Stuff and nonsense: Clarity on Judge Roy MooreAs has often been the case, our friends at Powerline have again separated the wheat from the chaff in the fantastical Judge Moore tale created last week by the same publication that destroyed George Allen's presidential dreams many years ago.
John Hinderaker wrote here that "the [writer's] allegation that Moore tried to seduce a 14-year-old girl 38 years ago is more likely false than true, particularly given the gaping hole in the accuser's story that has been attested to by her own mother."
Hinderaker makes a strong legal case that reaching back 38 years is, indeed, a bridge too far to:
... be grounds for defeating a political candidate. There is a reason why our criminal laws include statutes of limitation. After decades have gone by, it is often impossible to prove (or disprove) an allegation. The accuser in the present case remained silent for 38 years, during most of which time Moore was a prominent figure in Alabama politics. Now, a few weeks before a U.S. Senate election, at the importuning of a team of reporters from the Washington Post who are obviously determined to bring down the candidate, she sees fit to accuse Moore.
Hinderaker also reminds us that character assassination is a one-way street for Democrats and their media arms:
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