The GOPe DON’T WANT HIM! He’s too pro Trump. I wish there was a way to get rid of Mitch O’Connell. Can’t we find some 20 yr old from KY to claim he fondled her/him/confused 5 years ago? It only takes $$$. Who knows maybe many would do it for free just to rid the Congress of him.
Let’s postulate for the sake of argument that all the allegations are true
So what? It was thirty eight years ago. The man is married thirty plus years. There has been not a peep of anything else about him.
This is just a ridiculous smear that has nothing to do with anything
“Never run with the herd” is always good advice.
This smear campaign has galvanized white voters in Alabama who don’t like being scolded by outsiders.
Judge Moore will win and then he will dare McTurtle to expel him.
LIEberals LIE!
Washington Compost is owned by a LIEberal!
LIEberals LIE!
Elect Judge Moore to the US Senate!
Paul Bunyan didn’t have this many stories about him.
rwood
If this works against Roy, then the same claims will be fabricated against every other Republican to run for national office.
The Democrats did the same thing to Tom Delay, false charges that knocked him out of the Majority Leader position.
Erick Erickson is the original NeverTrumper who disinvited Donald from the Red State Gathering because he insulted Megyn Kelley. There isn’t an article he could write that could ever get me to pay attention to him again.
First I completely agree that the timing is not a coincidence. WaPo probably had this in the can for months and deliberately waited until not just after the primary but also the point of no return where he can’t be replaced on the ballot. So yeah this is dirty politics.
All of which said, I am not sure the reports are not true. I am not prepared to dismiss them out of hand because of the source. It’s not just the women making the accusations, but the large number of corroborating witnesses. And to be fair and honest, I have never cared for Moore. He is a wingnut who has thumbed his nose at the Constitution and the rule of law in the name of his religious beliefs a few too many times for my taste. I think he is a not very deeply closeted Dominionist.
But we are where we are and it’s pretty clear the libs smell blood and a possible Senate seat in of all places, Alabama. I don’t live there but if I did I’d probably hold my nose and vote for the wingnut with the expectation that this would be thoroughly investigated and if true he would then be expelled from the Senate and the Governor could then fill the seat with someone who reflects the state’s political leanings. But I’d have to wear gloves when I filled out a ballot for that man.
The troublesome aspect of the all!edged behavior was that it was acceptable in some circles in the south at that time period in a Tennessee Williamsesque sort of way. I pray for Moore's vindication and hope the Judge has not rationalized his innocence against the standards of the time.
Thirty Nine and Holding
Jerry Lee Lewis
He’s out there somewhere every night
Where the music’s playing loud
Doing all the 50’s steps, in a 1980 crowd
The dim lights hide his millage lines
The Clairol hides the gray
And he won’t mention anything
That gives his age away
Lord, he’s thirty-nine and holding
Holding everything he can
From seventeen to twenty-five
He’ll prove he’s still a man
He’s holding to a candle
And it’s burning at both ends
He’s thirty-nine and holding
Holding everything he can
You can bet he’ll never see
Thirty-nine again
He should have turned loose long ago
But still he’s hangin’ it in
He still thinks that he is the man
That he used to be
He’s…
None of Roy Moore’s girlfriends ever drowned in a car while he swam and walked away.
People who dislike Trump believe the stories. People who support Moore believe Moore.