Roy Moore Launches Another Senate Campaign in Alabama Amid Sharp GOP Opposition

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  1. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    My bet is that Moore will never face another democrat opponent in a U.S. Senate race. And, no, Alabama Republicans did not vote for Moore against the democrat. They sat out the vote or voted for Jones, which is the main reason Jones won.
     
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    He stopped campaigning to visit his son at the end of the campaign.
    Republicans would be very foolish if they ever nominate Moore for any office again.
     
  3. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Strange circumstances, because Trump's first choice was found to be involved in a scandal (not looking into the former governor Bentleys' scandal), and was then nominated by Bentley to be the place holder for Sessions' seat.
     
  4. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    I agree totally. Moore is a semi-senile old man who shouldn't be running for any office but president of the retirement home......(which is a non-partisan seat)
     
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    https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/woman-claims-roy-moore-raped-her-when-she-was-16/

    "A woman said on Monday that Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, attempted to rape her when she was 16, joining several other women who say the former judge engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct or sexual assault with them when they were minors."
     
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    If I recall, Jones only won by an extremely small percentage of the vote.
     
  7. yguy

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    That's what obeying your oath of office gets you these days.
     
  8. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    It was the first time a Democrat got more than 30 or 40% of the vote since Shelby turned Republican in 1994.
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    How come there was never any closure on that? Far as I can tell everything disappeared the minute the election was over. It would be impossible to attempt to bring it back up having not followed through. Since nothing actually came of the allegations, why shouldn't Moore run again? It would be a nail in the coffin of Me Too, not the other way around. People are more wary now of decades old allegations without any supporting evidence, and there was never any supporting evidence last time he ran...
     
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    Nothing ever came of Juanita broadricks claims either, yet trump brought her to the debate lol
     
  11. Egoboy

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    Oh, I agree..... If I could figure out a way to donate MILLIONS to the Elect Roy Moore fund (without costing me a penny), I'd do it in a heartbeat...

    America NEEDS Roy Moore.... He's the poster boy for the New Republican Party.

    Vote Roy... Early and Often...
     
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    Just what would you expect to come from it after the statute of limitations had expired?
     
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    What? Only Trump gets to say that?
     
  14. randlepatrickmcmurphy

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    He didn't get so far as rape (that we know of). It would have been statutory rape if sex was involved. He just liked to date and grope them (you can see why Trump is a fan!).
     
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    It doesn't say anything about her.:alcoholic:
     
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    Oh, no. Moore was VERY popular in Alabama before his sexual predilections came to light. He was re-elected as chief of the state Supreme Court even after he broke federal law. They only abandoned him when the pedophilia allegations came to light and they could no longer hide their shame.
     
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    Then you are to be commended. May I ask why you didn't support him?
     
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    Seems like Trump is drawn to scandal...
     
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    The oath of office is to the Constitution, not the bible (although many on the far right are confused about that)!
     
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    Statute of Limitations.
     
  21. Bluesguy

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    So why is he being called rapist when he wasn't even alleged to have committed one?
     
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    That was me saying it.
     
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    He was not VERY popular people were holding their noses to vote for him over Luther Strange. Then the Democrats made sure the allegations did not come out until past the date he could be removed from the ballot by the Republican state party.
     
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    So why is he called a rapist? Who did he rape? Do you also call Clinton a rapist?
     
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    I never called him a rapist, only that he is alleged to have tried to rape a child... are you a Roy Moore supporter?
     

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