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.
Agreed.
Thanks, DoughtyOne.
I have the same firm grasp on the obvious that you do: WHEN, (not IF!) Republicans stay at home on election day, Democrats will win! EVERY TIME!
Since President Trump won the Presidency, several elections have been lost to Democrats; had ALL the Republicans who voted for Trump voted for the Republican seeking office in these races, the Republicans would have won.
If you want to WIN, YOU GOTTA VOTE!
It didn’t end up blowing up in his face, it just let more people see who he really is. He is still getting his way though, for now.
I think he could have won if he had been more like Trump but he’s not Trump.
A good man taken down. Imagine who will be next?
Part of me says you are correct except if Mcconnell campaigned for Luther would he then destroy him like he did Moore?
Actually Mcconnell found 5 lying women and took Moore down. It says really terrible things about an electorate willing to see accusations as the gods honest truth
Absolutely agree. But I didn’t hear about Moore asking for a recount
We will be part of the great caliphate so they will likely burn all the history books
Exactly what I think. The establishment will smell blood and pile on. It’s the season of witch trials.
While I write this commentary another 50 humans will be executed aborted in the womb.
Doug Jones is pro abortion. We are trying to get around to defunding Planned Parenthood. Why, because they kill over one million humans per year. Another reason is that without the permission of the mothers, these agencies sell baby body parts to the highest bidder.
As a people we look back on mass murderers like Hitler and his agents of evil, and trash them to no end. Then we proceed to allow the type of evil that Planned Parenthood perpetrates. It's downright genocidal, and there's no denying it.
When someone tells me they're glad a pro-life man lost to a supporter of genocide, I just shake my head and wonder where this person's morals trotted off to.
Roy Moore has not been charged with killing humans. He was charged with doing improper things with young women by consent. One of his accusers did say he tried to do something without her consent, but her story contained a number of factual errors others could verify.
The only charge against Moore, was something she couldn't verify.
So when folks tell me they're glad Moore lost, they're telling me they are happy humans will die. They are happy women made charges that had major problems, and that a man's career was ended on the premise women never lie about such matters.
Now that's what I call, the moral high ground. /s Yes, that "/s" means, just being sarcastic because there is no moral high ground to something that is indisputable, and no high ground judging a man guilty for something that isn't.
As if this wasn't enough to hang your head in shame about, related to being happy Roy Moore was defeated, it's also indisputable that it will now be much harder to get good judges approved.
This won't limit the Leftist villainy to matters of abortion. It will unleash the Leftist mindset when it comes to all manner of Leftist rulings from our highest courts in the land.
No, Roy Moore won't help us approve great judges. Whew! Aren't you relieved! I know I am! /s Once again we open the gates to a sarcastic comment. I'd feel a little guilty but then nobody feels guilty of helping to defeat Roy Moore and call him names to boot. Worst candidate ever!!!
Give Babe Ruth a 14" bat and see what his average winds up being. Hand a tennis player a ball bat, and lets see how many sets he wins. Refuse to hand off to one of the best three point shooters in the NBA, and lets see what his season totals wind up being. Yes, put a pitcher on the mound, with nobody but a catcher on the field. Let's see what his era winds up being.
And once this has been done, let's trash him for being the worst ever. That's what various brain-trusts are stepping up to say about Roy Moore today.
Cut off from any help, Roy Moore got the fewer votes yesterday. He went into the day with a 14" bat, no hand-offs, and no other players on the court/field. What a pretender! what a failure! He let us all down, darn it! He got fewer votes.
Those who giggle at Doug Jones ability to get more votes yesterday, can giggle for the next three years as he helps Nancy Pelosi and the worst Democratic team to take the court/field, in our nation's history.
Laugh it up airheads. Your proud display of morality will cost millions of more deaths, and a lot more destruction to our nation.
Doesn't that just make you giddy with pride.
Once the Deep State smear hit Strange, McConnell would have turned tail and run like a rabbit. The Strange/Bentley issue would have been front and center.
Why do you need anything when you can make it all up?
Indeed he is!
Needed saying!
Over 55 million lost to abortion.
His weak and ineffective response to accusations that he should have at least responded to and beaten back was awful. He hid behind surrogates for the last and most important weeks of the election. Roy Moore was the ultimate stereotype of what everyone makes fun of Conservatives for and was easily cast in the worst light. Barely over 50% of Trump’s voters turned out for this terrible candidate who was a loser.. Sorry but everyone knows it.
2016 Presidential Election Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 34.4% 729,547 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 62.1% 1,318,255 2017 Senator Election Jones 49.9% 670,551 Moore 48.4% 649,240
The democrats got their voters to the polls
The republicans didn't
Maybe those gals should sue you if you can’t prove their lies or that McConnell trotted them out to the Post.
I’ll bet most of the military vote went for him
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