[poconopundit]

Diogenes, the honest man you seek with your lantern is not to be found. It's because two honest men, Trump and Bannon, are creating some theater to end the GOPe vs. MAGA civil war. Follow the money.  Bannon was set to cut off the money supply to GOPe candidates.  He was a major force threatening the GOPe. The GOPe probably spent $40 million+ to stop Judge Moore from being elected.  And were it not for fraud in Alabama, Moore would be in Washington now. But now, Trump got what he wanted: the Tax Bill.  And the Tax Bill (plus ObamaCare mandate killing) was the whole point of Bannon going on the war path. So Trump, Mitchell, and Ryan made peace.  The Republican Civil War has ended and both sides lay down their swords. Trump must no longer support Bannon. So Bannon becomes a rōnin, a masterless samurai who roams the countryside alone because he lost his master's favor or privilege. But a rōnin can still perform a great service to his country.  Keeping the MAGA fires glowing at Breitbart is a worthy task for Bannon.

[DiogenesLamp]

I hope you are right. This thing doesn’t make much sense as it has been presented to us by the media.

[DoughtyOne]

I think you’re comments are certainly valid to raise concerning what is going on. Is it the only thing going on? No, but I think parts of it are definitely contributory to what we’re seeing play out.

The Moore thing hurt our cause very much. We would have had Moore’s Conservative vote for decades in the U.S. Senate.

We rant and rave about how badly we need to crack the Senate and change it, and then we allow the GOPe to play us, and then make comments on this forum as if dictated by it afterwards, to defer blame.

Folks blaming Bannon and Moore for the Alabama lost seat, are simply brain dead, or volunteering to play the role. The evidence is compelling and irrefutable why Moore lost.

No person could withstand what was done to Moore. NOBODY!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3618834/posts?page=100#100

And then to say, “See I told you so..”, after being a traitor to our cause, and then folks providing cover for you to boot. Dang folks!

Folks, if we want to win, THIS IS NOT HOW TO DO IT.

Roy Moore isn’t the biggest loser. We and the nation are.

Thanks Proconopundit.