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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Al Franken shouldnt have had to resign
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article188588814.htmlAt most Franken, who announced Thursday he is resigning, is guilty of boorish behavior not assault, not pedophilia, not even sexual harassment. But with todays fast-changing, contradictory and confusing reversal of sexual norms, hes being burned at the stake, walked down the plank, buried alive. Its unfair.
The sanctimonious claptrap and false indignation emanating from fellow U.S. senators and TV pundits is nauseating. My friends tell me that Democrats and Im a Democrat cant afford to be seen as partisan on this issue, or hypocritical. They cant be hard on Republicans the president, Moore and soft on Democrats. They cant afford to be seen as racist hard on African-American Congressman John Conyers and soft on white Franken.
oasis
(49,400 posts)blimablam
(121 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)on the Democrats' part to push him out. He didn't even have the ethics investigation done yet. He was one of the main voices advocating liberal values within the party, and now he'll be gone thanks to something that is arguably politically-motivated. They claim that his seat will be safe, but nothing is a gimme; MN isn't a deep-blue state like CA or NY. I also don't know why they're so quick to push him out. If Democrats think they'll score some points with what I like to refer to as the Bothsiderists, they're mistaken. Most 3rd party voters and non-voters will still see Democrats as similar. The GOP is probably laughing at the Democrats as they still have fallen in line with their guys despite worse behavior. They know how to keep their eyes on the prize. Instead of resigning, he should have said something like "I'll resign once Ray Moore and Donald Trump quit".
mythology
(9,527 posts)Grabbing somebody in a sexual fashion without their consent is in fact an act of sexual assault (okay technically battery).
And he's no more being burned at the stake than Clarence Thomas was the victim of a lynching in his congressional hearing. It's hyperbole masquerading as a metaphor.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Its always done at the wrong time, before thought comes into play.
Phonebank4Tendies
(15 posts)But we've got a pathetic loser mentality. The Democratic party is doomed for failure unless it does a 360 degree turn and gets its shit together.
madaboutharry
(40,217 posts)"A 180" means the opposite. 360 is full circle, putting you in the same place you started.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...is not being hypocritical.
WTF is wrong with these people?
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)The party got it wrong.
The gop will keep doing this and we can't just hide under our beds.
"Oh, nooos! They might make crap up about me!!!"
Grow the hell up and throw it back to them.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)If you are going to set new standards for how to behave, don't go back years in time to look for offenders.
If hand around waist is groping and everybody needs to stay apart without any touching when taking photos, don't go back 10 years and look for offenders and then punish them severely since that wasn't the standard back them.