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In reply to the discussion: Is Our Revolution trying to unseat Al Franken? [View all]True Dough
(17,303 posts)I'm no lawyer and "sexual battery" may not be a fitting charge, but the accusations against Franken aren't too far from that. I saw another DUer who tried to frame Franken's alleged butt-grabbing as a "boundary violation." Talk about trying to sanitize the language!
"Hey, did you hear more women have stepped forward and accused Franken of boundary violations?"
As I have said elsewhere, I was initially prepared to convict Senator Al based on his vague and weak responses but a few other possible interpretations of his statements have convinced me to leave the door open to the outcome of an ethics violation. Although, as you said, his reputation is taking a beating in the meantime.
If Franken is guilty as charged, then I think he should go. I have read plenty of DUers' comments that we can't afford to lose him and his evils are far lesser than those of Trump or Roy Moore. That's not where we should set the bar. Again, I'll supply a simple analogy as a litmus test for values/principles:
Your son Johnny comes home from high school and says Billy grabs girls inappropriately and everyone knows it. Yet Billy was made captain of the football team despite it. Your response would be what? "Yeah, groping girls really isn't a big deal. You can do such things and still ascend to great heights with no fear of significant repercussions. The important thing, Johnny, is that our football team needs Billy to win, and winning is what matters most, no matter what, because players on the other team do things that are even more vile than what Billy has done."
That's how some people here would raise their own child?