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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRethugs are destroying themselves by voting for Roy Moore. I'm OK with that.
This article is a bit long but it describes how Alabama will have such a hard time living this whole Roy Moore thing down and how it will put their party in such jeopardy if he wins. He is kind of like a virus that will make them all sick.
I'm really OK with all of it.
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/10/how_can_anyone_stand_up_for_al.html
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This is a man who has said that homosexuality should be a crime.
This is a man who has said that the state should use "the power of the sword" to keep gay parents from raising children.
This is a man who has said that Islam is not a religion and that the First Amendment does not apply to any religion but his brand of Christianity.
This is a man who has argued that a duly elected congressman should not be allowed to take office because he is a Muslim.
This is a man who's used his nonprofit to put money in his own pocket.
This is a man who said he is more akin than he might have known to Vladimir Putin.
And the list goes on, and gets longer with each passing day.
But one thing is certain: If elected to the the Senate, this is not a man who will disappear until this next election. He will use that new platform to preach his message every opportunity he gets. And cable TV news shows will be more than eager to give it to him, because every time he blathers something hateful or embarrassing, they'll then get to weaponize that and use it against other Republicans running for other offices.
Roy Moore would be poison for the national Republican Party, and I'm tempted to let them drink it.
applegrove
(118,622 posts)context for every rabid statement he makes in the Senate. And the republicans supported his election knowing who he was.
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)Plus I think he will be removed from the Senate anyway and they will look horrible again. That's why McConnell and others have spoken out saying they he should drop out. They don't want him to win.
At this point, either way we win I believe.
applegrove
(118,622 posts)Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)create some quick write in republican and that would be bad.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)They figure that its time to expand the franchise.
Next: Serial killers.
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)Trump/ Moore 2020
msongs
(67,395 posts)Willie Pep
(841 posts)If he is a Republican they will vote for him. People didn't care about the accusations against Trump that were backed by actual audio recordings. I doubt Moore will hurt the GOP with their base.
Takket
(21,563 posts)Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)Things are horrible with Trump. But everything alternates to its opposite. I am convinced we will end up with the presidency and the senate in 2018 because of Trump. Maybe even the house. And that is when we can do really great things.
We had the house, senate and presidency because of Bush. Think of how much bigger it will be this time.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)that anyone will give a rat's patoot about Roy Moore in eleven months. My suspicion is that he will be old news by that point in time.
RealityChik
(382 posts)Roy Moore is way up in all the polls. The Repubs are just sitting back watching the Dems burning each other at the stake, as the Dems have been unwittingly lured into a prejudgment trap set by Right-wing extremists who have weaponized the #MeToo movement for "fun and profit".
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)they are virtually tied.
LeeAnn Tweeden has been discredited greatly. Just look at her pinned tweet about Al Franken and #metoo People are ripping her upside and down because of all the lies she has told.
RealityChik
(382 posts)https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/roy-moore-ahead-in-alabama-senate-race-according-to-new-poll/ar-BBFVkpY?li=BBnb7Kz
https://medium.com/@ChngRsrch/moore-opens-up-49-44-lead-in-alabama-just-9-of-trump-voters-believe-allegations-against-moore-6d74baa84a68
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy_moore_leads_doug_jones_in.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/roy-moore-leads-doug-jones-in-first-post-thanksgiving-alabama-poll
https://news.vice.com/story/alleged-child-molester-roy-moore-regains-lead-in-alabama-senate-poll
And dozens more...
0rganism
(23,944 posts)for some reason, I'm not OK with that. but regardless, it is what it is. see you in the camps, fellow libtard.