Mitch McConnell vs. Roy Moore is now a battle for the soul of the GOP

[Hortensis]

35. RedState.com blames McConnell for creating the Moore mess.

How Did Roy Moore Become A Candidate? You Can Thank Mitch McConnell.

But in light of all this, we should ask ourselves exactly how we got Roy Moore in the first place. He wasn’t the most conservative candidate. He certainly wasn’t the most well spoken. So how’d he win? Because Mitch McConnell and his merry band of Super PACs refused to support (and instead destroyed) the most conservative and least objectionable person in the race. That would be Rep. Mo Brooks. ....

McConnell backed a sleazy, corrupt toady in Luther Strange and sought to wipe out anyone in his way. (Me: Unintentionally clearing the way for Moore.)

This has happened over and over under McConnell’s leadership. In Mississippi’s last Senate primary, McConnell pulled out his bag of disgusting tricks and viciously savaged the conservative in the race. ...

Too often in the primaries, voters are left with two bad choices because the real conservative was blown up on the launch pad by the turtle man.

When the Republican national party apparatus decides they want to actually start backing real conservative candidates, we’ll start to see better men and women come out of the primaries.

https://www.redstate.com/diary/Bonchie/2017/11/10/roy-moore-become-candidate-can-thank-mitch-mcconnell./

The Kochs and their allies don't want what Red State's calling "real conservatives," of course. And better men and women in congress would be a disaster for them. They want bad conservatives.