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In reply to the discussion: Please stop with the cult of personality. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I don't need someone to try to convince me that it's the ethical thing to do to sacrifice a member of the family so that a favored person can get ahead, or without proof of serious wrongdoing.
No one is saying she hasn't stood up for women...but Franken did more, if you're counting.
But right is right...and wrong is definitely wrong. She did the WRONG thing in a fit of bad judgment, in her desire to get ahead, IMO. It's not a "culture of personality." It's stating that she has shown she's a follower, not a leader, and has bad judgment. Good judgment is a requirement of the Presidency, as is being a leader.
She's a Senator from NY with the voice of a young girl, who didn't convince her own party that the sacrifice of this better, more popular and beloved Senator, with more accomplishments, in the face of anonymous allegations, should be canned. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. That's not saying that she's not a nice person otherwise. Or educated or smart.
But there are others who are far more viable for the Presidency, for many reasons, among which is the fact that they didn't jump on the bandwagon.
I saw Rep Jackie Speier speaking on television, for example. She has more going for her, IMO. She's someone a person would listen to, someone who makes a cogent, persuasive argument. And being in the House, she didn't jump on the bandwagon to get rid of Franken.
BTW, you don't ever sacrifice a member of your family without a very good reason and proof of serious wrongdoing, IMO.