Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 10 2021 02:11pm)
They probably are not, that's true. The political left is consistently claiming the moral high ground for themselves and as a knock-on effect, they are under higher pressure from both public perception and their base to actually adhere to this higher standard that they set for themselves.
Nonetheless, talking about the specific case of Cuomo, he is clearly a vindictive, morally bankrupt piece of shit who would have hung on to power by any means necessary. And let's not forget that there are no real partisan stakes involved in the Cuomo case. Democrats are not as risk of ceding power to Republicans by forcing Cuomo to resign. Neither did they in the Al Franken case. By contrast, in the Roy Moore case, the GOP was indeed forced to choose between all but ceding the Senate seat by disavowing Moore or taking a stand for their purported values. Well, we all know how that ended.
It's still important perspective to note that all these cases of scandal-plagued Democrats stepping down due to pressure from their peers did NOT involve the prospect of Dems losing partisan power.
Moore won the primary and temp seat, over Strange who Trump personally endorsed. then lost the later general.
all the GOP had to do was vote for Strange, they may have still lost tho in the coming general election. Moore only held office for a short time to hold the seat. so its the same as Franken, Cuomo, etc. The GOP chose to back a molester creep racist idiot bible thumper, no shock for the deep south.
the left has painted themselves into a corner, by championing racial and sexism issues they have to cast out those guilty of these from time to time. and they're a cleaner party for it. the GOP by contrast chooses to champion free speech and masculinity, and is dirtier for it. both a result of politics forcing their hand to be sure.
This post was edited by thesnipa on Aug 10 2021 01:52pm