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stopdiggin

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12. they're treating him so unfairly .. !
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:16 PM
9 hrs ago

I (for one) see the analogy and similarities to Franken as being pretty slim. And I suspect that we will just have to continue to disagree on that one.

'Unsettling behavior' - with a guy that routinely got sloppy drunk, cultivated a 'bro' testosterone ethic, and had control issues .. ? Not really hard to put into frame at all. (at least on this end) Sexting, dick pics (not sure about the latter), logging in to 'teen' 'dating' site? .... You're just a bloody F-ing moron !!!

And all of this is still tip-toeing around the edges of some of the more nasty stuff.
So - do I think poor Graham is being treated unfairly? Bullied by the mean girls .. ? Perhaps - in some version of events. But mostly, just ... Meh!

(and, no ... the Times story did not report on the accounts of 'unsettling behavior' as analogous or equivalent to 'rape'. didn't even come close.)


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Deja vue all over again al bupp 11 hrs ago #1
Take some old school Rove tactics... Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #2
You nailed it. pat_k 10 hrs ago #5
The GOP pays pros big money for this orangecrush 11 hrs ago #3
Tragically, too many media outlets are delighted to jump into a mob as it forms... pat_k 9 hrs ago #8
Journalism died in 2016 dave99 9 hrs ago #14
Remember who owns the media outlets orangecrush 8 hrs ago #17
yep. it's all about 'the baddies' stopdiggin 10 hrs ago #4
Who said "nothing to do with Platner?" pat_k 9 hrs ago #6
And it doesn't make it right when one is supporting an adjudicated rapist, a fraudster and a credibly alleged pedophile. MLWR 9 hrs ago #11
they're treating him so unfairly .. ! stopdiggin 9 hrs ago #12
I see the hallmarks of a smear. YMMV pat_k 9 hrs ago #16
Maybe, I donʻt know but David Costello is better qualified regardless. mahina 8 hrs ago #26
Good case. We'll know who the nominee ends up being soon enough. pat_k 8 hrs ago #28
P.S. I know you meant Costello, but you might correct the title. pat_k 8 hrs ago #29
Thank you mahina 8 hrs ago #31
Do you not understand how binary choices work? paleotn 8 hrs ago #18
creepy Collins, asshat DoBW 8 hrs ago #23
not at all what I said stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #30
Iʻm excited by David Costello mahina 8 hrs ago #25
yep, we're prodded to not vote. ExtraGriz 9 hrs ago #7
Classic counter-resistance stuff. Demonize, demoralize. pat_k 9 hrs ago #15
Exactly how this works. paleotn 8 hrs ago #19
I LOVE Jane Mayer ... she is an awesome writer! FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #9
"The Memo" in 2006 sent her to the top of my list of journalists to track. pat_k 7 hrs ago #33
The next things they will do... Don1 9 hrs ago #10
I fear you are probably right. pat_k 7 hrs ago #36
People are taught to assume that where there's smoke there's fire. Or also... Beartracks 9 hrs ago #13
Where's the oppo research on Collins? dlk 8 hrs ago #20
Recommended! H2O Man 8 hrs ago #21
Much appreciated! pat_k 4 hrs ago #42
please tell me you are not comparing Franken and Platner Skittles 8 hrs ago #22
I'm noting hallmarks of an orchestrated smear. No more. No less. pat_k 5 hrs ago #40
alrighty then Skittles 4 hrs ago #43
I do not know but more focus should be on David Costello mahina 8 hrs ago #24
As I noted above, you make a good case. pat_k 6 hrs ago #39
Thank you mahina 5 hrs ago #41
"Cue the pitchforks and torches." JoseBalow 8 hrs ago #27
I recently watched Young Frankenstein after perhaps 40 years. pat_k 7 hrs ago #32
Thanks so much for the link! I always assumed it was even worse than what I had read -- but not that much worse. eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #34
Thanks for posting. Seems to me too few people "get" the magnitude of the wrong. pat_k 6 hrs ago #37
I was glad to see so many Dems admitting openly that they made a mistake. Sen. Gillibrand I particularly held a grudge eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #44
Jane Mayer is a treasure! pat_k 3 hrs ago #45
"Dark Money" is the one I started. Armed with new glasses, I'm going to go find it right now ! eppur_se_muova 3 hrs ago #46
Here's a blast from the past pat_k 3 hrs ago #47
Sudden Last Minute Things The Republican Ex GF Don1 7 hrs ago #35
I think there are people asking. But when mob mentality is triggered, thought falls by the wayside. pat_k 6 hrs ago #38
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