Tweet by CNN Reporter quoting source: "It was common knowledge that Roy dated high school girls...."

[Julian Englis]

Source: Alexander Marquardt CNN on Twitter

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Fmr Dep. DA Theresa Jones, who worked alongside Roy Moore, tells CNN: It was common knowledge that Roy dated high school girls, everyone we knew thought it was weird...We wondered why someone his age would hang out at high school football games and the mall..."

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[BootinUp]

1. Stick a bunch of forks in that turkey. Nt

[StevieM]

13. Nope, he's not done. Quite to the contrary, I expect him to be elected to the United State Senate.

GOPers will excuse anything when it was one of their own.

[mgardener]

18. It's a Republican turkey

Not done till the kitchen goes up in flames!

[monmouth4]

2. Because women in his age bracket thought he was too weird..n/t

[More_Cowbell]

8. [phone]

Talk about arrested development.

[Iggo]

10. Nope. It's because he's sexually attracted to children.

[DBoon]

11. Because he can't completely dominate and control women his age

In the same way he could dominate and control a child.

This isn't about sex, it's about power, the power white republican men think they should have over everyone else

[DallasNE]

38. Exactly, It Is All About Power

And that is still the case to this very day.

I'm sure this will have no impact with men. Southern women generally follow the lead of their man but I'm wondering if they will this time. The story this time is a little more compelling than some of the other sex and politics stories.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. Or that they thought for themselves

and didn't want to be around a control freak. That was my experience. The men in their 30s who were attracted to teenagers wanted someone who looked up to them, who would do what they told them to do. The older and more educated women didn't put up with that shit.

[trof]

34. His wife is 14 years younger than he is.

[DallasNE]

39. Married In 1985

So he would have been 38 and her 24. If he started dating her 2 years before that he would have been 36 and her 22 when they met - and that would have been just 4 years after the episode with the 14 year old.

[Ligyron]

3. I hope he stays in the race and wins.

It will cause chaos in the Senate and give us a big stick to beat up the GOP with.

[get the red out]

7. Nope

It would fall to the wayside soon enough and be embraced by the Rs like every other crook and pervert in their party.

[Pope George Ringo II]

9. On the bright side, Ted Cruz will start to look sane and reasonable.

You think Trump has rehabilitated his predecessors? You ain't seen nothing yet, folks.

To be clear, I think the best-case scenario is that the write-in campaign for Strange peels off the more moderate Republicans being held hostage by the Bannon wing--or that they simply stay home in disgust--and that this puts Jones in the Senate.

[LisaL]

23. That's the bright side?

Yikes.

[cab67]

30. worse...

....so will Louis Gohmert.

[christx30]

19. Agreed.

Someone that would fight marriage equality that hard is going to be the darling of the right. I've been reading posts from the right making all kinds of excuses for him. "He was being romantic", as if that is better.

[moonscape]

31. I hope he is forced out of the race. I wish for

pedophilia to be a line in the sand for everyone regardless of politics.

[TomCADem]

36. So That We Can Handmaidens Tale To Life?

Be careful what you wish for? Like Trump, electing Roy Moore may just end up changing what Americans think is normal.

[calimary]

4. Fucking pervert.

Well so be it. I put it to all his followers and fans: So you're okay with this? You're okay with him? WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU, THEN?????

OWN it, you assholes. This is YOU. HE is YOU. And YOU are HIM.

[RKP5637]

5. I bet if truth be known, a lot of his supporters are just like him. Pathetic! n/t

[calimary]

22. Wouldn't be one bit surprised.

They're okay with this shit? Maybe THEY'VE been doing it, too, then.

[sheshe2]

21. + 1000

[WinkyDink]

12. There's "high school" (See PGA golfer Ben Crenshaw), and then there's JUNIOR high school. When I was

14, I was in NINTH grade.

Moore didn't "date" his accuser.

[Cal Carpenter]

14. "That's what I love about these high school girls, man.

I get older, they stay the same age... "

eta: that's a quote from Wooderson in the movie Dazed and Confused. It just occurred to me that there may be people who don't know that. But I'm sure I'm not the only who thought of that quote...

Ugh.

[Achilleaze]

15. It is really weird (R)

[Iggo]

16. Common knowledge? Hmm. That means they commonly looked the other way for 35 years.

[LisaL]

24. What would you have them do?

[Grammy23]

25. Since this person was a Deputy DA

Couldn’t she have talked to one of her colleagues about the gossip. Maybe done a little more than gossip since they thought it was odd? Done a little investigating?? Something besides talk and snicker. As a person with more than average legal understanding she should have had a curiosity enough to do something. Just saying...

They talk about it NOW. Way too late for any girls he may have molested.

[Iggo]

28. Protect children from a predator.

[TeamPooka]

20. answer from DAZED & CONFUSED....

[shadowmayor]

26. When roy boy was in Vietnam

I'll bet he requested a "special" kind of girl when he ran the brothels. He's so obviously a sick fuck, but it's his adherents that make America so truly exceptional - exceptionally dysfunctional that is. Conservatism is a development disorder and Roy boy is their poster child.

[lark]

27. Christo-fascist Pervert!

[njhoneybadger]

29. His law professor called him fruit salad

[zentrum]

32. Age of consent in Alabama

...is 16. The problems in this state run very deep.

[efhmc]

33. What exactly does the term "dating" mean when it involves

a prepubescent female and an adult male. What it means is a creepy older man attacks a young girl.

[Bob Loblaw]

35. Does Hinckley Jr. know

that Jodie Foster was one of the underage girls?

[GulfCoast66]

37. I grew up around these religious nuts

He want to insure his wife was a pure virgin. Not kidding.

[L. Coyote]

40. Does he drive a van, tinted windows, "Lester" license plates?

Maybe we should be checking his DMV records.

[Berlin Expat]

41. Found Roy's van

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--qVb_qfm1--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18r6nn5iv3gb8jpg.jpg

[Loyd]

42. I just found out.....

..."Roy Moore," translated into Old High German, means "Humbert Humbert."