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In reply to the discussion: The most well written and fully fleshed out article on the Franken mess. [View all]philly lib
(1 post)I could not agree more that the admirable desire to expose the obscenity of sexual harassment (by REAL offenders like the Orange Menace and the Alabama Mall-lurker) appears to have been driven off onto the track of "the goal of perfection is the enemy of the good" in the case of how Al Franken has been treated in the last few days. I have been glued to this community's reaction to this totally counter-productive response (by cagey Rs and purist Ds) for both the Democratic party AND the country/world at large.
Why am I finally posting now? I have been receiving intellectual/political nourishment from this community since the (Shrub) Bush years and have often wanted to take this plunge. The series of Franken postings has finally gotten me to do it (I know, what about the last @#$* year? Mostly fear of getting caught up in never-ending venting stopped me till now.) The complexities of this moment require all of us to be engaged.
For context: I cast my first vote in 1968 for Eugene McCarthy for his anti-war commitment and my politics have been informed by that mistake ever since - I helped to elect Tricky Dick. NOW I am a retired (female) college/med school biology teacher & researcher living in the bluest of cities with a marvelous local comfort zone and pursuing my life-long goal of a second career as an artist.
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