My initial thoughts on the current Judge Roy Moore controversy

Late last week The Washington Post released an article concerning Judge Roy Moore who is running for Senate in Alabama as a Republican. The article indicated there were possible sexual harassment claims against Roy Moore. These claims were from more than 30 years ago. The time frame is relevant, but before I go into that here are some things to keep in mind.

The GOP Establishment spent millions and backed Luther Strange as the GOP candidate and Roy Moore won the nomination, and that is why he is now the choice versus the Democratic candidate. Luther Strange had evidence (not allegations) of corruption in the past. This is why the "establishment" wanted him. Trump even came out for Luther Strange as he was directed he should, though he was angry about that advice later. You see, Roy Moore will support a lot of the things that Trump has promised and why he was elected, but they are things the establishment has NOT been supporting. Roy Moore is an example of getting rid of establishment RINOs and putting someone who seems to actually represent their claims in their place.

Roy Moore was doing quite well, when this Washington Post article came out. It should be noted that the Washington Post wrote and article about him when he was running against Luther Strange as well claiming that Roy Moore didn't pay his taxes on a particular transaction. It turns out the article was a LIE. There was no money made on the transaction in question, so there are no taxes on an income of $0. They lied then. Could these allegations without evidence also be lies?

Here are some things that have come out. It is alleged that over 30 years ago Roy Moore asked to speak with, and date young women anywhere from 15 to 19 years of age in the various allegations. Many of these it is reported the arrangement was even made through the parents of the young women. Back then DATE did not mean have sex with, or anything like that. It was a form of courtship. He wanted to get to know them. Were they young? Yes. Did he have sex with them? No, that is not the allegations.

Another reason that 30 years ago is relevant is that what we consider sexual harassment today WAS NOT sexual harassment 30 years ago. In fact, what Roy Moore did was old fashioned even 30 years ago and seemed to go back to older traditions that were even more formal, and less likely to be as sexual in nature as was even somewhat normal back then.

The behavior, and approaching the parents as well as the claims being made do not really support the conclusions the article and allegations seem to want people to draw from the information. Furthermore, the allegations that have been made were not actually a crime 30 years ago.

You could tell a woman she was pretty, without it being sexual harassment.

You could ask a woman out on a date, without it being sexual harassment.

These days a lot of things are sexual harassment that were not before. It makes it very dangerous for people to try to get dates unless they do so digitally through some dating service. Any other approach these days could be considered sexual harassment.

Here is an important thing about LAW. You cannot charge someone for breaking a law and committing a crime by applying laws that are here today, but WERE NOT present during the time of the alleged events. This is unjust.

So if they want to go after Roy Moore for this they need to present something that was a crime even 30 years ago and they better have some provable evidence. If they can do this then even those on the right will support going after Roy Moore.

However, this is not even CLOSE to what has occurred. Instead allegations that are not crimes of the time have been made. There are other allegations that some of those making the allegations were paid to do so. That too is unproven.

Yet, there are calls for Roy Moore to step aside and not run based upon these allegations.

Do you realize how stupid that is?

That means all we have to do is CLAIM (aka make allegations) against anyone we don't want to run and whether the allegations are true or not does not matter. We can stop ANYONE from running just by making claims without evidence, proof, etc.

Stupid.

Then to show you the hands of the Republican "establishment" we have people like Romney coming out and saying Roy Moore should step down and "innocent until proven guilty does not apply in politics". Yet, Romney himself is someone who has been a target of allegations that ended up being false. I guess he should have just stepped down back then too. Oh, wait, he didn't. Is there a name fore that? Yes. It is called hypocrisy.

If you look the attempted misdirection, character assassination, and motives for these attacks seems pretty blatant. These guys are getting pretty sloppy.

The problem is some people don't care about truth, facts, evidence, etc as long as the target is someone they perceive as an enemy. This is a problem.

Truth, facts, and evidence matter whether the target is considered friend or foe. A double standard is not justice.

• Why evangelical voters are unlikely to bail on Roy Moore - The Washington Post
• Moore threatens to sue Washington Post over report - CNN
• Roy Moore disrupts U.S. Senate race in Alabama — and prepares for new level of defiance in Washington - The Washington Post - September 21st
• ‘Take the Bible…’: And thus began the worst defense of Roy Moore - The Washington Post

Keep in mind, The Washington Post is the outlet that lied in the primary against Luther Strange. They are also the outlet that released these allegations.

He married his wife after all of that and has been with her the entire time since then. There are no allegations that come after his marriage. So it seems very much like old school courting as he was seeking a wife.