US Politics November 2017

a lot of these assholes seem to genuinely believe that Trump has ushered in the LOL NOTHING MATTERS era and that they really can get away with absolutely anything

I doubt Dougie will go too hard on this, but when he does address it I'm sure he'll just fold it into his "Roy Moore is an embarrassment to the State of Alabama" narrative, which he's been pushing for awhile. Could work.

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y'know I had never really considered God as a pedophile before but when you put it that way...

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that analogy seems flawed for at least one very obvious reason

― Simon H., Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:20 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

what I am hopeful for is that Moore will make some kind of statement that makes this worse. Seems likely.

the angel Ziegler from Bama came, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame

The Ziegler thing is the closest so far to the "times were different then" defense I've been expecting. I just thought they were going to talk about the 1970s, not the year zero.

and lo, the angel of the Moore appeared to her

Moore! Moore! Moore!!

With a rebel yell

lol

I'm hoping nat'l GOP dumps Moore and pushes Strange as a write-in candidate - depressing GOP turnout, splitting the vote and causing confusion, with Dougie squeaking in thx to energized Dem turnout

Seems likely. But then, I'm among those who thought "grab 'em by the" was pretty slam-dunk, and look where we are.

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How do you like it, how do you like it.

remember when howard dean needed to step down because he yelled, once?

The hilarious thing is that the Dean Scream wasn't even bad!

Proves that being a total dork is still worse than any other offense

I remember at the time thinking "I believe the Internet is grossly overestimating Dean's support" and then he started underperformed in the Iowa caucuses, screamed in his speech, and everyone blamed his tanking support on the scream rather than considering it might not actually have been there in the first place.

Proves that being a total dork is still worse than any other offense

You rang?

http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Dukakis-Tank-Ad-e1384898913712.jpg

(In fact, I remember linking an article a friend of mine wrote in 2003 about Dean's campaign that said basically said "dude's campaign is ignoring a large chunk of the Democratic base, I don't think this is going to work" and IIRC it got pooh-poohed pretty resoundingly.)

the fact that the speech is referred to as "I Have a Scream" is still hilarious

shame on him for referencing it during his DNC speech but not actually doing it

could've gotten Hillary over the top, who knows

unpresidential: briefly yelping (in both senses of the term, probably), riding in a tank, fainting, riding in a swift boat of some kind, sighing loudly

presidential: being the R Kelly of Alabama politics in the '70s.

i'm jumping ahead here, assuming Roy Moore will be the GOP nominee in 2024

I guess we should be glad we didn't have Nate Silver around in '04 to say "Wait uh NO guys.." 700 times on Twitter

at least Dean turned out to have an aptitide to be just another well-paid, undistinguished rotten lobbyist

he had one of the first high-profile lies about the Clinton compact with the DNC last week

will you please stop riding Hillary Clinton's dick for like two seconds

dean turned out to be disappointing but at the time he was still a great candidate.

he feels like a precursor to Bernie, lone left-field New England liberal willing to say some hard truths that the base was clamoring for

I found him grossly uninformed in early 2004 but he read a few books and became the best party leader of my generation.

yeah you can't knock his organizational skills

DNC could certainly use someone like him again. Maybe Obama can lead the DNC

Obama didn't really seem to give much of a shit about the party while he was in office

Tally from my calls to Alabama GOP county chairs: 4 vehemently pro-Moore, 3 no comment/"haven't read the story yet," 15 I couldn't reach, 0 criticism of Moore.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2017

quel surprise

what are they gonna do, just give up his seat? Local GOP ops know that if they turn on him now, they face a humiliating loss. They're holding out for a humiliating win!

Person close to WH tells me people there are waiting for President to be briefed in Beijing re: Moore, are not sure how he'll react

— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 9, 2017

I'm sure he will comport himself in a mature, thoughtful manner as befitting the president of the united states.

"Well, y'know when you're a Judge they let you do it"

dooo it

Thank you @SenShelby It's an honor to serve with you. pic.twitter.com/UiKL4mU833

— Luther Strange (@lutherstrange) November 9, 2017

There's something Strange going on tonight. Michael's nervous and the lights are bright.

I assume Trump is going to point out that he supported the other guy first.

I like my nation like I like my county fairs.

Full of unhealthy food, scary rides, and mutant produce. And run by frightening carnies.

I️ cut my campaign teeth (and actual teeth) in Alabama. Roy Moore has no path now based on his historic performance. I’ve only ever said that about Democrats in my home state.

— Richard Allen Smith (@rockrichard) November 9, 2017

1) Moore is unpopular amongst REPUBLICANS in AL. Only wins with low t/o primary and then straight ticket voters in the GE.
2) State GOP seem as corrupt regardless of party after Bentley/Hubbard/Moore/Strange all in past year
3) special is 2wks b4 xmas

— Richard Allen Smith (@rockrichard) November 9, 2017

I wanna see some polling backing that up

if turnout is the problem then you the polling may overestimate his support 🤞 but yeah it's a long shot

If you’re a GOP straight ticket voter, do you make an effort during the holidays to go vote for a candidate you hate from a party you feel is corrupt? Those voters are largely going to stay home.

— Richard Allen Smith (@rockrichard) November 9, 2017

That dude's twitter feed is intriguing, especially if (as someone else claims) local republicans are quietly rallying for Jones. I mean, weird things happen. But I dunno. Would impress me if Alabama went Dem over a corrupt religious nut who was just outed as a sexual predator.

Is it true that Birmingham has a lefty mayor?

maybe even alabama is fed up with soft-on-russia republicans?

Was it John Oliver who hilariously described Alabama as the South's "the South?"

I heard an interview with Moore when he was running for the primary. The (sympathetic) interviewer asked him his thoughts on DACA, and his reaction was basically "what the hell are you talking about?" He had no idea what DACA was (and this was peak DACA debate).