My thoughts on Al Franken

[Saviolo]

20. It's something I struggle with

The GOP has no principle, no integrity, and no morals at all. They will happily slide around the muck, cheat, lie, steal, bribe, whatever. And you know what? They win doing it. It's repugnant. And when Democrats do any of those things, the GOP calls them out big time, and there are repercussions. But when the GOP get caught and/or called out? Crickets.

If the Democratic Party were willing to give up its principles, give up its base, give up its support for at-risk minority communities, give up its support for women, for POC, for LGBTQ+, embrace guns, outlaw abortion, etc... it might win some elections in some areas. But then who would the "Democratic Party" be?

It's frustrating and it's tiresome and it's terribly depressing to know you're seated across from someone who is gleefully lying to your face to win, but if you call them out you're going to get the same accusation (true or false) thrown right back at you. The water is so muddy you can walk across it by now. I don't have a solution. The GOP has given up any pretense of any sort of integrity or principle in favour of *actual nazis* and *child molesters*.

I feel like it's going to catch up to them eventually, but I don't know how much longer I can take.