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Alabama Senate victor Doug Jones a civil rights champion
yahoo ^ | December 13, 2017

Posted on 12/13/2017 4:33:11 PM PST by MarvinStinson

Doug Jones, the Democrat who pulled off a stunning upset victory in Alabama's nail-biter Senate contest on Tuesday, is considered a champion for civil rights in a state that played a seminal role in the 1960s movement for racial equality.

Jones' supporters erupted in cheers and jubilation as it became clear their portly, balding candidate had become the first Alabama Democrat to win a US Senate seat in 25 years.

It came at the bitter end of a vitriolic campaign centered on Jones's Republican rival, Roy Moore, a Christian conservative accused of preying on teenage girls years before.

Moore was forced to step down twice from the state supreme court, the second time for disobedience to the US Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage.

And Jones' electoral fortunes changed dramatically when The Washington Post reported that Moore had allegedly preyed on teenage girls when he was a district attorney in his 30s -- allegations denied by the now 70-year-old former judge.

Democratic donors from around the country began pouring money into the race, buying television advertisements for Jones and seeking to mobilize African-American voters, who make up about a quarter of the electorate in the state.

Former vice president Joe Biden made an appearance at a Jones rally in Birmingham in October and president Barack Obama pitched in with a robo-call for voters.

"This one's serious. You can't sit it out," Obama said.

Born in Fairfield, Alabama, the son of a steelworker, Jones attended high school when the state was in the midst of court-ordered desegregation of its high schools.

He became an assistant US attorney in Birmingham in 1980 and was named US attorney for the northern district of Alabama in 1997 by former president Bill Clinton.

Jones and his wife, Louise, have three children and two grandchildren.

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Former vice president Joe Biden made an appearance at a Jones rally in Birmingham in October and president Barack Obama pitched in with a robo-call for voters.

"This one's serious. You can't sit it out," Obama said.

1 posted on 12/13/2017 4:33:11 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Keep blowing, soon the balloon that is Doug Jones will explode.


2 posted on 12/13/2017 4:36:33 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This forum is a Doug Jones free zone! Go Roy Moore!)
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To: MarvinStinson

He is a leftist, homo loving, abortion approving cow. He is a typical dimocrat!!!


3 posted on 12/13/2017 4:37:55 PM PST by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: MarvinStinson

And Alabama Demicraps actually think Jones won on his own merits. A delusional bunch they are.


4 posted on 12/13/2017 4:38:05 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I would rather be deplorable than detestable.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Aside from the nauseating fanboy adulation, it does make a point.

What really happened is that the Rats got their True Believers out to vote. Moore didn’t, and would not have had to if not for the false accuations.

But being outspent 14:1 in such circumstances has an effect, without considering the effect of RINO filth stabbing him in the back.

The Conservative movement HAS to become FAR more aggressive and involved. The neo-Bolshevik opposition is.


5 posted on 12/13/2017 4:39:21 PM PST by Regulator
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To: MarvinStinson
“Civil right champion” with Rats means he schtupps black aides just as readily as white!
6 posted on 12/13/2017 4:42:39 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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Alabama Senate victor Doug Jones a civil rights champion

Not for unborn babies...

7 posted on 12/13/2017 4:48:15 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: Gay State Conservative

Alabama let Jones win, dubbed now ALOBAMA


8 posted on 12/13/2017 4:48:30 PM PST by inchworm
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To: MarvinStinson

Less than 24 hours, and the democrat propaganda begins.


9 posted on 12/13/2017 4:53:13 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

So when does Pope Francis make him a Saint?


10 posted on 12/13/2017 4:53:45 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: pepsi_junkie

Good one.


11 posted on 12/13/2017 4:54:22 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: inchworm

KMA


12 posted on 12/13/2017 4:54:39 PM PST by silentreignofheroes
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To: Regulator

“..What really happened is that the Rats got their True Believers out to vote....”

Yes, and Soros money and DNC support was poured into this one. No surprise. They paid for the black vote and got it.


13 posted on 12/13/2017 4:55:04 PM PST by EagleUSA
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"Not for unborn babies"

My thoughts exactly!

14 posted on 12/13/2017 4:59:27 PM PST by Maudeen (http://www.thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: Regulator

Crazy Roy is the real reason...let’s blame everyone and everything except the candidate themselves...Hmmm that sounds just like hitlary supporters


15 posted on 12/13/2017 5:03:00 PM PST by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: silentreignofheroes

With two Dems from Alobama in the US senate....gotta be Alobama. Shelby used to be a dem right? Well in this election the Dem in him came back to rear its ugly head. Obama changed the state as well over the past 8 years. His foot print is all over this too. Feel free to rename the beloved state to reflect the Democrat coup.


16 posted on 12/13/2017 5:07:14 PM PST by inchworm
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To: inchworm

AL-Obama fits. Question is, will Soros’ money infect every Red Southern State including Texas? 18 Billion buys a lot of RAT trips to the polls.


17 posted on 12/13/2017 5:14:19 PM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: MarvinStinson

The Rats did what they always do. When 85% of the vote was in Moore was 5,000 ahead. In a race that was neck and neck all night the last 10% broke over 70-30 for the Rats. It is like winning 7 No Trump by sloughing 5 hands. Can’t be done without cheating.


18 posted on 12/13/2017 5:15:13 PM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Sounds anti-white to me.


19 posted on 12/13/2017 5:25:19 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: wastoute

It’s the old Mayor Daley routine.


20 posted on 12/13/2017 5:27:06 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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