Topic: How much of the Alabama special election was actually about policy (not character/sex allegations)?
Meta started this discussion 8 years ago #69,479
I don't follow Alabama politics (never even been to Alabama) so I'm genuinely curious about this.
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Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 38 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #841,116
I should add I didn't pay much attention to the race because I've been really busy with trying to get my --bachelor in business administration-- GED so I'm not really familiar with either candidate or any of their campaigning.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #841,117
Alabama is a haven for democratic fags. Its also their safe space.
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It's hard to tell whether policy even matters. Roy Moore officially believes that Supreme Court rulings do not apply to his state if he personally dislikes them, that it is illegal for Muslims to serve in Congress, that the country was better when black people were owned as property and families were more sacred (despite black families being ripped apart and sold en masse), that the united States deserved 9/11 because it tolerated homosexuals, and oh by the way he serially sexually abused little girls.
This person was endorsed by the President of the United States and came within one and a half percentage points of winning a seat at the US Senate. I think whether this was about actual policy or right wing cultural grievance identity politics, or some other thing is difficult to discern and not particularly relevant, because it seems very clear that this is not ok. There is something deeply wrong with the way Republicans and in particular Republican voters think and act if a candidate like Roy Moore can win a primary even though it is abundantly clear he is not just unfit to serve the office for which he is running, but unable to win an election literally any other primary candidate would have easily won. It's this bizarre political self-sabotage purity test shit that makes zero sense to me.
This person was endorsed by the President of the United States and came within one and a half percentage points of winning a seat at the US Senate. I think whether this was about actual policy or right wing cultural grievance identity politics, or some other thing is difficult to discern and not particularly relevant, because it seems very clear that this is not ok. There is something deeply wrong with the way Republicans and in particular Republican voters think and act if a candidate like Roy Moore can win a primary even though it is abundantly clear he is not just unfit to serve the office for which he is running, but unable to win an election literally any other primary candidate would have easily won. It's this bizarre political self-sabotage purity test shit that makes zero sense to me.
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Anonymous D replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,196
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
To be fair, Trump said if the allegations are true then Moore should drop out of the race.
To be fair, Trump said if the allegations are true then Moore should drop out of the race.
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@841,196 (D)
To be fair Trump admitted to sexually abusing women and bragged about it. A mass of women voted for him.
Part of the problem has to do with Christians who believe one can sin and ask to be forgiven and all is good
To be fair Trump admitted to sexually abusing women and bragged about it. A mass of women voted for him.
Part of the problem has to do with Christians who believe one can sin and ask to be forgiven and all is good
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,202
@841,196 (D)
You cannot find a Republican politician in Congress who thinks Roy Moore didn't molest children. He went on Hannity and was asked if he regularly dated 16 year olds when he was in his 30s and he said "generally no" and that regardless, he never dated anyone without their mother's permission. I literally do not know what else it would take to prove he did this other than actual pictures of him molesting a child. Everyone who isn't s self deluded Alabama Republican knows he did it. Trump's statement was almost entirely meaningless.
You cannot find a Republican politician in Congress who thinks Roy Moore didn't molest children. He went on Hannity and was asked if he regularly dated 16 year olds when he was in his 30s and he said "generally no" and that regardless, he never dated anyone without their mother's permission. I literally do not know what else it would take to prove he did this other than actual pictures of him molesting a child. Everyone who isn't s self deluded Alabama Republican knows he did it. Trump's statement was almost entirely meaningless.
Anonymous D replied with this 8 years ago, 32 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,215
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It may have been meaningless, but it was an Official Whitehouse statement, like the rest of his tweets.
It may have been meaningless, but it was an Official Whitehouse statement, like the rest of his tweets.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,216
None of it
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,224
@841,215 (D)
Yeah, it just felt meaningless to me because of course Moore is guilty, even Trump's own daughter thinks so, and he has this hesitation to call out Moore anyway because he's a weak President.
Yeah, it just felt meaningless to me because of course Moore is guilty, even Trump's own daughter thinks so, and he has this hesitation to call out Moore anyway because he's a weak President.
Anonymous G replied with this 8 years ago, 23 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,231
@841,215 (D)
> Official Whitehouse statement, like the rest of his tweets.
Except for tweets that seem implicate him in obstruction of justice, which were totes for sure made by his lawyer and not him.
> Official Whitehouse statement, like the rest of his tweets.
Except for tweets that seem implicate him in obstruction of justice, which were totes for sure made by his lawyer and not him.
Anonymous D replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,233
@previous (G)
You aren't allowed by the Twitter ToS to share an account, so I'm not sure the defense is going to hold up.
If he insists it wasn't him then Twitter should delete his account.
You aren't allowed by the Twitter ToS to share an account, so I'm not sure the defense is going to hold up.
If he insists it wasn't him then Twitter should delete his account.
Anonymous G replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,235
@previous (D)
The point being it's hardly an official White House statement if the president can just turn around and pretend he never stated it.
The point being it's hardly an official White House statement if the president can just turn around and pretend he never stated it.
Anonymous D replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #841,236
@previous (G)
They are official. Thanks. The Library of Congress archives each tweet as they are made.
They are official. Thanks. The Library of Congress archives each tweet as they are made.