Roy Moore: allegations of sexual misconduct with minors

[Mittens]

No thanks, we'll just keep the Senate seat and summarily ignore your postured flailing about. As per usual.

- Sulla 2017

[Kallisto]

So the news of the night isn't that he lost. The news should be how close it was and how many people are just irredemable something like 48-49% of alabamans voting for someone who is almost certainly guilty of sexual abuse.

[downnola]

So the news of the night isn't that he lost. The news should be how close it was and how many people are just irredemable something like 48-49% of alabamans voting for someone who is almost certainly guilty of sexual abuse.

Sessions won that seat with 92% of the vote. A Democrat won that seat over a Judge that was removed from office and was still reelected back into his position. In other words, that cynical hot take of yours is not the real story here. Alabama deserves it's praise.

[tyrlaan]

Sessions won that seat with 92% of the vote. A Democrat won that seat over a Judge that was removed from office and was still reelected back into his position. In other words, that cynical hot take of yours is not the real story here. Alabama deserves it's praise.

Yeah, my brain first went the same place as Kallisto, and then I remembered how long its been since a Democrat has won that seat.

[Kallisto]

Sessions won that seat with 92% of the vote. A Democrat won that seat over a Judge that was removed from office and was still reelected back into his position. In other words, that cynical hot take of yours is not the real story here. Alabama deserves it's praise.

Wow. Then my bad, the result I looked at had it high 49% vs low 49%

Edit:

49.9 vs 48.4 The fact so many people still voted for that guy though is a problem. Yes he lost but seriously.

[Drutt]

Okay, I'll be back tonight when the results come in to help everyone celebrate Senator Moore's election. XOXOXO.

This didn't age well.

[Somewhatconcerned]

Sessions won that seat with 92% of the vote. A Democrat won that seat over a Judge that was removed from office and was still reelected back into his position. In other words, that cynical hot take of yours is not the real story here. Alabama deserves it's praise.

This is true but the black/white voting breakdown is pretty staggering. I'd like to think this was a positive sign of people coming together for the common good but when you break it down by demographics, it sort of only further solidifies the current divide in the country.

[Underverse]

This didn't age well.

Too bad he got banned, otherwise he could be here to celebrate with us.

[GreenJesus]

Wow. Then my bad, the result I looked at had it high 49% vs low 49%

Edit:

49.9 vs 48.4 The fact so many people still voted for that guy though is a problem. Yes he lost but seriously.

I'm sure a lot of people look at it like this. "His allegations were from 30-40 years ago. If he loses the democrats will have a better position in the Senate and do things I don't want." That is what happens when all democrats vote one way and republicans all vote another.

[Kallisto]

I'm sure a lot of people look at it like this. "His allegations were from 30-40 years ago. If he loses the democrats will have a better position in the Senate and do things I don't want." That is what happens when all democrats vote one way and republicans all vote another.

That just proves they are more of a problem than they realise. Hell the ways democrats vote these people who voted outright for Moore should have ran even further from him since Repubs tend to vote for "Fuck you guys." with their screw the poor for the rich.

Oh yeah I forgot that state is one of the highest with the delusion of "temporarily embarrassed millionaire." Syndrome.

[Hammerfest]

Everything works out for the best.

[downnola]

This is true but the black/white voting breakdown is pretty staggering. I'd like to think this was a positive sign of people coming together for the common good but when you break it down by demographics, it sort of only further solidifies the current divide in the country.

You have to understand the voting history of Alabama to appreciate what a slap in the face this election was to Moore. There are no close races in Alabama. Trump won by 28% and the smallest victory margin in the past 30 years was 16% in 2002.

This wasn't just a case of Democrats coming out to vote; this was a fucking mutiny. I mean I understand how disappointing it is that he didn't lose by a landslide, but it's a breath of fresh air regardless.

[Dontrike]

Okay, I'll be back tonight when the results come in to help everyone celebrate Senator Moore's election. XOXOXO.

How many people want to make this their sig?

Yeah this win is one huge fucking slap in the face against Trump.

What a pleasant surprise to wake up to. Looks like most people are smart enough to keep a fucking pedophile out of the senate.

While they kept him out the fact it was that close shows just how many people were okay with a pedophile. I think NBC needs to reboot "To Catch a Predator" again and check out Alabama.

[Breccia]

*yawn*

Well, before I hit the road -- god dammit, it snowed again last night -- I should check the news. Let me just take a sip of my hot delicious beverage while I Control-R on MMO-C and...

**PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT**



Okay: not going to lie. I did not see this coming. This woke me up this morning like a high-five to the face. At all. Even if there is a recount and Jones retroactively loses (which by state law seems illegal at first glance to my untrained eye), or if the election was hacked (a real possibility), or if the military vote changes things (Jones won by 21 thousand votes, Alabama has 31 thousand active and reserve military, even if every single one of those votes hadn't been counted yet, Moore would need over eighty percent of them, higher even than the "white men" result in AL), I called this one wrong and I admit it. Wow.

But I might have been in the minority here. Maybe I should have done the research. Like FOX News did, and man, it's a red-letter day when I flat-out admit in public I got science-shamed by FOX Fucking News.

The Fox News Voter Analysis, a new polling technique Fox News is testing to improve coverage, indicated 51 percent of voters on Tuesday believed the accusations against Moore.

The analysis also showed that 59 percent of voters thought Jones has strong moral character, while 57 percent said Moore doesn’t.

Or, maybe I should have left it to the experts.

Ex-McConnell aide thanks Bannon 'for showing us how to lose the reddest state in the Union'

The funny part? This was put up well before polls closed.

Before we get the results, I'd just like to thank Steve Bannon for showing us how to lose the reddest state in the union and Governor Ivey for the opportunity to make this national embarrassment a reality

Maybe I should have proclaimed that everything is God's plan, like Roy Moore did repeatedly including during his lack-of-concession speech. Incidentally, God has personally responded that, yes, this was.

Or, maybe I should have cowered in the shadows, pulled into my shell, waiting for the dust to settle, then making my move after kinda backing every candidate and after every possible option to change the outcome had passed, like Mitch McConnell.

Not only did Steve Bannon cost us a critical Senate seat in one of the most Republican states in the country, but he also dragged the President of the United States into his fiasco

In any event, I blew it. At least I take my loss like a mature adult. But I wasn't the only one fooling myself.

GOP campaign chairman: I hope Doug Jones will vote with Republicans

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), chairman of the National Republican Senate Committee, said Tuesday that Alabama voters determined Roy Moore is “unfit to serve,” adding that he hopes Democrat Doug Jones will vote with Republicans.

“I hope Senator-elect Doug Jones will do the right thing and truly represent AL by choosing to vote with the Senate Repub Majority,” Gardner said in a statement.

Good luck with that. But credit where it's due: Sen. Gardner did say Moore should be thrown out even if he wins. So good on him. But expecting Jones to vote GOP is just unrealistic, when he's already been challenged by them. More on that in a bit.



And then there's Hannity.

Hannity: McConnell 'deserves a lot of the blame' for Moore loss

“Mo Brooks would have won by 20% of the vote, and McConnell interference hurt badly,” Hannity said, referring to Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), who lost in a Republican primary to Moore and Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.).

(Hannity backed Brooks, but never backed Moore, despite Trump doing so)

And of course, let's not forget, Trump's view on the subject.

Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!

Almost as forced as his "grab them by the pussy" statement (not calling that an apology). Trump -- who now has the unenviable position of being zero-for-two in the same fucking election -- is now blaming the loss on the rest of his party, not -- for example -- not for backing someone who was fired for violating the Constitution twice, says there should be a religious test for government office, thinks homosexuality should be illegal, says he's not anti-Semetic because he hired a Jew that one time (Happy Hanukkah motherfucker), made a statement so poorly planned out it sounds like he wants slavery back, and, yes, raped a child. And he gets to own that forever.

Click the link. Read the comments. Enjoy your covfefe. I need a new fucking keyboard.

[JohnBrown1917]

Hey mods, could you pretty please unban Sulla just for this thread? please?

[Breccia]

Marvel as the civil war unfolds. (See what I did there?)

[Paranoid Android]

Marvel as the civil war unfolds. (See what I did there?)

The GOP primary once again bit them in the ass. A crazy disciple of Bannon in Moore won the primary but failed in general election.

That being said only Moore's pedophilia lost him the election. Not his racism, homophobia and total ignorance and lack of respect for the law.

[Breccia]

Wall Street Journal: Bannon ‘is for losers’

"The Alabama result shows that Mr. Bannon cares less about conservative policy victories than he does personal king-making. He wants to depose Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader even if it costs Republicans Senate control. GOP voters, take note: Mr. Bannon is for losers," the board wrote in an op-ed on Wednesday.

"The Moore defeat should also be a lesson to the Republican Party, and President Trump, that many GOP voters are still at heart character voters. They will only accept so much misbehavior in a politician, no matter the policy stakes," the op-ed continued.

"Mr. Trump opposed Mr. Moore in the primary but came around to support him even after the accusations emerged about Mr. Moore’s pursuit of teenage girls while he was in his 30s. The GOP voters who ignored Mr. Trump and rejected Mr. Moore also want a President who acts presidential."

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Holy crap, the knives are out for Bannon today.





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The Alabama GOP concedes the race in Moore's stead. Moore is the only person who does not concede the election.

[kaelleria]

Yesterday was a great day... Got my 4 set, got my pantheon trinket. It was all topped off by a Moore loss.

Incoming blue wave -
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...as-an-outlier/

[Felya]

Yeah it also shows how deep the racial divide is in 'Bama. 97% of black people voted for Doug Jones - not a big shocker since there's no fucking reason for them to vote for a kiddie diddler who wants to remove voting rights for women and anyone that isn't white.

That’s really a problem created by Fox News. Being fair and balanced, doesn’t mean every demographic is voting close to 50%. If a candidate comes out and tells you a demographic is undesirable, even 3% of that demographic voting for this candidate, seems like too much.