You decided to draw me out?? ROFLOL! What a joke!!
I'm not the enemy because I see Roy Moore differently than you do, so all this tripe you just posted is meaningless.
You insulted me without the courtesy of posting directly to me.
You know I am a consistent conservative. You know I am honest and fair. You know that I ask others to treat women with respect. You know that I don't mince words, and that I deal with others directly.
I expect the same of the men I respect, and you are one of them.
Your only blind spot seems to be abject hatred of anyone who looks at Roy Moore and doesn't see a god who has been maligned unfairly, and that anyone who says a negative word about him is somehow under Marxist influence and a fool.
All I will say is that you, and a couple of others, are wrong.
Conservatism isn't about blind loyalty. It's about discernment and principles, including moral principles.
That's where I am, and other than your Moore-blindness, so are you.
@Sighlass - next time you want to make absurd accusations about me, at least be decent enough to do it to my face. You're not a coward. Don't act like one.
And if you want to look at me as the enemy because I don't share your love for Moore, just put me on ignore, or scroll by my posts.
If you want to have honest dialogue, I'm up for it. But cut the crap.
M'am, with all due respect, I don't see a God in Roy Moore.
But I do see someone who has had serious allegations made about him using 'evidence' that simply does not stand up to scrutiny, and 40 years after the alleged activities were to have taken place. Those people had ample other opportunities to make these allegations, even as electoral fodder, but did not. Only when the question came of this man vying for a Senate seat in the US Senate did they surface.
Timing. Aside from the above, the 11th hour "October surprise" timing was indeed done to hurt Judge Moore at the polls. Media Bias: The supposedly autographed yearbook was actually written in three colors of ink. Something you would not know from viewing the images posted by most media outlets. The initials "D.A." after the signature were the initials of an assistant who signed documents for the Judge, and included the initials to indicate it was she who signed for him. They didn't have squat to do with his office. THere are at least two different line angles in the writing in the yearbook, possibly three, which indicate that the book or hand were moved between writing those lines.
IOW, that "evidence" is highly suspect of being a forgery, or at least doctored. But the presentation of the writing in the media is monochromatic (black), and not even a true representation of what was written there.
In addition, lest we forget, Judge Moore is seen as hostile to the GLBTQ crowd because he would not defy the Constitution of the State of Alabama to order judges to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples. His job at the time, his oath of office required him to uphold that State Constitution, and not the rulings of a District Court Judge who had issued him no memo or order anyway. Doug Jones' son is gay. 'nuff said.
The Democrats desperately wanted that seat. They even had out of State money fund social media campaigns against Judge Moore.
As for Moore's reaction, how would you react if suddenly (out of the Blue) you were accused, very publicly of being a child molester, in the MSM, social media, etc., and blitzed with this material? Even the GOP (e) couldn't distance themselves from the man fast enough, dropping any support within three days, and publicly announcing such, further hurting his chance at the polls. Suddenly deserted, accused of long ago vile wrongdoings by people you may not even recall? You'd be gobsmacked, especially if you were innocent of those allegations.
Now, if you are a fan of ignoring the bias inherent in these dirty smear tactics, that is your prerogative. If you are a fan of Trial by Facebook, go for it. If you are willing to let the Democrats and the MSM call the shots, have at.
If, however, you believe in the principle of
Innocent until Proven Guilty, especially in a case where the past behaviour of the candidate does not belie any preclusion toward pedophilia, then at least take time to examine the so-called evidence, the refuted allegations of 'mall crawling' and eviction therefrom--a total fabrication--that just did not happen, and other allegations of misconduct that a new District Attorney's office holder (at the time alleged) would be particularly cognizant of as something to even avoid the appearance of, then you would not ever rush to judgement of Judge Moore. Some are overwhelmed by a sense of self-importance when they take office, others feel the full force of the mantle of responsibility they have take up. I believe Judge Moore to be one of the latter.
As subsequent disclosures have shown, Judge Moore was the victim of a substantial and malicious smear campaign, particularly targeted at evangelical voters. He was wronged, not just by those who accused him, but by the media who reveled in the smears, and the members of his own Party who couldn't ditch him fast enough.
Those who rushed to judgement in this know who they are, and know more of their rationale than I, but I would remind them that there is such a thing as the presumption of innocence, especially with allegations made by people intimately connected to opposition forces at the 11th hour of an election campaign.
YMMV, for now it is still a free country.