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Roy Moore Announcement, June 1 Posted by Danny, on May 22nd, 2009, at 10:23 am
WHNT.com is reporting that the 10 Commandments Judge, Republican Roy Moore, is expected to announce his candidacy for Governor on June 1 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Montgomery. He certainly doesn’t generate the excitement like he did… Related Articles: 35 comments to Roy Moore Announcement, June 1 |
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NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most unwelcome return since the Milli Vanilli comeback album.
I understand that Dean Young – who owes lots of money to a LOT of people – is his lone supporter. Sad.
Maybe they can sell some more overpriced trinkets . . .
RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT!!!!!!
It only takes 33% to win then!!!
PLEASE Chief Justice Moore…do IT!!!
Governor
Democrat 32%
Republican 32%
Roy Moore 36%
I want to be governor so I can acknowledge God. That’s it. I have no plan, no platform, no executive experience. I’m all about acknowledging God, all the time, 24/7. PACT plan? State budgets? Economic development? I don’t know anything about all that stuff. I just want to be able to acknowledge God which is the most important thing. Nothing else matters to me and shouldn’t to you either.
It wouldn’t susprise me that the majority of Roy’s backers are Democrats working to spoil any Republicans chances. You never hear his name even in far right Republican circles, except right before election time.
Maybe Roy trying to drive back up his speaker fees.
Worst decision ever. Worse than that time I decided it would be smart to go skinny dipping in a pool of jellyfish!
Vote for Roy – sanity is overrated!
roy moore is a nut. i think this will hurt tim james a little – they share some potential voters in my view.
but no way that moore can win the primary – as usual he is out to promote his own agenda and publicize himself. i agree he should run as an indy. maybe he and senator harri anne smith should team up and run for gov and lt gov on the indy ticket!
I don’t think Roy should be governor. The state doesn’t have enough money to line the governor’s office in rubber . . .
Moore’s entry into the race will make James look a bit moderate. That will help him in his appeal to business donors.
2010 has lost his ever loving mind…nevertheless the whackos of the state must be jumping with joy on this news…
So CC Dollar you consider all consevative Chrisitans to be whackos?
CC Dollar is just upset that I dare say a negative word about his precious Senator HAS. Like I said, CC, she better be looking for a party ticket to run on come 2010. It is doubtful she will be allowed to run on the GOP ticket for any office…and rightfully so.
RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT!!!!!!
It only takes 33% to win then!!!
PLEASE Chief Justice Moore…do IT!!!
Governor
Democrat 32%
Republican 32%
Roy Moore 36%
Comment by Doozey — May 22, 2009 @ 10:47 am
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is this a joke?
good grief
Roy will not even come close to 36% in the primary …and wouldn’t reach the teens in a general as an indy
for all those that think Byrne will have a problem for being a “former democrat”….here is a good example of why it will not be a problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRUbwnkEPqc
A lot of people don’t think Bradley is a “former” Demo . . .the liberal “Decatur Daily” just joined the Mobile paper in labeling BB (Bradley Byrne) a “moderate” . . sorta like Bobby Bright (BB) . . .hmm . . .BB and BB . . .see a trend???
I hope Byrne is a moderate. That’s what Alabama needs.
He IS a moderate. for good or ill. Byrne has a pretty moderate record. So that is his identity.
I guess moderate depends on what issues you’re talking about. On corruption, Byrne is a hardliner, and that’s going to be one of the biggest issues in the campaign.
what is wrong with being a moderate? go Byrne go !
Yawnnnnnnnnnnn.
As I have said before, I have a lot of respect for Roy Moore for his willingness to stand up for his beliefs, no matter what. I can appreciate that. I would consider myself a devout Christian conservative, and certainly I believe that the state has a right to acknowledge God.
However, Post 4 has a point: he has no platform, no plans or ideas. He’s a single issue candidate. And one tried-and-true rule of politics is that single issue candidates, very rarely ascend to higher office.
Sure, we all know that Moore believes in posting the Ten Commandments. No problem with that. Most Alabamians probably have no problem with them being posted. But what about the PACT debacle, attracting high-paying industry and keeping jobs in Alabama, eliminating gov’t waste, etc.? What are his plans for tackling these pressing issues? I sure don’t know his plans, do you? In my opinion, he shouldn’t waste his time nor money on this endeavour that is sure to fail. He’ll be doing well to find a campaign manager that’s worth his salt, and finding donors will be even harder. In short, he has a very small group of followers – the farthest of far-right conservatives – and he hasn’t been able to expand his base beyond that small core group.
The GOP to remember that either Davis or Sparks will be a formidable candidate, and needs to keep that in mind when nominating a candidate. They have to elect someone in the primary who is capable of beating those two.
#22 you are dead on about Roy Moore. If you go to “brainyquotes.com” and look up Judge Moore’s quotes, every single one of them has to do with religion in the town square. Every single one. And while we may all admire his stance, he has nothing in the way of real world experience to qualify him to be an executive.
He’s never been a legislator. He’s never run a business. He has never worked in economic development. He is – in his entirety – about religion.
Governor is not High Priest. He is woefully unqualified. That isn’t a knock against Judge Moore – he just does not qualify for the job by experienmce.
there is no way the GOP will nominate moore. if they do – alabama will elect a dem governor come the general election.
It’s not a joke…I think 36% of the state can be won by going from Baptist church to Baptist church and putting those old Christian Coalition flyers next to the bulletins. The State Constitution allows for the plurality victor in the General election case…how is it a lose for Roy?
Roy is a “lose” for Alabama and people know it. His day has passed.
Moore will not win the GOP nomination. But anyone who thinks that he will not be a factor should remember one little nugget: every pollster in the state had him losing to Riley by about 80-20 in the final days of that primary. Moore ended up pulling 34%. By the way he had no money and no professional organization. If he makes anti-gambling, anti gay adoption, and tougher abortion laws his main themes, he can pull a chunk of votes away from the rest.
Errr . . . no #37. I remember that race very well. Most pollsters had him losing about 2-1 which is exactly how it ended up. In fact, I know some people close to Moore’s campaign – as in involved day-to-day in Moore’s campaign (and I will be glad to name then for Danny) who insisted right up to election day that Moore would win.
Moore DID have some money. If you say otherwise, I want you to tell the folks who loaned him up to a half-million each that their contributions were “no money.”
And he had professionals helping him – THEN. He has none now and will not have any. And that is a reason he will not be a factor in THIS election.
OOPs – should be “no #27″ on the last post. Sorry!
Response for 2010 in comment #15:
If Byrne pulled that one, and I was one of the other candidates, I’d hand him this one as a retort:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI
Nuff said…
Nuff said Scorpius? That clip has zero to do with my point that folks on here screaming that Byrne was once a democrat better think of something else …
Yeah. Okay pal.
#28, I beg to differ on the polls and what they said at the end of the ‘06 campaign. But you miss a more important point–the evangelical base of the Republican Party does not have a candidate in this governor’s race. Byrne is a fiscal conservative and social moderate, James did not embrace the social issues in his 02 race and he is not doing so now. A candidate who spends his whole message on abortion, gay rights and gambling will catch on in a right leaning primary. The only issue is whether Moore will campaign or will disappear for long stretches like he did in ‘06.
I would say Bradley Byrne is a fiscal moderate as well as a social one, and in fact would be more conservative on social than fiscal issues. BB has backed tax hikes and has pushed for a new constitution; those are kinda “bookmark” issues in Alabama to separate the right from the middle in the GOP.
AS to social isues a lot of the people who care about those are on board with James (and Robert Bentley) so I do not “get” your assertion that Moore will corner those votes.
And once again, the Moore heirarchy was indeed showing people polls in ‘06 that showed they were competitive just before the primary. I know this (and I will ID who showed me to Danny) because the guy who showed me the internal Moore polls is a top Moore backer that put huge sums of money into the campaign.
I perdict (and I hope that this is NOT the case) that Moore will bear Byrne in a runoff because he’ll get Tim James’ and Robert Bentley’s voters. I’m a Republican, and if this is true, then I’ll vote Democratic in 2010! I DO NOT want this fundalmentalist criminal as governor, PERIOD!