This crap isn't just a vote.
It's tearing a man's throat out without the benefit of a trial by a jury of his peers.
And it sucks, Major League.
What sucks, Major League or otherwise, is that we have a man who is accused of sexual misconduct
with underage girls for whom people might vote regardless because, you know,
well, Democrats,
with a tenuous Republican Senate majority at stake. We have the very real prospect of seeing a state
send a possible sexual criminal to Crapola Hill simply because, well, you know, he stands in their eyes
for the "right" things.
Funny how we had no trouble tearing out Democratic throats without the benefit of trials by jury
of
their peers because, well, you know, they stood for the "wrong" things and
their party
was just so deviant for standing by
their manpersons despite what
we knew was wrong with
them . . .
It's almost enough to make you wonder whether Teddy Kennedy---who never faced a trial by jury of
his peers (yes, we know he and his made damn sure that wouldn't happen unless hell froze over,
but let's not get technical)---would have gotten a Republican pass on Chappaquiddick if he'd been a
rightward Republican and thus on the right side, the way he got a Democratic pass for all those years
because he was a leftward Democrat and thus what they believed to be on the right side.
Almost.
I'll say it again: if nothing else, should this sordid business provoke a
lot stronger vetting of candidates
by
all political parties---major, minor, tailgate, surprise, or Tupperware, I don't care which---it would be
a very good thing.
