It is not "ironic", as Mr. Franken suggests, that he has now been compelled to vacate his post while Mr. Trump, who has without question committed a lifetime of far greater sins, remains firmly entrenched. It is moronic.
Mr. Trump is the embodiment of depravity, willing to do or say whatever suits his fancy, seemingly freed from ethical and moral constraints. His boorish behavior, his outlandish statements, his indifference to truth, are not aberrations but his soul and heartbeat.
He has methodically and consistently treated women with contempt and leveled abuse, both verbal and physical, upon them without care or reprisal. But his capacity to inflict pain extends far beyond this arena, swallowing up the poor, the disabled, the immigrant, virtually anyone and everyone who is not rich, white and kneeling at his throne.
He is the living antithesis of the statue that sits upon the Hudson. His is an existence spent without compassion, without understanding, without giving, without any of the qualities that make one good, that make one great.
And so Mr. Franken departs even as Mr. Trump looks for his next victim and Roy Moore awaits his impending election to the same body that, in virtual unison, has demanded the junior Senator from Minnesota stand down.
This is not intended as full throated defense of Mr. Franken, but rather as indictment of those who remain unscathed by their breaches.
"Ironic"? No, it is beyond sickening.
2 comments:
If Walt Kelly was still with us he would have to hire an assistant to help him draw all the new character's in Pogo's swamp.
as was said in TIMES
only those with no shame continue in their positions without a care except for power
FCL
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