Posted on 11/23/2017 4:53:45 AM PST by markomalley
The Left was always going to come at Alabama Republican Roy Moore with everything they had, a conservative author told Laura Ingraham on Wednesday night.
Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and now Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has been accused of having relations with a 14-year-old girl and assaulting a 17-year-old when he was in his early thirties, more than 30 years ago.
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The charges have upended the race to replace Jeff Sessions. The special election is Dec. 12, and Moore faces liberal Democrat Doug Jones. The race has already distressed Alabama voters, writer Quin Hillyer said on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" on Wednesday.
"I think there's a very large number of Alabamians who wish we had another choice right now," Hillyer said. "I would say certainly a plurality of Alabamians are unhappy that we face this uncertain and tawdry election when we haven't had time to get to the bottom of things. We don't know what the truth is. This is not a good situation."
Moore has firmly denied that he ever did anything improper with a 14-year-old, saying he never even met the accuser, and has also denied the allegation of sexual assault.
The race had otherwise been seen as a safe bet for Republicans, but some polls show Moore now losing. President Donald Trump has declined so far to call for Moore to step out of the race, possibly delaying the special election.
On Tuesday, Trump said "we don't need a liberal person in there," and noted the allegations have been "totally" denied by Moore.
Ingraham noted that Hillyer, a contributor to National Review and Yellowhammer News, supported Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) in the Republican primary. Moore easily defeated Brooks.
"The Republican voters in Alabama did choose Roy Moore," said Hillyer. "When they chose Roy Moore, they knew that the Left would be coming at him with everything they had ... Whether it was true or not, we knew it was coming."
Hillyer, a "NeverTrump" conservative, said Trump deserves the credit for the booming economy.
"Of course, I'm grateful that Hillary Clinton is not president," said Hillyer. "I never wanted her ... I still remain a critic of Trump personally. I think his tweets are not refreshing. I think they are horrendous. But you mentioned the economy and while I think it's foolish to give him all the credit for the good economy, it would also be absolutely unfair not to give him a significant amount of credit for the economy."
Because she's fair and balanced? BTW, wtf is a Lifezette?
Why?
So she could beat the literal crap out of him
I still remain a critic of Trump personally. I think his tweets are not refreshing. I think they are horrendous.
Well Mister....you're an ass.
She claimed she had a phone in her room, her mother said she did notZ
GF asked me about Moore. I had to explain that he was hated because of his stance on the 10 Commandments and had her look it up. She sees the light now I think.
The old-girl...hasn't been one in decades.
Leigh was a problem child and the judge deemed the father as being the better parent and he got custody beginning on Sunday March 4th 1979.
Since Leigh would have been in school, there would only be 3 weekend days available.
March 3rd and the prior weekend in February.
You really think Moore was going to use his weekend to court this "whacky teen", in broad daylight, in a town that has chosen him as a favorite son?
So did she wear a mustache and a hat for a disguise so the neighbors didn't see her go into his house?
The mother already said she was liar...
Thanks for the background info....
Thanks!
thanx for posting the yearbook picture travis.
pretty obvious forgery.
Ingram has been part of the Fox Blitz to discredit Moore. I remember her looking straight into the camera, telling her audience that she “believed” the testimony from her interview with one of the alleged victims and that Moore should be removed. As she said this, her cross necklace was tucked out-of-sight under her blouse. Ingrahm’s accusation was based on no facts, but her feelings. (p.s. this “victim” was latter discredited).
From this time, she has lost any credibility with me.
That’s why even CNN called Allred on it, and the story disappeared.
POOF! GONE!
Yes...I didn’t see that but heard her on radio show say same...disappointed...thought she had better judgement.
Nelson is an actress on DealDash dot com.
Ray can’t. he’s dead. But.. he did exist. rather convenient he died huh?
I read it here, someone had posted it.
“But you mentioned the economy and while I think it’s foolish to give him (Trump) all the credit for the good economy...”
The difference between Trump/Reagan and Nixon/BushSr is AMAZING and Trump may not be due all the credit, but 90% of the credit wouldn’t be far off.
Nixon/BushSr both IMMEDIATELY got in bed with Democrats to pass job-killing ‘trophy legislation’ as they called it. For Nixon it was the Clean Air Act (starting the EPA), the Clean Water Act, and a number of other ‘acts’ plus many hard-left judges. For BushSr, it was doubling down on the Clean Air/Water Acts, adding huge, job-destroying regulations, and the Wheelie Act, making it a pain in ass to find a decent parking space, along with increasing the tax on beer (plus increasing some other taxes). These killed jobs big-time and it took 2 years for BushSr to figure it out. He then cut Dan Quayle loose to true to undo the damage, but it was too late - what Quayle did worked, but BushSr was already branded a loser and Bill Clinton gladly accepted the economic growth that Quayle unleashed.
Reagan, and now Trump, didn’t have the learning curve of BushSr, and got the best people to move in and immediate get to work growing the economy...and it’s shows.
BushJr basically was clueless from the start.
High school boys being high school boys, I’d imagine some of his other yearbook signings to girls in whom he had some interest might involve clumsy poetry as well.
Fox blitz is a good way to describe it. No one on Fox will explain that they were following instructions, but Hannity, Judge Jeanine, Greg Gerratt, Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jessie Watters, and others — including many guests all came out about the same time with a story about believing the accusers and Roy Moore having answered Hannity’s questions poorly. Jeanine even said the yearbook was the clincher as it was a piece of “hard” evidence. To date none have mentioned the obvious subterfuge involved in the signature in the yearbook or any of the “issues” with the 14 year old and her phone and residence.
To my knowledge, all these fine anchors have held that the mere accusation can be accepted in lieu of documented evidence to force a person from a career without any other due process. This is very alike my understanding of what happened in Salem when a child was able to accuse her enemies and have her accusations believed by the “mob”.
What I do not understand about Fox is why? I know they are in negotiations to be acquired — perhaps this is part of the idea? To become more mainstream? Of course hiring Mark (The Great One) Levin does not fit into this scenario so I am baffled by what is actually going on?
Has Fox a soft spot for accusers? Very soon we may learn how many of our Congressmen and Senators have fallen into this pit and how many will lose their sets with nothing more than an accusation.
If he wins convincingly I think he should put himself up again in 2018 to complete the last 2 years. Solid red state, he wins AGAIN and thereby rub their noses in it, especially in the primary.
Cause they make their living off of many of us. I listen to Rush and to Larry Elder. That’s it.
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