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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Sat Nov 11, 2017, 09:04 PM Nov 2017

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Roy Moore spent a year in Australia in his 30s??!!

Read this at another blog.

Anyone know anything about this??

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Roy Moore spent a year in Australia in his 30s??!! (Original Post) bobbieinok Nov 2017 OP

Boston Globe and Politico agree More_Cowbell Nov 2017 #1

Then that would be the least creepy thing about him Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2017 #2

Was it case of 'had to get out of town' b/c of young girls? bobbieinok Nov 2017 #4

He was a prosecutor who ran into trouble with a local judge LeftInTX Nov 2017 #5

Working holidays in Australia aren't uncommon Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2017 #6

Related question: How long did Moore serve in Vietnam? John1956PA Nov 2017 #3

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

1. Boston Globe and Politico agree

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 09:21 PM

Nov 2017

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/27/things-you-didn-know-about-alabama-senate-candidate-roy-moore/qkgiQU4f1SUeCR2SPBJT5K/story.html

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/23/roy-moore-alabama-senate-resurrection-215639

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

2. Then that would be the least creepy thing about him

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 09:38 PM

Nov 2017

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)

4. Was it case of 'had to get out of town' b/c of young girls?

Reply to Sen. Walter Sobchak (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 10:21 PM

Nov 2017

LeftInTX

(25,316 posts)

5. He was a prosecutor who ran into trouble with a local judge

Reply to bobbieinok (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 10:44 PM

Nov 2017

The judge didn't like that he convened a grand jury to look into a whether a sheriff's dept. was underfunded.

Not much more info was given in the Politico article.

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

6. Working holidays in Australia aren't uncommon

Reply to bobbieinok (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 11:45 PM

Nov 2017

John1956PA

(2,654 posts)

3. Related question: How long did Moore serve in Vietnam?

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 09:48 PM

Nov 2017

I have read that Moore was a commanding officer in a Military Police unit in Vietnam. During the war, U. S. Soldiers who served in the country of Vietnam for twelve months were entitled to an R&R leave of five days. One of the approved R&R destinations was Sydney, Australia. Maybe Moore visited Australia or heard stories about it during his service in Vietnam.

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