A group of women who worked on Saturday Night Live with Al Franken put out a release saying that they were not harassed by Franken while he worked there. They approve of Franken's apology to the woman whom he groped while she slept; then they called him a "family man" and generally supported him.
So here's the question: don't these women understand that just because Franken did not harass or abuse them, he still could have harassed and abused others? What's next? Will we soon have witnesses at murder trials put on the stand to say, "Well, the defendant didn't murder me!"
The real question is what exactly did Franken do. We know he groped Leeann Tweeden because there's a photograph of the moment. We know that two other women, at least, have complained that Franken fondled them too. Are those stories true? There's no reason to doubt them yet.
Maybe we could let the process work before we all rush to judgment. That applies too to Roy Moore and others. Others, like Charley Rose, who admit what happened are a different matter. Oh, and those who not only did these deeds but, like Franken, did it on camera deserve condemnation not support.
So here's the question: don't these women understand that just because Franken did not harass or abuse them, he still could have harassed and abused others? What's next? Will we soon have witnesses at murder trials put on the stand to say, "Well, the defendant didn't murder me!"
The real question is what exactly did Franken do. We know he groped Leeann Tweeden because there's a photograph of the moment. We know that two other women, at least, have complained that Franken fondled them too. Are those stories true? There's no reason to doubt them yet.
Maybe we could let the process work before we all rush to judgment. That applies too to Roy Moore and others. Others, like Charley Rose, who admit what happened are a different matter. Oh, and those who not only did these deeds but, like Franken, did it on camera deserve condemnation not support.
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