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If You Refuse to Condemn Predators because of Politics, You’re Disgusting
National Review ^ | November 10, 2017 | by KATHERINE TIMPF

Posted on 11/10/2017 11:47:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The allegations against Roy Moore are disgusting — and if you find yourself reluctant to say so because of your politics, then you’re pretty gross, too.

The Leigh Corfman story, reported by the Washington Post, is about so much more than just some older guy having a relationship with some younger girl. That, of course, would be bad enough — many girls haven’t even had their f***ing periods at age 14 — but this is also about a man who abuses his power to prey on the powerless. It’s about a respected district attorney finding a girl in a vulnerable position (waiting with her mother outside of a child-support hearing) and relishing in the opportunity to take advantage of it. It’s a sick story that is all too common, and one that will continue to be common if we refuse to speak out against it.

I believe that Roy Moore was a predator with a penchant for teenage girls. No, not because I’m some p***y-hat-wearing snowflake (as eloquent as that argument is) but because of logic. As my colleague David French notes, there are a lot of reasons to believe these allegations: There are multiple accusers. These women didn’t come to the press seeking attention, they simply answered the questions when the press came to them. They have witnesses corroborating their stories. Finally, the woman with the most serious allegations, Leigh Corfman, voted for Donald Trump in 2016 — making the political-hit-job storyline laughable at best.

If you think there’s no way you know anyone personally who has been through something like this; you’re wrong again, and it’s time for people on all political sides to recognize reality: These men are everywhere, so are their victims, and those victims aren’t talking points for your partisan-hack gotcha tweets. They’re people.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: katherinetimpf; liberalloon; nationalreview; nevertrumpers; radicalleft; roymoore
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To: heights
I dislike the National Review sleazeballs with a deep visceral, gut wrenching HATRED.

You're not alone, heights. That Lowry character is a low-life Never-Trumper who laughs all the way to the bank with GOPe money.

I wish William F. Buckley would come back as a zombie and slap the hell out of Lowry for being a traitor to his publication.

181 posted on 11/10/2017 5:32:48 PM PST by poconopundit (SHOE REPAIR SHOP: "We will heel you. We will save your sole. We will even dye for you")
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To: SubMareener

Good point.

Carlos Danger couldn’t even keep it zipped when he knew he was being watched.

I’m unwilling to say guilty or not guilty without a lot more facts, but your point is valid, I believe in innocent until proven guilty, and so far as I’ve heard there is little to support the accusations.

If we can disqualify every candidate simply by making accusations there will be no one on the ballot.


182 posted on 11/10/2017 5:41:16 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: FlipWilson

Well said, FlipWilson.

Another point in your favor: In the primary, I understand Moore was totally savaged by the GOPe. Steve Bannon said they spent $30 million and did a horrendous personal attack with advertising on Moore. No discussion of issue whatsoever in the ad — just personal attack after personal attack!

Given that $30 million worth of hatred, is it any surprise that the same outlets (McConnell, McCain) are out in front of this allegation?


183 posted on 11/10/2017 6:06:09 PM PST by poconopundit (SHOE REPAIR SHOP: "We will heel you. We will save your sole. We will even dye for you")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Timpf is a pussyhat wearing snowflake. She just pretends not to be.

I had forgotten all about her after the show she was own was cancelled.


184 posted on 11/10/2017 8:18:26 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If you refuse to comprehend innocent til proven guilty, you live in the wrong country. This chick is a dem activist.


185 posted on 11/10/2017 8:23:29 PM PST by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: 5th MEB

Excellent logic, 5th MEB. Your analysis is spot on.


186 posted on 11/11/2017 3:43:32 AM PST by poconopundit (SHOE REPAIR SHOP: "We will heel you. We will save your sole. We will even dye for you")
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To: Grampa Dave
Great set of graphics. It would be funny just to bring out all the ink spilled by the press in defending Willy and his uncontrolled Willy back in the 1990s.

One particular article I recall admonished us to be understanding of men of power because they had a stronger libido than the rest of us ordinary guys.

187 posted on 11/11/2017 4:12:58 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: goldstategop
This is a classic “October Surprise.”

How will you feel if Moore is defeated, and the Dems/RINOs gain ground in the Senate - and then Moore successfully sues to get his reputation back???

Remember Harry Reid, and his claim bold-faced lie about Mitt Romney not paying his income taxes.

And remember Ted Stevens.


188 posted on 11/11/2017 4:45:09 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Is that the ‘new normal’ for the Left?

Nope.

Still the Old one.

189 posted on 11/11/2017 5:11:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Vigilanteman

Thanks. Amazing how we have decades of the Clintons, Harvey and other rats raping and assaulting women, and the left wing mediots ignore that.

I remember that the men of power have stronger libidos than we normal guys. I believe that came from a women’s libber at that time.


190 posted on 11/11/2017 5:21:56 AM PST by Grampa Dave (It's over for the NFL. They have stage 5 Colin brain cancer, and it's terminal.)
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To: Grampa Dave
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191 posted on 11/11/2017 5:26:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Skywise

“This communist style witch hunt is disgusting.”

Watching Progressives question conservatives at government hearings is like listening to chalk scratch against a backboard, but only much worse.

The vile putrescence that comes out of their mouths is a reminder of fate of the millions of victims of communism who scream warning to us from the grave.

IMHO


192 posted on 11/11/2017 7:52:40 AM PST by ripley (ose who dis)
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To: LS
See this, Larry.
Mitt (R)Money is the worst.

193 posted on 11/11/2017 2:55:30 PM PST by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: Lazamataz

Politically speaking, Romney is somewhere between a “has been” and a “never was”.


194 posted on 11/12/2017 6:10:06 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
Why can't the uber rich just enjoy their money and leave us prols alone?

Politics is sport to the wealthy. The outcomes and mistakes that our government makes doesn't really hurt them. Like I said it's all a game to them, a sport. It's we the 'normals' that have stake in the political game and pay for all the globalist uniparty shenanigans.

195 posted on 11/12/2017 6:21:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

You know, back in the day, the very artfully contrived term “jailbait” existed for a reason.

Nibbling on jailbait was never a crime. Take the hook - big trouble. As they said in my neck of the woods when it was relevant, “fifteen will get you twenty”.


196 posted on 11/12/2017 6:24:00 AM PST by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like)
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To: Jim Noble

In this case it doesn’t matter. We are in a war, Patton slapped a coward. So what?


197 posted on 11/12/2017 6:25:30 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Interesting lies. Corfman works for Hillary.


198 posted on 11/12/2017 6:31:56 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: central_va
My word, this is a big nothing burger. Thru out most of the history of Western Civilization older man have chased younger women.

The man was expected to provide for the woman. It takes a while for a man to acquire the means to do so. By the time he has the means all of the females his age are married. Thru most of the 20th century it was not at all unusual for a woman to marry at 16 or younger often to a man in his thirties. My mother married at 16 in 1941, Dad was in his mid 20's. I really hate all this moral and historical revisionism going on today.

In the 19th century girls were getting married at 12-14 years old. Again to a much older man.

Today a woman is considered an adult at 17/18 years old. There is absolutely nothing wrong with any man dating an adult women. It is her choice and if she say yes I don't see the slightest problem with it.

Oh and I think the 14 year old is either lying or embellishing to the point of lying.

199 posted on 11/12/2017 6:47:44 AM PST by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: goldstategop

Outside of Corfman, what was wrong with the other 3 scenarios? Societally, this was not inappropriate in that day and age.

If Corfman’s allegations are true, then Moore should step aside. However, her past behavior regarding false allegations is certainly fair game for evaluation. Not her sexual history, but her having supposedly falsely accused before.

As for proving his innocence, that is not possible, and it is the very basis for a smear along these lines. Only once the allegations have been supported by a preponderance of the evidence does the accused have to do more than deny. This is why the huge disparity between Corfman’s story and the other three matters. The other 3 allege no improper behavior.


200 posted on 11/12/2017 7:02:07 AM PST by MortMan (NFL kneelers: A colonoscopy is not supposed to be a self-exam.)
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