I favor virtue, but when it becomes apparent that it won't carry the day, I turn to pragmatism.
Without a possibility of winning, virtue becomes the enemy of success.
The cause is more important than it's champions.
Be careful what you wish for. Roy Moore in the Senate won't advance the cause, he will discredit it. Evangelicals who back him have been exposed as hypocrites with diminished moral authority. Republicans who denounced Bill Clinton but defend Roy Moore have been exposed as hypocrites with diminished moral authority.
The Democrats will be far happier to see Roy Moore win than to see him defeated. In the Senate, he will tarnish the GOP generally and be a catalyst for Democrat fund-raising and attack ads claiming - with justification - that Republicans are unsympathetic to women. Remember - and this is critically important - Moore's accusers are multiple in number and ON THE RECORD.
Like it or not, the reputation of a cause is part and parcel of the reputation of its champions. As
@musiclady says in her sig line - character still matters, it always matters.
This election is, at root, a character test. Will Alabama and national Republicans/conservatives/evangelicals pass it? And what will be the consequences if we don't?
Be careful what you wish for.
