Alabama Megathread: Bombshell allegations

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I don't see why he would do such a thing. Murkowski, Lieberman and any analogous situation depends on the candidate being popular with the electorate at-large (specifically with strong cross-over appeal) but unpopular with their own base. Strange, as far as I understand, is unpopular in general and as a white Alabama Republican probably has close to zero cross-over appeal to Black Democrats.

The one way such a candidate can be successful is by convincing voters they're more electable than their first choice in order to stop someone they really dislike. But Strange would start with less than half of Republicans v Jones having all of the Democrats. Why on earth would anyone think Strange more electable in that scenario?

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Moore was coming out against race war on minorities though. That seems ultra-progressive for an Alabama Republican so I'll give a pass on him using language that is offensive. Especially as even the language is pretty mellow for his context - I would imagine most Alabama Republicans to use considerably worse terms.

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Trump did say he might have made a mistake in endorsing Strange, at the rally, so...

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The obvious problem here is that abortion is a big turnout driver for the type of evangelical nutjobs that make up Moore's base while not doing much for Alabama Democrats (I'd guess).

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Roy Moore's son Caleb arrested for criminal trespassing in Etowah County.

The Law and Order Party.

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Roy Moore's son Caleb arrested for criminal trespassing in Etowah County.

The Law and Order Party.

I mean not that I like Moore, but what does a Senate's candidate adult son getting arrested have anything to do with the party at large?

It's more the hypocrisy that tends to come out from the GOP. Poor people who defraud benefits are scum who ought to starve, but rich Republicans engaging in bribery is fine and GOP primary voters don't bat an eye. Abortion is murder and pregnant women should die rather than have one, but Republican politicians can encourage mistresses and daughters to get abortions and it's no problemo.

At the core of this is the fact that Republican law and order rhetoric is mostly a racist vendetta against ethnic minorities, while as long as the perpetrator is white they're fine with all sorts of crime being forgiven and running away from legal principles.

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Roy Moore's son Caleb arrested for criminal trespassing in Etowah County.

The Law and Order Party.

I mean not that I like Moore, but what does a Senate's candidate adult son getting arrested have anything to do with the party at large?

It's more the hypocrisy that tends to come out from the GOP. Poor people who defraud benefits are scum who ought to starve, but rich Republicans engaging in bribery is fine and GOP primary voters don't bat an eye. Abortion is murder and pregnant women should die rather than have one, but Republican politicians can encourage mistresses and daughters to get abortions and it's no problemo.

At the core of this is the fact that Republican law and order rhetoric is mostly a racist vendetta against ethnic minorities, while as long as the perpetrator is white they're fine with all sorts of crime being forgiven and running away from legal principles.

That's insane. Are you sure that you guys aren't the racist ones for insinuating that this law and order rhetoric focuses on minorities?

Lol. This really went over your head didn't it? I guess you got too triggered to think competently.

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Can we at least make the title punnier?

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Can we at least make the title punnier?

Getting tricksy in the Heart of Dixie?

Well, I just meant the thing I did in my post.

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The type of voter who is turning out for a Republican in an Alabama special election probably supports the Dred Scott ruling anyway.

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Yall conservative snowflakes really need to learn how to take a joke (and also not elect racist nutjobs all the time).

I will say that if you first pointed out that liberals support black people not being property and would be upset if such was not the case, you could probably easily get a majority of GOP primary voters in Alabama to back the ruling.

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So, the Republicans are gonna rally behind a child rapist now? I really wish the fate of the world rested on people with morals, faith and values rather than these false prophets in the Republican party.

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That all GOP national politicians buy the story really does suggest it's true doesn't it?