[acidmath]

While yes, this is happening to someone many really don't like, the optics of this look very bad. And, for those who dislike this particular politician who might be celebrating now, this is much more so bad news than it is good news.

[CharlieDigital]

At the end of the day, when we select our leaders to represent us, we seem to have forgotten that a big part of it should be about about the ethics, principles, character, and judgement of the individual.

If someone on "my side" was found guilty of embezzlement or fraud -- through due process in a court of law with sufficient evidence that there was no path of appeal -- then I have ZERO problems denouncing the individual and would celebrate their punishment.

This is the fundamental problem with the left in the US: the standards for ethics, principles, judgement, and character are simply higher and the left will more readily fault candidates for even small lapses while the right has no such qualms.

[acidmath]

The whole 34 felony thing is not the one and only thing that cost the dems the election, but it's one of the major things. That, and the fine people hoax. They managed to float that one for a while. But: what goes up, must come down.