AN EDITED VERSION OF THIS POST IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
("I Was Wrong About Al Franken", by Michelle Goldberg)
Mr. Franken was swept up in the "one size fits all" frenzy that consumed him predicated, in very large part, on one photo showing a comedian making an attempted joke gone horribly wrong.
Even at the time I believed the clamor for his political head was an error. Now, given what has transpired in this nation since that day, and the very distinct possibility that Donald Trump may be his party's 2024 presidential nominee despite a list of grievances that makes Mr. Franken's seem as a pebble to a mountain, my belief in the mistaken rush to judgment for Mr. Franken has grown exponentially.
I understand the mea culpa of this op ed. But too little, too late never seemed a more apt reply
2 comments:
I feel the same way. But I think it is more than too little too late. Franken wasn't given due process by his peers because the party heavyweights thought the process would be harmful to the party. More upsetting was David Brook's piece, "I was wrong about capitalism", where he seems to recant his Republican beliefs and sees the world the way it really is.....at least until tomorrow anyway--RE
Al Franken was the whipping boy of the female and very dyed-blonde Senator from NY. He didn’t deserve to be so summarily tossed from his seat in the Senate.
LP
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