Roy Moore may be too much for even Alabama to stomach

[Motley13]

so it is probably better he won over Strange. Dem, Doug Jones seems like a intelligent, reasonable person & due to Moore win, possibly Jones could beat him..

[brooklynite]

1. Moore has been elected Statewide twice...

[yallerdawg]

4. ...and been removed from office twice.

He also ran for other government positions and lost in those primaries.

This guy is by no means a "winner."

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. They could stomach sulfuric acid in terms of that idiot.

there is no hope for that goddamn place.

[yallerdawg]

5. Meet Congresswoman Terri Sewell, Democrat from Alabama.

No hope?

[former9thward]

8. She represents a district which is 62% African-American.

Are you suggesting that is the demographic of Alabama as a whole?

[yallerdawg]

11. That "62%" votes in December, too.

I'm suggesting "no hope for that goddamn place" may be a little over the top.

[LanternWaste]

38. What specifically leads you to believe he is suggesting that?

What specifically leads you to believe he is suggesting that?

You appear to be making another inductive fallacy. I understand.

[DBoon]

29. every single one of her constituents needs to vote in the senate race

all of them. without exception.

[underpants]

3. Al Abama?

He's going to win.

[Jakes Progress]

6. It is certainly an opportunity

for the state to show that it is not what the country believes it to be.

[Kaleva]

22. Fuck those who voted for Trump

Hillary won the popular vote by over 3 million. Increase the Dem turnout by a little over 140 thousand in three states and Trump would have been history.

[Kaleva]

26. I'm not going to play nice with people who support the incompetent fool in the WH

A person who is a threat to our nation and to the world. Some people may want to be a modern day Chamberlain but I'm not.

If any Trump voter decides on their own they made a bad mistake and comes over to our side, I'll welcome them with open arms but I'm not going to make any effort to convince them.

Remember, the people who voted for Trump make up a small percentage of eligible voters.

[Jakes Progress]

34. Some took my post

as a low shot at Alabama. I think we need to be realistic about the image that state's project. Hey. I live in Texas. I only wish my state would do things to counter the prevailing image of the state.

Sure, just like Alabama, there are pockets of enlightenment and humanity. But, just like Alabama, the populace keeps foisting ignorant and nasty congress critters on the rest of the country and keeps putting cretins and charlatans into positions of power.

Were Alabama to toss moore to the curb and put in their very qualified Democrat, it would go a long way towards pushing back on its reputation.

Hell. Texas elects people like dan patrick (or whatever his real name is) greg abbot, ted fucking cruz, and walking wooden asshole john cornyn. True we had Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, and barbara jordan. But it hasn't gone well since it gave the nation w. bush. We have a lot to make up for.

[maxrandb]

7. Holy Fuck! Really???

He could donn white sheets and a KKK hood, repeatedly use lables like spics, chinks and coons and win by 8 points.

Alabama ought to lose their statehood just for nominating this piece of shit for the US Senate.

Any damn southern DUer who tries to tell me how the North is just as fucked up better look long and hard to find anything north of the Mason Dixon line that comes fucking within 1,000,000 miles of someone as batshit nuts and evil as this fucktwit

[KelleyKramer]

14. How about Sarah Palin, is that far enough north for ya?

Or maybe David Clarke

Or Michele Bachmann

Or Ben Carson

I could go on and on

[exboyfil]

27. Steve King

Iowa's own personal cross to bear.

[maxrandb]

33. Not even close... and neither is Palin

Palin holds no political office, and though truly batshit nuts and evil, she's not in Moore's league.

King is relatively close, but still not to the level of dumbfucKKKery of Moore.

King also is not a statewide office holder. You could run Ham Sandwich (R-iA) and it would win his district.

Keep trying. Unless you can find Satan or the Grand wizard of the KKK elected to a statewide seat, you're not even close...in fact, Moore would give Satan a run for his money

[edhopper]

9. you are attributing an intelligence

and awareness the majority of Alabama voters don't have.

[Hortensis]

18. I agree. Some we can't reach, but the 10% we may? Kicking them in the teeth

is not just not a winning strategy but now, contemptible behavior.

[Motley13]

20. Couldn't have said it better

[yallerdawg]

13. I could go to a conservative website...

and see this same message regarding each and every Blue State in the USA!

"If they were just smarter, they'd vote like me."

Only 14% of Alabama voters turned out for this election, and it was a semi-restricted Republican runoff.

In this case, you might be right?

[Saboburns]

15. Moore will win handily

Oh he will start out behind in the polls, then magically two weeks before the election the race will 'tighten'.

And then when Alabamans actually go in and vote he will win by 8-10 %.

[OliverQ]

16. No amount of evil or crazy is too much for places like Alabama to stomach.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. No, I don't think so

Moore will win.

But once he's in the Senate, he won't change or become subdued. He'll be a constant outrage, and he'll be the face of the GOP.

[paleotn]

19. Unfortunately, that's not the case for a large portion of Bama's electorate.

Politics down there really is that fucked up.

[Iggo]

21. That's what they said about Trump. Hell, that's what I said.

Now look at us.

[Best_man23]

24. If the Dems put resources into this election, there is a chance

Granted, its an outside chance given the state of politics in Alabama. Democrats and the DNC need to fight for this one, even if the seat is in a deep red state. They've won Senate seats in ND and WV, why not Alabama?

If the Dems put in the resources and Jones wins, they will have done something to make tRump's and McTurtle's ability to enact their Reich Wing agenda much harder.

[crazycatlady]

28. DSCC already sent an email about it

(Posted it word for word earlier)

[CakeGrrl]

25. Trump wasn't supposed to have a snowball's chance.

There are a core of people who prefer this kind of tribalism at this point in time over logic.

If voter turnout isn't strong enough, Moore will win.

[andym]

30. Here were some of the reported reactions to the Moore win in Alabama

"Steve Bannon and God spoke to me, and this morning when I went in I voted for Moore," said Bohannon, 74.
from an earlier version of this article
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-looms-large-alabama-senate-race-082613070--election.html

Here's some more:
"On the outskirts of Montgomery, 76-year-old Air Force retiree John Lauer said Trump's endorsement swayed him to vote for Strange on Tuesday.

"I voted for Strange. I'm a Trump voter. Either one is going to basically do the Trump agenda, but since Trump came out for Luther, I voted for Luther," said Lauer said.

Many at Moore's victory party had supported the former chief justice through the years in his stands over the Ten Commandments and other issues.

"I'm so happy. I prayed and God answered my prayers," Patricia Riley Jones of Abbeville said as she outstretched her arms to hold a Moore sign and America flags high aloft above her head. "He's a great Christian man. He stood up for God."

[NCjack]

31. This run against Roy Moore is the best chance that AL has had

in decades to put a DEM in Congress. DEMs in AL know that.

My prediction: AL will reject Roy Moore and begin moving a little to the left, gradually, as the ol' timers who think they fought in the Civil War finally die off.

[BainsBane]

32. We thought that about Trump

There seems to be no bottom in American politics.

[VOX]

35. AL and MS are ranked as the most religious states in U.S.

I wouldn't hold out much hope for a Democratic win here in the "Birthplace of the Confederacy."

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama
Per U.S. News & World Report:
Alabama is tied with Mississippi for the most religious state, according to Pew Research, with 77 percent of adults identified as highly religious. Almost nine in 10 Alabama adults are Christian.

[Motley13]

36. They SAY they are Christian, unfortunately a lot of them don't act Christian

[Orrex]

37. Two of the four most impoverished states in the union, incidentally

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_poverty_rate

And 45th and 49th on the "most educated" list.
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-educated-states/31075/

Mississippi also ranks 2nd in rate of teen pregnancy (though Alabama is 15th!)
https://www.livescience.com/45355-teen-pregnancy-rates-by-state.html


Hallelujah!

[Iggo]

40. Well shit! Go Alabama!

(re: the teen pregnancy thing, anyways)

[socialist_n_TN]

42. And that's probably the way you would attack Moore..........

Paint him as someone who will attempt to outlaw other forms of Christianity than his view. What is he anyway? Baptist? If he is, make the claim that he will try to outlaw other Christian religions in favor of Baptists.

It doesn't matter if it can be proven or not, just make the accusation. There are a TON of Catholics in Alabama especially down on the coast. Not to mention the Pentacostals, Church of Christer, Methodists, etc. Restart the 100 Years' War in Alabama. That's what it would boil down to anyway if the Evangelicals got control of political power.

[eissa]

39. "Doug Jones seems like a intelligent, reasonable person"

And there's your proof that he doesn't have a chance in hell of winning in Alabama. Plus, he prosecuted KKK members -- that alone would cost him the election.

[Aristus]

41. They can prove it by not voting for him.

I won't hold my breath...

[mountain grammy]

43. Nope, I refuse to have any hope for this.

too many disappointments. That said, I'll chip in a few bucks to Doug Jones. Roy Moore is living in the wrong century.