to lie about it. I think it's fair to believe it happens more than some believed before, and such claims deserve careful consideration. Moral panic is never good, however. Historically it's always led to bad outcomes and overreactions society as a whole tens to regret.
Ah yes, the me too movement went too far. I mean it's nice and all to bring attention to the fact that 1 in 3 women get SA'd, while only 3/100 perpetrators see prison. But tragically, in all the confusion, some millionaire celebrities faced consequences, perhaps even unfairly.
Yes, I think sacrificing innocent people is not good if that was misdirected anger because a slimy sex offender like donnie slid into office. It's not like something like #metoo cannot oversteer into a moral panic like so many other similar things have done. Do I think anyone deserves to be sexually assaulted (there are male victims as well) - of course not. And of course I think people that perpetuate such assaults need to be appropriately punished.
We should also recognize that women are capable of lying about such things, and these kind of things are obviously weaponized only against Democratic politicians for the most part. If a Republican gets all gropey and creepy, nothing seems to be done about it (at least in some very notable cases), even if verified in a court of law.
As a European, I never heard of this guy and it's probably not a perfect candidate either. But just based on what's written in the article it might indeed be a valid option to consider although personally I'd wish for a more progressive US leader.
Reading comments regarding the presidential election on social media, the thing you literally read the most is that people want someone younger that is neither Trump nor Biden. This guy is still old but apparantly around a decade younger. He's not Biden and not Trump and still somewhat popular across different generations. Might work out.
Al Franken was possibly the most effective voice against Republican extremism. But he was sacrificed on Republican staged offense on the height of the wave of the me too movement.
He was also the only senator who truly understood the perils of big tech and was willing to stand up to them
https://www.wired.com/story/al-franken-just-gave-the-speech-big-tech-has-been-dreading/
Replacing Biden with a white man and making it unlikely that Harris would end up as President is a recipe for breaking the Democratic coalition. Probably not a good move.
Liberals and their purity tests. Name a better duo.
Harris was the first to drop out of the last Primary. Do people really think that she is what the majority of Democrats wanted?
Oh, she's pro locking up more people and making the Drug War even bigger by continuing to go after chronic pain patients and people who need medication after surgeries.
She ticked the correct policy boxes of big business and prison labor way before her superficial looks allowed an old racist like Biden tokenize her.
Nah, how about we put up the most likely to win that has policies that are popular, regardless if they happen to be a white man or not. I'm sure most POC within the Democratic Party can recognize attempts at manipulation by ticking checkboxes and pandering.
Harris is a vile human. Biden is a senile corporate wolf in sheep’s clothing. This is the Weimar Republic all over again. Democracy has failed. Hopefully whatever we rebuild from the smoldering ashes is more resilient to fascism and oligopolies.
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The molester-in-chief
Projection at its finest.
Begone thot
Lewis black!?... Oh nvm