Tag: Sen. Al Franken
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Franken Resigns, Denies Some Allegations; States as Fact Those Naming Roy Moore
“IT’S NOT ABOUT ME” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 7, 2017) — In an announcement from the floor of the U.S. Senate beginning at 11:46 a.m. EST on Thursday, Sen. Al Franken (DFL-MN) said that he will be leaving that body “in the coming weeks” in apparent response to a number of women’s allegations that he…
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Gloria Allred Will Agree to Handwriting Analysis Only After Senate “Hearings”
WHY THE CAVEAT? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 16, 2017) — In an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday evening, Atty. Gloria Allred, who represents Roy Moore accuser Beverly Young Nelson, said she will release Young Nelson’s yearbook for handwriting analysis only if the U.S. Senate holds hearings she has demanded regarding her client’s and…
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DNC: Sen. Al Franken: Donald Trump “Has Never Done Anything for Anyone Other than Himself”
WHAT IS THE PATH TO “OPPORTUNITY?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2016) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, who said at 8:57 p.m. that he “won my Senate seat by 312 votes” in an attempt to impress upon DNC delegates the importance of voting, derided Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for “never having done anything for…
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Looking Ahead to November
FLASHBACK: “YOU CAN PUT AN END TO THE POLITICS THAT WOULD DIVIDE A NATION JUST TO WIN AN ELECTION…” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2014 (Aug. 2, 2014) — In an October 30, 2008 campaign rally on the campus of my beloved alma mater, the University of Missouri, Barack Obama uttered words that will define him…
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Bundy Ranch China Connection
“FOLLOW THE MONEY” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Apr. 14, 2014) — News to WalMart: this “Made in China” doesn’t cut it, and it never did. Ever since “Made in China” came on the scene, American jobs became scarcer and scarcer, which was noticed by every shopper who walked the aisles. The game became “Let’s see if we…
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Exposed for What They Are
“GET RID OF THE WRONG AND DO IT RIGHT” by OPOVV, 2014 (Mar. 26, 2014) — So you like old cars. Maybe your grandfather had a 1955 Chrysler 300, then one day you spot one in the classifieds and you buy it. The next morning you go out to the driveway to admire it and…
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Is 2012 the END?
OR IS IT A NEW BEGINNING? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet, Presidential Candidate (Jan. 12, 2012) — If ever there were a house divided, it is now. It would be a lot easier if we had a Mason-Dixon line drawn in the sand, but we don’t, and because there isn’t an obvious demarcation between adherents of the…