US Politics November 2017

Moore officially denying story, but you know what they say: he who denied it ...

In a picture full of upsetting things, the panty lines are probably the most upsetting to me

I mean, you don't have to be a tall, handsome motherfucker like Obama or young Clinton, but you got to have some kind of iconic frission that, like, Kaine and Klobuchar just do not have at all

let us marvel at Trump's pressed hams

You know Moore totally did it, because he waited so long to officially deny it. They had to have a meeting and decide which way to go: drop out or lie? Lie.

it works on people predisposed to liking cranky old guys. But it wasn't enough to carry him over.

not trying to relitigate anything, I'm more interested in his current popularity. it's been over a year now folks

You know Moore totally did it, because he waited so long to officially deny it.

? his campaign denied it immediately.

seriously dan I mean it's just so unflattering to know he wears granny panties

three runner up faves:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--NK_NyQbA--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/te4saskbu74vgbsloyxf.jpg

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--HwCahm9U--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/m6fbsf2fdjs8dwqozbna.jpg

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--IvwRtcug--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/cnvixhpl9xsdgadltmwv.jpg

how do we turn off images on ilx again?

your mistake was ever turning them on

You know Moore totally did it, because he waited so long to officially deny it.

? his campaign denied it immediately.

― Οὖτις, Friday, November 10, 2017 4:27 PM

The campaign knew it was coming and gave Breitbart the pre-break denial, but Moore himself hasn't been heard from until this afternoon when he called into Hannity's radio show.

Franken would play better as a veep, able to snark from the sidelines like a cannier Biden

I'm sure having a "Franken" on a ticket definitely won't result in a million painful puns

remember that brief, wonderful window when we could put images in our display names? be glad we no longer live in those times

Every time Garrison draws his blonde Adonis Trump, all I can picture is these tennis pics.

I really though last year had cured us (me included) of "what I think will happen"

speaking of monsters that refuse to go away

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/mitt-romney-senate-utah-244760?lo=ap_d1

i had no idea these tennis pictures existed nor his granny panties but am not surprised

moore was tweeting denials last night, they were the headline story on fox news

HANNITY: Do you remember dating girls that young?

MOORE: "Not generally, no"

— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) November 10, 2017

ouch

by the way, those tennis pictures were back when Trump was in fighting shape. He has blimped up since then.

mitt romney in the senate next year is a good thing. it's not going to be a democrat so it may as well be a prideful old money guy who thinks trump is vulgar and will occasionally vote against confirming lunatics to the executive branch as a member of foreign relations.

Not just that, but Romney is already a Trump opponent. So he would enter the Senate an adversary.

well, in the sense he'll vote with him 90% of the time instead of 100%

but he's just the kind of vain "centrist" you want kicking around if there's ever impeachment

Roy Moore: "I'm sure in the next four weeks they're gonna come out with another article."

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) November 10, 2017

sure, why not?

I didn't do it, but if I did it it was totally okay. And that's why I kept doing it. As you will soon hear. But I didn't do it.

well, in the sense he'll vote with him 90% of the time instead of 100%

but he's just the kind of vain "centrist" you want kicking around if there's ever impeachment

yeah this seems likely, Romney would love to position himself as the upstanding moral center/savior of the party.

I still don't like him.

Romney is a sycophantic microbe who groveled for secretary of state and was rightfully humiliated.

we should pull out the flow chart detailing the number of positions from which Romney has backed away since leaving the governorship.

Statement from Mike Flynn’s lawyer about today’s news pic.twitter.com/D72RRjkIJn

— Matthew Rosenberg (@AllMattNYT) November 10, 2017

remember that brief, wonderful window when we could put images in our display names? be glad we no longer live in those times

the harshest era of ilx

noted elsewhere that statement by lawyers allows flynn to avoid personal culpability for lying.

Having read the detailed description of the incidents, as well as the response from Judge Moore and his campaign, I can no longer endorse his candidacy for the US Senate.

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) November 10, 2017

I️ honestly think that’s the tipping point.

sounds like moore's interview with hard hitter hannity didn't go well

I am pulling my endorsement and support for Roy Moore for U.S. Senate.

— Steve Daines (@SteveDaines) November 10, 2017

here we go

Moore and the Alabama GOP have repeatedly told the nat'l GOP to literally go fuck themselves, they're just going to double-down on that now

good fucking riddance (P.S. I am drunk posting right now, RIP Fred Cole)

When pressed by Hannity, Moore said that he knew several of the other women who spoke to The Washington Post, which published the allegations Thursday, but did not "remember going out on dates." He admitted taking "young girls" out after returning to America following his service in Vietnam, but denied serving Gloria Thacker Deason, one of the accusers, rose wine, saying that any date would have happened in a dry county.

"She said she believed she was underaged," said Moore. "As I recall she was 19 or older. I never provided intoxicating liquor to a minor. I seem to remember her as a good girl."

completely denies ever knowing Corfman etc. (of course)

baaaarf

Democrats familiar with the campaign of their nominee, Doug Jones, said no new ad buys or investments were planned to take advantage of the story.

this is smart. stay out of the way.

i think one of the miscalculations of 2016 was trying to hammer home the obvious regarding Trump, which just stirred up a lot of unnecessary shit.

Doug Jones isn't just the best Dem candidate in Alabama politics in a very long time, he is a legitimately decent man. I'd have been surprised to see him jump on this, tbh.

Assuming he stays in the race and wins, what then? This psycho sex offender is elected to Senate and just hangs out there with people who hate him? Or does he become The New Normal.

does he just become the Steve King of the Senate?

he becomes the new Ted Cruz of the Senate

the Lyin' Of The Senate, as I believe he's known