On Both Al Franken and Roy Moore Cases, Let Voters Decide

In this thickening season of accusations of sexual misbehavior descending on the corridors of politics and entertainment, the two dominant stories from the political world involve a Republican and a Democrat, providing an opportunity for all of us to take an objectivity test.It is a given that conservatives are going to dive in with greater furor on the Al Franken grope of Leeann Tweeden, and with greater acceptance of further accusations that may follow.Similarly, most liberals are more than prepared to believe the accusers who have surfaced just in time to blockade Roy Moore's previously guaranteed U.S. Senate win in deep-red Alabama.There are key differences between the two. In Moore's case, the charges range from a creepy-but-legal taste for teenage girls when he was roughly twice their age, to a harrowing tale of molestation of a 14-year-old.In Franken's case, there is a he-said/she-said of a "rehearsal" kiss, but photographic proof of a grope of a sleeping victim.  Continue reading...