The President will make hay of this yet, I know it.
Posted on 12/13/2017 10:20:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne
As we all know by now, Judge Roy Moore wound up getting fewer votes than his opponent yesterday. A lot of people today are calling Moore a loser. On first appearances, not knowing the background to yesterday's election, that might seem reasoned. It isn't.
Knowing what I know, I have a reaction I'm not seeing others have. I'm sorry to realize that.
Judge Roy Moore deserves our thanks for putting his neck on the line, trying to carry the mantle of our ideals into the Senate of the United States. It was an honorable thing to do, and it was as honorable an effort as I have seen anyone make on behalf of the cause we say we support.
In my lifetime, I have only witnessed two people run against the sort of odds Moore did during this campaign. President Trump is the other.
Folks, this election did not turn on the hard work of Doug Jones. It turned on the hard work of everyone for Doug Jones. And if that sounds like praise for his ground team, lets talk reality for a moment here.
Doug Jones had the full backing of Democrat leadership, the Republican Leadership, the MSM, the complete chattering class on television, all the usual suspect Leftist groups, and a Kenyan who dumped $4 million into his campaign just days before the election.
By some reports Jones was backed by excessive funding on the order of 14 to 1 against Moore. In addition to that the Democrats launched a get out the vote effort that saw 92% of the November 8, 2016 Democrat voters appear at polling precincts to vote for Jones. By comparison, the Republican party refused to support Moore in this sort of effort, resulting in just over 50% of the November 8th, 2016 Republican vote, showing up for him. Think about that 92% vs 50%, and all for the lack of party support Moore (and Conservatism) deserved to have. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, they also encouraged Republicans to write in someone else, and nearly 23,000 of them did. Look what that may have resulted in.
671,151 49.95% Doug Jones(D)
650,436 48.40% Roy Moore(R)
022,819 01.70% Write Ins
Add in the fact that the Democrats also ran a smear campaign with women who had passed up all of Moore’s career, to now air charges of abuse addressing things that happened up to 40 years prior. None of them filed charges then or now.
Accusers included women Roy had simply dated. They were 18. He was in his early 30s. No abuse was even suggested. He just dated them. “Don’t elect him. He’s a healthy male.” And some people bought it. Nine accusers came forward. None of the accusers had a story to tell that made charges so credible, without very problematic story details being shot down, that it made sense to hold Moore accountable.
Roy had his own story to tell. He had people like us. He had Bannon. Late in the game he had Trump.
Folks, with Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, the DNC, the GOPe, the RNC, and most other people who should be in his corner applying towels to his opponent Doug Jones in his corner, any candidate would be hard pressed to even come close to Doug Jones ballot numbers yesterday. Judge Roy Moore did. He came very close.
Judge Roy Moore did not lose that election. While he had his back turned, most folks who should have supported him picked up the Mantle of U. S. Senate and handed it to Doug Jones. Moore went to the polls in a valiant effort to win it for Conservatism, his et tu brute moments too numerous to count during the campaign.
Yes, Doug Jones, you’re efforts really paid off. You could have sat on your sofa at home and probably done just as well. With the full weight of the Democrat wrecking crew, the Republican traitors in D.C. and Alabama, and everyone else standing small with you, Moore was a very long shot.
But shot in the back he was (politically).
Now sing it Mitch. Sing it Ryan. Sing it GOPe. Tell us how you predicted this.
We’ll tell you to go straight to hell, for working your asses off to defeat Conservatism.
And that’s exactly what you did.
Jones worked hard? Give me a freaking break you assholes. Roy Moore didn't work hard enough? He didn't stick his neck out far enough? He was a terrible candidate?
Honest to G folks, if this is how wishy washy we are after a loss, it’s a wonder we ever win.
Judge Roy Moore came very close to winning yesterday despite the odds. He is a winner in my book.
Today we are all losers, but not by our own doing.
The GOPe just made a very big mistake. It will cost our cause dearly.
In 2016, I voted for only one man-Donald Trump
He isn’t any particular party, but he was the only one worth voting for
Jones is pro illegals and abortion up to partial birth
He is anti gun, sovereignty and wall
Far left Soros shill is Jones
Not to mention more than a few FReepers piling on and beating Moore up.
Great post, D1. 👍🏻
The President will make hay of this yet, I know it.
Thank you for expressing poignantly, succinctly and with great heart what so many of us believe and feel today!
Well done!
I have had to keep the TV off today .......I usually have some version of Fox on....
.....and even though it has greatly filtered in that they too are liars and deceivers ( for the most part) is
...when I saw a huge smile appear on Neil Cavuto’s face towards the end, I knew we had lost.....
....Neil couldn’t stop smiling.
Truly there is very little fair and balance on Fox.....
....even when the venue has its moments of enlightenment as a conduit for truth....and allow a few good people to appear and speak....
....the usual stable of talking heads revert to their elitist selves.....they open their mouths
As my husband said on his way to bed last night, after they called the election
“God help us”
Excellent and classy post. It is great to see a post like this after seeing the RINO contingent on FR spending their time bashing a good Christian man like Roy Moore. Bravo Sir!
Good idea. Hopefully Judas Shelby will keel over before the next election. However, if he is alive a write in campaign for Roy Moore is a good idea!
Flawed.....how?
If you’re going to label someone......give your reasons.
No visibility, mediocre track record as a candidate in prior statewide elections, ethical issues as a judge, and an ineffective response to the allegations against him. To top it all off, he apparently took a page from Hillary Clinton’s playbook over the closing weeks of his campaign.
Hogwash!
Ping
Unhappy but accurate assessment.
Yet he beat the hand picked pubbie in the primary.
Tendentious, much?
Thank you, thank you, D.O. This was a great post, and so close to my thoughts. I had about given up on seeing anything like it here.
Mitch McConnell used Moore to get Mo Brooks out of the race in the primary, then got caught completely off guard when Moore actually beat Strange in the run-off.
Very disappointed that Moore lost. Never disappointed with Judge Moore.
I’m talking about the whole process going all the way back to the appointment of Luther Strange by the prior (criminal) governor to fill the seat in the first place.
The part the GOP bungled was not backing Moore when he won the Primary. That will be in the minds of many going forward.
I wonder because that means Pence will take over and he is as Christian as Moore! The may regret they moved against Trump! No one has ever suggested Pence is damaged goods! As a matter of fact Pence has said he always has his wife with him when ever he meets with women for appointments. No one has anything on Pence as far as I know unless they try to drag the “Russia thing” onto Pence’s turf.
Even before that, McConnell backed Moore in the first round of the primary just to get Mo Brooks out of the race. He just assumed Strange would beat Moore in the runoff, and that whole thing blew up in his face.
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