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GOP nightmare as Alabama's Roy Moore signals he might run again
Washington Examiner ^ | February 28, 2019 | David M. Drucker

Posted on 02/28/2019 6:11:15 AM PST by C19fan

Roy Moore, a conservative lightening rod who cost the Republican party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones could be gifted another unlikely victory.

Moore, 72, a former state judge, made the rounds at last Friday’s Alabama Republican Party dinner gala. A few days later, a new political action committee run by Moore’s son, Caleb Moore, issued an email fundraising appeal.

Republican insiders, including conservative allies of President Trump, fret that Moore — derailed by sexual assault allegations in a 2017 special election that should have been an easy layup — might divide the party in the primary and advance to a rematch with Jones. On Wednesday, a Moore confidant pointedly declined to rule out that his buddy might run for Senate next year.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: 2020; alabama; douchejones; dougjones; getoffthestage; goaway; moore; roymoore; senate
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To: Jemian

Hear, hear!

And for those replying on this thread, we’re Alabamians, not Alabamans.


101 posted on 02/28/2019 9:35:45 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Did you watch the youtube.com video that shows the reduction in the total count of over 2,000 votes (16,028 dropped to 14,321 Roy Moore Write-in votes) of the COMPUTER TOTAL for JUDGE Roy Moore in just one minute, from 6:58 to 6:59 of the LIVE running voting COMPUTER COUNT video Seth Abramson posted, that he shows in his own video ?
Start at 4 minutes 33 seconds into THE VIDEO and go until 16:20, the end of the video.

Tell me ... WHEN does a running total vote count GO DOWN, and NOT UP ? ***********************
102 posted on 02/28/2019 9:35:55 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: DoodleDawg

If given the choice between Moore and any liberal, Alabamans choose the liberal, that is their right. But it would be an asinine choice to make. And I give the state of Alabama more credit than to be fooled a second time, especially after the Kavanaugh debacle. Moore was a good man successfully Kavanaugh'd. He is hated by liberals and GOPe alike. That's the kind of candidate, like Trump, needed to make real change. Alabama should redeem itself and support him, should he run.


103 posted on 02/28/2019 9:40:39 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: so_real

You honestly believe there is nobody better than Moore who will support the President? Really?


104 posted on 02/28/2019 9:44:36 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

There are a lot of good people out there, and I'd support any good candidate. I don't have to, nor should I, play the "fill-in-the-blank is better than Moore" game. These are the players I'm aware of :

Who’s running? Previewing Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate Election

And, yes, I'd vote for Roy Moore over any one of them. That doesn't mean these are bad people. They simply lack the spine, name-recognition, outspokeness, judicial background and God-fearing Constitutional-conservativeness of Moore. Roy Moore is hated by all the right people, liberals and elitists alike, and I admire that.


105 posted on 02/28/2019 9:57:19 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: piasa

You can keep believing that if you wish.

He did fail to turn the GOP base, in a very GOP state!.
He shouldn’t have needed any help from the RNC or the Senate GOP pukes in a state like Alabama against a candidate like Jones.

He couldn’t get people to come out and vote for him.

Saying & believing the right things is only half the battle (maybe actually a 1/4!). You have to sell it in a way that come hell or high water voters who believe such as you turn out. He failed to do that!


106 posted on 02/28/2019 9:58:38 AM PST by Reily
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To: Alas Babylon!

Alabamians, not Alabamans

Mea Culpa!


107 posted on 02/28/2019 9:59:07 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Reily

Allowing the GOPe to pick our candidates is a very dangerous road to go down. In fact, it’s gotten us exactly where we are today. A nation on the brink...


108 posted on 02/28/2019 10:01:21 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90

I’m not advocating allowing the GOPe to pick the candidate. I am just saying Moore was a bad candidate. Bottom line: Moore was not an unknown in Alabama. He was a known conservative and he couldn’t motivate the base in a state like Alabama to turn out and vote for him against someone like Jones. That defines a bad candidate! Being GOPe approved, picked or not is irrelevant!

The proof is in the winning!


109 posted on 02/28/2019 10:14:09 AM PST by Reily
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To: Alberta's Child
A legislator who can't be counted on to support key legislation is absolutely useless to a political party.

You mean like Ryan and Mitch postponing any talk of border security until after the Mid-Term?

110 posted on 02/28/2019 10:18:29 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Personally I would assume Sessions would go back to AL and run for his old seat again....

sure winner there bucko.

111 posted on 02/28/2019 10:30:35 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Reily

Moore was a bad candidate. But that’s not the point.

Democrats have “bad” candidates. Do they ever campaign against them with the certainty that a loss will elect a Republican? Of course not. We simply can’t allow the GOPe to pick our candidates. Ever.


112 posted on 02/28/2019 10:30:39 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90
The bottom line is the GOP prefers progressive Democrats to GOP primary winners. It’s that simple.

And many Freepers it would seem based on the Libertarian crowd on this thread pretending to be Conservatives.

113 posted on 02/28/2019 10:34:13 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: lodi90

I don’t disagree when it coms to the GOPe etc.

I’ll take a GOPe picked candidate (by which I assume you mean RINOs) before a Rat. I won’t like it but no Rats!

You and I share a dislike for RINOs but I can sometimes see their usefulness if I have no other choice. Think of the courts! McConnell in spite of all the other problems I have with him is doing great job with the courts. That potentially more important then anything else. Could he do better of course, but he (or someone!) could do a hell of a lot worse!


114 posted on 02/28/2019 10:38:32 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily
He couldn’t get people to come out and vote for him.

I guess that means Senator Shelby couldn't get Republicans to vote for the Dem either, right? But he certainly tried and so did Mitch.

115 posted on 02/28/2019 10:54:28 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Reily
The proof is in the winning!

Or the stealing, whichever works best.

116 posted on 02/28/2019 10:55:22 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Drew68
They won't. Moore needs to go away. Alabamans can do better.

And of course i'm completely unsurprised to find you on the wrong side of another issue. You have a knack for it.

Moore was exactly what Alabama needs, and exactly what the rest of the nation needs as well. Someone who actually understands the fundamental laws involved, and who is not afraid to call out the lying federal judiciary for being a bunch of liars who need to be defied.

When the Constitution was written, several states still had official state religions. It is a state matter regarding which the Federal judiciary has overreached.

117 posted on 02/28/2019 10:55:31 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: itsahoot

Let Jones keep the seat then.


118 posted on 02/28/2019 10:58:00 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily
Think of the courts! McConnell in spite of all the other problems I have with him is doing great job with the courts.

Tell me how many Judges have been confirmed since the election, with the new chairman Lindsey 2.0?

119 posted on 02/28/2019 10:58:13 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: DiogenesLamp
And here we go again with this idiot point. Yeah, by the time of the election, a couple more days of campaigning would have made all the difference. Why he might have found three more voters that hadn't yet made up their minds after months and months of media attack smears against him.

I can't believe you still go with this nonsense. If a couple of more days wouldn't have made a difference, then why did Moore hold a campaign rally the day after he left the state to attend a football game in Pennsylvania?

120 posted on 02/28/2019 10:58:52 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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