There are people a few strings down that are comparing him to a serial killer. I’d very much love to see this strawman be burnt down, maybe then we could all have a rational conversation about this. Unfortunately they keep getting propped up.

That hypothetical progressive would only fill that spot until a special election, which would have to be next November.

That’s fine - I generally agree. I imagine if this woman was my daughter, I’d still be outraged, whereas if it were me I’d already be over it. But I will speak with my vote or dollars in this case, and I encourage the good people of Minnesota to do the same. Given how he’s behaved thus far, I imagine if a critical…

If this was like 2019, I’d agree. But Minnesota would require a new Senator be elected next November. And election = toss up. I realize that it’s a slim chance Minnesota would go red in that way but again, in this environment, I don’t want to give an inch.

I find Trump to be a despicable human being because he is entirely unrepentant about his transgressions and that he has displayed a pattern of behavior that is shameless. However the reasons I think he should resign are because he is woefully ill-equipped to do the job he currently has and I’d like not to die of a…

Yeah to me the main difference here is Franken isn’t objecting or fighting. He apologized, and like it was a real apology, and everything about his actions have been accepting the consequences of his actions. The only thing that he could have possible done better is admit to being inappropriate before being called…

I literally have no idea if this is sarcastic or not as I am convinced I will get flack for the original comment.

I feel like there is a fine line here between saying “give him a pass” to “he did this, it sucks, and he needs to face the consequences for his actions.” and saying “he should resign, the shit stain”. Like there shouldn’t be, they seem very different stances but somehow you land in one of the extreme camps.

I don’t think Franken is done. I mean he isn’t running in 2020 now but if he is forced out because of this, I’d wager that literally all male Senators would need to be, and probably a large portion of the women.

I think it’s important for her to point out that politically, she likely agrees with Roy Moore, as he is fully taking on the “I’m a straight up shit bag but at least I’m honest about it” tactic that Trump so diligently worked last year. Moore and Trump are the same kind of person.

I imagine the minute someone throws themselves off a booze cruise or dances on a table at the bar because they become too drunk is the minute we have happy hours only in our downstairs kitchen - where they are already insured.

Ha, well that’s why people get lunch and dinner provided in office :)

I’m pretty sure if any tech company in the SF Bay Area didn’t do boozy after work events (or alternatively provide beer and wine in the kitchen) they wouldn’t have people to work for them for very long.

I have to say I haven’t worked somewhere where I haven’t felt like a human being in a very long time. Minimum 10 years and that place was populated by 1-25 year old sales people in a call center. Place was rampant with what would be sexual harassment if they weren’t all willing to fuck each other.

“one New York-based event planner told the Times she’s noticing a lot of the parties being moved from their typical Thursday or Friday night time to Monday or Tuesday afternoons”

Was one of my husband’s reasonings for wanting to have kids - there were others that were actually valid, which is why we did eventually - I still think he’s crazy with that one. The only one who is going to take care of you when you get older is you and hopefully your money.

Literally go fuck yourself. If you can’t understand that the “you” in my response is a general person then who here is the mouth breather. Glad YOU have nothing better to do than build a community from scratch. Must of been super easy since you are such a pleasant person.

Woo hoo! I’m transgressive!

Ditto Girls Trip Christmas in a damn heartbeat. Tiffany Haddish needs to become a household name and right quick.

I’m not looking to defend evangelicalism but painting “going to church” as de facto brainwashing is bullshit. First off, no group is immune to groupthink.