Judge Roy Moore

A few weeks ago the national news was overrun with the allegations that Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore had some 40 years ago engaged in improprieties with those females who shall we say, were under the age of consent.  Immediately he was guilty in the court of Organized Media.  Establishment Republican Mitch McConnell emphatically stated that Moore would not be admitted to the Senate if he won.  Jeff Snake said he would vote for a Democrat, and there was this cacophony of outrage over the whole thing.....some of it of which I'm not convinced is sincere.  One of the accusers produced a yearbook alleged to have been signed by Moore, but curiously is refusing to allow forensic testing on it to see if the signing was "recent".

Then a few days later, we had photographic evidence of Senator Al Franken of Minnesota groping a sleeping journalist and smililing like the Cheshire Cat about it.  I don't know why or how that one broke, but more accusations against more people have followed, and Organized Media is trying to convince the masses that maybe they should have believed Bill Clinton's accusers.

Meanwhile, it appears that Judge Moore is going to win the election, and Mitch McConnell now seems to be walking back his earlier statement that he would see to it that Judge Moore is not seated.  Oh, there was also speculation that the Alabama Republican Party would through some obscure rule nullify the outcome and have the election done over again.

I could point out that Roy Moore's accusers waited a long time before coming forward.  Now I can understand a victim remaining silent about something like that (I once dated such a victim), but hasn't the atmosphere gotten more comfortable about coming forward?  I'm not talking about the attacks on Bill Clinton's accusers, which certainly would have stymied victims from speaking out, but that was over 20 years ago, and things have changed.  A victim can now come forward and her accusation will be treated under Napoleonic rules.......the accused is guilty until proven innocent, though I'm going to add that some people would never accept proof of innocence.

Now this isn't to say that all of Judge Moore's accusers are lying.  I don't personally think the lady with the signed yearbook is telling the truth, else we would have had the forensics done by now, and if true then Moore would have been forced out of the race by now.  The others I can't speak for.  In the case of Al Franken, well he's apologized (he had to because of that photo).

But let's get back to the Judge.

The voters of Alabama will decide whether or not he is going to the Senate.  It isn't for me to tell them which way to go on this.  I am not a citizen of Alabama.  I do have a desired outcome for this, and I'll get to that.

My desired outcome is this:  Judge Moore wins, and Mitch McConnell denies him a Senate seat.  It isn't that I want guys like Moore away from the Senate.....very much to the contrary.  We need 65 of him in the Senate.

It's that I want the Republican Establishment to be exposed as for who they really are:  a bunch of elitists who are not going to keep the promises they made to their voters; promises that they never had any intention of keeping in the first place.  They don't want to repeal Obamacare.  They don't want to build the Wall.  They don't tax cuts for the middle class.  What they want is power.

Another reason is that if Mitch McConnell really does keep Roy Moore out of the Senate, then his next primary challenger just might win.

Yes, that will kick that can over to another Establishment Republican.  And when that happens, we take that guy out too.  And the one after him.  And the next one.  We keep doing this until we get statesmen, and not a bunch of useless fatass politicians.