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In reply to the discussion: Lines from Alternet.org about the Franken Situation. [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)And yes, Franken's resignation was his own fault and not Schumer's or Gillibrand's...
But not only was resigning a truly stupid fucking thing to do when he could have held fast and rode it out for a couple of weeks, he denied the Democratic party any chance to exploit this politically... After the noise of moral indignation dies down a little, certain political realities come to light -- In the first week of February this year literally the entire nation, presidential candidates, cable news, this message board and even yours truly were calling for the resignation of the Governor AND/OR the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia for manufactured scandals that nobody even remembers now -- Of course it was only a couple of days before people realized that the stories from Fairfax's accusers didn't stand up to 30 seconds of scrutiny, and all those blowhards in the General Assembly to realize that if Northam had to resign because of an offensive yearbook photo, their asses would be following him right out the door...