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

[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.