Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Bringing a knife to a gunfight:

Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere. I believe the best thing for Senator Franken to do is step down.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) December 6, 2017

Al Franken should resign.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) December 6, 2017

I believe it is best for Senator Franken to resign.

— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) December 6, 2017

And no man left behind: 

I agree with my colleagues who have stepped forward today and called on Senator Franken to resign. We can’t just believe women when it’s convenient.

— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) December 6, 2017

Joe is calling for Senator Franken to resign. pic.twitter.com/ff5i1rnhJs

— Senator Joe Donnelly (@SenDonnelly) December 6, 2017

Sen. Al Franken should step down. Everyone must share the responsibility of building a culture of trust and respect for women in every industry and workplace, and that includes our party.

— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) December 6, 2017

I have listened to them. I have listened to my female colleagues, to women I work with and women in my life. And I agree the time has come for Senator Franken to step aside.

— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) December 6, 2017

Al Franken has flatly denied the latest accusation against him (that he tried to kiss a woman after a radio interview in 2006, claiming it was his right as an entertainer), apologized for other events he did not say were necessarily true, and called for an ethics examination of the allegations against him by the Senate Ethics Committee.  He is also the reason Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, which led to the Mueller investigation, and who doubts there would be no credible investigation without Mueller?

But no, he has to go.  This unseemliness is unseemly!  He's not accused of the actions of Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Harvey Weinstein, or Danny Masterson, nor even John Conyers.  He's accused of improper kissing (all of which he denies) and some butt groping, maybe.

Hanging's too good for him!

We have to remove him, of course, so we can be pure in our denunciations of Roy Moore.  Utter bollocks.  Roy Moore is not in the Senate and once he is, if he is, it's an open question whether the Senate would investigate him and decide to throw him out or even not seat him.  (And by the way maybe we could focus on Roy Moore's reprehensible politics, huh?  Maybe? Huh?)  Al Franken has called for an investigation of the allegations against him, but forget that, we need to get rid of Al Franken!  He has been one of the most effective freshman in the Senate, but no matter, he must go!  Purity uber alles!

I swear, Democrats are still their own worst enemies.