In a few hours or so, Alabama will have decided its next Senator:
The Democrat is Doug Jones, who would be expected to lose in normal circumstances but the Republican, besides being a bigot, is facing claims of sexual assault, rape and child abuse, which have severely hampered his candidacy and the race is close.
The Republican, whose name is Roy Moore, should not be a Senator. He shouldn't even a candidate given the sex crimes allegations that are surrounding him. Unfortunately, Alabama is an extremely backwards state, given its support for the current president, its support for Barry Goldwater in 1964, for being a state that supported segregation and for being an ex-Confederate state. It has a history of backing awful people like Moore.
But, Alabama may surprise us yet. May it be on the right side of history for once and elect Doug Jones as its next Senator.
Alabama did the right thing tonight, I almost couldn't believe it.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing news!
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