I've become confused trying to follow the Facebook comments about Al Franken and Roy Moore. Which of these two perspectives is the right one?
The first woman to accuse Franken is a conservative. This is nothing more than a character-assassination plot to take down a Democratic Senator. The women who are accusing Franken are overreacting to the playful behavior of a former professional comedian, and he was wrong to apologize. Al Franken has an excellent, progressive voting record. He’s been a staunch defender of women’s rights. What Franken is accused of doing is not as bad as what Donald Trump and Roy Moore did. Until Republicans start paying a price for their behavior, we can’t be cannibalizing our own. If we do we’re being played once again by the Republicans, who never get punished for anything. This is a slippery slope. Other Democrats will be accused or framed, and we’ll lose lots of Congressional seats just when we need them the most. Franken only won his seat by 300 votes. If we let him resign, we’ll lose the Senate seat in Minnesota. Let’s clean house in terms of sexual harassment after the midterm elections, when we’ll have a new, Democratic Congress. What happened to “innocent until proven guilty”? Franken deserves due process. Let the Ethics Committee do its work.
The women who accused Moore are liars. They are being paid by the Washington Post and George Soros. This is a lamestream media plot to take down a decent man just before an election. It’s not uncommon in the South for older men to date younger women. Roy Moore has stood up for God and the Constitution for his entire life. He stands for Alabama values. Let the Alabama voters decide the outcome. The Democrats who are calling for Roy Moore’s head are the same people who defended rapist Bill Clinton. We have a new President who has a strong, conservative agenda and we have a very narrow margin in Congress. The last thing we need is another liberal ally of Nancy Pelosi in the Senate. If Doug Moore is elected, the things we want to achieve are at risk. Roy Moore has never been charged with any crime. If he is elected, the Senate Ethics Committee will take the appropriate steps.
