What Does the Left Get Out of the Roy Moore Fiasco?

Ladies and gents, I bring to you the very obvious outcome of the left's efforts in handing the Ray Moore story.

The issue for the left is not whether Moore is guilty or innocent.

Not whether they will win or lose that one seat (that's not under anyone's direct control).

Not whether, he'll keep on fighting or leave the race. All those are factors, not central issues.

The central issue here is dividing and ridiculing the Republican party, having Republicans go at one and other, and discrediting themselves in a wide variety of ways.

So far, the plan is succeeding.

When You Think You Are Strong, When In Fact, You're Just SHort-Sighted

Democrats are ALWAYS trying to do hit jobs. That's called opposition research. Sometimes it bears out and sometimes it's pure fabrication. That's nasty, but it's politics so there is no excuse not to be prepared and not do your own job in looking at where your candidate might get hit.

And do all of you honestly believe that the Republicans woudn't do oppo research on a candidate and try to bring it up at a convenient time if they could? The better question is why are they so terrible at doing that. Is it laziness? Weakness? Corruption? Lack of access to quality operatives? I don't know. What I do firmly believe that all the people who are more than willing to overlook whatever Roy Moore did just because the Democrats brought it out of the closet at the last minute would do the same thing to the other side in the heartbeat, if only they could. But they can't, so they are doing their party a disservice twice: first, by talking the talk without walking the walk, and second, by failing to distance themselves from known liabilities and therefore opening themselves up to further attacks of the same kind.

I won't be surprised if more of this doesn't come out in a week or two, only much worse and with some awful evidence that will be hard to dispute.

Let's face it, 40 years ago, people did not keep good records. They weren't in the habit of instagramming their every move. There was no Instagram. 20 years from now? The young candidates running in local elections will be inundated with blackmail and revelations. And if we are still stuck in the mindset from 40 years ago 20 years from now, there won't be any elections worth winning left.

Just One Word About Harvey Weinstein

Honestly? My capacity to care about Harvey Weinstein, the horrible story that it truly is, is very limited. Hollywood's and leftists' hypocrisy is coming out, ok, what else is new?

Nothing will change.

After Harvey is done, it's going to be back to business as usual. Harvey is a scapegoat for hundreds or thousands more like him that will go unpunished, and the only reason he got caught is probably because someone seeking revenge, leaked the story.

I honestly can't understand how this can be all everyone can be talking about for a week, when there are far more important issues going unaddressed.

Why Republicans Are Losing the PR War

Interesting how Democrats will utilize any tragedy, any crisis to push their agenda through well organized, coordinated messaging that inevitably pushes Congress to adopt at least to some extend the measures they recommend, but with Republicans that system of communication just does not exist. Republicans are as a block reactionary, slow-moving, and by the time they get around presenting the evidence, the PR damage has already be done, and all their points are perceived as self-serving and disingenuous.

Giving Credit Where It's Due

Kudos to Senator Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing and publicly supporting Kurds' right to self-determination and a future state in Northern Kurdistan. Would have been a REAL profile in courage if he did so BEFORE the referendum, but better late than never. I hope others will follow his lead.