Al Franken Increases Roy Moore's Odds of Election
And Moore increases Franken's chances of retaining his seat. Each party justifies supporting their creeps because the other party does the same. So far, the parties only justify child molesters, sexual harassers and rapists. Eventually they'll get a cannibal or a serial killer to justify because it's a binary choice.
by Erick Erickson
The longer Al Franken stays, the more likely Roy Moore gets elected.
"Because it is the right thing to do," is the correct answer when someone asks why people should avoid Roy Moore though others stand with Al Franken. It is the right thing to do if you find the accusers credible. But Democrats are circling the wagons for Al Franken. His accusers have been attacked. Feminists have declared that, even if the allegations are true, he's good for women's rights. And the crazy thing is that Democrats would risk less by getting rid of Franken than the GOP would by getting rid of Moore. Losing Franken would mean a Democrat as Governor of Minnesota would appoint another Democrat. Losing Roy Moore means the GOP has one less seat in the Senate.
For a lot of people in Alabama, they are going to see it that way. They think this is all partisan anyway. They see Democrats circling the wagons for Al Franken and they will do the same for Moore. If Democrats can make excuses for Franken and attack his accusers, they will do the same.
Neither is right. But I think we should at least seek to understand why Moore's supporters would stand by him. Al Franken is a good example of why. Everything is tribal and there are not nearly as many people who are willing to do right for the sake of doing what is right. Al Franken's continued presence in the Senate, coupled with liberal defenses of him, just increases Roy Moore's chance of getting elected. And, again, while I may disagree, I certainly do not blame his voters. Asking them to stay home and let a pro-abortion, pro-transgender insanity progressive in the Senate is asking a lot when they think their way of life is under attack.
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