re: #448 goddamnedfrank

I’m honestly not a big fan of the conflation argument with regards to Franken. There has to be a bar below legally actionable assault or discrimination for elected officials and the things Franken admitted to doing showed, I think, absolutely abysmal judgement to a degree that no full ethics investigation could ever exonerate. I also don’t think Democrats would be doing ourselves any favors by allowing the dearth of standards & integrity shown by Republicans to determine how we govern ourselves. This should be about how we exemplify our own ideals and not comparative optics.

He admitted to take a picture that as a comedian he felt was humorous but admitted later was in poor taste. That is the sum total of the confessions he has made. Every other accusation against him was met with “I don’t remember it like that” or “that never happened.” That is the issue here, that a moment of bad judgment is now being viewed as grounds for resignation.