If the Allegations Are True...Then He Should Go

Alabama must be crazy.  What do they want to happen here?  Should Roy Moore go on trial so we can figure out if this is true?  Are they proposing a public lie detectors, because the allegations happened between two people in the woods?  What more do they want to hear?  The women used their names and there were plenty of corroborating witnesses.  If Senators in Washington had any guts they would say, "If Roy Moore is elected, we will immediately hold hearings on removing him from office. Then we will make the determination about who is telling the truth. If we find that Moore is not truthful, we will immediately move to expel him from office.  So, go ahead Alabama, we dare you to send him here."

But the most amazing thing is that many Republicans in Alabama are saying that they will still vote for him over voting for a Democrat.  This is insane that you would vote for a suspected pedophile over a Democrat.  I saw a couple of explanations from columnists who live in Alabama:

1. They don't care about the issues or who will best represent them, but they are keeping score.  This is Team Republican vs. Team Democrat, and Alabama can't give the opposing team a victory. 
2. They don't believe the story because it has not come up before in previous elections and probably just a story from the opposition in Alabama. 
3. This is just a conspiracy by the national Democrats and the mainstream media and cannot be trusted.
4. It happened a long time ago and God forgave him so I will also.

No one from Alabama is proposing a way to figure out if this is a conspiracy or a way to prove or disprove these allegations. By the way, God may forgive him but that usually involves admitting the mistake and it does not absolve a person from the criminal justice system.  Moore was already a flawed candidate with his impeachment from the Supreme Court because he was not willing to follow his oath of office to enforce US law instead he chose to follow Christian law.  He also was dishonest with the IRS code and a charitable organization. Roy Moore is a racists, homophobic individual who would just further divide the country.  This man took advantage of a young people using his status as an Assistant District Attorney or as an adult to date high school students and also sexually molesting a 14 year old.  The story had an amazing level of detail.  I recall conservatives immediately blasted Harvey Weinstein because he donated to liberal causes, but want everyone to hold off on Roy Moore until more facts come in.  I remember that people said Democrats need to give back money donated by Weinstein even though there were only allegations and no criminal charges, but there is a disbelief of the allegations against a far right extremist.  

So, how has the blind loyalty to Republican candidates helped Alabama?  They are at the bottom on almost every category that matters and their elected officials have routinely been expelled based on corruption.  Three of the last six Governors left and then faced indictment on corruption charges.  The Attorney General, head of the Alabama legislature and Governor all at the same time were operating under a cloud of scandal.  Two out of the three were ousted and the other was appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions.   Here are the current facts that I found about how Republican leadership have helped Make Alabama Great:

• Alabama is 42th among the states for those with health insurance.
• Alabama is 44th in high school graduation rates and the same in number with a bachelor's degree when compared to the rest of the union.
• Alabama is 49th in life expectancy, and their friends in Minnesota live an average of 7 years longer than those in Alabama. 
• Alabama's African Americans have a life expectancy of 72.8 years which is 2 years 8 months shorter than their white citizens living in the same state. 
• CNBC ranked Alabama as 37th place in 2017 for constructing an environment for business. They ranked Alabama as dead last in Quality of Life and 47th in Quality of Education in the state. 
• Alabama is third worst state for adult obesity tied with Arkansas in 2016.
• Alabama is ranked 47th among the states in median income in 2015.
• According to the FBI, Alabama is the 40th safest state in the union for 2016.  They are claiming the 10th highest violent crime rate in the United States. 
• Alabama's unemployment rate is 1% higher than the rest of the United States.
• Alabama also was 1% higher on the percentage of number of low income working families compared to the rest of the United States.
• Alabama is 3% higher percentage of the population living below the poverty level in 2015. 
• Alabama ranks 48th in number of people living in poverty. 
• Alabama is 49th in Infant Mortality rates in the United States (out of 51 because DC is included.)
• The population of Alabama is growing at 2 to 3% less than the rest of America.
• Alabama is ranked 44th in the overall well being of children according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation KidsCount for 2017.
• But the good news, Alabama is ranked 7th in the number of elite college football players from the state. As Bill Murray said in Caddyshack, "So, you got that going for you." 

The Democrat is qualifed and would follow the US Constitution.  It is crazy to choose a suspected pedophile Republican over a legitimate leader.

by Brian Davis