Cartoon: Meh Too
Oh, how the mighty #MeToo has fallen, or at least taken a strategic sabbatical until after the Maine Senate election. The New York Times, once the tip of the spear for believing every woman with a harrowing tale and a yearbook quote, now runs headlines softly cooing about Graham Platner’s “unsettling” behavior like it’s a rom-com quirk rather than the kind of pattern that once ruined careers overnight.
Democrats who spent years demanding zero tolerance for toxic masculinity suddenly discovered the healing power of redemption arcs, PTSD oyster-farming, and “he was just drunk in the Marines, bro.”
And dear Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, champion of moral outrage when it involved Republicans, took one look at their Maine hopeful and decided MeToo could flee too. There’s no fatter asterisk that goes with “Believe Women” than one that says “unless there’s a Senate seat at stake, in which case please enjoy this nuanced contextualization while we sprint toward majority control.”
Principles are cute, but Senate seats are forever.
I want that Maine Senate seat as bad as anybody.
But not like this.
Sexting six women while married. Toxic relationships. A Nazi tattoo. And Democrats are out here talking about housing prices.
Levar Stoney was right. If this were a woman or a person of color, we’d have asked them to step aside already.
Nice work, Al. I laud your efforts to maintain the critical eye, with your expertly rendered satirical pen.