KevinG

I love the Ben Franklin song. Now how can I get played in my son's 8th grade history class? (they start the Revolution next quarter)

Hey mods, how do we make sure Viachicago.org is on the fast lane of the internet?

What does it say about our state of affairs that we a celebrating a narrow victory over a confirmed racist and alleged pedophile?

The Lt Gov Tina Flint Smith

No need to apologize. But I do get to dance around and yell I was right. In all seriousness, this is a sad day for the US Senate. For his failings personally he seemed to be a fair and honest legislator and one who I felt shared my beliefs. Unfortunately his personal life overshadowed the the good things he has done and could have done. With his actions he not only lost the trust of the people of Minnesota but of all citizens of the United States. It is because of this lack of trust that it was right for him to resign. Hopefully some good will come of all of this. Powerful men wi

He does an A plus job with a B minus voice. If that sounds critical it is not. What I mean, is he technically is not a great singer. But what he does with his voice, especially in context of the songs, musically and poetically is amazing.

your own personal covfefe moment.

what is this word?

So what you are saying is, hey it is ok that she got groped and forcibly kissed because she did the same thing. Good job! Anymore victims you'd like to blame?

Wow, there is so many things wrong with this statement.

I don't call anyone the N word. Whereas 100 years ago it would have been commonplace.

I have the expectation that women are treated like people and not as objects. I have the expectation that a woman should not be afraid to be alone with a man, because he might try to grab her or kiss her. I have the expectation that a woman isn't afraid to go out at night. I have the expectation that a woman can walk down the street and not be catcalled. Our society has normalized this behavior. Played it off as sophomoric, or boys will be boys, or locker room talk. You know what, it has to stop. Yes it sucks, Franken won't be the last "good person" to be caught up in this (looking at

A boy band called All Knight. They dress up in Medieval garb.

Any job? No, if MSNBC wants to hire him or whatever, that is fine. Hell if he wanted to run for office again, he could, as long as all his transgressions were out in the open. In my perfect world it would go down like this, Franken would get up on the floor of the Senate and apologize, not only to Tweeden, but to the people of Minnesota and to the citizens of the United States. He would state unequivocally that rejects behavior like this and it is not something becoming of a representative of the US. And state because he really has lost the trust of the people of MN he will step down. Bu

He is not up for re-election until 2020. Shouldn't they have had the change to know this when he first ran? If this was out in the open and a known story, then I guess the people of MN did decide, but they were not privy to this, so in essence they didn't get to decide. You say this like it is a bad thing. Many companies rightful have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to sexual harassment, including the one I work for.

By letting him remain in office, to continue to serve and represent the people of Minnesota after this, you are saying what he did was OK. At what point do we continue to let people abuse their power to treat others like objects for them to have? He needs to answer for what he did. The right thing to do is step down. The people of MN should demand this. We need to expect more from the people who represent us. No Franken is not as others, but that doesn't excuse him, nor does that absolve him from punishment. If I am at a Christmas Party and my boss grabs my ass and tries to kiss

The mental black flips going on to rationalize this behavior is astounding. Let me break down what you actually said: It is ok that he groped a woman and tried to forcibly kiss her, because he is a good senator. It is ok that he groped a woman and tried to forcibly kiss her, because it was only one woman. But more than one (or two?), that is bad. It is ok that he groped a woman and tried to forcibly kiss her, because he admitted to bad stuff in the past and people are ok with that. It is ok that he groped a woman and tried to forcibly kiss her, because it was a dumb and stupid thing t

The only reason that Franken apologized is because someone came forward and confronted him about it. So, either he did knew he did something wrong in 2006 and didn't say anything, or he thought what he did was ok, until someone came forward. So not a good look either way. I am not saying what Franken did was in anyway equivalent to that of what Moore did. Moore is a special type of horrible person and should not only be forced to drop out of the race, but be arrested and charged with a crime.

I am not sure what an ethics committee can uncover. He admitted it, he apologized, she accepted his apology. But let me understand this, if you forcibly kiss and grope one woman, that is ok? More than one, that is where the line is crossed?

It is interesting how different the accused actions have been. Ray Moore and Donald Trump and their supporters have said their accusers are liars and have impugned their character. Whereas Franken has apologized and been pretty straightforward. Now is that because there is some sort of photographic evidence? That is hard to say. It will be interesting where the ethics investigation goes from here. Nonetheless, I think Franken should resign. Admit to wrong doing, and let everyone know that this is unacceptable behavior and not fitting of someone who holds public office. It would suck

Nothing like getting the kids into Pig love with the first eps

and this is exactly why nothing will ever be done about gun control, ever. Those who fetishize guns will never see them as the problem and always point to something else. And by pointing to something else, all they are doing is just taking the focus off of the guns. Your cousin, the President, Congress, will offer no solution they just want to deflect from the real problem. I would ask you cousin, to see if since he does not see guns as the problem, what his solutions are and if he plans to vote for people who have those solutions.

I love how POTUS first response to this is that it was a mental health issue (just forget the fact if this guy was "brown" he would be singing another tune entirely). But this is the same Congress and President who cut and are planning to cut a lot of mental health funding and made it easier for those who have mental illness to buy firearms. I have said this before, this is not an easy issue to solve, it is gonna take some work and compromise. No side is gonna be truly happy with a solution if reached. But we clearly have a problem. We can not send our kids to school, we can not see a m

Hey it is too early to talk about this. So is it time to talk about Las Vegas?

She didn't. It is not a thought that is worth having, nothing more than a distraction. If any single person looks at critically that whole urainium story falls apart quickly.