Moore is toast.

[trof]

 Roy Moore is toast.  His political career is over. 
Yes, he may still be elected because when evangelical voters get the bit in their teeth nothing will change their minds. 

As a senator he will be shunned by 99 of his colleagues.  He will be radioactive.  No one will want to have anything to do with him.  In effect, Alabama will have only one senator, Richard Shelby.

If you want to cripple this state in the senate, vote for Moore.

[Takket]

1. you know your state is royally fucked up when Shelby is the "good one"

[trof]

4. It's heartbreaking.

I was born in Montgomery in 1941.
Grew up in Birmingham.
Left the state in 1968 to pursue a career in aviation (TWA).
Moved back in 1993.
I was pretty much apolitical until the 2000 sElection.
That's when I became a yella dawg Democrat.

The political corruption in this state, since the repugs have taken over, is just mind boggling.

[leftynyc]

22. Did you get a chance to watch

Chris Hayes last night? He did a great job laying out the corruption and the insanity of the voters who put these cretins (one guy had 23 felony indictments against him and he STILL got voted in). Sorry to say, Alabama will elect Moore.

[Ilsa]

26. Bless you. Rachel M covered the Governor Bentley

saga last night, including warning parents to get kids out of the room when she played the salacious recording. She talked about bentley's denials, the AG (?), Strange, protecting him, the whole sordid mess and how difficult it was to get rid of him. Even how the AL legislature (or Assembly?) maintained the status quo until the criminals were carted off to prison.

It looks so corrupt from the outside that the Daley/Chicago shenanigans of decades ago must have been the inspiration. Isn't there federal law and intervention available for this stuff?

[Kablooie]

2. Not so fast. We haven't heard from Trump yet.

He may say he doesn't believe a word of it and keep him in the race.

Though in actuality he would be jealous of someone who could do that kind of crap and stay in power.

Trump himself is supposed to be the only one who has the super power to break every law and moral value while keeping his slavering voters toadying around him so he'll probably order everyone to dump him.

[dalton99a]

3. "Ted Cruz is a damn psychopath, but at least he is not doing children"

[Kleveland]

30. That we know of.... EOM

[dalton99a]

31. +1

[Kleveland]

33. This is what I am reminded of everytime I see Ted...

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Dont stand, Dont stand, Dont stand so close to me

I keep hearing that song playing in the background

[Codeine]

6. Just like the old man in that book by Nabakov. nt

[fierywoman]

9. "Lolita"

[Codeine]

10. I know. It's a line from the song

referenced in the post I replied to.

[fierywoman]

13. Got it!

[Vogon_Glory]

12. Will he start to shake and cough?

And willl Faux Noise broadcast video if he does?

[ProfessorGAC]

20. "He Starts To Shake And Cough"

Giant Sting fan here, but that is the worst forced rhyme in pop music history.

[HughBeaumont]

34. I dunno -

"You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis"

might give that a run for it's money.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. OK, You Got Me, Hugh!

Yeah, that one is pretty bad too.

[HughBeaumont]

36. Who would have figured . . .

. . . that English teachers don't always make great lyricists?

[GoCubsGo]

7. Maybe. Maybe not.

They will try to spin this as a "Democrat dirty trick", or some such. Or, they'll claim "The bitch is lying." Whether they can make it stick is another story.

[L. Coyote]

8. Handcuffs and a jail cell. No statute of limitations. He'll go to trial.

[trof]

37. Yes, statute of limitations. No, he won't go to trial.

[rzemanfl]

11. I said the exact same thing (toast) 13 months ago about Drumpf after the "Access Hollywood" tape

surfaced.

[Codeine]

14. The rank hypocrisy of the Right never fails

to exceed my expectations.

[enough]

15. Trof, ever the optimist. NT

[PDittie]

16. Moore will be elected

and then Moore should be used as an example of the most vile of Republican conservative extremism by Democrats in 2018.

That's how the cards will be dealt; that's how they should be played.

Sorry for Alabama (but I live in Texas, so I feel ya)

[Sancho]

17. Do you think they will tape Moore's interviews with Senate interns?

[Oneironaut]

18. I disagree. As weve seen, Republicans are perfectly willing to excuse pedophilia.

Those who were going to vote for him have either discounted this as fake news or don’t care.

[oberliner]

19. Definitely not true

He will win and Republicans will continue to support him (including fellow Republican Senators).

[hatrack]

39. As long as he votes for tax cuts, they'll excuse anything . . .

Literally anything (unless he's gay, that is).

[Vinca]

21. If he doesn't withdraw, he wins. That's how sick the GOP is.

Accusations against Trump have been far worse and look where it got him.

[Demsrule86]

23. He should be defeated...but it is Alabama.

[titaniumsalute]

24. Have you ever been to AL?

Yeah he'd be toast in about 48 other states...but not AL or MS.

[trof]

38. Have I ever been? SERIOUSLY? I was BORN AND RAISED HERE.

jeez

[titaniumsalute]

41. Well as you might imagine that isn't exactly obvious on a post

Where am I from? Where was I born? jeez.

[HAB911]

25. Whoever wins the seat

will be uncontrollable by the gop

[Ilsa]

27. I hope they shun him, but someone will break

the ice and start including him.

[doc03]

28. They said that about Trump how many times?

[Blue_Tires]

29. Let us hope so...

[0rganism]

40. how's violent criminal Rep. Gianforte (R-Assault) doing in the house?

not that Montana was such a legislative powerhouse anyway, but...

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