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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaving 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 its 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 its a binary choice! But its 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. Hed 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 Bannons reputation as the leader of some (doomed) movement certainly isnt 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
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dalton99a
(81,515 posts)1. Nah. McConnell: "We welcome Judge Moore to our Republican caucus"
Just watch
Vogon_Glory
(9,118 posts)2. Heads we win, tails they lose
The Rethugs dump Moore and Jones wins, the Rethugs keep Moore and lose.
I could like those outcomes.
irisblue
(32,980 posts)3. Sweet heavens...
I agree with Jonah Goldberg.....f this day
House of Roberts
(5,176 posts)4. McConnell can't get to 50 plus Pence now.
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?