Oh, were you leaving?

[lavendertook]

I wasn't glad Franken was resigning, until he made his little infuriated goodbye speech. What a piece of entitled crap. it's OK, dude, we'll carry on just fine without you!

Ah, the taste of "my being called sexist/racist/homophobic is far WORSE than the bodily and lifetime harms that assail you Non-Standard Issue People because I was promised to be The One! And you don't really appreciate that I did something for you Non-Standard Issue People! Last time THAT will happen!"

That whole speech just felt like the indignant silence, denial, or accusation every time you defend yourself against harassment, a grope, or dare to bring up why you found a statement or situation sexist/anti-non-standard issue person.

Don't let the door . . . and all that.

Bleh.

Comments

[baranduin]

He flounced.

[lavendertook]

He sure did.

[minoanmiss]

I am so disappointed. to think I believed in him.

[lavendertook]

Same here. He did do some great legislation. But the amount of lives disrupted with his entitled harassment has to stop now, and after that speech I'm really glad he's gone.

[primwood]

I thought what he said about Trump and Moore was completely good. They are scum of the highest order, and if he didn't say it as a Senator, no one else was going to do so, it seems. It is reprehensible that Trump and Moore are supported by the GOP party.

I was bothered that he was resigning because I was worried a Republican would get that seat, but then I learned that his replacement will be appointed by the Democratic Minnesota governor, Mark Dayton. That person will remain in the seat until a new election next November. So it will be a Democrat that replaces Franken. If the governor was a Republican, then it most likely would have gone to a GOPer.

I know people these days think all parties are bad, but I don't think the Democrats would have screwed over the American people the way the GOP keep trying to do.

[lavendertook]

Trump and Moore are scum of the highest order, not to mention Franks asking his subordinates if he can borrow their bodies--which pretty much says it all. But Franken saying this during this speech just came off as what-about-them-ism to me.

I don't think the Democrats are equally bad at all and their holding their members accountable makes me proud of them, even when it comes to my very flawed hero John Conyers.

[lbilover]

Agree wholeheartedly with you on this.

[lavendertook]

He just showed the cost of his legislation and it wasn't worth it if Dems are to be about all boats rising--how many vulnerable women did he shove off the bus with this behavior?