I agree with you that Franken is fine (and I'll admit to not fully understanding what happened there; I should read up [1]). Bean Dad is fine too, for whatever

I agree with you that Franken is fine (and I'll admit to not fully understanding what happened there; I should read up [1]). Bean Dad is fine too, for whatever it's worth, though unlike Franken, he had done nothing wrong. In any case, I don't think I articulated my thought very well there, which was not to say these people had been irrevocably damaged, but to point out a tendency on the left (where I am) to take swings at people, even, or especially, their own, sometimes performatively and without cause. This happens on the right to the same degree, it's just that the litmus tests are different (currently the only one being loyalty to the previous president). [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al...