Democrats resign, while Republicans hunker down

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

Dang there is a stark difference between Democrats (Franken/Cuomo) and Republicans (Trump/Gaetz/Moore/Kavanaugh)…

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Works for me. Accountability is better than hypocrisy or outright bigotry.

[iemanja]

3. well said. nt

[zuul]

20. Me too. I wouldn't be a Democrat if we tolerated gropers and rapists.

Although I do believe Al Franken should have been given an investigation before he was ousted. Instead he got the bum's rush.

[Bettie]

2. Rich, white, republican men

don't face consequences and their party rallies behind them unless they cross other white, rich, Republican men.

[PortTack]

4. Cuomo is doing what's best for the state...and the country

[Lancero]

10. Yep. Not resigning because he knows what he did in office was wrong...

But resigning because it's politically expedient.

Why else spend the first half of the speech going on, and on, about how the claims against him were false and pushed for political purposes?

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. You could say that about anything...

Democrats advocate for vaccinations while republicans insist on murdering millions.

I could go on.

Having said that, Al wishes he hadnt resigned. His own party did not do him right, not that time. He did nothing wrong.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Nobody Minds If Your Covid Policies Result In The Deaths Of Thousands nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. is this the nursing home thing or

[SoCalDavidS]

15. I'm Talking About The FL & TX Governors

The nursing home situation was a problem, but I do not think it was intentional or malicious.

[TheFarseer]

7. Gaetz still in Congress

is a national disgrace! Unreal!

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. We don't really want Democrats to be like Republicans, do we?

I'm not saying that you do, but for me the difference between Democrats and Republicans (regarding values that are important to me) is a big part o why I'm a Democrat.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

14. Yeah

I was just pointing out the difference….especially the “values” party

[FoxNewsSucks]

21. No, but what I would want

is republicon scum held accountable to the same standards. On this and every other issue.

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. Absolutely.

But we know that few of today's Republicans (when caught) will accept their own fall from power. They would rather take down the country

[Baked Potato]

11. At least people know in their hearts Democrats are trying

to do the right thing. People are people, and Democrats try to keep the good ones facing the public.

[ripcord]

17. Its who we are

[Kingofalldems]

12. Looks like an attack on Democrats from here.

[SoonerPride]

23. How can it possibly be an attack? Unilateral surrender is our thing.

Can't attack someone who quits.

[-misanthroptimist]

13. Yep.

What's worse is that Democrats don't hold Republicans accountable. They'll hammer the shit of their own, but Republicans get verbally chastised for a day or three...and then we move on to other things instead of hammering them as we should.

[maxsolomon]

26. CAN'T hold Repukes responsible.

There are no mechanisms to do so. The courts are laughably slow.

Roy Moore was held responsible at the ballot box. So it happened one time.

[ellie]

16. Yes, there is

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. President Richard M. Nixon, Aug. 8, 1974:

Link to tweet

[brooklynite]

19. And that's a GOOD thing, right?

Dang there is a stark difference between Democrats (Franken/Cuomo) and Republicans

[Doodley]

22. One side knows how to destroy opponents, the other side takes a plastic fork to a gunfight.

Now New York can have a governor that will pardon or put a stop to Trump investigations.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. New York Times demands Cuomo resign -- in four years they never called for Trump to step down

I will not subscribe to the NYT. These assholes ran so many Hillary Email stories that it was sickening. Here is another reason why I hate the NYT

Link to tweet

The Times was unequivocal. What made the clarion call so jarring was it came from the same editorial page that refused for four years to demand Trump resign from office — to conclude, as they did regarding Cuomo, that stepping down remained Trump’s “only conscionable option left,” and urging him to do the “right thing.”

Trump ran a criminal enterprise out of the White House, which everyone at the Times understood, and still the paper could not summon the courage to call for his resignation. Yet the Times sprinted into action in order to insist a Democrat step down? The contrast is stunning even if you agree, as so many Democrats do, that Cuomo should leave office.

What explains the radically different standards the Times uses for announcing sitting Republican and Democratic office holders are no longer fit to serve? How does the Times, after refusing to weigh in on Trump’s fitness for office for four years, announce Cuomo must resign less than a day after the results of the New York investigation was announced?