Posted on 11/14/2017 3:51:30 PM PST by Alter Kaker
Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is keeping the door open to ditching Roy Moore as the sexual-assault allegations against the Alabama Republican Senate candidate continue to pile up.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
So Steve really isn’t about principle after all
“Everyone should, but there needs to be a lot more proof before I’m going to turn on Moore.”
I agree.
If this is true I think it is pure pragmatism, not based on Moore having “done it” or not.
I don’t know, but the idea is elect Sessions via write-in, get a new attorney general. This based not on Moore’ “guilt” but on concern the smear is working. Substituting Sessions in this scenario would lessen the chance the Dem might win.
In this scenario Moore would have to be on board and endorse Sessions.
All that said, I have no idea if this report is true or not.
I think Sessions has been Trump’s biggest mistake so far.
The repubs just turned a red state over to a marx-o-crat senatewhore. The stalinists can put up a corpse like lautenberg and win a senate seat. The ‘pubs mince and wet their panties when asked to fight bck.
So from the Daily BS Beast.
So you believe everything you read...
It’s not about proving it. It’s about politics and media. And Moore doesn’t have Trump’s cash or political savvy.
The same idiots who ran with the Trump piss dossier.
Hey stupid, “sources”=fake news...dumbass.
Me either. The man's held various public offices for many years, and these women just now come out of the woodwork, from 40 years ago to keep him from office? Surely at least one of them would have been dug up decades ago if anything untoward had occurred. The reason these allegations weren't fabricated back then is that Moore wasn't a threat to McConnell as a judge, but as a Senator, and Bannon-backed candidate, he obviously is now. The fact that McConnell spent millions to get Luther Strange elected in the primary is all anybody needs to know. Mitch is a sore loser, and like the Dems, and likely with the help of the Dems, will go to any length, and do anything just to get the results he wants.
This is from one of the top featured stories on Breitbart:
‘Limbaugh explained how it was his opinion those charges were meant to send a message to former Donald Trump chief strategist and Breitbart chief executive Steve Bannon, who has publicly said he seeks to take on all Republicans that back McConnell as Senate Majority Leader.
“Whether Judge Moore did the deed or deeds or not, what’s really happening here folks, if you really want to know – it’s a multi-faceted search-and-destroy mission here,” Limbaugh said. “But what’s really driving this – do not doubt me about this. But what’s really driving this is Mitch McConnell saying to Steve Bannon, ‘Really? You think you’re going to get your guys elected? You think you are going to get your guys elected and me kicked out of here? Really? Seriously? OK, watch this.’”
“Don’t forget, Judge Moore is – Trump did not endorse him, but Steve Bannon, I don’t know – endorsed, chose, go behind, supports, what have you,” he continued. “And Bannon has been very upfront about the objective he has, and that’s to get Mitch McConnell out of the Senate. And so I don’t think – even if all we had was one allegation against Judge Moore, this was going to be it for Judge Moore. It didn’t matter because this is now being used to send a message to Bannon and his group that you just – you think you’re going to get rid of me, well take a look at what’s going to happen every time you try. So that clearly is a factor here.”’
Sorry, it’s Moore who’s turning it over. If he stays in and is the candidate, it’s very likely he’ll lose, whether these are lies or not.
He should step down and ask Sessions (popular in AL) to take his place. This would get Sessions out of a totally unsuitable job - who the heck suggested him to Trump? - and keep the seat in the GOP.
And then, if he’s innocent, he should sue the socks off of the WP and the accusers.
The 16 year old has revealed his autograph (possibly a fake), in her yearbook. If this autograph was given after the incident, that becomes VERY problematic to her claim.
If he forced some 16 year old to do something she didn’t want, I couldn’t support him.
Part of her story was that he locked the doors and she couldn’t get out of the car.
Door locks generally prevent people from getting in, not out. Some models back then could have had a child-lock block on unlocking the door. Again, we’d have to know more to see if her claims could possibly be true.
I want to know if these women are getting money.
This goes to character, devotion to their current political leanings, and other things that might impact this.
Putting words into Bannon's mouth. If I had been selected to work with/for Bannon. I would bet a most important factor regarding my selection would be my demonstrated ability to KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT!
I agree with your thoughts there.
This is a mess, but I lean toward it being a contrivance.
the bottom line is all these accusers vanish into the woodwork after they accomplish “politics of personal destruction”
No, but he does seem to be weathering the storm. He’s reported to be ten points ahead.
I know there have been other polls, but they seem to emerge from Leftist entities. The same entities that said Hillary was 93% likely to win a year ago.
I agree with you on all that too.
I’d say having to go back 38 years to find dirt on a guy, makes it pretty clear he has been squeaky clean for 38 years.
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