Monday, December 18, 2017

Now that it's no longer politically convenient...

Franken urged to reverse his resignation
At least four senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment.
You knew this was coming. Politicians are all about paying lip service to the issues, but when push comes to shove, they generally refuse to follow through with tangible action.

Franken was a scapegoat who was used by his Party to help win a Senate seat in Alabama. Now that the Democrats made their point with Roy Moore, I guess that settles everything once and for all. It was unfair (in retrospect) to "use" Al Franken for those means. After all, he's such a nice guy!

There was a reason he didn't "resign immediately".  Can anyone think of a good one "other" than leaving open the possibility that he would change his mind after the Alabama race was over?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep, the Liberals Stooges of your blog said you where wrong.

Commonsense said...

Told ya so.

wphamilton said...

Yeh, the swan song that trolled a few Senators to the predictable "don't go Al, we still love you."

I'm not sure that he can pull it off, politically speaking. There will be more wanting him out that wanting him to stay, even in the Senate. It probably all boils down to his constituents. If he has lost their confidence, he's got to leave.

Commonsense said...

This is not parliament where a government falls on a no confidence vote.

Franken can stay and fill out the remainder of his term and if Schumer doesn't pull his committee assignments then he has the tacit support of the Democrat party.