I've been hearing that Al Franken's accusers should be believed, and that the more accusers there are, the more credible the claims. This seems to make perfect sense. As the number of accusers of Roy Moore piled up, the claims became more credible, right?
Roy Moore did his dirty deeds in private. Despite that, he was generally known as a mall troll, banned from the mall for trying to pick up young girls. That is independent corroboration.
Al Franken did his deeds in public. Eight women came forward to tell fairly similar stories about how he grabbed them with force in public places. The presumption is that there could be more too -- that Al Franken is a serial groper.
Ask yourself this. What are the chances that such behavior could take place in public without anyone noticing? What are the chances this could happen eight times?
Are we supposed to believe that every woman is unwilling to say something in the safety of a crowd?
Are we supposed to believe nobody saw any of these women jump from the sudden grab? Have you ever been grabbed? Was it noticeable?
Are we supposed to believe nobody has any corroborating evidence of the bad act itself?
One time, two times, maybe even three times ... Maybe nobody would see. But eight times? Eight times and nobody saw anything? Nobody got a picture or video of the grabbing?
Yet, we are supposed to believe that if eight women are willing to come forward, there must be more. If there must be more, wouldn't that make it even more likely that at some point there would have been a scene or some corroboration?
All that grabbing, and no corroboration. Highly unlikely.
The bigger the number without corroboration, the less likely the claims are true!
Then, you might think that someone that bold to grab women in public would take more advantage in private. Yet, we see the exact opposite. People close to Al Franken including former Air America radio host Randi Rhodes say he never did anything like that.
I believed the women. I gave them credibility. Then I looked more closely. I find that the allegations fail.