Franken Should Go -
But then Franken put out another, better statement, saying he felt disgusted by
his former self: “It’s obvious how Leeann would feel violated by that picture.
And, what’s more, I can see how millions of other women would feel violated by it.” He asked for an ethics investigation into his conduct
and for the opportunity to make things up to his female supporters.
She wrote that he talked her into doing a sketch in which he kissed her, and
that he insisted on a rehearsal, during which he “mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.”
This story alone might not have gotten Franken in much trouble — even if Tweeden had been
able to get people to believe her, Franken could have explained it away as acting.
Tweeden wrote that when she saw it: “I felt violated all over again.
On Thursday morning, Leeann Tweeden, a former model and radio news anchor in Los Angeles, accused Franken of harassing her during a 2006 U. S.O.
Sure, Franken made plenty of sexist jokes when he was with “Saturday Night Live,” but I thought he was one of the good guys.
He was behind one measure that made it easier for people who are sexually victimized while working for defense contractors to find justice and another ensuring
that survivors don’t have to pay for their own rape kits.
I found this persuasive and would like to see Franken redeem himself, but I still don’t think he can.
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