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In reply to the discussion: The Franken matter is a classic example of why Democrats lose and lose and lose and lose and lose... [View all]ollie10
(2,091 posts)Is it going to show the voters we are on high ground?
Bunk!
Voters will simply remember the Democratic Senator had to resign in disgrace because of (alleged) sexual misconduct....and they will leave out the alleged in their minds!
Now if we fought the good fight, showed how Franken had not really done anything rising even remotely to the level of sexual abuse.....then some would agree and others would disagree....but we at least would look like we believed he was innocent and were standing up for something.
By throwing in the towel we just make ourselves look more guilty.
We delude ourselves if we think failure to stand up against a set up is going to help us in any way. It is not. It is going to hurt us.
So we will continue down the path of a groper who is president (the high road really worked, didn't it?), Moore will be elected anyway and everyone will forget about his child molesting, while the voting public will learn from all this that the Democrats are the ones with sexual harrassment problems, look who had to resign!!!!
Franken should not resign, because there is not any credible evidence here. But forcing him to resign will make him look more guilty, and it will make the Democratic Party look more guilty....and the brainiacs leading this lynch mob don't have a clue about the political effects of their cowardess!