I'm not going to debate this further @Bigun But he lost two attempts at the Governor's House, was thrown off the Supreme Court once and suspended another. Believe it or not these are signs that Alabamans may enjoy his antics, but don't want him representing them or governing them.
He was a weak candidate. Had he not been, Alabamans would have rallied around him. They just didn't like him or want him enough to get past the skeevy charges. The writing was on the wall for all to read before the charges even hit.
FIne, don't debate it further. You conspicuously left out why he was suspended, and why he was thrown off.
The first incident was over a Ten Comandments monument which form the basis for most western law. I guess some anti-religious folks got their panties in a twist over the idea that there might be a solid set of moral principles which have withstood the test of ages, and wanted it removed under the guise of 'freedom of religion'. He refused to comply.
The other incident arose when he instructed his judges to follow the Alabama Constitution, to wit: an Amendment voted on and passed by an overwhelming majority of the People of the State of Alabama which stated that Marriage shall only be between one man and one woman.
When a Federal Circuit Court judge sent a communication to the state government instructing them to not comply with their own Constitution, Moore took issue with the ruling and told his magistrates to follow Alabama law. The Circuit court had not ordered Moore and the Alabama courts to do anything, the missive was sent to another branch of the state government.
Twice the man went to the wall over principles, the former, the basis, irrespective of religious origins, of Western Law, the latter,in defense of traditional marriage. He lost his job standing up for what is right. IMHO, that's not a weak candidate, whether you agree with him or not.
Come to find that the homosexuals would do anything to keep Moore out over the gay marriage issue, and that Jones's son is a homosexual, and the pieces start to fall into place. The attack most effective was carried out, namely to make Moore in the public eye seem like someone who was a hypocrite, to erode his favor with church going folks who might have seen him as a defender of the faith, and to do so with unsubstantiated but well publicized rumor of sexual impropriety--forcing at the 11th hour the Moore campaign to attempt to prove a negative--the most difficult logical position--over allegations dating back 40 years.
The man was railroaded, and if you stand on principle at all (like Moore has) you'll see that the people of Alabama have been robbed through lies and subterfuge on the part of the Democrats.
And yes, there were too many here fully willing to jump on that train.
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@Bigun , I'm mad as Hell over the whole thing, too--but even more so at the swamp critters in the GOP who couldn't pull support fast enough.Vipers all!