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Backfire on the establishment....

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but can't we objectively say that this guy is a bad candidate outside of everything going on around him?

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easily.

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Do you really want this guy to be the face of the anti-establishment movement?

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i think he's going to fade into obscurity, like cliven bundy

that's kind of the thing with anti-establishment faces/movements, there isn't just one (b/c then it becomes the establishment)

think high school. you have your skaters, and your goths, and the thugs, and the nerds and the drama kids

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However, he is going to win, and all his stupid arse needs to do is vote against the establishment a couple of times. I somehow think he can muster that. Is there anyone else on the radar that can do that?

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I'm talking more about optics and long-term prospects. He's an easy target for becoming the redneck evangelical firecracker sexual deviant poster boy of the Republican party. He's a bunch of stereotypes rolled into one. Is his anti-establishment credential worth that risk?

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Is his anti-establishment credential worth that risk?

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you act as if the GOP can do anything else to stop him

the members in major positions of fedgov have almost universally come out against him

the party itself has removed its funding and support

the next step is killing him, basically

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Moore can barely string together two coherent sentences. He's controversial, but not in an intelligible Steve Bannon kind of way. Trump didn't support him before and isn't really supporting him now. There's a narrative about the establishment wanting nothing to do with him (mostly true), but can't we objectively say that this guy is a bad candidate outside of everything going on around him? Do you really want this guy to be the face of the anti-establishment movement? I genuinely think this could backfire if he gets elected

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Look at some of the dumbasses Alabama voters have elected. Do you rationally expect a logical response from any of them? You had the one elected official who not only defended him but tried to compare him to Mary and Joseph, for frick's sake. So no, there are those who will never admit he's a bad candidate. The fact that he was removed from office twice, yet they still support him, is evidence of that. Then throw in the fact that he advocates throwing people in jail for violating "God's law"...or at least the laws that don't touch his own personal vices.

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Look at some of the dumbasses Alabama voters have elected.

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this whole expose on Alabama politicians kind of indirectly makes Jeff Sessions look moderate, intelligent, and perhaps amazing

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Do you really want this guy to be the face of the anti-establishment movement?

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I wouldn't trust his stupid, arrogant arse with a vote to confirm a SCOTUS nominee...especially after having been removed from office for defying SCOTUS rulings.

Moore is an arrogant enough prick that you could easily see hijacking a solid conservative nomination just for his own self interests.

there is also the chance that the DEMs and their coordinated media focus too much on Moore and are forced to not cover other stuff

Moore could function as an accidental Trojan Horse for the larger GOP if they overplay their hand

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you have the GOPe like Mitch, RINOs like McCain, the religious southern guys, the Freedom Caucus, the Trumpkins, etc

there are tons of "anti-establishment" groups already in the GOP. adding one more with a population of 1 won't be a big deal

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You are looking at it backwards. Adding one more GOPe member is a big deal. Who cares what group Moore falls into, as long as it isn't GOPe.

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I wouldn't trust his stupid, arrogant arse with a vote to confirm a SCOTUS nominee...especially after having been removed from office for defying SCOTUS rulings.

Moore is an arrogant enough prick that you could easily see him hijacking a solid conservative nomination just for his own self interests.

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Ok, given wildly different circumstances in which there are other non GOPe candidates available, you arguments would be strong. However, there are not. The choices are between "establishment cucks" and pretend cowboy retard Moore. To make matters worse, Washington is trying to get into the state election and voters are seeing that and it's pushing them to rebel and support Moore.

I'm not a Moore guy, I'm just telling you what the thought process and strategy is.