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Robinson: Is the tribe more important than morality in Alabama?
The Columbian ^ | November 24, 2017 | by Eugene Robinson

Posted on 11/25/2017 7:27:40 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Can the descent of American political culture into ugly tribalism be halted? Alabama voters will give their answer when they decide whether to send Roy Moore to the U.S. Senate.

Moore, 70, has built a long, disgraceful career out of smarmy religiosity spiked with tribal grievance. Having posed for years as the most pious of Christians, he now stands accused by nine women of un-Christian behavior: They claim convincingly that Moore, when he was in his 30s, aggressively pursued romantic or sexual relationships, including with teens barely half his age.

Successful demagogues can use tribal enmities to blind their followers to such moral and logical contradictions.

Moore uses his angry Christianity as a tool of self-aggrandizement. He uses the trust and passion of the Alabamians he defrauds to sully the reputations of women who bravely testify to his allegedly vile and creepy behavior.

Alabama’s three major newspapers ran rare front-page editorials Sunday imploring voters not to send this unworthy man to Washington. It is a sad sign of the times that I am not sure whether that hurt Moore’s prospects or helped them. The “mainstream media” is an enemy whose disapproval Moore cultivates to make his supporters love him more.

Moore is not invincible. He can be defeated — but only if Alabamians decide that honor, integrity and morality are more important than tribe.

(Excerpt) Read more at columbian.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: alabama; barf; douchejones; dougjones; eugenerobinson; fakenews; gropesplaining; journalism; liberalpropaganda; lucille; media; negan; partisanmediashills; roymoore
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1 posted on 11/25/2017 7:27:40 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Were Bill Clinton’s defenders “moral”?


2 posted on 11/25/2017 7:29:55 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (IT'S OKAY TO BE WHITE.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Crazy leftist alert!

Conservatives don’t “do” tribes, Eugene. Your types do.


3 posted on 11/25/2017 7:30:27 AM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is rich. Liberals have bolstered tribalism in the segments of the electorate that they get votes from. Tribalism is a key feature in the subsets of the electorate they count on.


4 posted on 11/25/2017 7:30:42 AM PST by Ted Grant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are pulling out all the stops to prevent Moore from being elected. The left and GOPe don’t fight this hard against jihadists. That is very telling. Moore scares the crap out of them.


5 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:02 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Isn’t this liberal idiot devoted to his liberal political tribe? He’s going to lecture us about identity politics? Really? And liberals tend not to ascribe to morality and to values, because they worship some amorphous concept of tolerance. Against that backdrop he’s going to lecture about morals?


6 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:17 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tribal behaviour? As in black or ‘African-American’ tribalism?


7 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:21 AM PST by Lent
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“by Eugene Robinson” is the Barf Alert.


8 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:28 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I would have voted for someone else in the primary....but there’s no honor in voting for a Democrat.


9 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:41 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Alabama’s three major newspapers ran rare front-page editorials Sunday imploring voters not to send this unworthy man to Washington. “

They love repeating this without pointing out that they’re the same paper just different headers for the appropriate city in which they are distributed. Their editorials are why ithey are about to go out of business.


10 posted on 11/25/2017 7:32:53 AM PST by suthener
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Enjoy your upcoming defeat, you sniveling leftist cretin. Get used to it!


11 posted on 11/25/2017 7:33:54 AM PST by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Alabama’s three major newspapers ran rare front-page editorials Sunday.

And who are these "editorial writers?"

abc

The Birmingham News (al.com) has been on a rampage against Judge Roy Moore for many years, especially since their alleged lesbian editor took over as the main editor for the 3 largest newspapers in the state of Alabama and Judge Moore came out against sodomite marriage.

(I've met her and she is VERY butch.)

Kyle Whitmire is an extreme leftists and effete "columnist" there (though he's married) and he's written with more vitriol against Judge Moore than anyone, with the possible exception of John "I forgot I declared bankruptcy and I've got a gay brother" Archibald.

They hate Judge Moore and they have made it clear that they do.

Their jobs are also dependent on pleasing their editor. Those 3 papers are owned by Advance and they have laid off over 40% of their employees in the past few years and now only print 3 days a week.

So you have lesbians and leftists calling the shots and maybe a couple of people who are afraid to speak out in fear of losing their jobs.

But this is a hate campaign of the highest order.

http://alamo-girl.com/thedead.htm

12 posted on 11/25/2017 7:34:07 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Please see my profile to find out why the Birmingham News is trying to destroy Judge Roy Moore)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This guy wins the award for “Biggest Hypocrite”.


13 posted on 11/25/2017 7:34:17 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

God thing I scrolled down the thread first, I was just about to *PING* you.


14 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:15 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are silly those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: suthener

Ping to #12.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3607816/posts?page=12#12


15 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:18 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Please see my profile to find out why the Birmingham News is trying to destroy Judge Roy Moore)
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To: Dutch Boy

Translation: conservatives can no longer be Alinskyed any further; all is lost!


16 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:21 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So says a member of the tribe that has declared war on whites.


17 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:32 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tribe?

The natives in Robinson’s ‘hood sound restless.


18 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:36 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Maskot

Conservatives don’t “do” tribes, Eugene. Your types do.
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Interesting to see the reaction were Moore to write a column suggesting Robinson belonged to a ‘tribe’.

Well WE know the answer to that one....

See earlier where Koch Bros buying ‘Time Mag(?) or Newsweek’ - doesn’t really matter which yet for Soros to interject into every LIB race or Brazos to get big Govt Contract then buy Washington Post completely normal IN THEIR EYES...


19 posted on 11/25/2017 7:35:45 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: jiggyboy

Yeah, beware the name Robinson if not preceded by Jim, John, or Mrs.


20 posted on 11/25/2017 7:36:00 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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