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struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 03:59 PM Nov 2017

Alabama newspapers urge voters to reject Moore

... The Alabama Media Group stripped the editorial across its Sunday front pages ...

The editorial doubles as an endorsement of Moore's opponent, Democrat Doug Jones. It appears in The Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register and The Huntsville Times and it is prominently featured on the papers' shared website AL.com.

"This is an important moment in Alabama and America, and we felt such treatment was in line with what is at stake in this race," Michelle Holmes, the VP of content for AL.com, told CNNMoney early Sunday ...

http://www.abc15.com/news/national/alabama-s-biggest-newspapers-urge-voters-to-reject-roy-moore-

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Alabama newspapers urge voters to reject Moore (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2017 OP
Far too little, far too late Tansy_Gold Nov 2017 #1
Perhaps many will just stay at home, which might be ok as well if there are enough numbers. OnDoutside Nov 2017 #2
But you have to be an Alabaman capable of reading an editorial. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #3

Tansy_Gold

(17,856 posts)
1. Far too little, far too late
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 04:09 PM
Nov 2017

I seriously doubt the voters of Alabama will select a Democrat. As the governor's statement indicated, the overall racist GOP agenda of anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-social welfare is far more important. Even if they believe Moore's accusers and believe him to be a sexual predator, they will hold their noses and vote for Moore.

I would love to be proven wrong. But . . . .

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