Franken

I get torn back and forth on the saga of Al Franken.  His behavior was demeaning and inappropriate, if every word is true it's perhaps a little worse than that.  He denies that all of the allegations are true, but the pattern for people who harass is pretty clear - it's never a one time thing. 

Ana Marie Cox makes a solid point that men like Franken aren't being denied due process, because they aren't being charged with crimes.  They are losing their jobs, and people lose their jobs for non-criminal reasons all the time.  Franken and Conyers held jobs of public trust, and their behavior violated that trust.

The fact that Trump remains president and Roy Moore stands a very good chance of becoming the next Senator from Alabama is, of course, troubling.  I get people who say that this "isn't fair."  Why should Democrats hold themselves to a higher standard? 

Probably because someone has to.  Right now, the Republican party is clothing itself in ignominy.  They are tolerating a mentally incapable, emotionally unstable serial predator as president.  They are likely about to welcome a pedophile into the Senate.  Their legislative agenda is morally outrageous, stealing from the sick to give to the rich.

I think a lot of Democrats feel that there will never be a reckoning for men like Trump.  There's ample reason to feel that way, looking at the last year and a half.  However, the reckoning always comes.  It may not feel like it, but eventually the hammer falls.

I have to believe that.