Moore vs. McConnell: Alabama Republicans take on D.C.

NBC "News" ^ | November 17, 2017 | by Jonathan Allen and Keri Geiger

[Oldeconomybuyer]

MOBILE, Ala. — Roy Moore is on the warpath against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

As Republicans here reckon with allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore, their nominee in next month's Senate election is trying to turn the race into a referendum on whether McConnell has spent too much time on Alabama politics and too little advancing President Donald Trump's agenda in Washington.

There are signs that his attacks are resonating with Republicans in some corners of Alabama.

"I’m picking up a strong sense that people are not happy that people from outside the state, particularly the Washington establishment, are trying to come in and influence the election," Noah Wahl, the GOP chairman in north Alabama's Limestone County, said when asked about McConnell. "He is kind of the whipping boy."

The bad blood runs deep: McConnell's camp spent millions of dollars trying to stop Moore from winning the nomination in the primary fight against Sen. Luther Strange, and then the Republican majority leaders himself said Moore should drop out because his accusers were credible.

Trump himself has broken with top Republican leaders in Washington by declining to pressure Moore to exit the race. He's said nothing about it publicly, and his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, echoed Republicans here Thursday by saying the president "thinks that the people of Alabama should make the decision on who their next senator should be."

Trump's decision to position himself closer to the Alabama GOP than to the Senate majority leader shows the power of the argument that McConnell's been meddling too much.

"He is perhaps you could say the No. 1 target," Wahl said. "McConnell has put himself out there in the lead position."

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Remember Mississippi!

[DoughtyOne]

This ends with turtle soup.

[robroys woman]

This is really gonna cost Moore votes in Kentucky. :-P

[jeffc]

Looks like the "media" think they can take down both Moore and the turtle.....

[Lurkinanloomin]

It’s all about protecting the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).

There has been a 30 year plan to steal the country from the citizens by importing foreigners.
They are trying to make sure we are not allowed to elect anyone else who sides with the citizens and the rule of law again.
We stunned them throwing out their Majority Leader, Eric Cantor.
Trump had the wealth and fame to punch through the Bush blockade at the RNC.
They will make sure that “mistake” does not happen again.

It’s all about cementing the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) in place.
They desperately do not want US to be able to restore the rule of law and reverse the demographic changes they have instituted through non-enforcement of laws and borders.
They invited 30 million people here to change the country against the will of the citizens and they do not want US sending them home.
They will do whatever it takes to keep US from electing anyone who sides with the citizens and the rule of law.

What they really don’t want is for US to keep our country.

The final amnesty that would cement the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) into place has been sought repeatedly since 2006. They sold us Rubio to get the last one in 2013.
We have been prevented from electing anyone who would side with US and the rule of law by their control of the RNC and state parties.

The most important thing to the Uniparty is protecting the demographic changes they have made to the country against the will of the citizens.
That’s what drives the NeverTrump, the media and the Democrats hatred of Trump, it is an extension of their hatred of US.

[stars & stripes forever]

LIBERALS want to deflect attention away from Judge Moore’s opponent’s extreme positions.

Moore’s OPPONENT believes in PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION and is against TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES. ALABAMIANS, remind every voter what is at stake in this election. This is a war against good and evil.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Moore vs. McConnell: Alabama Republicans take on D.C.

I agree with Judge Moore---:"Bring It On McConJob"!

A lot of folks are so P.O.ed at McConJob and the current GOPe that he will have to be removed as the Leader of the Senate Majority is my prediction.

[Kozy]

Why would Trump support the GOP Senators? Did they or have they supported Trump? Mitchell you are on your own. I supported your guy Strange in the primary and he lost.

Then the people of Alabama told Mitch and the eGOP to stay out of their state. Every time Mitch and the WaPo attack Moore, they lose more votes. Talk about being out in left field but they are there in the wrong stadium.

[Arm_Bears]

Seems to me that McTurtle picked this fight, not Judge Moore.

[conservativejoy]

Meanwhile, Moore has sent a letter to Allred and given her 48 hours to turn over the yearbook for forensic testing. He also demands that she and her client retract all the false statements they made about him.
We already have evidence that the yearbook was a forgery. In addition to being written in two different inks, Moore’s assistant intitals (Debra Adams) appear beside Moore’s name just as they do on official documents. I believe the signature was copied from Nelson’s divorce decree and she mistakenly thought they stood for District Attorney.
I am glad Moore seem to be moving in the direction of legal action against Nelson. Allred refuses to say whether or not the yearbook inscription is authentic.

[Ohioan]

McConnell's behavior, vis-à-vis Moore, has been inexcusable, and absolutely contemptible. Kentucky culture is close enough to Alabama, that McConnell should know that he (McConnell) is the one who has been totally out of line in this.

If we did not need McConnell to get tax reform, etc., I would say a great deal more. But Judge Moore has the high ground here.

[Bodleian_Girl]

The Birmingham News has been on a rampage against Judge Roy Moore for many years, especially since their alleged lesbian editor took over as the main editor for the 3 largest newspapers in the state of Alabama and Judge Moore came out against sodomite marriage.

I've met her and she is VERY butch.

Kyle Whitmire is an effete "columnist" there (though he's married) and he's written with more vitriol against Judge Moore than anyone, with the possible exception of John "I forgot I declared bankruptcy and I've got a gay brother" Archibald.

They hate Judge Moore and they have made it clear that they do.

Their jobs are also dependent on pleasing their editor. Those 3 papers are owned by Advance and they have laid off over 40% of their employees in the past few years and now only print 3 days a week.

So you have lesbains and leftists calling the shots and maybe a couple of people who are afraid to speak out in fear of losing their jobs.

But this is a hate campaign of the highest order.

http://alamo-girl.com/thedead.htm

[Paine in the Neck]

The turtle-RINO is a swamp creature that ought to be extinct.

[TheConservativeTejano]

It’s all about protecting the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA). There has been a 30 year plan to steal the country from the citizens by importing foreigners. They are trying to make sure we are not allowed to elect anyone else who sides with the citizens and the rule of law again. We stunned them throwing out their Majority Leader, Eric Cantor. Trump had the wealth and fame to punch through the Bush blockade at the RNC. They will make sure that “mistake” does not happen again. It’s all about cementing the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) in place. They desperately do not want US to be able to restore the rule of law and reverse the demographic changes they have instituted through non-enforcement of laws and borders. They invited 30 million people here to change the country against the will of the citizens and they do not want US sending them home. They will do whatever it takes to keep US from electing anyone who sides with the citizens and the rule of law. What they really don’t want is for US to keep our country. The final amnesty that would cement the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) into place has been sought repeatedly since 2006. They sold us Rubio to get the last one in 2013. We have been prevented from electing anyone who would side with US and the rule of law by their control of the RNC and state parties. The most important thing to the Uniparty is protecting the demographic changes they have made to the country against the will of the citizens. That’s what drives the NeverTrump, the media and the Democrats hatred of Trump, it is an extension of their hatred of US.

While we agree on a lot of your points there is a "New Sherriff in Town" and he has opened up a lot of eyes in this great country of ours including my own eyes.

We need to build a Southern Border Wall period plus we want and need this Border Wall to stop the Illegal flow of heroin, methamphetamines, rave drugs, cocaine and marijuana. It is coming in kilos not lbs. We have way too many Illegal Aliens making their way across our Southern border. We have a builder as our president for the first time ever and he is an action type president and we have never seen a POTUS have this high an energy level as President Trump.

Paul Ryan and McConJob do not know a thing about building anything of value and they surely do not know a thing on saving the Taxpayers big $$$$. All we have to do is see that they were leaders of the House and Senate yet they passed huge deficits without a single fight or even punch thrown at the America Hating Piece of Work Imposter Obama. I get too worked up just thinking about what happened here with the Obama deficits. This is after all our Taxpayer funds that run this gov'mint something that McConJob and Paul Ryan have conveniently forgotten.

We should not allow amnesty as proposed by the Rat party end of story. If they try any amnesty then there will be a Civil War is my prediction but we do not want to go that far. These Illegal Aliens and H1B visas are job killers for Legal American citizens. The Rats have been pushing amnesty for years. Look at President Reagans estimates on the Amnesty bill that was written by the Rat party. It was a comeplet joke since more Illegal Aliens applied for Amnesty that they thought. Heck, we know these facts today. It is literally a theft of jobs by Illegal Aliens stealing a job away from Legal American citizens who are available to work.

We did not like these apples one bit.

Yes, we have been blind to the treachery of our current GOPe party. We need to vote each one of these guys out of office period, since we have had enough.

[The Westerner]

Either ends with turtle soup or our goose is cooked!

[Maverick68]

The Left/Media/GOPe may have made a HUUUUUGE mistake by turning this into a South vs. Yankees issue.....

[DoughtyOne]

We’ll see. I think we’ll weather this.

[DoughtyOne]

We'll see. I think we'll weather this.

If we do, it will point to the fact the Left, Socialists, Communists, MSM, the GOPe, and everyone else who chimed in to help them, FAILED MISERABLY!

That rings a bell that will be heard loud and clear.

This nation ultimately rejects the Left and their disgusting antics.

[Luke21]

I didn’t read beyond the excerpt, but if it continues like this it is a damned good piece from NBC.

[The Westerner]

You are correct that the majority of Individuals reject the left. But the universities have a tenured monopoly of leftists turning out Brown Shirts. I was one of those long ago but back then even the newly minted lefties could be talked to without fear of attack or being reported to a higher authority such as the pc police at work. Sensitivity trainng as a punishment wasn’t yet entrenched.