“50% of GOP voters stayed home because Moore was so despised.”
So I’m left wondering why we weren’t seeing an election between Mo Brooks and Jones? This whole mess had it’s roots in 1) Making Sessions AG and 2) Allowing the Alabama $hit governor appoint Luther Strange to try and keep from going to jail. The GOPe of Alabama (and the rest of the country too) were all too happy to put that POS Strange into Sessions seat. McConnell loved Strange, because he’s a “swamp person” and would have fit right in as Mitch continues to screw Trump. Lastly, I have to end up wondering just how Moore won the Primary in the first place?
So who would have been your candidate?
:So I’m left wondering why we weren’t seeing an election between Mo Brooks and Jones? “
Because the people who really CARE show up for the primaries in off-year elections.
The people who supported Moore were die-hard believers. It’s kind of the same on the left- the ‘extreme’ candidates, the one with strong principles and outspoken ways, attract the kind of people who go to the polls for primaries in an off-year election, who are True Believers. Always been that way.
Then I guess Trump is a swamp person too because he supported Luther Strange. In hindsight Luther Strange would have been great compared to Doug Jones. Mo Brooks would have been even better.
Moore won the primary because of his name recognition and standing up for the 10 commandments monument. Until the accusations broke out Moore was a pillar of the community and wasn't as slick and phony as Strange. There was never any doubt in the public's mind that Moore would do what he said -- less so with Luther Strange.
This was a case study in how a religious zealot (Moore) can have the bottom fall out beneath him if doubts are raised about his morals. If a growing group of people start wondering if their candidate is a hypocrite then the candidate can get into trouble pretty quickly. Trump was right.
What a freak!
EXCELLENT QUESTIONS !!!
And what would the Strange vs. Jones campaign have been like? You can be damn sure the corrupt way Strange got his appointment (by trying to derail the impeachment of the crooked governor) would have been a big issue. Would there have been an All-Red attack as well?