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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSewell: Moore would 'harken us back to days of segregation'
... "I really hope that the people of Alabama realize this election is about the soul of this nation and the soul of Alabama," Rep. Terri Sewell told .. Martha Raddatz ...
"We who have been proud Alabamians know that we have been trying to overcome our painful past, and this candidate will only take us backwards and harken us back to the days of segregation," Sewell said.
The congresswoman is campaigning for .. Jones ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alabama-senate-race-soul-nation-state-dem-representative/story?id=51699570
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)Maine's Republican senator says .. Moore wasn't fit to serve in the .. Senate even before sexual misconduct allegations came to light.
... Collins made the comments on .. "Face the Nation" ... She called the Republican National Committees decision to support Moore in the Alabama race "a mistake."
Collins says she thought Moore was a poor choice for Senate because of his views on Muslims and gays even before she learned of the misconduct allegations ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/12/10/susan-collins-says-roy-moore-was-never-fit-for-senate/n6WKlmoAy5Xp2yTDwUDgFL/story.html
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)WASHINGTON Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby said Sunday he didn't vote for fellow Republican Roy Moore because "the state of Alabama deserves better."
Shelby said he already cast his vote in the high-stakes special Senate election and wrote-in another unidentified Republican, rather than choose his party's nominee, who is accused of groping teenage girls.
"I'd rather see the Republican win, but I'd rather see a Republican write-in. I couldn't vote for Roy Moore. I didn't vote for Roy Moore, Shelby told .. "State of the Union" ...
https://nypost.com/2017/12/10/alabama-gop-senator-i-didnt-vote-for-roy-moore/
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Moore is ahead at this point and will probably win. That means both writing in and not voting are effectively supports for him.
There is only one way to keep that scumbag out of congress and that's to vote for an opponent who is as worthy as Moore is contemptible.
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)is that he felt it necessary to say this. The GOP is exhibiting a lack of courage, combined with serious internal strains -- and we have some obligation to take full advantage of that
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)could have unintended results.
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)...
The AP tried to find out how Republican leaders from Alabama plan to vote. Most officeholders or their staffs responded, while others have publicly stated their plans during public appearances or to other media outlets ...
In addition to Merrill, others who plan to vote for Moore include Gov. Kay Ivey; Attorney General Steve Marshall; state Auditor Jim Zeigler; Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan; state Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh; and Public Service Commissioner Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, who previously led the state GOP. Also voting for Moore are current state party head Terry Lathan and U.S. Reps. Mo Brooks of Huntsville and Robert Aderholt of Haleyville ...
http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/most-alabama-gop-leaders-say-they-are-voting-for-roy-moore
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)... Republicans are at the moment lining up behind or at least making their peace with Roy Moore, the disgraced and disgraceful Alabama jurist who takes his dates the way he takes his Scotch: 14 years old and on the rocks. (Picking up underage girls is one thing, but at a custody hearing? Thats some next-level degeneracy.) ... Cruz found a way to get some of that stink on himself, comically trying to explain why he believed that Al Franken should be driven from the Senate while the question of Roy Moore should be the exclusive province of the people of Alabama. The ensuing ridicule was not entirely undeserved ...
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454506/roy-moore-sleaze-record-makes-him-unacceptable
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)come out against Moore. Many are every bit as conservative and often anti-abortion as others, of course.