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WH On Moore Report: ‘That Hypothetical Would Be Disqualifying For Anyone’ (Kellyanne Conway)
TPM ^ | November 9, 2017 | Matt Shuham

Posted on 11/09/2017 3:18:53 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo

White House aide Kellyanne Conway said Thursday that allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore made in the Washington Post “would be disqualifying for anyone in public office.”

“We need to listen to both sides, but at the same time, that hypothetical would be disqualifying for anyone in public office,” Conway said, in a clip aired on MSNBC.

The Post reported the stories of four women who said Moore pursued relationships with them as a grown man when they were teenagers. In one case, a 32-year-old Moore took then-14-year-old Leigh Corfman to his house, undressing her before initiating sexual contact.

“She remembers that Moore kissed her, that he took off her pants and shirt, and that he touched her through her bra and underpants. She says that he guided her hand to his underwear and that she yanked her hand back,” the Post reported.

The White House’s director of legislative affairs, Marc Short, said on CNN later Thursday that “there’s no path forward” for Moore if the Post’s reporting is accurate.

“That’s a big ‘If’ clause, Wolf, it certainly is, but yes,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

But, pressed on how Alabama voters should determine the veracity of the allegations — which the Post reported after interviews with more than 30 sources — Short had few specific ideas.

“I think that the voters of Alabama deserve to know the truth and I think the voters of Alabama will demand more information, more facts to figure this out,” he said.

Some GOP leaders have called on Moore to drop out of the race to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former Senate seat — still, other Alabama officials have dismissed the Post’s reporting and defended Moore.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; conway; ibtz; moore; zot
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

No help from the RINOs and team Trump who didn’t want Moore anyway.

Allegations are made and nowhere do I see anyone giving the presumption of innocence to Moore.


41 posted on 11/09/2017 3:40:41 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Walrus

That word only applies when a RINO or a democrat is attacked.

I guess all anyone has to do anymore is accuse and that means the accused is automatically guilty and ruined.


42 posted on 11/09/2017 3:41:14 PM PST by dforest
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Get the f*ck outta here, you f*cking troll.


43 posted on 11/09/2017 3:41:46 PM PST by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don't)
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To: deport
But if he does drop out then what is the implications for the Dec. 12, 2017 election. Can he be replaced or does the election go to the democrat?

I don't know what Tennessee's laws about candidates are, but I can't conceive of any way in which one candidate is automatically handed an open Senate seat because his/her opponent dropped out of the race. Elections are meant to be voted on - I assume the Republican Party would field another candidate for the election.
44 posted on 11/09/2017 3:41:49 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Trump needs to recall that Dems did this to him, too, with help from the same GOPe that are calling for Moore to drop out. He knows the technique well; he needs to denounce it.


45 posted on 11/09/2017 3:42:58 PM PST by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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To: Walrus
Get the f*ck outta here, you f*cking troll.

What's got your panties in such a bunch? That time of the month?

I spoke a plain, simple fact - if Moore did what he is accused of, he has no business running for anything, you moron.
46 posted on 11/09/2017 3:43:34 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: dforest
There are 535 senators and representatives in Congress. I suspect more than a few would be in big electoral trouble if past indiscretions saw the light of day a month before an election.
47 posted on 11/09/2017 3:49:20 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: marktwain

Smart thing to do is for AL to go ahead and elect him then after a year or so if the allegations are true, Moore can resign and another GOP can be appointed by the Gov. It’s too late to change the ballot.


48 posted on 11/09/2017 3:51:07 PM PST by lone star annie
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To: deport
Lots we don’t know as the truth at this time. But if he does drop out then what is the implications for the Dec. 12, 2017 election. Can he be replaced or does the election go to the democrat?

My guess is that there will be a big push to get voters to write in Luther Strange.

49 posted on 11/09/2017 3:52:43 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Alberta's Child

Or during one of his elections for judge.

Or during the primary campaign.

Nope, comes out now?

Sorry, not buying it.

This has McConnell and the SWAMP smell to it.

Remember Mississippi!


50 posted on 11/09/2017 3:53:22 PM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
if Moore did what he is accused of

If. If. If.

That's a big if... it smells like baseless suspiciously-timed accusations spearheaded by the fake-news Washington comPost. Just like they did with Trump.

Why not when Moore was being thrown off the AL Supreme Court bench? Why not when he ran against Strange? This is the last chance to stop him, and the globalists will try by any means necessary.

51 posted on 11/09/2017 3:53:24 PM PST by GCC Catholic (Trump doesn't suffer fools, but fools will suffer Trump. Make America Great Again!)
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To: Rome2000

Just check their checking accounts or recent purchases


52 posted on 11/09/2017 3:53:42 PM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT Dr)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

this woman was paid $56,000 for this story.
prove me wrong


53 posted on 11/09/2017 3:56:39 PM PST by dontreadthis (I finally came up with this taglineI)
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To: GCC Catholic
If. If. If.

That's a big if.


It is. It'll have to be proven, or at least thought credible by most people. If it's a false smear, it's an incredibly ugly one, and the people responsible for spreading it should be jailed. If it's true, Moore needs to go away, and we need to wonder how on earth he wasn't vetted more thoroughly by the GOP.
54 posted on 11/09/2017 3:59:07 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Moore denies it cocompletely and his reasons make sense


55 posted on 11/09/2017 4:00:38 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: lone star annie
Smart thing to do is for AL to go ahead and elect him then after a year or so if the allegations are true, Moore can resign and another GOP can be appointed by the Gov. It’s too late to change the ballot.

if elected the Senate can refuse to seat him. Then I suppose there would be a special election where another republican like Luther or Brooks would be elected.

56 posted on 11/09/2017 4:01:26 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Besides... they are trying to ruin someone from Alabama,,,,, by saying they slept with a 14 year old?

They better think that one ALL the way through.


57 posted on 11/09/2017 4:03:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“And in fact no one from the GOP has (or will) step up to defend Moore.

He’s a gonner.”

It depends.

Are there any contemporaneous witnesses that have come forward? Anyone who says they saw him in the company of one of these young girls?

Supposedly he had permission from some of the moms to “date their young daughter...have any of these moms come forward?

If any of that is true, then yes, he’s a gonner.

Absent that, he’ll be elected.


58 posted on 11/09/2017 4:03:49 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It was bound to come out. Probably why Trump didn’t endorse him. When is the election?


59 posted on 11/09/2017 4:05:12 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: DesertRhino

Where were you -—

I was working for slave wages in my uncle’s convenience store.


60 posted on 11/09/2017 4:07:35 PM PST by Surrounded_too
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