and, this woman is your typical right-wing fox news reporter that might very well be taking orders on this.

sometimes, women run up against a system that is designed to marginalize their statements and the truth gets lost in a sea of broken formalities. i don't think we should abolish those formalities. reality can be a shitty deal. and, i'm sorry if you find that harsh, but i'm not running for office, and i'm not going to sugar coat it. it's a shitty deal when something bad happens to you and you can't prove it. but, you still have that burden, and you still have to find a way to convince people that the facts are on your side - as hard as it might be, sometimes. if you can't do that, you might lose, and it might be unjust. but, that's how our system operates - a system that is not perfect, but is the best we can come up with, as the other option is a system where people can accuse each other without evidence - the system that once existed in our distant, monarchist past.

and, sometimes they don't - sometimes they can generate the necessary evidence and win.

and, sometimes women get sent to take down politicians that are threatening the status quo, or standing in the way of the ambitions of other politicians that are more powerful or better connected.

my intuition would be that this situation seems like the latter. and, that doesn't mean that the former situations don't happen, and suggesting that it does mean that is a textbook error in logic.

the proper thing to do in this situation is to carry through with the investigation. and, that will mean cross-examining the testimony of somebody that may very well have an ulterior motive in an attempt to uncover it. and, if the evidence leads us to the demonstration of this ulterior motive in the lack of evidence upholding the proposed narrative, then we must accept it and exonerate the accused - for the evidence would necessitate it.

and, we must follow the evidence, wherever it may lead.

my advice to mr. franken would be to insist that the investigation does not take place in the senate, as his own party would be just as happy to get rid of him. he's too "liberal", and a threat to the establishment candidates in the upcoming cycle. in order to get a fair trial, he's going to want to do this in a court of law.

but, it's too late: he's called for his own investigation.

expect a show trial.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.