....patience, common sense, and logic is expected from the right-wing, and is proven over and over again on a daily basis. Seeing that same abandonment on the left is truly disappointing, and all for the sake of a hollow moral high ground that is rapidly collapsing under its own ill-conceived weight. I stand with the honorable Senator Al Franken, and wholly reject the false equivalence, and total condemnation being paraded on Democratic Underground and elsewhere.

It just seems to me that there are too many people moving too fast in order to become part of the solution and end up being a big part of the problem.

Democrats were riding high: sexual harassment by Trump and Moore, and winning Virginia and other places and now Franken "spoiled it."

Interesting analysis about the Ethics committee. According to report in the strib, the committee is busy with complaints about financial affairs and they will not bother with something that happened before he became a senator. As it did with Vitter.

And then, when was the last time this ethics committee censured a senator? Why, a senator from Minnesota - Dave Durenberger. Oh well..

Both sides of my family come from Minnesota. Most of them still live there.

You don't tell those stubborn Germans and Swedes what to do. If you try, they may not say anything, but they will just dig in. I have always seen a sense of fairness on the part of my family and their neighbors. They do have some bad apples and ruthless people, but on the whole, those are not the norm. Don't mess with Minnesota.

That's great news.

Needed to hear this today.