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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, November 9, 2017

"Hey, King David Raped People, Too!"

Apparently the Bible says pedophilia is OK.  I don't know how persuasive that will be as a counter-argument to the revelations that Roy Moore is a pervy pedophile.  It will work with some of the people who will support Moore no matter what.

The "fake news" angle seems more promising, and you can make a case that it worked for Trump.  Hopefully Doug Jones isn't being investigated by Comey.  Moore can try and run against the Washington Post, and that should work a little bit.

I don't want to over-determine the Virginia results, but if Republican women in the Birmingham/Mobile/Montgomery/Huntsville suburbs turn hard against Moore, I think that could tip the balance to Jones.  He was within spitting distance.  This makes that race very, very close.

Oh, and this race could determine who controls the Senate in 2018.

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