I’m not going to watch it, but he is clearly a sick, twisted pervert.
Some say it won’t matter if he resigns, that he will be replaced with another Democrat, but at least it would be someone lower profile and maybe less radical in their political views. He has been a sanctimonious pr!ck until all of this came up. Too bad Leann did not feel like bringing it up before he was barely elected.
I actually want him to stay in there. I want him to remain the face of the Democratic Party.
No, they are suggesting the muzzie Keith Ellison.
Pick your poison.
“Some say it won’t matter if he resigns, that he will be replaced with another Democrat”
I’m mixed on it. In support of the above, a new Senator there would have to face voters in 2018 (and then again in 2020), whereas Franken does not until 2020. Minnesota is far from a blue state - as Trump nearly won it in 2016...so we could flip that seat next year.
On the other hand, I’m actually shocked that Franken is still in the Senate, considering that him resigning would make it next to impossible for Moore to win the seat (i.e., most voters, sadly, will only see that a Democrat when caught leaves office, while the Republican still won’t drop out). It also makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for the Dems to keep up the pressure on Trump in this area...which is why they’re now pivoting back to Russia.
In summary, a close call, but I want Franken to STAY JUST WHERE HE IS.
One more factor: I like to troll left-wing/open-debate sites like The Hill and say things that Democrats want, but won’t openly state, like wanting to confiscate guns, being against the death penalty, even when it involves children or defenseless women, etc.
But in this case, if we look BIG PICTURE, we have to ask a simple question: If a political opponent can round up enough people willing to call the other candidate/person a monster, should that candidate be forced to resign or drop out based on unsupported allegations. In Roy Moore’s case, the only ‘evidence’ is a badly forged yearbook entry. Everything else is based on the QUANTITY OF PEOPLE accusing him - with absolutely no ‘proof’. If we base the standard on “quantity of people, rather than quality of evidence” (damn, I could write a vantity just on that), then where does it end? For example, does it just end at conservative Republicans, or does it include ALL Republicans (such as Jeff Flake), or does it include ALL MEN (if we’re talking feminist crap)? Is the end game to get men out of politics, as they’ve pretty much done in Europe?
Big questions worthy of more discussion.