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November 9, 2017 at 7:48 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Jonah Goldberg: I am one of those naïve fools who actually believed that the conservatives who often talked the loudest about the supreme importance of character were sincere. The last two years disabused me of that.
But just as a matter of cold realpolitik, I cannot grasp why so many people think its a good idea to stand by a man who, if elected, will serve as a negative campaign ad made flesh. I get the argument that its a binary choice! But its a binary choice now, because a bunch of people who want to see the GOP burn down made it one. In the long run, a Senator Moore would cost Republicans more seats than the one he might give them. Hed be an albatross for every elected Republican, including President Trump, who will be asked to take a side on every scene in the clown show Moore would bring to Washington. And every conservative who ever denounces a Democrat for immoral behavior or insane views will be asked, Oh yeah, why did you support Roy Moore then?'
Saving Steve Bannons reputation as the leader of some (doomed) movement certainly isnt worth it, not for the cost to the GOP not to mention your own souls.
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justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)About how damaging Moore is to the Party.
Ilsa
(61,691 posts)mercuryblues
(14,526 posts)Moore will be toxic for republicans. It might play well in Alabama, but conservative voters in other states will be put off by this. The people they are voting for are endorsing a child molester.
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)He belongs on the street, and certainly has the homeless look down.
JHB
(37,158 posts)A guy who wrote a book about how liberals are the 'real fascists' thinks he's in a pickle because of "a bunch of people who want to see the GOP burn down".
What we want, you wingnut-welfare case, is the GOP restored to some resemblance of sanity. The sort of Republicans you spent your entire career purging from your party.
You, man named for whale-lunch, are one of the people who drove your party insane.
Creepy Roy is your guy, and a perfect match for the party you built.