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Check out the date on this picture... (Original Post) rainlillie Nov 2017 OP
This photo proves nothing. Agschmid Nov 2017 #1
She had she was repulsed by him after her "assualt" itsrobert Nov 2017 #5
The picture means nothing. Agschmid Nov 2017 #10
Come on. She participated in an event HONORING him. This isn't like she accidentally pnwmom Nov 2017 #16
Exactly! Rebl2 Nov 2017 #20
Agschmid, are you intentionally ignoring the entire context of the photograph? Nitram Nov 2017 #18
Are you? Agschmid Nov 2017 #23
Is that supposed to prove something? LisaL Nov 2017 #25
No. Agschmid Nov 2017 #31
To you. Most of the rest are able to figure it out. LisaL Nov 2017 #33
Thanks for the attempted personal insult. Agschmid Nov 2017 #34
the clintons have never denied these things JI7 Nov 2017 #44
Hillary NEVER accused Trump of touching her... What's the point of this picture? rainlillie Nov 2017 #49
This was Trump and Melania's wedding. madaboutharry Nov 2017 #51
We have eyes - the photo says everything womanofthehills Nov 2017 #24
And she looks pretty happy standing near him at that photo. LisaL Nov 2017 #26
Maybe to raise funds for USO Cicada Nov 2017 #41
Because she is a career politician and attendanc at such events is mandatory. Nitram Nov 2017 #56
Yeah they do... betcha Tweeden did has done the same thing. Agschmid Nov 2017 #57
Wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't consider a smile in a social setting indicative of anything other Nitram Nov 2017 #58
Yup. Agschmid Nov 2017 #62
Quite true - I always smile wide as can be at people I loathe...doesn't everyone? n/m bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #27
Obviously a clever ruse! Make Al think she loves him. all the while plotting to take him down! n/t brewens Nov 2017 #54
Right blue cat Nov 2017 #46
Who the hell cares what was going through her mind! rainlillie Nov 2017 #48
You have to want a Democrat to be guilty to look at the facts...pictures, statements and the fact Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #50
You would think if she was that repulsed by Al dflprincess Nov 2017 #11
Same reaction. Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #15
There's no pattern greeny2323 Nov 2017 #6
I'm skeptical because Stone knew the story was coming before MSM. rainlillie Nov 2017 #8
she lied. MFM008 Nov 2017 #42
the event is to HONOR AL FRANKEN JI7 Nov 2017 #43
Her story is falling like a house of cards. Cattledog Nov 2017 #2
It sure is. If Stone is involved lies and deceit are sure to follow. rainlillie Nov 2017 #4
It proves that she lied when she said she couldn't stand to be rainlillie Nov 2017 #3
Also the skit involving the kiss was a standard part of Al's USO show since at least 2003 VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #7
Just look at the fear and loathing in her expression doc03 Nov 2017 #9
Please stop confusing the issue with facts. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2017 #12
Poor Tweeden. ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #14
Am I the only one who noticed Mick Foley djacq Nov 2017 #13
My first thought was actually, "Hey, there's Mankind". Good eye! EOM Grown2Hate Nov 2017 #17
who is mick foley? niyad Nov 2017 #60
I think Joy would bring some of these things marlakay Nov 2017 #19
Cant you see from the photo hes clearly groping Gabi Hayes Nov 2017 #21
Hmmm Kajun Gal Nov 2017 #22
Good point about the commission. nocalflea Nov 2017 #29
I see we're getting their "sleeper" agents now - must be vexing them! n/m bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #28
Al wrote it in the script in 2003 mercuryblues Nov 2017 #30
That's not Leeann in the skit in 2003. Whoever tweeted it labeled it wrong. LisaL Nov 2017 #32
Ahh, should have put my glasses on mercuryblues Nov 2017 #37
The photo tells the viewer exactly whatever he or she wants it to say. Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #35
I have this Bridge for sale. It's in Brooklyn. Interested? bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #36
You got that backwards. I'm a skeptic, not a "true believer". Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #38
ok, sorry. Just had it to here with the Tweedenistas. n/m bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #40
Did you hear her say blue cat Nov 2017 #45
The photo shows her attending an event in Franken's honor. yardwork Nov 2017 #53
The best thing to do is trivialize the photograph and invalidate all opinions associated with it. LanternWaste Nov 2017 #61
Looks as if Al has no idea she hates his guts for "assauting" her. Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #39
Forget about Franken - who's that freaky looking dude in the background! hexola Nov 2017 #47
Mick Foley the pro wrestler. One of the few decent ones who's not a right winger. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2017 #52
Looks like she really hates the guy. Vinca Nov 2017 #55
That is very telling. Justice Nov 2017 #59

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
5. She had she was repulsed by him after her "assualt"
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 08:35 PM
Nov 2017

And she said she was not an actor.

Hmm, She is either a very good actor, or a liar. Or both.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
10. The picture means nothing.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 09:36 PM
Nov 2017

Absolutely nothing, you don’t know what was going through her mind, you don’t know what was said at that event.

pnwmom

(109,025 posts)
16. Come on. She participated in an event HONORING him. This isn't like she accidentally
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:39 PM
Nov 2017

met him on the street and put on a happy face.

madaboutharry

(40,248 posts)
51. This was Trump and Melania's wedding.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 08:01 AM
Nov 2017

i think things were a lot different then. Trump was still donating to and hanging around democrats.

womanofthehills

(8,818 posts)
24. We have eyes - the photo says everything
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:26 PM
Nov 2017

Why would she go to an event honoring him is she disliked him?

LisaL

(44,985 posts)
26. And she looks pretty happy standing near him at that photo.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:30 PM
Nov 2017

Sure doesn't look like she is giving him the cold shoulder, does it?

Nitram

(22,971 posts)
56. Because she is a career politician and attendanc at such events is mandatory.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 09:30 AM
Nov 2017

Furthermore, Trump was a Democrat a the time, and the Clintons did indeed consider Trump a political "friend." Politicians, and even socialites, attend functions with people they dislike all the time. Welcome to the real world.

Nitram

(22,971 posts)
58. Wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't consider a smile in a social setting indicative of anything other
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 01:59 PM
Nov 2017

than good manners.

rainlillie

(1,095 posts)
48. Who the hell cares what was going through her mind!
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:26 AM
Nov 2017

The damn point is... she showed up to honor a man that she claimed she couldn't stand to be around. Men lie women lie.

Demsrule86

(68,825 posts)
50. You have to want a Democrat to be guilty to look at the facts...pictures, statements and the fact
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:55 AM
Nov 2017

she is a Fox Girl...to still even believe one tiny bit of her obvious lies.

dflprincess

(28,095 posts)
11. You would think if she was that repulsed by Al
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:12 PM
Nov 2017

she would have found a reason not to attend an awards dinner honoring him.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
15. Same reaction.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:27 PM
Nov 2017

What? Hunch she wants to take a hike away from all this attention. Is it burning the backside?

 

greeny2323

(590 posts)
6. There's no pattern
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 08:36 PM
Nov 2017

We have a right to be skeptical because of her politics and because there has been no corroborating pattern of evidence.

It weird how some who are ALWAYS rooting against the guy regardless of the facts. Each case needs to be evaluated independently.

If more evidence comes out supporting her then so be it but it hasn't happened yet.

rainlillie

(1,095 posts)
8. I'm skeptical because Stone knew the story was coming before MSM.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 08:41 PM
Nov 2017

People of all genders lie. I want the investigation to go forward and bring in some witnesses.

MFM008

(19,837 posts)
42. she lied.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 04:07 AM
Nov 2017

If she lied about one thing, she lied about another.
This is a set up hit job. period.

rainlillie

(1,095 posts)
3. It proves that she lied when she said she couldn't stand to be
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 08:33 PM
Nov 2017

around him after the kiss. That she would clinch her fists whenever she saw his face.

VMA131Marine

(4,159 posts)
7. Also the skit involving the kiss was a standard part of Al's USO show since at least 2003
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 08:39 PM
Nov 2017

It was not written specifically so Al could kiss Tweeden (2006) as she claimed in one of her statements.

doc03

(35,454 posts)
9. Just look at the fear and loathing in her expression
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 09:17 PM
Nov 2017

you can tell she was traumatized for life. Look he is pretending to pinch her breasts, I am shocked.


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. Poor Tweeden.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:26 PM
Nov 2017

I hope the right doesn't give up their watch for liberal lechers while commending their own lechers.

Question: Who will be handing out the awards at this year's RW Lecher ceremony?

djacq

(1,634 posts)
13. Am I the only one who noticed Mick Foley
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:26 PM
Nov 2017

2 wrongs don’t make it right.

Miss Tweeden needs to drop the stone.

marlakay

(11,540 posts)
19. I think Joy would bring some of these things
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 10:58 PM
Nov 2017

Out on The View except when Leeann was there we learned she is close frinds with Megan McCain. So i bet The View won’t touch any of it against her.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
21. Cant you see from the photo hes clearly groping
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:00 PM
Nov 2017

her big American breasts?

Just as the one on the plane did?

He just can’t stop!

 

Kajun Gal

(1,907 posts)
22. Hmmm
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:07 PM
Nov 2017

She doesn't want an ethics commission inquiry because she knows her fake news truth will come out. She is fake. THIS is what fake news is. Got her a book deal too? Nope. She is only trying to make a dime! It's a BS story!

mercuryblues

(14,562 posts)
30. Al wrote it in the script in 2003
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:41 PM
Nov 2017

They performed it in 2003. She claims that he wrote the script on the fly in 2006 just to kiss her. Also in the script is that she catches onto it and calls a guy up from the audience to kiss him.

She also said she was so repulsed by him she avoided him and turned her back on him when she bumped into him at an event. Now we find out she went to an event where he was the guest of honor.

Now we know why AL called for a complete and thorough investigation.


LisaL

(44,985 posts)
32. That's not Leeann in the skit in 2003. Whoever tweeted it labeled it wrong.
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 11:45 PM
Nov 2017

Other than that, Al obviously didn't write the skit for Leeann as he was doing it in 2003.

mercuryblues

(14,562 posts)
37. Ahh, should have put my glasses on
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:10 AM
Nov 2017

But it still doesn't negate the fact that Al had been doing the skit for many years that she claims he wrote just for her.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
35. The photo tells the viewer exactly whatever he or she wants it to say.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:02 AM
Nov 2017

"says everything" or "says nothing" depends solely on the viewer. We all read our own meaning into it. In other words, since it can say anything, objectively, it says nothing. Just like a Rorschach image, it tells only what's on the viewer's mind, and carries no meaning independent of the viewer's preconceived wishes.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
38. You got that backwards. I'm a skeptic, not a "true believer".
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:25 AM
Nov 2017

I don't believe much of anything without solid proof, especially something as subjective as a photograph presented without any context, like these two obviously good buddies:




It's pretty obvious what Putin is doing with his other hand, right? In other word, the photo shows you whatever you want to see.

blue cat

(2,415 posts)
45. Did you hear her say
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 05:57 AM
Nov 2017

That she didn't see him for years and then ignored him when she did see him. It doesn't look like she is ignoring him if she attended an event in his honor. Just saying..

yardwork

(61,795 posts)
53. The photo shows her attending an event in Franken's honor.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 08:04 AM
Nov 2017

The photo shows that Tweeden attended an event to honor Al Franken during the time period she now says she avoided him.

It's not about their facial expressions. The mere fact that she was there is the issue.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
61. The best thing to do is trivialize the photograph and invalidate all opinions associated with it.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 02:39 PM
Nov 2017

The best thing to do is trivialize the photograph and invalidate all opinions associated with it.

Only then we may continue with our narrative uninterrupted by the inconvenience of new data, and proclaim any new evidence far too subjective.

Judi Lynn

(160,684 posts)
39. Looks as if Al has no idea she hates his guts for "assauting" her.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 12:25 AM
Nov 2017

Looks as if he imagines they are friends, or at least not enemies, or a victim and predator.

Justice

(7,188 posts)
59. That is very telling.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 02:29 PM
Nov 2017

Look, we must take these accusations seriously, but we still need to use our common sense.

Look at the totality of the circumstances - the photos, the statements, what the person said at the time, the circumstances, the context, etc. rather than just one photo.

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