Never let it be said that we cats are hypocrites and excuse Democrats for bad behavior while slamming Republicans. We were disappointed today in Al Franken, whom we otherwise like very much — mostly for the 11-year-old, faux-breast-grabbing photograph of himself and a sleeping Leeann Tweeden.
We won't reproduce that photo here, mainly because Tweeden has already accepted Franken's apology, which was profuse and eloquent. But gag pictures of sleeping friends and acquaintances can be dicey territory and need to be handled gently, like these. Howard Dean's slumbering campaign staffers must have been amused — once they woke up. (We envision them asking the Gov to sign a copy.) The kid in the picture with President Obama will probably live with enthralled embarrassment — and dine out on the story — for the rest of his life.
So, can we move on? Oh, wait — we still have that guy in Alabama, who creeps out young girls at shopping malls, running for Senate.
If we do tend to forgive Democrats more easily for stuff, it's because they never set themselves up as arbiters of moral behavior the way the Republicans do. So their embarrassment is always less than when the scolds in the GOP turn out to be sinners, cads and hypocrites. It hasn't escaped our notice that Al Franken, a Jewish man, has, before 24 hours have passed, said he was sorry and asked for a Senate ethics investigation — while the alleged super-Christian, Roy Moore, has attacked his accusers and threatened to sue. We cats HISS.
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