re: #207 Targetpractice

No offense, but substitute “Al” and “he” for “Samantha” and “she,” as well as “word” for “picture” and we’re stuck back earlier this year, hearing the arguments for why a man who had been demonized for a single picture needed to fall on his sword because of the “outrage” it was causing among the media.

The outrage was amongst conservatives, and the media duly did their stenographic duty. They wanted Al Franken’s scalp, and they were going to get it one way or another.

I’m pretty sure as a comedian they could have dug up any number of things on Franken.

In my opinion, Franken resigning (despite being a powerful voice for the left) was the proper thing to do. He took that controversy off the table for the GOP to use in the elections (Franken was considering more than his own political future).