Politics be here… beware!

There’s so much going on in the world -the Bizarro Trumpworld we’re currently in- that its hard to focus on one thing but I’ll try.

Time magazine offered a brilliant, IMHO, “Person of the Year”: The Silence Breakers.  It was about the women -and men!- who spoke out about sexual harassment and blazed a trail which has led us to a point where we, as a society, are finally confronting something which should have been confronted a very long time ago.

There are many people, some shocking to find, who have engaged in these types of sleazy activities.  Many of them have lost their jobs, rightfully, while at least a couple of prominent ones -talking about you Trump and Roy Moore- who are determined to swim against the tide and continue the “they are lying” defense, which rings hallow, to say the least.

Another who has been exposed is Al Franken.

I like Mr. Franken, senator.  I feel many of his philosophies are in line with my own and I think it was incredible the way he cornered Jeff Sessions in a lie.  I wish there were more senators out there who vote the way he does.

And having said all that… he needs to resign.

While the allegations regarding Franken’s alleged harassment isn’t anywhere near being in the neighborhood of what Roy Moore is accused of (let’s face it, that man is in a perverse, disgusting world of his own), there comes a point when one either is against harassment or isn’t.

If we are to believe the allegations about what he did, which included forcibly kissing unwilling women, that’s quite enough, thank you.

As a politician, I really like you, Al.

Now do the right thing and resign.

If you’re sincere about being ashamed of what you did, provide restitution.  Volunteer your time to shelters that provide aid and comfort to victims of sexual harassment.  Show penance.  One day very soon, you could step back into the political limelight, a renewed, hopefully forgiven man.

Who knows, you may even be elected again to office.

Oh, and Mr. Moore?  Mr. Trump?  I’d ask you two to drop out and do the same but it seems you’ve lost your shame a very long time ago.

If you ever had any to begin with.