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The guy who defeated Doug Jones is as dumb as a rock. i don't care what is fans say. (Original Post) Boogiemack Nov 2020 OP
I want Biden to appoint Jones as Attorney General Beaverhausen Nov 2020 #1
They don't gerrymander Senate races... regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #2
Me and my brother knew that years ago... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #3
Did Tommy play during the leather helmet era Sewa Nov 2020 #4
Senator Doug Jones was one of the very best senators that ALABAMA has ever had... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #5
It breaks my heart to see a good man like Doug Jones replaced by another narcissistic clown. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #6

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. They don't gerrymander Senate races...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:01 AM
Nov 2020

...but, in Alabama, as in far too many other parts of the U.S., winning football championships for the state’s university or NFL team is enough to confer godlike status, even if one has shown no functional reasoning capacity away from the gridiron.

(And, lest I seem to be bashing red states, let me point out that, even here in deep-blue Washington, if Pete Carroll were to run for elective office, I’m sure he’d win in a landslide. Fortunately, Pete’s a good liberal.)

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
3. Me and my brother knew that years ago...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:07 AM
Nov 2020

... from following college football and seeing him interviewed.

We also made up names for his assistant coaches that sounded "Southern" too -- e.g., Pig Hazelrigg. That wasn't nice, but Tubby is indeed dumb.

Sewa

(1,255 posts)
4. Did Tommy play during the leather helmet era
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:08 AM
Nov 2020

Seems to have brain damage. I don’t think he will be able to serve a full term.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,105 posts)
5. Senator Doug Jones was one of the very best senators that ALABAMA has ever had...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:18 AM
Nov 2020

I already miss him so very much. What is taking his place is a POS that quits every job he has ever had. And is a criminal to boot.

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