No. He should step down and the Governor should postpone the election another 30 days. At which point the Republican party has the legal right to appoint a new nominee directly.
What more evidence do you need than an admission to dating a 17 year old as a 32 year old man? And he stated that he "generally" didn't date teenagers...that too is damning. The issue with the 14 year old need not even be addressed...though the testimony and corroboration are compelling if not conclusive. Simply put, what he's admitted to at this point clearly disqualifies the man...as I said, if he were to win the seat he'd become a broad metaphor for the moral hypocrisy of conservatives and that would be huge millstone on our necks heading into the 2018 elections. We really can't afford that at this point...things are literally hanging on the edge of a knife as it is.
From another thread, perhaps you would care to take a shot at it.
Let's do the any female 17 or older is an ADULT female and free to date whoever she
wants argument and throw in the Moore was a gentleman and asked the parents for
permissions to date their daughter argument.
Please tell me that is wrong with an adult male dating an adult female with the permission
of said females' relatives. Todays' snow flake cultural norms are not the cultural norm of
1970s rural American.
Of course it is ethical for an older adult male to date a younger adult female. That
has been going on for thousands of years. It is perfectly normal. An older male
has wealth, power and experience, females like that. A human female wants a
male that can take care of her and her children. Older men in general are better at
that then younger men.
Did anyone have a fit when Price Charles (in his 30s) dated the teenager Diana. No.
This is not rocket science.
