I'm not a big Platner fan, nor do I think progressives poop ice cream, but

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104. I think "true or not" ought to be THE deciding factor

For the record, I never liked the guy. I far preferred Janet Mills, whose major sin consisted of the birth year listed on her driver's license. But Al Franken was taken down by a Republican prank that turned out to be a stray bullet that found its mark. "Heroes" like Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all tripped over themselves calling for Al to resign from the Senate when there was no shred of solid evidence that Al had molested anyone (probably because he hadn't). Now, they are all calling for Platner to bow out (no tears from me, but there has to be a solid reason, or else we're just doing a repeat performance). If there is solid evidence to back the allegations up, then he should indeed disappear. Indeed, he never should have been a candidate in the first place, and Bernie Sanders etc. had no business endorsing him without checking him out first. If there is NO such evidence forthcoming, then, much as I dislike him, he should stand tall and face the accusations and call BS.

From the way he is reacting, and even attaching conditions to any quitting, that is NOT the reaction of someone who has nothing to fear from further investigation. But let's see what he DOES do before laying it out for him first. We have not walked a mile in his shoes (I wouldn't want to, frankly), so we have to wait and see (I figured by the end of the week at the latest) how he reacts to the allegations as stated.