To: Brumar89 who wrote (1042971 ) 12/13/2017 4:53:29 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578398 .... Bannon could not have been more all in Roy Moore. He threw every trick he has in his book at that race, which turns out to not be a very thick book. He preached about the elites. He opined and ranted. He picked fights with big names like Mitt Romney, he used the word “buddy” or “pal” or “brother” while pointing at the camera a lot. He waddled across stages in his shambling and shabby impersonation of masculine swagger. He talked Trump into robocalling for Moore. He framed this exactly as he framed the Trump campaign. ............... Because of Bannon, Donald Trump backed the loser in this single Senate race not once, but twice. .......... Trump didn’t have to turn his Pensacola rally into a Moore rally. And he definitely didn’t have to do the robocall. He could have stayed out and, considering what the exits tell us, it probably wouldn’t have changed the totals on Tuesday. Certainly it doesn’t appear it would have changed the outcome. Moore still lost, after all. But Trump made the pitch and he made it heavy. This is my guy, he said. America needs him, he said. You’d have to be brain dead not to see that Bannon pulled him in as a big gun. He probably argued that this would bolster future MAGA candidates (chosen by him of course) and therefore further empower Trump and his agenda. And obviously the President bought it. He should ask for a refund. Steve Bannon’s power as sage and winner of races depended on his being a winner. Not some or most of the time, but all of the time. Instead he has delivered a spectacular failure in a deep red state and made Jeff Sessions’ old seat unthinkably turn blue. That is about as effective a way to take the shine off of something as ever I’ve seen. Sure, Bannon will argue (and is arguing, along with Hannity) that McConnell and the NRSC refused to support Moore and blame it on them. But aside from the absurdity of those two entities supporting the guy who was literally running specifically against them by name (and referring to them as the “forces of evil”… I’m very not kidding), the fact is that being opposed by McConnell and the NRSC is supposed to be an asset for Steve Bannon. That’s his wheelhouse, isn’t it? The man who fights the establishment? The “elites”? The Deep State™? Being opposed by McConnell should have been a feature, not a bug. Trying to blame that now for his own failure is … well, it’s sad. .... redstate