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Mitch McConnell Is The Reason Doug Jones Is A Senator
The Federalist ^ | 12/12/17 | Jordan Gehrke

Posted on 12/13/2017 3:29:33 AM PST by x1stcav

While Mitch McConnell and his allies will try to blame conservatives for nominating Roy Moore, it’s important to remember that McConnell is the main reason Roy Moore was nominated.

The moment it was clear there would be a Special Election to replace Jeff Sessions, McConnell and his PAC, Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) declared they would back Luther Strange and vowed to spend millions on his behalf.

Strange was a flawed candidate from the jump. The circumstances around his appointment by scandal-ridden Governor Robert Bentley were sketchy at best, and rightly or wrongly, voters just never trusted him.

Looking back, an establishment candidate like Strange, beset by issues surrounding his appointment was never going to win a runoff in an anti-establishment state like Alabama–certainly not in the year after Donald Trump was elected.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: defeat; elction; mcconnell; moore
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1 posted on 12/13/2017 3:29:34 AM PST by x1stcav
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To: x1stcav

It’s way past time to ditch mitch.


2 posted on 12/13/2017 3:31:32 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

No shit.


3 posted on 12/13/2017 3:32:48 AM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: x1stcav

While Mitch is a destestable weasle and needs to be replaced by someone with a spine...... the ONLY person to blame for this is Crazy Roy himself... Trump knew what he was doing when he didnt back him... now its pretty obvious why he didnt...When in doubt, Trust Trump.


4 posted on 12/13/2017 3:33:52 AM PST by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: x1stcav

The Turtleman was doing his happy dance last night.


5 posted on 12/13/2017 3:41:16 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: x1stcav

Ivanka Trump and Jeff Sessions piled on Moore with their public support of the Moore accusers, so they have a part in the debacle. Sean Hannity’s often protest that a molester of a fourteen year old should not be in the Senate also undercut Moore.

Maybe this will inspire Trump to fire the ones in his administration who try to undercut his agenda.


6 posted on 12/13/2017 3:43:35 AM PST by odawg
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To: x1stcav

Let’s see have fast the democrats flip a rebublican to the dems. and take control of the Senate.


7 posted on 12/13/2017 3:47:12 AM PST by Falcon4.0
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To: wyowolf
Yep - but those who "knew better than Trump" will never admit that they went in with blinders on. They insisted on Moore then failed to back him with the all important cash so he was outspent by huge numbers - but they did talk a good game as they sat on their thumbs and claimed all the polls were trash.

I bit with the rest of them but sent regular donations in hopes of putting Moore over the top but the Left went whole-hog as we crossed our fingers, clicked our heels together and declared "I hope he wins. I hope he wins"...

8 posted on 12/13/2017 3:48:31 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: x1stcav

It doesn’t matter Moore lost. The pubbies could have 70 senators and the fools would still let upchuck Schumer and the MSMwhores run the show. now we will be spared the sorry spectacle of sorry-ass republicans lining up - along with the demholes & msmwhores - to call for moore’s head. trump would have been branded a pedophile-by-association simply by speaking to moore on the phone, now moore is no longer an issue.


9 posted on 12/13/2017 3:51:38 AM PST by wny
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To: x1stcav
Mitch McConnell isn't even among the top reasons why Doug Jones won yesterday. I can think of a few bigger ones than him:

1. Roy Moore ... face it, the guy was an awful candidate.
2. the Republican voters of Alabama ... their vote (or lack of such) was clear on this one.
3. Gov. Kay Ivey ... why call a special election if the guy in office was originally appointed to serve out the remainder of his predecessor's term, unless the only point in calling for the special election was to get him out of office?
4. Steve Bannon ... is Moore really the kind of loser we can expect him to back in all these GOP primaries next year?

Item #3 is a big one. If the President of the United States was going to end up endorsing Luther Strange for the GOP primary anyway, then what the hell was the point of having the special election in the first place? HE WAS ALREADY IN THAT SEAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SESSIONS' TERM.

10 posted on 12/13/2017 3:51:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: wyowolf

Are you gloating over Trump’s “loss” or do you have sort of explanation why Moore is so awful?


11 posted on 12/13/2017 3:52:27 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: x1stcav
Yes, they can celebrate, but it is a Pyrrhic Victory for them.

More proof that Republicans don't deserve our my support.

12 posted on 12/13/2017 3:54:55 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: trebb
Dude -- Roy Moore spent the last weekend before the election traveling 800 miles away to watch a stupid football game.

Anyone who refused to give money to that dope comes off looking like a wise investor right now.

13 posted on 12/13/2017 3:56:09 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: x1stcav
I loathe McConnell. He is a jerk's jerk, and a totally unprincipled political shape-shifter. He and his posse did poison the well from the beginning of the primary, and did so in a truly insulting manner... so yes, I would lay most of the blame on Evil Grandma Turtle.

However, Roy Moore was the wrong answer, IMHO. There may not have been any truly "right guy" in the AL primaries, but there was at leas one "less wrong" guy. Here in Iowa, the brethren had to have their "Roy Moores" year after year... while the shiny pants and golfing brigade of the GOP wanted their bought-and-paid-for human turnips. By a combination of miracles, things improved (at least for a while) thanks to neither of them. Looks like AL has the same type of problem.

14 posted on 12/13/2017 3:56:09 AM PST by niteowl77
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To: raybbr

Nope simply pointing out what Trump himself said... there is a reason he didnt want Roy in there... but if you know better than Trump go right ahead.


15 posted on 12/13/2017 3:56:34 AM PST by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: x1stcav

Mitch McConnell is the Tip O’Neil of the Republican Party. Mitch O’Neil.


16 posted on 12/13/2017 3:57:28 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: trebb

The sad part is the crazy on the right make the same sad excuses as Libs do for their guys, Oh they were all fake, what does it matter now, they are paid etc etc etc...
but at least Loathsome Franken is hopefully gone...


17 posted on 12/13/2017 3:58:22 AM PST by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: House Atreides

Dingy Ditch paid a high price to block the anti-Turtle Moore.


18 posted on 12/13/2017 3:59:38 AM PST by Paladin2 (There is no credible evidence that 0sama is a NBC.)
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To: Alberta's Child
I'm not being so quick to blame Bannon.

We need someone to back insurgents to challenge incumbents, and without a quarterback like Bannon to coordinate a national effort, it will be a haphazard disjointed movement at best.

Remember that Democrats have to defend 23 seats in 2018, and Jones has to run again in 2020. Republicans should grow their lead next year. After two years of Doug Jones, Alabama may sour on his liberal votes.

The problem is that without carpetbagging, Bannon will have to go with the best that each state has to offer. The hope is that a Bannon can attract people to step up and not run away from the cause because of McConnell's scorched earth fragging.

-PJ

19 posted on 12/13/2017 4:09:43 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: x1stcav

Roy Moore was tainted goods and the Democrats took advantage. They threw under the bus (Maybe) Al Franken and Harvey Weinstein and any number of famous leftist perverts to get evangelicals to write in enough votes to just beat Moore.

The Democrats also, smartly, waited till after the primaries were over to make their accusations. Time to wake up.


20 posted on 12/13/2017 4:15:10 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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