Posted on 11/13/2017 7:05:47 PM PST by boycott
Roy Moore's penchant for flirting with teen girls was "common knowledge" and "not a big secret" around Gadsden, according to some area residents.
The Senate candidate has denied any wrongdoing in the wake of a report from The Washington Post in which four women accused Moore of inappropriate advances - and in one instance, a sexual encounter - toward them when they were teens and he was in his early 30s.
One of the four women claims she was 14 at the time, making her the only one whose claim would represent a legal violation. Moore has said he never met her. A fifth woman came forward this afternoon.
Moore and other Republican leaders have questioned why it took so long for his accusers, now in their 50s, to come forward publicly.
And yet people who lived in Etowah County during that time have said Moore's flirting with and dating much younger women and girls was no secret.
"These stories have been going around this town for 30 years," said Blake Usry, who grew up in the area and lives in Gadsden. "Nobody could believe they hadn't come out yet."
Usry, a traveling nurse, said he knew several of the girls that Moore tried to flirt with.
"It's not a big secret in this town about Roy Moore," he said. "That's why it's sort of frustrating to watch" the public disbelieve the women who have come forward, he said.
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At least he’s flirting with girls.
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These clowns would give Barney Frank a standing ovation.
So....how did a known sexual preditor become the first ever Deputy DA in 1977 and remain in that position for years?
“Last I heard flirting wasn’t a criminal offense.”
Not ashamed to say, I found out how far a girl would go, by trying.
When she said no, I respected that. No hard feelings either way (well a little for awhile).
I believe I am typical of the male species.
“More and more smoke....getting pretty tough to deny the truth.”
Smoke? May we see your data?
Alabama ain’t Communist.
IF its true (if), flirting with teenage girls borders on predatory. What would you think of a grown man flirting with YOUR teenage daughter?
Has this bafoon just kill business for all those shop owners in the mall.
Remember the Dixie chix? nobody does.
Since Moore has been in public life before with a lot of acrimony and publicity, the fact that these women never made a peep until now adds weight to their phoniness.
This Usry guy is a Bernie-bot among other things. He is how old?
It’s posts like yours that make me wonder why you’re on FR
Oh I fully expect that...complete moral hypocrites.
They will foam at the mouth at the slightest lib doing it...but a conservative?? He’s a saint and they are all liars.
The real truth is hard to know.
Doug Jones stalking teen girls 30 years ago at the playground. Someone mentioned it on a bus ride.
What?
10 or 12 women LIED about Trump’s supposedly predatory behavior. They were all lying.
Why do you believe these women?
I don’t believe or disbelieve.
But it is a fact that as rotten as some Rs are, Dems are infinitely more perverted.
"Blue" meaning Rat,"Red" meaning Republican.
I sure can't believe it. So how do you explain that, Blake?
It doesn’t make me wonder. I know why he and his tag team buddy are here.
“The youth who winks a roving eye,
Or breaths a non-connubial sigh,
Was thereupon condemned to die.
He usually objected.”
Pooh-Bah, Act 1, “Our Great Mikado”, The Mikado. Gilbert and Sullivan.
The NappyOne
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