Bernie says Franken should resign

[Ken Burch]

55. I've heard it described as a satirical essay. It was stupid, he should never have written it.

But it was forty-five years ago and it has nothing to do with the person he is now.

It's in the dead past.

I could see belaboring it if the guy had ever done anything in his public or political life that was actually harmful to women(it wasn't harmful to women simply that he ran for the presidency-there HAD to be some sort of economic justice candidate in the race or none of those issues would have even come close to being addressed, and it's been repeatedly shown that Trump was not his fault), if he had actually been a misogynist on a personal level, had harmed anyone or ever actually defended misogyny-note IF ANY EVIDENCE EMERGES THAT HE ACTUALLY HAS DONE ANY OF THAT, I WILL IMMEDIATELY JOIN CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION-then there would be a case in bringing up that ancient essay.

But other than that, let's face it...almost all of the opposition to Bernie in this party is actually about our wealthiest donors want to make sure we, as a party never again address poverty, class, or inequality-that we limit our progressive positions solely to those issues that won't ask any sacrifice whatsoever of the 1%.

Bernie should NOT run for president again...but we have nothing to gain from driving his supporters away or anathemizing everything they talk about. Getting big donations is meaningless if the big donations don't guarantee victory.