Franken and LeAnn in the news

(Which, since the expose of this “material”, is the more repulsive, our Franken or our Tweeden?…..or maybe there’s  a curse on both their habits?)

FRANKEN’S APOLOGY

by Scott Johnson at PowerLine:

Al Franken is a well-known jerk. I would say that just about everyone who has dealt with him personally knows it, including Senator Amy Klobuchar and his other Senate colleagues. One can see the pure manifestation of this aspect of his character in his treatment of Leeann Tweeden as set forth in her powerful first-person account of his unwanted attention.

Franken has issued two statements in response to Tweeden’s account today. First he offered a cursory attempt at exculpation. As his colleagues abandoned him, Franken sensed he couldn’t talk his way out of this jam. He abjectly apologized and joined the call for the Senate Ethics Committee investigation of his own conduct.

Very big of him, but more calculating than generous. He can reasonably hope that the Ethics Committee will give him cover in the slow moving gears of Senate procedures while the storm blows over.

The abjectness of Franken’s second statement should count for nothing. Tweeden’s account of Franken’s harassment includes a photograph that caught Franken in the act of sexual assault. Despite his effort to say something to mitigate it in his first statement, mitigation is impossible under the circumstances. His initial statement reveals his character and aggravates his misconduct. It is otherwise worthless.

The photograph is a killer. It is incriminating, but it is more than that. In the context of Tweeden’s account, it is devastating. It shows Franken gleefully humiliating Tweeden. It demonstrates his malice.

Sexual misconduct of the Franken kind is almost never a one-off. It is characteristic or compulsive. There are undoubtedly other women like Tweeden who have received Franken’s unwanted attention. One can only hope that they will have the courage to come out and face down the jerk.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/11/frankens-apologies.php

Democrats Lie as a Habit! After all, They are Fascist Socialists Now

What is an Obama and/or Post Obama Democrat title these days of Leftism and it Black racist, Feminazi, Open Borders, and atheistic,   New York Times’ “University” America?

In “TRUTH”,  Truth is not a highly valued virtue among our contemporary American feminist of all sexes, races, shapes and sizes.    Please read Kirsten Gillibrand “change of heart”, now that that pair of  Clinton creeps of endless descriptions have become losers.    Do read anything Hillary….or watch her every move or listen to her noise at nearly anytime.   What about Hillary’s New York residue in the U.S. Senate up to these days?

 by Paul Mirengoff  at PowerLine:

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY [UPDATED]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who holds the seat formerly occupied by Hillary Clinton, said today that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency after his inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky came to light. That’s mighty enlightened of her.

But what took her so long to reach, or articulate, this view? The answer is, it took the fall of Clintons plus a crucial Senate race in which the Republican is being accused of serious sexual misconduct.

We know that Gillibrand would never have called out Bill Clinton if he still wielded influence. We know this because she didn’t when he did. To the contrary, just last year, she wrote: “I. . .was truly honored that President Bill Clinton campaigned for me in my first run for Congress in 2006.”

Attempting to explain her alleged change of heart about Clinton, Gillibrand said: “Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction.” This dodge is unpersuasive, as I argued at length here.”

(There’s more.  Please read on below!)

 

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/11/kristen-gillibrands-intellectual-dishonesty.php

TRUMPIAN LEADERSHIP 2017

Trumpian leadership and the awe of foreign heads of state

by Richard Rail  at American Thinker:

”Trump is having sensational success internationally, and a good part of that comes from his machismo.  This is machismo not in the silly feminist sense, but in the old-school sense of manliness, of a guy standing tall and proud, glad to talk but ready to fight if need be.  That kind of machismo.

Other national leaders can feel it in his presence, and it actually affects their own sense of manliness.  This is what natural leadership feels like, even if it’s a woman exuding it.  Self-assured, informed, cheerful, fun.  People want such a one out front, leading the parade, and they respond positively to it.

You can see the effect of it in the faces of foreign leaders as Trump shakes hands.  Even the Philippines’ Duterte, famous for being tough, looks a bit intimidated.  China’s Xi shows what looks like wonderment in Trump’s presence.  Japan’s Abe, more accustomed to Westerners, doesn’t show it as openly, but when he faces Trump, it’s there.

Western Europeans don’t look so much as intimidated as awed.  They willingly concede the top position in Trump’s overpowering presence.  Accustomed to standing at the front and having all eyes and cameras on them, they move to the side or the rear, eyes reflecting respect.

France’s Macron, not used to being overshadowed and not liking it at first, fought it when he met Trump.  It was obvious.  Trump was still at ease, but Macron was squeezing that hand for all he was worth.  What came naturally to Trump – a firm, manly handshake – was forced in Macron.

Justin Trudeau was awestruck when he came to D.C. and met Trump for the first time.  His tough talk noticeably softened under Trump’s influence the next day.  Back home, it was a month or so before Trudeau regained his usual swagger.

None of this was in evidence when Obama met these people or, before him, Bush II.  Obama had a certain presence, but it wasn’t leadership he radiated; it was cocksureness, different from self-confidence in the way teenager cockiness differs from manly self-assurance.  The one’s for show; the other’s for real.

Leadership.  Not seen in the presidency since Reagan.

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http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/trumpian_leadership_and_the_awe_of_foreign_heads_of_state.html