Pedo Moore is a win win for us

[DemocratSinceBirth]

If he loses we get the seat. If he wins the GOP has to defend the actions of a thirty two year old man who "seduced" a fourteen year old girl, cajoled her to strip to her underwear as he stripped to his, and then forced her to touch his erect penis.

Defend that, GOP. Every suburban mom and dad will see their daughter. Scratch that. Every mom and dad will see their daughter.

[Motley13]

1. You are forgetting Mary & Joseph

[trc]

3. and our current president...

this guy is not a win for us, he will vote for whatever the rethug leaders tell him to.

[Kentonio]

2. Yeah I was thinking this too.

It's still twisted as fuck that someone like this could even be considered for the senate, but then again that was true of him before these latest revelations too..

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. What is more valuable to us ?

The seat or the issue ? If you believe in the value of delayed satisfaction it's the latter.

[Kentonio]

9. My main concern about if he wins

Is that it could provide some kind of cover for other creatures who did or do this stuff. Some kind of normalization or group excuse. I'd desperately hope that it would just be a delay to many of the GOP getting what they sorely deserve, but it would still rankle watching someone like that stepping into the senate. If it helps bring down their whole rotten house of cards though, its definitely worth it.

[lagomorph777]

14. Every Moore defender is probably a pedophile too,

and should be heavily investigated by the media.

[NightWatcher]

4. My prediction, he wins, gets investigated in sweet home Alabama, senate removes, and we're back here

next summer filling the seat of disgraced pedophile Republican Senator.

[LeftInTX]

16. Statute of Limitations ran out in 1982

Unless he is doing this stuff recently, they can't charge him

[Staph]

17. Per the website victimsofcrime.org,

For "Rape; Sexual abuse with violence or threat of violence; Sexual offense (victim under 16)", there is no statute of limitations.

[LeftInTX]

18. That's the current law

SOL are based on the laws at the time of the crime. (In this case 1979)

There are cold cases where a sex offender was ID'd via DNA, but they couldn't be prosecuted because it happened prior to changes in the law.

[Danascot]

19. There are conflicting reports but

here's one that says there is no statute of limitations in Alabama for criminal charges for sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 16.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/09/statute-limitations-alabama-criminal-charges-sexual-abuse-minors.html

Another:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/9/1714334/-Hey-Roy-Moore-no-statute-of-limitations-for-sexual-assault-when-the-victim-is-under-16

This lays out the legal details:

https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/alabama-statutes-of-limitations-for-sexual-abuse.html

It may be that what Roy Moore did does not fit Alabama's legal definition of sexual abuse. If it does it looks like he could still be charged.

[LeftInTX]

20. That is the current law

Back in 1979 it was 3 years.

It is based on the law at the time the crime was committed, not current law.

[justiceischeap]

5. The loser in all this, of course, is the victim

Who you’re already suggesting being used as a political tool. Cause every time Moore is attacked, so is she.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. If someone invokes The Trail of Tears are they attacking Native Americans ?

That poor young woman will always be the aggrieved and injured party.

[justiceischeap]

11. Not my point. She will literally be attacked

on social media, Fox News, etc.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. That's a fair point.

[Achilleaze]

7. Why have "republican family values" degenerated so completely?

republicans used to strut around wagging their fingers at everyone, claiming they were somehow morally superior. But it's clear now that they and their values are morally inferior. They are vastly inferior to American values like truth, honesty, fairness, transparency, respect for others, loyalty to the USA, and protection of children and women from sexual predators.

[Dave Starsky]

13. They never had them to begin with.

We've been screaming about the hypocrisy of these people for decades. They have no respect for life whatsoever and are ONLY driven by greed. They are, and have always been, completely full of shit. They have just lost the need to want to hide it.

[lagomorph777]

15. GOP: Greedy Old Perverts