MA-1: Morse accused of inappropriate sexual relations with college students

[Badger]

It’s amazing. It truly is.

Ed Markey:

— Voted for NAFTA
— Voted for the 1994 crime bill
— Voted for the Iraq War
— Didn’t support busing back in the day
— Is an old career politician in office for about 50 years

You know, it's funny; I thought progressives were the ones perpetuating cancel culture by demanding ideological purity from every candidate. But you'd have us as compromising hypocrites.

Surely Markey's victory proves that if you make concessions to the left, you'll win a substantial amount of their support, even if you have made mistakes in the past. Come to think of it, the fact that Biden's cleaning up with progressives in polls probably proves that too - but I understand the narrative that "progressives are immature!!!111" needs to be maintained as an insurance scapegoat in case your guy loses.

I don't particularly mind you guys demonising the left - we're used to it by now - but at least have a consistent caricature.

I suspect the strongest point here is the fact that all these things are theoretically good reasons for Markey (or Biden) to have been primaried from the left 15 to 25 years ago, but hold little salience beyond the absolute true believers in 2020.

[Badger]

I'm not sure I understand how "don't date students if you're a professor" is homophobic?

He wasn’t a professor, he was an adjunct who came in to teach one class once a week while being mayor as his real job.

I really wish I had known this succinct summary of the actual situation prior to reading this post. Not that the psychic energy of my privately rooting for morse here in Ohio would have changed one vote, but perhaps if voters understood this.

No kidding, until reading this post I had the misimpression that Morse had slept with some of the students he regularly taught. And if I believed that, being more tuned into politics than 99.9% of voters, imagine what the typical voter in this race thought.

What a sadly effective hit job.