Posted on 11/10/2017 12:25:53 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — Roy Moore could do more damage to the GOP brand than an Alabama Senate seat is worth.
NBC News has not confirmed that (sic) allegations; the woman didn't file a police report or bring a civil suit.
Moore, now 70, called the charges "completely false" in a statement released by his campaign Thursday.
It's a "no-win situation through and through" for the GOP, said Doug Heye, a former Senate and House Republican aide.
"He's not worth it," Heye said.
The question of how to handle Moore has both political and moral components, said Republicans who spoke to NBC News on Friday. Some aren't waiting for more information.
"It is not acceptable to have this man as the face of the party in any state," Michael Steele, who served as the spokesman for former House Speaker John Boehner, said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on Friday.
Former Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, a Democrat, said the allegations — what he termed the "girl problem" —could have serious repercussions for the Republican Party well beyond Alabama if he wins the race and is seated in the Senate.
"What does that say about the party?" he asked. "Basically, a child molester is going to be a United States senator."
Coupled with Moore's alignment with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has declared war against the Senate Republican leadership, the allegations mean that Moore will be "a perpetual thorn in their side," Breaux said.
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‘damage to the GOP brand’
Is the brand copyrighted? Patent pending? Because I haven’t seen anything which passes for a brand. Maybe a brand of garbage?
I agree.
It’s really bizarre that the GOPe leadership is willing to lose and be in the minority rather than let someone from outside the club get elected.
The swamp needs more draining.
even if Moore gets elected, the senate doesn’t have to seat him
You mean the DC GOP-e don’t want a Tea Partier in their august body the Senate? What an f’n surprise!
Republican pols seem incapable of learning and appear hugely gullible.
By the way, how does something that some flunky third string administrative aid says become newsworthy?
Draining the swamp is a far greater threat to Mitch McConnell than losing control of the Senate.
GOP brand about as popular as ESPN, CNN, and Comcast.
Huma’s ex-hubby might have brand appeal than the GOP.
This from a hypocrite that voted for and defended Bill Clinton? The hypocrisy in mind boggling.
This just makes it so clear: the GOP elite want the GOP to be something very, very different than the actual GOP voters want it to be.
If the Democrat wins then it’s only for two years. If Moore wins then they have to primary him in 2020 in order to get rid of him.
Well, there you go. True horsepower has spoken.
A U.S. Senate that had Ted Kennedy as one of its paragons of virtue for 47 years has already firmly established its “moral high ground” at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
The dirty little secret here is that the GOP needs to lose its majority in the U.S. Senate so it no longer has to pretend that it actually has a majority in the U.S. Senate.
Innocent until proven Conservative.
Yes he is.
Fight, you pussies!
Is the brand copyrighted? Patent pending? Because I haven’t seen anything which passes for a brand. Maybe a brand of garbage?
It's the Lazy-A brand, a bunch of hoof in mouth critters and a few has-been mavericks.
It's high time to cull the herd; they might make OK dog food.
Quislings. The lot of them. Wait until it is their turn.
I can't find any proof of it on the web but a few weeks ago, Bill O'Reilly said there was a call in the works for a full-page ad or such by an attorney for women to come forward who would be paid to make accusations about whomever they were targeting, Trump especially naturally.
Rush also said that the newspaper sent their reporter to Alabama, and it took them some time to get the woman to agree to go forward with the accusation. I wonder if it is true.
I didn’t see the name Ted Kennedy in this article.
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