Moore wins Republican Senate primary, dealing blow to GOP establishment

[milestogo]

Source: Washington Post

A former state judge who believes Christian biblical morality should invalidate federal court decisions won the Alabama Republican primary Tuesday night, according to a projection by the Associated Press, sending a clear warning signal to President Trump and GOP leaders that conservative, grass-roots anger will continue to roil the party into the 2018 midterm elections.

Roy Moore, who was twice suspended from his job as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, defeated incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, who was appointed to the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and was backed by both Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

Moore is now the front-runner to win the seat in a Dec. 12 general election. He will face Democratic candidate Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney in Alabama.

For conservative opponents of the current Republican leadership, the victory was a godsend — literally, for many — and a validation of the larger effort to replace the current leadership of the Republican Party with a more populist crowd.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/moore-vs-strange-polling-opens-in-alabama-republican-primary/2017/09/25/9c7192f8-a253-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.efd6f42709bc

[fountainofyouth]

1. Yuck

Moore is the wingnut of wingnuts.

[kevink077]

2. I think Jones could win this

In a perfect storm. If Dems really pull out all of the stops to GOTV, and get a percentage of moderate republicans, and disgruntled Strange voters staying home, they could pull this out.

Or am I pipe dreaming?

[al_liberal]

5. Youre dreaming.

The dark lord Satan himself could run as a Republican and he’d win in a landslide here.

[broadcaster90210]

9. Sad but true.

nt

[nycbos]

14. You're dreaming

[Exultant Democracy]

16. Only if he throws out the current play book

Let’s say he gets 56 million dollars and rather than wasting the money on oversaturated airwaves, and lining the pockets of a couple rich guys, he dumps it all into field he wins. 56 million is a lot of street money, people wil vote when your the guy who gave their cousin a well paying job for a few months.

[Pope George Ringo II]

3. Moore for Senator

Because the rest of the GOP was just too sane for some people.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. That's Alabammy for you

[bluestarone]

4. man

another NUTJOB

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Moore is a complete nut case and possibly a big problem for Trump

If Moore wins in December.

Think Trump can count on Moore in an Impeachment trial? After coming to Alabama to campaign for his opponent?

Moore would probably love to put fellow Doomsday Cult Theocrat, Pense, in charge of the Armageddon Button.

[Purveyor]

10. Putting more and more of the "crazies" in front of the camera isn't necessarily a bad thing... eom

[kimbutgar]

7. Moore will win because Alabama is a christofascist state.

Between the evangelicals and rascists he's got it sewn up.

The sad thing is people like him delegitimizes government advocating it works against them instead of working for the people. Charlatans like twitler and Moore step into that void.

[BadGimp]

8. RE: "replace the current leadership of the Republican Party with a more populist crowd."

WTF does that mean?

[Purveyor]

11. That's precious, indeed!!! eom

[not fooled]

12. Yes

It's EXTREMELY annoying to hear crackpot teavangelicals called "populist." That term should mean someone who represents the common man and works for the good of the people. It seems to be used instead to denote just an extremist who irritates the powers that be.

And while we're on the subject of misleading terminology, the media needs to stop calling what the russians did in the last election "meddling", which sounds merely sort of annoying. Call it what it is--sabotage or at least disruption or interference.

And, geez, moore is a lunatic. What are the people of AL doing??? The GOPee's long campaign to dumb down the population and ensure they don't understand how government works is succeeding a little too well.

[WinkyDink]

19. Been saying that about "meddling" for months. Our media are owned by 1%ers and

the public voices (and print) are wimps at best, cowards at worst.

They will not say "attacked" or "overthrew" until the Mueller
investigation forces them to, because the implications for TPTB, especially Trump, are historic.

And that scares those who prefer to recite or print government handouts.

[keithbvadu2]

15. What "Christian biblical morality" that is not found in other religions?

What "Christian biblical morality" that is not found in other religions?

[WinkyDink]

20. The New Testament kind these people ignore! (P.S. Not every religion

espouses, e. g., turning the other cheek. J/S.)

[keithbvadu2]

22. Yeah..... but that's not morality

[mdbl]

18. effort to replace the current leadership of the Republican Party with a more populist crowd.

And we see how well that's been working out. NOT!

[WinkyDink]

21. "What is a Populist?" article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/02/what-is-populist-trump/516525/

[Rustyeye77]

23. Whats wrong with them ?

[DoubleAgentOrange]

24. Uhoh!

Looks like the GOPeon Tribe has split into two Klans.

Will it be the Trumpanzees or the Moorans who ultimately prevail?

[maxrandb]

25. FUCK THAT!!!!! MAXRANDB SCREAMS FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!!!!

I am so sick and fucking tired of the media and the Retrumplican party playing "BAD-COP/WORSE COP".

Let me set the fucking media straight...There is not one damn gnats hair of daylight between Roy Moore and the ReTrumplican Party

If they were dancing at a Prom somewhere in the Bible-Belt, the chaperones would have to make them hold a balloon on their bellies when they slow danced to make sure they don't fuck right there on the dance-floor.

Roy Moore and Trump are the Frankenstein Monsters that the Retrumplicans hatched from their 40 year AM Hate-Radio laboratories.

They cultivated this. They nurtured this. They coddled this against their bosoms.

Even Susan Collins is just Roy Moore with better hair in a dress. Fuck her too.

This disgusting, racist piece of primordial shit is not a "blow to the GOP establishment"...it's a result of the blow-job they've given to folks like Roy Moore for over 40 years.

Moore didn't win the "Batshit Insane" Party Primary!

He didn't win the "Lawless Theocrat" Party Primary!

He didn't win the "Racist Asshat" Party Primary!

He won the ReTrumplican Party Primary!

Mitch, Donnie, Paul, John, Lindsay, Ted, Susan, Lisa....you own this fuckstick

Enjoy!