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flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Senator Isakson has publicly commented that it's better to have a child molester in the Senate than a Democrat. That, of course, is precisely what's wrong with the country, and in particular the Republican Party, right now. And sss must be so proud of his senator right now. --Bob

Where the hell did this come from? One of your trusted research sites?

It is the consensus of pretty much every credible poll that most democrats are slightly to be preferred to child molesters. I doubt Isakson said that.

Johnny Isakson wrote:As a member of the Republican Party and an elected Republican, there’s no circumstance under which having a Democrat would be better (than having a Republican)."

flockofseagulls104 wrote: It is certainly concerning that more and more, these accusations of sexual misdeeds seem to come at strategic moments in political campaigns. Is that coincidence?

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Senator Isakson has publicly commented that it's better to have a child molester in the Senate than a Democrat. That, of course, is precisely what's wrong with the country, and in particular the Republican Party, right now. And sss must be so proud of his senator right now. --Bob

Where the hell did this come from? One of your trusted research sites?

It is the consensus of pretty much every credible poll that most democrats are slightly to be preferred to child molesters. I doubt Isakson said that.

silverscreenselect wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote: It is certainly concerning that more and more, these accusations of sexual misdeeds seem to come at strategic moments in political campaigns. Is that coincidence?

There are other extenuating circumstances in the present case. Ever since the Harvey Weinstein case became public, the floodgates have opened with allegations against people in virtually every walk of life. A lot of women (and men) who have been abused, molested, assaulted, or harassed are now coming forward, and each one that does makes it easier for the next.

Accusers still face a lot of potential repercussions, especially in the political arena, where an entire political party seems to line up against them, rather than just individuals like Weinstein and Spacey.

silverscreenselect wrote:

Spock wrote: I can't help but think of the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of young teenage girls in the 90% Democrat voting areas like Detroit, Baltimore-Indian Reservations etc-that are molested by their "Ghetto/Reservation uncles."

The left expects nothing better for these poor girls than for the cycle to continue.

The only people I have heard trying to minimize child sexual abuse are some of the supporters of Roy Moore who compare him and his victims to Mary and Joseph.

And there's no question that many cases never get reported for fairly obvious reasons in any demographic area. But please provide some background for your apparent claims that liberals aren't interested in solving the problem in urban areas. Otherwise it's just another wild unsupported statistic and claim that you've pulled out of your rear end.

Bob78164 wrote:That, of course, is precisely what's wrong with the country, and in particular the Republican Party, right now. --Bob

ghostjmf wrote:Molestation isn't a feature of ghettoes & non-existent in lilly-white communities. Its either complete ignorance or willful twisting of evidence to claim this.

So far, none of Mr. Moore's victims have been even the slightest bit brown, nor is he, nor is he their uncle.

Spock wrote: In Detroit, Newark etc,when 14 year-old pregnant girls show up at school or wherever-How many statutory rape cases are pursued by the Democrat TPTB in those places?

Spock wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:That, of course, is precisely what's wrong with the country, and in particular the Republican Party, right now. --Bob

We are getting a little sanctimonious now. Cough, cough-Menendez-Cough, Cough.

I remember Peahen telling of a friend's joke in New Jersey, who was going to vote for Menendez, but after voting was going to stop a random stranger on the street and give him a blow job, so he didn't feel so dirty after the vote.

This past weekend, I spoke or messaged with more than a dozen people—including a major political figure in the state—who told me that they had heard, over the years, that Moore had been banned from the mall because he repeatedly badgered teen-age girls. Some say that they heard this at the time, others in the years since. These people include five members of the local legal community, two cops who worked in the town, several people who hung out at the mall in the early eighties, and a number of former mall employees. (A request for comment from the Moore campaign was not answered.) Several of them asked that I leave their names out of this piece. The stories that they say they’ve heard for years have been swirling online in the days since the Post published its report. “Sources tell me Moore was actually banned from the Gadsden Mall and the YMCA for his inappropriate behavior of soliciting sex from young girls,” the independent Alabama journalist Glynn Wilson wrote on his Web site on Sunday. (Wilson declined to divulge his sources.) Teresa Jones, a deputy district attorney for Etowah County in the early eighties, told CNN last week that “it was common knowledge that Roy dated high-school girls.” Jones told me that she couldn’t confirm the alleged mall banning, but said, “It’s a rumor I’ve heard for years.”

particularly those in Alabama, are still advocating electing a child molester instead of a Democrat

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

particularly those in Alabama, are still advocating electing a child molester instead of a Democrat

He is accused of it, and the press is prosecuting it. He has not been convicted of anything, although it looks pretty bad.
And it seems to say a lot about what people think about democrats. And the mainstream media.

But I forget that in your mind, people in Alabama are deplorables because they don't agree with you. At least they have pretty good college football teams there.

Bob78164 wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

particularly those in Alabama, are still advocating electing a child molester instead of a Democrat

He is accused of it, and the press is prosecuting it. He has not been convicted of anything, although it looks pretty bad.
And it seems to say a lot about what people think about democrats. And the mainstream media.

But I forget that in your mind, people in Alabama are deplorables because they don't agree with you. At least they have pretty good college football teams there.

He won't be convicted of anything. The statute of limitations has run.

"Looks pretty bad" takes some kind of understatement award. This isn't some he said, she said situation. Read the story and tell me how, absent motivated reasoning, anyone could possibly think that these incidents didn't happen. So far, John Oliver has been absolutely right about generous use of tactics that Donny is normalizing as best he can. On this very thread, we've seen delegitimatization of the press and whataboutism.

Moore did it. The only remaining question is whether enough Alabama voters will care. It disturbs me that there's even a question about that. It would disturb me much more if the answer turns out to be no. It should disturb everyone. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:Moore did it.

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Moore did it.

So did the Duke lacrosse team.
So did Phi Kappa Psi at UVA.
So did Bill Clinton.

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Moore did it.

So did the Duke lacrosse team.
So did Phi Kappa Psi at UVA.
So did Bill Clinton.

See? Whataboutism.

Please analyze the extensive evidence documented in the Washington Post article. Four (now five) completely independent sources, none of whom knew each other, none of whom were motivated to come forward. All of them on the record, all of them corroborated by contemporaneous statements made to friends and family, all confirmed on the record by said friends and family. The Post's initial story is going to be held up in journalism courses for decades as an example of how to do an article of this nature right.

And that's leaving aside the further corroboration that's emerged after the article was published, and Moore's televised denials that, when he was in his 30s, he ever dated a girl without her mother's permission. --Bob

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:
So did the Duke lacrosse team.
So did Phi Kappa Psi at UVA.
So did Bill Clinton.

See? Whataboutism.

Please analyze the extensive evidence documented in the Washington Post article. Four (now five) completely independent sources, none of whom knew each other, none of whom were motivated to come forward. All of them on the record, all of them corroborated by contemporaneous statements made to friends and family, all confirmed on the record by said friends and family. The Post's initial story is going to be held up in journalism courses for decades as an example of how to do an article of this nature right.

And that's leaving aside the further corroboration that's emerged after the article was published, and Moore's televised denials that, when he was in his 30s, he ever dated a girl without her mother's permission. --Bob

I am not arguing whether he did it or not. It seems like he did, and regardless, he seems like a creep anyway. The question in my mind is why, after 30 years, does this wonderfully reported story happen to come out now? Moore has apparently been in the public eye for years, and has been used as a strawman by the left before because of his antics. I know the reasons that you will list, but it's very suspicious because it seems to happen a lot lately, even before Weinstein. Gloria Allred has a formula for it. I'm not supporting a child molester. I'm just against the democrat machinery. And so are a lot of other people. Maybe they got it right this time. Hard to tell when they try and denigrate every opposition candidate with something.

Bob78164 wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:See? Whataboutism.

Please analyze the extensive evidence documented in the Washington Post article. Four (now five) completely independent sources, none of whom knew each other, none of whom were motivated to come forward. All of them on the record, all of them corroborated by contemporaneous statements made to friends and family, all confirmed on the record by said friends and family. The Post's initial story is going to be held up in journalism courses for decades as an example of how to do an article of this nature right.

And that's leaving aside the further corroboration that's emerged after the article was published, and Moore's televised denials that, when he was in his 30s, he ever dated a girl without her mother's permission. --Bob

I am not arguing whether he did it or not. It seems like he did, and regardless, he seems like a creep anyway. The question in my mind is why, after 30 years, does this wonderfully reported story happen to come out now? Moore has apparently been in the public eye for years, and has been used as a strawman by the left before because of his antics. I know the reasons that you will list, but it's very suspicious because it seems to happen a lot lately, even before Weinstein. Gloria Allred has a formula for it. I'm not supporting a child molester. I'm just against the democrat machinery. And so are a lot of other people. Maybe they got it right this time. Hard to tell when they try and denigrate every opposition candidate with something.

Because the Washington Post spends a lot more time and effort reporting a race for the United States Senate than it does reporting a race for Chief Justice of Alabama. And because gradually, bit by bit, it's becoming safer for women to talk about these incidents publicly.

Your more general complaints against the "democrat[ic] machinery" are simply not grounded in fact, and indicate that Donny's efforts to delegitimize the press are working.

So given that you accept that Moore did it (at least probably), what, if anything, are you going to do to hold Republicans accountable? --Bob

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote:
I am not arguing whether he did it or not. It seems like he did, and regardless, he seems like a creep anyway. The question in my mind is why, after 30 years, does this wonderfully reported story happen to come out now? Moore has apparently been in the public eye for years, and has been used as a strawman by the left before because of his antics. I know the reasons that you will list, but it's very suspicious because it seems to happen a lot lately, even before Weinstein. Gloria Allred has a formula for it. I'm not supporting a child molester. I'm just against the democrat machinery. And so are a lot of other people. Maybe they got it right this time. Hard to tell when they try and denigrate every opposition candidate with something.

Because the Washington Post spends a lot more time and effort reporting a race for the United States Senate than it does reporting a race for Chief Justice of Alabama. And because gradually, bit by bit, it's becoming safer for women to talk about these incidents publicly.

Your more general complaints against the "democrat[ic] machinery" are simply not grounded in fact, and indicate that Donny's efforts to delegitimize the press are working.

So given that you accept that Moore did it (at least probably), what, if anything, are you going to do to hold Republicans accountable? --Bob

Even though I said I already knew your list of reasons, you decided to list them anyway.

The tactics of the democrat machine and the bias of the press have been on parade way before trump. They have been obvious to anyone with a functioning mind (who is not disturbed) but have been brought forward by trump, because he uses a way to communicate that bypasses the democrat controlled media.

What am I gonna do to hold republicans accountable? So I guess all republicans are ok with child molestation in your eyes now? I guess I could go door to door in my town and convince all republicans to vote for the democrat, but I don't think there are any republicans in Olympia. So I am going to hold republicans accountable by pointing out that you are a disturbed individual, by your own admission.