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Did Moore, when running for election, proclaim that he would erect this monument and get elected on that issue alone?

According to Alabama FReepers, the ONLY thing he ran on in 1998 was the attempt of courts to make him remove the 10 Commandments from his courtroom. The ONLY thing.

You could see this coming.

According to Alabama FReepers, the ONLY thing he ran on in 1998 was the attempt of courts to make him remove the 10 Commandments from his courtroom. The ONLY thing.

Then he's an honest man who has stuck to his principles. Why does that annoy you so much?

According to Alabama FReepers, the ONLY thing he ran on in 1998 was the attempt of courts to make him remove the 10 Commandments from his courtroom. The ONLY thing.

And he got elected with over 70% of the vote so we know where Alabaman's stand.

We also know where the courts stand, high atop the mythical wall of separation lording it over the serfs below.

You're on the wrong side here sink, really wrong.

If this was the only issue he ran on, was he elected or *reelected*? It's an important question.

If this was the first time he was elected, then, while I agree with his position one-hundred percent, I would have to say that he engaged in demagoguery. There would be no two ways about it.

On the other hand, if he was *reelected*, then it's less clear, since people would already know who he was and what he stood for. The complete package, as it were, is in play. While you could make the argument that it's still demagoguery, voters would already know what else they're getting. The reason demagoguery is despicable is because it's an attempt to gain power by *deceiving* people; get them to vote for you on this hot-button issue while not telling them about all the other things you stand for. But if Moore was releected, that can't happen. That's not to say that the issue couldn't be used as a hook to pull in people on the fence, but since he's *so* far to the right I would have a hard time buying an argument that anyone *could* be on the fence. I think he's the kind of guy that people would either love or hate.