I'm actually getting irritated that so far only Cosby has gone to trial, and that fell apart with a hung jury.
We need closure on all this shit.
Look, I've been harsh on you, and I'll be up front, I think this this post might actually be the worst of them. But I'll try to be less abrasive, in attempt to not just be a dick and hopefully you can understand why I feel that way.
I think this is the wrong attitude to have. For a variety of reasons. First, we aren't the ones that need closure as we're not the ones affected by their heinous acts. Plus, as we're finding out, this is just the start of the floodgates opening, so you shouldn't be looking for closure anyway, you should be going "WTF, we need to make a strong point of making sure that this shit stops - or, knowing that it will continue as it seems, sadly, inherent to some human nature - isn't allowed to get to this level again" and look to root this behavior and the people perpetrating and enabling it (with emphasis that the former are the ones that really need to be held accountable, but the latter will hopefully self-reflect and go "I need to change" too). Lastly, you want closure over like a year or less of actual allegations for shit that people were doing for decades to what seems to be ballooning into hundreds to thousands, and when we take into account the full amount likely millions? No, we need to make sure that due process is followed, and give it time so that the victims can be heard (and not dismissed, or even attacked like was the status quo in the past), but that we also actually investigate this stuff properly. Don't let it get into a frenzy where we actually take into account the situations, and it doesn't turn into free for all, where the worst monsters get lost in the overall fury and people just saying kinda shitty stuff don't get lumped in with them equally.
McCain didn't qualify his statement that way, FWIW.
Reality is that Moore will not withdraw no matter what anybody in Congress says. They only real remedy they have now is to get a write in campaign going to deny him the votes to win the election. That means Jones comes to the senate but given the alternatives politically I don't see much choice.
I've been harsh on McCain, but he finally seems to be realizing that if he keeps towing the party line that his legacy will be completely trashed once society really starts to turn on the Republican party post Nixon (the Republican party of the last 20 years is going to overshadow Nixon and Reagan for how unfondly their legacy is looked upon). Unfortunately he's still trying to keep his legacy as a typical conservative intact as well, which means he's not breaking from them that much. I mean, its sad that we're lauding him for not couching his statement of condemnation for such horrible allegations, but that's the state of the modern Republican party.