Hide yo kids...

kimmiinthemitten

No, not your wife, just your kids. Looks like Moore will win. 

CNN's exit polling even shows that 54% of voters said the allegations against him had no bearing on their vote. 

STARMOON44

Nope!!!!!!!!

missJeanLouise

Not looking like it anymore. 

kimmiinthemitten

I never thought I'd be surprised that an outed pedophile lost a national seat. 

But Moore did call for a recount instead of conceding, so there may be a hanging chad still afterall. 

holyguacamole79

Did someone hack into Trump's Twitter?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/940795587733151744

charlotte989875

But seriously white women voters can we stop voting for these guys. First Trump, the Gillespie in VA, now Moore. 

ahoywedding

charlotte989875 said:

But seriously white women voters can we stop voting for these guys. First Trump, the Gillespie in VA, now Moore. 

Seriously. Every time I see data like this, I am just flabbergasted and honestly sometimes embarrassed to be a white woman. I've tried to write like 5 different things here and nothing sounds right. My friends and I are all super liberal, so this demographic isn't anyone I choose to spend time with, but I can think of a ton of coworkers and neighbors who probably fall into that group. We're in the south, and it seems like there's a bigger sense of "well this is just always how we vote, our family is republican," but I can't understand that logic. 

southernbelle0915

@charlotte989875 - preach. I rolled my eyes so hard at that. What the fuck white people? And white women in general. We all remember gross "old" men (lol 30s WAS old!), cat calling, inviting us to hang out, and looking a little too "long and low". THAT'S who 65% of you want? 

I saw a quote related to the Mario Batali thing which totally applies to all of this nonsense:

"This is a really big world. There’s room for so many people. For every Mario Batali, for every Kevin Spacey, for every Al Franken, as much as you liked them or believed in them, there’s someone right behind them that’s just as talented, just as capable, that’s going to be just as inspiring, that’s not actively hurting people."

levioosa

I want this to encourage some hope, but I feel pretty defeated that it was so close between a pedophile, and a qualified candidate. I’m not really surprised, just disappointed, even though yesterday I was sure Moore would win hands down. And white women need to get their shit together. 

charlotte989875

levioosa said:

I want this to encourage some hope, but I feel pretty defeated that it was so close between a pedophile, and a qualified candidate. I’m not really surprised, just disappointed, even though yesterday I was sure Moore would win hands down. And white women need to get their shit together. 

A qualified candidate, WHO PROSECUTED THE KKK!! 

Sorry, I'm a little rage-y this morning at my people. Also I see you white, college educated women who 51% of you voted for him. This isn't an educational thing. 

kimmiinthemitten

I just read somewhere that McConnel is supposed to swear Jones in basically immediately but plans on holding off until after the tax vote; ala Garland. 

charlotte989875

kimmiinthemitten said:

I just read somewhere that McConnel is supposed to swear Jones in basically immediately but plans on holding off until after the tax vote; ala Garland. 

He's a weasel. 

levioosa

kimmiinthemitten said:

I just read somewhere that McConnel is supposed to swear Jones in basically immediately but plans on holding off until after the tax vote; ala Garland. 

Of fucking course he is. 

holyguacamole79

short+sassy

Yes, sadness with you all that it even had to be that close.  And the betrayal of my own demographic, white women (FFS, seriously!).  But, overall, my feelings are elation.  Elation that AL, to my shock, did the right thing.  Elation that both Trump and Bannon have egg on their face for backing a guy with a low moral character.  Elation that the Republican party is running scared now.  They should be.  They couldn't even keep Alabama!  ALABAMA!!!!  I just can't stop lmao over that. 

I know what it is like to live in a super conservative Republican Southern state.  Where a Republican candidate could practically kill a puppy on stage, rip its heart out and eat it.  And the response would be, "Well, sure, he shouldn't have killed that puppy.  But he's been working so hard.  Fighting to limit people's rights, the way MY God intended.  So, of course, he might get hungry at an inopportune time.  That's just boys will be boys.  It's NBD."  Or some would think the 50K witnesses who saw it are lying anyway.

Edited to add.  A Rep. candidate really has to be THAT bad to lose here.  My further eyeroll is that Moore won't even concede.  Yes Moore, you too, are THAT bad.  Don't add to your disgrace by being even more pathetic.  I read the votes are far enough apart that AL wouldn't even agree to a recount, even if one were asked.

If I were a Republican candidate, I'd start dodging Trump's calls.  "Please, please, Mr. President, NO!!!  Please do not endorse me." lol.