People in the town are like "oh yeah he was the mall creeper" but adios has some questions.

Did adios have similar opinions about Anthony Weiner?

Big 538 guy here. I didn't really like Nate's take on this. I mean I understand the logic but it doesn't make it morally correct.

People who choose Moore over Jones (or Trump over Hillary) are indicating that they value abortion, low taxes, immigration restriction, etc. over pedophilia, racism, etc. That the latter things are not dealbreakers. They are indicating that they believe the bad qualities of the opponent are worse than the bad qualities of their candidate. And that is a bad belief!

So creepy that he put the date and place there like he just didn't GAF if someone found the evidence. Almost like he was signaling to the girl that he was untouchable as a DA, like, go ahead and show the world, no one will stop me.

It seems foxnews is turning on him at this point. Unless Trump digs in hard and backs him (and then fox will follow), I think he's toast.

Exactly. I understand why Republicans vote for Republicans. It's a choice done with agency. They need to own nominating guys like Moore and then eventually settling on them. I appreciate the game theory, potentially 'logical' choice they are making to take Moore > Jones. But that's absolutely worthy of criticizing. It's not a moral free calculation. And they certainly have to justify why Republicans are nominating guys like Moore and Trump.

Too much punditry is the View from Nowhere, the world is a blank slate starting the morning of the general election, where rational voters look around, decide abortion is important, and the pundits get to say stuff like "welp, everyone is partisan, they just value abortion, no one can judge Alabama Republicans for any of this."

He didn't say it quite that obviously. But he absolutely was finger-waging at naive liberals for not appreciating Republicans vote strategically. But that doesn't explain their primary behavior. They had a choice for a 'mainstream' candidate there and choose Moore. What of that?

Clare Malone at least correctly noted that that 'abortion' and 'judges' are the pre-canned pretense right-wingers always use to tell journalists and normal people why they excuse guys like Moore, so good for her.

paul ryan calls on moore to end his campaign

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...al-misconduct/

Finally found that thing that's even too bad for Paul Ryan.

It's amazing to me that the line for a lot of Republicans wasn't allegations of child molestation and predatory behavior toward young girls... It was the FIFTH accuser.

Four women accused him? Well, gee, I dunno, I mean, maybe IF he did it, and we don't know if he did, but if so he should probably drop out.

FIVE? Well, then he should drop out.

Of course, we'll see if they actually go beyond calls to drop out on this one if he stays in the race...

What's really shameful is that the Republicans supported this bath**** crazy fraudster before the allegations came out. After is just proving that they are the shameless hypocrites they pretend to be.

I like how the mall food court has higher standards for propriety than the US Senate.

If the dude cant get to second base with a 14 year old, no way is gonna slide past Chick-Fil-A.

Not enough teenage girls hang out at the Capitol Building for his proclivities to be an issue.

I'm just here to laugh at adios

He's a nice reminder that these people are real

Why isn't there more outrage concerning Moore's most heinous act that this woman has brought to light?

The interns are fairly young. Also:

Rep. Speier: 2 Congressmen Have Grabbed Staffers’ Genitals on the House Floor

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-sp...he-house-floor

I mean, just WTF. What in the actual ****????

ON THE HOUSE FLOOR?

Is it debunked? I thought that only applies to attempts to connect handwriting to personality traits.

defending a pedophile to own the libs

I know when I sign yearbooks, I like to list the date and location of my signing it multiple times. My future job title, too. Makes it way more legit in case someone accuses me of sexual assault in 40 years.

Also, Roy Moore confirmed ******* for forcing his religious views on this poor yearbook.

Edit: WAAF

ITT Inso shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that some people are not exactly like him and get a big head about their job titles.

lol adios
lol inso

agreed, fox turning on him is likely the end. much harder for these people to find a way to rationalize it when fox doesn't give them the path.

inso said "future job title" because inso is under the assumption that moore wrote that when he was in middle school or high school

lol wtf are you talking about?

Not so sure.

I suspect that RM supporters understand intuitively (and correctly) that the Paul Ryans of the world would give RM more leeway if they expected RM to be a more reliable ally of the GOP establishment.

In other words, I don't give Ryan credit for drawing a line in the sand, even a line that is in the wrong place.