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Eight Democratic Senators Now Call on Franken to Resign
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<blockquote data-quote="Halbhh" data-source="post: 72070476" data-attributes="member: 375234"><p>The source for Moore molesting more than one that I was seeing yesterday was from a Fox News viewpoint piece (I don't limit my sources to just 1 or 3 viewpoints or one side), for instance --</p><p></p><p><em>I have <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/leithart/2017/10/the-judge/" target="_blank">defended Alabama Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore’s</a> statements about God and law, but his conduct is indefensible. Not only in decades past but in the past week.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Four women have charged that Moore made sexual advances when he was thirty-plus and they were teenagers. One was only 14 when, she claims, Moore undressed and fondled her in his car and tried to force her into a sex act.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy_moore_responds_responds_to.html" target="_blank">A fifth woman, Beverly Young Nelson</a>, charged Moore with assault and attempted rape when she was 16.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>There aren’t many options here. Either the women are lying as part of a well-executed conspiracy against the judge, or Moore did what the women accuse him of doing.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Lies aren’t unheard of in political campaigns. Smears happen. Politicians plot, especially in high-stakes elections.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It’s not impossible here. As we’ve learned more about Moore’s young adulthood, though, the conspiracy theory has become increasingly implausible.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Several of the women share Moore’s religious and political convictions. Moore’s preference for teenage girls was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teresa-jones-says-roy-moore-common-knowledge-dated-teens/" target="_blank">common knowledge among his colleagues</a> ...</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/14/roy-moore-and-one-big-question-for-voters.html" target="_blank">Roy Moore and the one big question for voters</a></p><p>(Peter J. Leithart is <a href="https://theopolisinstitute.com/" target="_blank">president of the Theopolis Institute</a> in Birmingham, Ala., and serves as teacher at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Halbhh, post: 72070476, member: 375234"] The source for Moore molesting more than one that I was seeing yesterday was from a Fox News viewpoint piece (I don't limit my sources to just 1 or 3 viewpoints or one side), for instance -- [I]I have [URL='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/leithart/2017/10/the-judge/']defended Alabama Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore’s[/URL] statements about God and law, but his conduct is indefensible. Not only in decades past but in the past week. Four women have charged that Moore made sexual advances when he was thirty-plus and they were teenagers. One was only 14 when, she claims, Moore undressed and fondled her in his car and tried to force her into a sex act. [URL='http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy_moore_responds_responds_to.html']A fifth woman, Beverly Young Nelson[/URL], charged Moore with assault and attempted rape when she was 16. There aren’t many options here. Either the women are lying as part of a well-executed conspiracy against the judge, or Moore did what the women accuse him of doing. Lies aren’t unheard of in political campaigns. Smears happen. Politicians plot, especially in high-stakes elections. It’s not impossible here. As we’ve learned more about Moore’s young adulthood, though, the conspiracy theory has become increasingly implausible. Several of the women share Moore’s religious and political convictions. Moore’s preference for teenage girls was [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teresa-jones-says-roy-moore-common-knowledge-dated-teens/']common knowledge among his colleagues[/URL] ... [/I] [URL='http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/14/roy-moore-and-one-big-question-for-voters.html']Roy Moore and the one big question for voters[/URL] (Peter J. Leithart is [URL='https://theopolisinstitute.com/']president of the Theopolis Institute[/URL] in Birmingham, Ala., and serves as teacher at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. ) [/QUOTE]
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