{"id":30685,"date":"2017-12-13T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30685"},"modified":"2017-12-13T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:17:30","slug":"about-that-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/13\/about-that-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"About That Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the election came, my prediction was spot-on.  I predicted that I had no idea who would win, and when the election came, I had no idea who would win.  On who did win, I could not be more pleased.  Watching the different wings of the Republican Reich sniveling and pointing fingers at each other could become addictive.  But about that horse… later.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Doug Jones, a Democratic former prosecutor who mounted a seemingly quixotic Senate campaign in the face of Republican dominance here, defeated his scandal-scarred opponent, Roy S. Moore, after a brutal campaign marked by accusations of sexual abuse and child molestation against the Republican.<\/p>\n

The upset delivered an unimagined victory for Democrats and shaved Republicans\u2019 unstable Senate majority to a single seat.<\/p>\n

Mr. Jones\u2019s victory could have significant consequences on the national level, snarling Republicans\u2019 legislative agenda in Washington and opening, for the first time, a realistic but still difficult path for Democrats to capture the Senate next year. It amounted to a stinging snub of President Trump<\/strong>, who broke with much of his party and fully embraced Mr. Moore\u2019s candidacy<\/a>, seeking to rally support for him in the closing days of the campaign…  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Fuhrer actually says he knew his co-pervert couldn’t win.  That’s a load of bull, but about that horse… later.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here is Jones’ victory speech.<\/font><\/p>\n