Alabama Senate Race: Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore

Don’t let the door grope ya on the way out.

Dammit, I'm seeing Senator Abe Sapien now and I'm laughing my ass off.

Even though it’s Alabama and Doug Jones isn’t the greatest candidate, the race being as close as it was is quite scary. I have no clue how so much people went out and voted for Roy Moore. A win is a win though, and I’m happy about the results.

Also, this is one of the dumbest tweets I’ve ever seen. 

Fucking Nick Saban got over 20K write-in votes, good for 1.7% of the vote... that made the difference.

And the Dems seem to have found their blueprint for 2018. Expect at least half the Republicans running for Senate next year to be accused of sexual assault.

I was really happy when I just read the headlines everywhere, but when I looked closer at the results I was a bit shocked. A win by such a small margin over somebody who is accused of raping a minor (and wants the US to go back to the 19th century) isn't exactly a triumphal victory for humanity.
But still it's a step into the right direction, when you take into account that Jones wasn't the favorite to win this election not so long ago.

YouTube doesn't have the sketch up there now, but yes this reminds me of the "Mr. Belvedere Fan Club" sketch on SNL where the members vote to kill Mr. Belvedere or not. The vote turns out to be incredibly close, so last night I was like Tom Hanks all night in that sketch, "but the votes shouldn't have been that close". Thank goodness Doug Jones won though. 

I know it’s one of the deepest red states, but still. It took a man who said homosexuals should be jailed just for being homosexual, saying 9/11 happened because Americans turned away from God, drive by shootings happen because of the belief in evolution, and that getting rid of amendments such as allowing women to vote and abolishing slavery would be okay, etc to lose. And the scary thing is that he still would’ve won with all of those beliefs, yet it was the pedophila allegations that ended up making him lose (rightfully so, but that was just one of many of the issues he has). The fact that Jones only won by like 1% is worrisome. I also think it goes to shows how weak corporate democrats are. I hope last night didn’t give democrats the belief that they can run whoever they want and win in 2018. That’s not the case with corporate democrats. Run someone on the populist left that actually has a vision, and you’d see a wider margin. I’m happy by the outcome, but I’m not ecstatic. 

Blames drive by shootings on evolution: www.newsweek.com/roy-moore-blamed-drive-shootings-evolution-education-742275

Talking about what getting rid of the amendments after the 10th would be like: www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/kfile-roy-moore-aroostook-watchmen/index.html

Some insight into his history on gay rights and beliefs: www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/11/re_examining_roy_moore_s_fixation_on_protecting_children_from_gay_people.html

9/11 comments: thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/350754-alabama-senate-candidate-us-might-have-punished-with-9-11-for

Jesus Christ

seriously. We are in trouble as a nation if we are more worried about which color ( blue, red) wins rather than if we vote in a child molester who prays for the glory days when people owned slaves.

That’s the equivalent of a kid picking on another kid, that first kid getting the shit kicked out of him, and then saying “I let you win!” as he limps off.