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The Swamp

            Today the good people of Alabama face an excruciatingly difficult decision.  They have to figure out whether it would be a bad idea to elect someone who has been credibly accused of using his political power to sexually assault and harass girls as young as 14 years of age.  Of course if they choose not to vote for Roy Moore they might be giving up on the chance to make America great again.  You know, "when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction."  So there you have it.  If they choose not to send a likely child molester to Congress they might lose out on the chance to "shake up the establishment" and "drain the swamp" by electing someone who opines that getting rid of all of the amendments after the Tenth would "eliminate many problems."  I do hope that the citizens of Alabama are able to resolve this moral dilemma for the ages.  This is the United States in 2017.

To make sure that I am not misunderstood, I don't really think that this is a difficult decision.  The fact that someone like Roy Moore has a strong chance of being elected to the US Senate tells us something terrible about the state of the country at this point in time.  Of course it can't be too much of a surprise given the current resident of the Oval Office...

Update:  it looks like Alabama came through on this one.  It's hard to get too excited when the margin of victory is barely over one percent, but it's a start.  Congratulations to everyone who worked hard on Doug Jones' campaign.  I would also like to say thank you to all the people who chose decency and respect in this election even when it meant going against some of their ideological commitments.

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Cook (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2017

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