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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:44 PM Nov 2017

Saving Roy Moore Just Isnt Worth It

https://politicalwire.com/2017/11/09/saving-roy-moore-just-isnt-worth/

"SNIP..........

Jonah Goldberg: “I am one of those naïve fools who actually believed that the conservatives who often talked the loudest about the supreme importance of character were sincere. The last two years disabused me of that.”

“But just as a matter of cold realpolitik, I cannot grasp why so many people think it’s a good idea to stand by a man who, if elected, will serve as a negative campaign ad made flesh. I get the argument that it’s a ‘binary choice!’ But it’s a binary choice now, because a bunch of people who want to see the GOP burn down made it one. In the long run, a Senator Moore would cost Republicans more seats than the one he might give them. He’d be an albatross for every elected Republican, including President Trump, who will be asked to take a side on every scene in the clown show Moore would bring to Washington. And every conservative who ever denounces a Democrat for immoral behavior or insane views will be asked, ‘Oh yeah, why did you support Roy Moore then?'”

“Saving Steve Bannon’s reputation as the leader of some (doomed) movement certainly isn’t worth it, not for the cost to the GOP not to mention your own souls.”

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Saving Roy Moore Just Isnt Worth It (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2017 OP
Nah. McConnell: "We welcome Judge Moore to our Republican caucus" dalton99a Nov 2017 #1
Heads we win, tails they lose Vogon_Glory Nov 2017 #2
Sweet heavens... irisblue Nov 2017 #3
McConnell can't get to 50 plus Pence now. House of Roberts Nov 2017 #4

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
2. Heads we win, tails they lose
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:57 PM
Nov 2017

The Rethugs dump Moore and Jones wins, the Rethugs keep Moore and lose.

I could like those outcomes.

House of Roberts

(5,176 posts)
4. McConnell can't get to 50 plus Pence now.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:05 PM
Nov 2017

Not much chance of it ever happening if Moore doesn't win.
With just about a month to go, who could the Rs get to replace Moore, and how would they do it?

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