May 17, 2006
I bet he does
Moore sees self as fighter firm in his convictions
Of course, he also sees himself as God's Anointed sent to convert all America to fundamentalist Christianity. And at one point he saw himself as a kickboxer. He's actually trained at that and there's every chance he could break my head wide open. I better go.
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May 07, 2006
That helps a lot, Roy
Rhetoric heated at GOP field day
Republicans are noted for enjoying watching other Republicans attack sitting Republican governors. Really they are.
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April 27, 2006
Shocking relevations
Roy has discovered -- this is just awful -- that an incumbent governor is getting campaign contributions from businessmen the state has invested in a project with. What is the world coming to?
Posted by Mac Thomason at 08:22 AM | Comments (0)
April 25, 2006
Well, that's one
Conservative GOP group endorses Moore, Parker
See, Roy has lots of allies. He needed a two-thirds majority!
Posted by Mac Thomason at 12:59 PM | Comments (0)
April 20, 2006
Roy's paranoia increases
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore: Bush visit an attempt to help Riley win reelection
"Don't you understand?! They're out to get me!! Listen to the cows!!! The cows know the truth!!!!!"
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April 16, 2006
64-20
Poll: Riley builds big lead over Moore
Let's put it this way -- St. Roy's campaign is in deep, deep trouble. I don't think it can overcome a 44 point lead.
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April 11, 2006
Be fair, Roy
Moore says Riley forgot Republican principles
He never forgot the most important Republican principle of all: suck up to business interests at every opportunity, and remember that what they say goes. I think it's in the party charter.
He's talking about PAC money and taxes.
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April 09, 2006
One thing for Roy
PACs often mask who's behind gift
Just one thing... He doesn't take PAC money. Of course, he's going to lose because of it, but it's an actual principled stand.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 12:47 PM | Comments (3)
April 05, 2006
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all
AP Wire | 04/05/2006 | AP Newsbreak: Tom Parker expected to run for chief justice
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April 01, 2006
Another Roy issue
al.com: NewsFlash - Bills to stop Alabama annual property reappraisals fail
This is actually more serious than a lot of the Roy stuff -- the religious fanaticism won't really change anything, this had the possibility of crippling state government to basically support large landowning corporations.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 09:26 PM | Comments (0)
March 31, 2006
More vital issues
Moore joins Navy chaplain in protest
I suppose this isn't about religion either, is it Roy?
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March 28, 2006
Don't have a cow, man
al.com: NewsFlash - Roy Moore, ag chief square off over mad cow disease
The state agriculture commissioner is upset, and rightly so I warrant, that St. Roy is insinuating that the reveal of a mad cow case in Alabama is part of a vast government conspiracy. Roy, meanwhile, says that the National Animal Identification System is "identifiable with communism". I'm sure we all remember Lenin's collectivization of the parakeets, and Stalin's forced dog rabies vaccinations.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 08:12 AM | Comments (0)
March 25, 2006
Cow Paranoia
Oh, this is great! Roy opposes a national tracking system for farm animals and insinuates that the recent news about a BSE-infected cow in Alabama is a government plot to take away our cow liberties.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 01:40 PM | Comments (0)
March 23, 2006
Roy gets hypocritical
montgomeryadvertiser.com�::� Moore says voters not capable
You can't go around being a "populist" and trying to overturn court rulings with 200 years of precedent behind them relying upon popular support and then go out and say that the people are too stupid to vote on a new state constitution. Well, you can, but not without being a giant hypocrite.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 08:18 AM | Comments (1)
March 21, 2006
So there
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore says he's staying in Alabama's GOP primary for governor
Actually, from what I understand, St. Roy plans to more or less take over the Republican Party over the next few years. He has a whole ticket on the statewide races. Abandoning his spot at the head of the ticket would put the kibosh on that.
Posted by Mac Thomason at 11:51 AM | Comments (1)
March 16, 2006
You know, the usual
Moore drives grass-roots campaign
Roy drives his own car to events. He's talking his other issues, but you know what drives in the voters for him:
He already has the vote of 46-year-old Laverne B------, a school bus driver. But it's because of Moore's Ten Commandments stance, not his legislative thoughts."People need to get back to the way of the Lord," she says. "He stands for what the rest of this country no longer stands for. What harm did it do to have the Ten Commandments placed there in Montgomery?"
Actually, Laverne, I don't know how to tell you this, but the monument was placed at just the wrong place where it was going to throw the Earth off of its axis and send it spiralling into the sun. We tried to tell Roy but he wouldn't listen.
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March 12, 2006
No they don't
Moore says nation's laws recognize the sovereignty of God
As part of his campaign for governor of Alabama, Roy Moore will give a speech in Toledo, Ohio Tuesday.
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March 10, 2006
I've decided
Moore rallies foes of eminent domain
I was always pretty ambivalent on the eminent domain issue, but if St. Roy is against it, I'm for it. He simplifies things for me.
Actually, he makes several good points and is right by the stopped-clock method. There are times when the government goes too far. Then St. Roy starts talking about abolishing the government and I come to my senses and realize that he's just crazy.
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March 08, 2006
Extremely disturbing
Moore draws applause in area sermon
It was a star-spangled "God and Country" Sunday for some 800 members and guests at Madison Baptist Church, with former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore preaching a sermon on the interlinking of faith and fatherland.
I don't know about you, but I get nervous when right-wing charismatics start talking about the fatherland. Anyway, the latest line is that church and government are to be separated and not church and state. "He did not elaborate on the difference between the terms state and government."
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March 04, 2006
Roy Moore shot!
Cleveland shooting victim is critical
Okay, it's just a guy in Cleveland named Roy Moore.
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March 01, 2006
It's not a state issue, Roy
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore calls on Riley to denounce ports pact
Even if it was, none of the ports involved is in Alabama! Not that facts, or the Constitution, ever stopped you from fanning the flames of xenophobia.
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February 21, 2006
Darn
Moore says he's sticking with GOP
I can't think of a better way to ensure a Democratic governor than for St. Roy to run as an independent. The problem is that once you run in a primary you can't get on the ballot as an independent, so it would have to be a write-in campaign. And to qualify as an independent, you need 41,000 signatures.
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February 17, 2006
It just looks bad
Moore's strength lies out of state
More than 60 percent of St. Roy's donations have come from out of state. It seems to me that a man who spends so much time talking about local control should be more careful about who's funding him.
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February 15, 2006
Twinkle Twinkle Go Away
Moore asks Republican chairman to resign
He says that Twinkle Andress is biased towards Bob Riley, which she is, and should sit out the election, which she isn't going to do. He's felt this for some time, I believe, but his current complaint is pretty weak and based on this comment in a newsletter:
"During the past year, Alabamians have benefited from the strong Republican leadership of President Bush, Governor Riley, Senator Shelby and Senator Sessions in building our economy and handling the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
Like I said, pretty weak. She can't exactly not mention the sitting governor from her own party.
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February 13, 2006
Roy PPs
al.com: NewsFlash - Riley posts big lead over Moore in governor's race poll
Roy's response to being doubled up (56-28) in the poll of Republicans?
"It's not about polls and politics — it's about principle and people. The people of this state will send a clear message to the politicians and special interests in Montgomery on June 6," Moore said in a statement.
Ah, alliteration. That'll show him. I wonder if St. Roy is actually aware that elections are, in fact, about polls and politics. That's why they call it "going to the polls".
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February 03, 2006
Hello, Morgan!
Moore in Morgan: Gubernatorial candidate stumps with mix of religion, politics
What's eviller than Clear Channel? Roy Moore on Clear Channel! Luckily, this interview will air at six in the morning on Sunday.
St. Roy's solution to the state's education problems is to "eliminate the education bureaucracy" and "return control to parents and local communities." Yeah, that's going to work. Also, he'll try to teach creationism, but he didn't mention that.
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February 02, 2006
Oh, I wish
Write-in ballots . . . could end two-party dominance
Not to step in on The Editors' territory, but ladies and gentlemen, Kaye Grogan:
There is a way to beat the two-party political system. If all conservatives would rise up, and write-in Judge Roy Moore or James Dobson for president in 2008, the two-party upset could really send politicians a big message.
That message? DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE! Whoo-hoo! Good luck, Kaye!
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Hooray for Maryland
People from 49 states donate to Roy Moore
The oddity of St. Roy's failure to get anyone in Maryland to send him money is that he actually spoke to their state legislature once. I guess they didn't like what they heard.
I'm just pleased as punch that all these out of state folks find it necessary to send money to influence our state. Really, I am.
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January 25, 2006
That's just what we needed
Moore enters state's gay marriage debate
I mean we're talking about a guy who is so homophobic he actually shocked the rest of the Alabama Supreme Court, a notably conservative group. So you can guess what he thinks about the proposed superfluous constitutional amendment against gay marriage, which is already banned in Alabama. Especially since -- WATFO -- the amendment is on the June 6 ballot ("D-Day" stands for "Don't Let Those Homosexuals Touch Me! Day") which just happens to be the primary in which St. Roy will be carrying the banner of hatred and religious fanaticism against Bob Riley and his corporatist minions.
Sorry, I get a little overwrought about this stuff.
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January 23, 2006
For instance, there are immoral issues
Roy Moore says moral issues aren't his only fight
Like his program to keep racist language in the state constitution, and to deny that public education is a right. Those are pretty immoral. Of course, what he's saying is that he's not just a religious fanatic but that he has other issues. This is to try to get business Republicans who like his anti-taxation stuff to vote for him even though he's a religious fanatic.
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January 12, 2006
Moore qualified
Moore qualifies as candidate for governor
I just wanted to see what that looked like in print. Nah, I don't buy it.
St. Roy then took the time to ask that the Republican Party not ban crossover voting. Actually, he read from a letter he wrote the party committee. In it, he essentially claimed that Twinkle is in Riley's pocket (which is probably true) and made the peculiar claim that "The Alabama Republican Party has never been about restricting voters," which comes as a shock to thousands of Alabamians convicted of nonviolent "felonies" (misdemeanors by any civilized standard) and stripped of their voting rights because the GOP blocked a bill to restore their rights.
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January 06, 2006
Public wish list anyway
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore outlines wish list to GOP legislators
He has a lot of private wishes he won't put on paper. A tax rebate makes some sense in these circumstances, but won't happen.
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January 01, 2006
Or possibly electroshock
Moore may need refresher course on Constitution
Editorial in the Decatur Daily...
God is always present, regardless of whether he is acknowledged — even by Judge Moore.Why, then, does Judge Moore feel obligated to re-interpret what is so clearly written in the Constitution? Is it that he believes he is wiser than the founders were?
Or could it be that he realizes the political value of perceived martyrdom?
In the end, Judge Moore's platform is more of what we have become used to hearing from him: popular conservative rhetoric with little substance.
You know, it's possible -- just possible -- that Roy is kinda dumb.
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December 22, 2005
Yep, that's what he does
The secret of Roy Moore's hatred of Bob Riley: Riley wouldn't help him provoke a national crisis.
Riley said Wednesday that Terry Butts, a lawyer representing Moore, asked him to issue an executive order barring the removal of the monument, and then to call out the National Guard, if needed, to enforce it.Butts recalled Wednesday that he did ask for the order on Moore's behalf, and in subsequent discussions told Riley that guardsmen were an option for enforcement.
So because Riley -- who let St. Roy drag the state into the lawsuit that wound up costing millions, and who never once indicated that he thought that the Granite Calf wasn't the greatest thing ever -- wouldn't call out the National Guard against a Federal court order, Moore has sworn vendetta.
"Every scenario has a negative outcome. If the National Guard is there and federal marshals come to remove the monument, how far do you tell them to go?" he said. "Do you restrain them? Do you fire on them?"
You see what we're dealing with here? Because one judge has a hardon for the Ten Commandments, the Governor of Alabama had to think about a situation where he was declaring war on the Department of Justice.
The controversy would have elevated Moore's religious display from a national debate to a national crisis, perhaps prodding Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court into action to settle the matter, Butts said. It would be a classic battle of states' rights versus the federal courts, he said.
Yeah, you know, like Fort Sumter. I was convinced throughout that St. Roy wanted to provoke a Constitutional crisis. Looks like I was right. Here's what I said back in May of 2003:
We're probably going to wind up needing the National Guard to get rid of the damned thing when Roy decides that the Constitution doesn't apply to him and refuses to remove it when ordered.
Obviously, St. Roy was reading my site and wanted to pre-empt the Guard.
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December 20, 2005
Roy Nation
Moore's wife seeks donations in letter
St. Roy's wife's name (Kayla) has gone out under an email sent to religious fanatics all over the country, asking for campaign contributions. Well, it says to help Roy become a "national spokesperson for Christian conservatism", but that's what it amounts to.
You'll be happy to know that St. Roy is opposed to those who want to "remove Christ from Christmas," (leaving only "mas", which is Spanish for "more", which is a homonym homophone for "Moore! Hmmm....) Some of his recent statements seemed to be downplaying the horrendous threat of the War On Christmas, but no more!
"I know I am asking a lot especially right in the middle of this Christmas season when your focus is on family, friends and loved ones," the letter reads. "But, I can think of no better time than this Holy Season to begin our campaign to return morality to our country and God to our public square."
Yep, that's what you should do. Think of the looks on your little ones' faces when they come out Christmas morning, and instead of gifts, they find cards saying that a donation in their names has been made to the Roy Moore for Alabama Governor campaign. It's a Christmas they won't soon forget.
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December 14, 2005
The Moore on Christmas
montgomeryadvertiser.com : Moore says separation of church, state protects Christmas
"The separation of church and state separated us from government interference," Moore replied. "There has never been a case that says you can't say 'Christmas season.'"
That doesn't even make sense. Not even by St. Roy standards. St. Roy already has made clear, on numerous occasions, that he doesn't believe in the separation of Church and State. Moreover, it's not like government stormtroopers have been going door to door enforcing anti-Christmas laws. Private entities have decided, for reasons of corporate profits, to say "Happy Holidays" or whatever instead of "Merry Christmas". Others have gone the other way. Roy is so demented that he can't even conceive of the possibility of anything other than the government "restricting" religion. Fittingly, the secretary of the Alabama Libertarian Party was there, because they have similar views on this matter, though the Libertarians are often brighter:
Sarah Wires of Birmingham, secretary of the Libertarian Party of Alabama, asked if Moore thought that the stand that the religious right wing movement has taken is the reason there is such tension over religion when it comes to lawmaking."I really don't understand what you're saying," Moore said. When Wires attempted to further explain her question, Moore said he thinks the problem is with special interest groups.
Moore said that he believes his knowledge of government and his understanding of the relationship between the branches of government and the Constitution make him qualified to be governor.
He isn't qualified to be the judge at a pie-eating contest.
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December 13, 2005
This should be good
Moore campaign loses support of talk show host
Oh, and it is. "Christian talk radio host" (as opposed to all those other talk radio hosts, who are mostly Zoroastrians) Kelly McGinley thinks that some of Roy Moore's followers are too extreme:
Kelly McGinley says that some of Moore's prominent supporters are "dominionists" who wish to bring about a government based on Old Testament law, which would administer the death penalty for offenses ranging from homosexuality to talking back to your parents.McGinley said that although she loves Moore and his family and has spent a lot of time with them, she fears his election could set in motion cataclysmic events.
It would set up a showdown between the state and federal government, leading to an invasion by the feds and resistance by Alabamians, McGinley said. The conflict would serve as the pretext for a government imposition of a manmade version of Biblical law, McGinley believes.
"It is too extreme for the likes of me," McGinley said. "It is pretty interesting that our primary is on 6/6/06."
Okay, she's totally nuts. Still, the totally nuts are Roy Moore's key constituency, and he can't afford to lose them.
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December 01, 2005
No it isn't
The Crimson White Online - Moore: Role of gov't is to recognize God
Meanwhile, in his "scholarly" role, he went with his usual nutzoid stuff at U of A. Some people actually questioned him! I know!
Many of the questions to Moore centered on whether acknowledging God establishes a religion, which would violate the establishment clause of the Constitution. Moore countered by quoting Founding Fathers and saying God is the foundation for the Constitution and law.
It really helps if you believe this crap. If you don't -- for instance, you've actually read, say, the Federalist Papers -- all you can do is laugh and shake your head. I'm starting to develop a nervous twitch and disturbingly large neck muscles.
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He's such a twit
Moore says tighten immigration
In yet another of his oh-so-Christian attitudes, Roy Moore is scared of brown people and wants to make sure they don't come here and take the jobs that nobody else wants. He says "It's time we closed our borders," which makes sense considering he's running for governor of Alabama, which has no international border.
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November 30, 2005
The value of prayer
The Crimson White Online - Roy Moore to speak at UA today
See, I read something like this:
William Stewart, former chairman of the UA political science department, said Moore's lecture will not necessarily be a campaign speech in that Moore won't ask the audience "to go out and vote" for him.But Stewart said the speech should focus mainly on Moore's research into historical documents concerning religion's role in government.
And I say, "Oh, God, please, no."
You're actually pretending that Roy Moore is a scholar?!? As a holder of two University of Alabama degrees and a future applicant for a third, I protest this cheapening of the University's standards of scholarship. Of course, it's only what I should have expected from the Political Science department.
The good news is that St. Roy won't actually do this, at least not all the time. Remember, the rules don't apply to him. He'll go into his usual fire and brimstone mode soon enough.
"In the '60s, it was very popular to make a statement by going against the law or by doing something unexpected. Look at Martin Luther King Jr.'s protests that landed him in jail, or George Wallace's controversial Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. But even if people agree with Moore's policy, they may not agree with his practice."
That's it. I'm going to demand that this jackass be fired. You dare compare Roy Moore to Martin Luther King? Leaving everything else aside, King went to jail. He never said that the civil authority was illegitimate, only that it was acting unjustly.
Wallace, now, that's a pretty good comparison. Go with that.
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November 29, 2005
Well, darn
The Crimson White Online - UPDATE: Moore to speak at UA Wednesday
I can't make it. I'm sure it will be fun. The CW doesn't publish on Tuesday, I'm sure they'll have more tomorrow.
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November 26, 2005
Roy rolling in it
Moore profits from book, speeches
He cleared a quarter million last year from speeches and sales of his book. (Actually, though the story says "sales", certainly that means from his advance; the book wasn't released until this March.) He doesn't have to file what he's made this year as yet. Yes, St. Roy is a corporation.
Siegelman, meanwhile, hasn't filed his to the paper statement for 2004 yet, and complained about his legal fees.
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November 21, 2005
Hello, Hammond (IN)!
Former judge: Rights come from God
Roy Moore continues his campaign for Alabama governor with a stop in Indiana. Typical. He calls the federal judiciary "incorrect and arrogant", which sure sounds like a pot/kettle situation to me.
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November 13, 2005
Politicians like politicians
18 of 20 Republican Alabama House members support Bob Riley in the primary. And the two St. Roy supporters won't do so on the record.
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November 10, 2005
Nothing wrong with that
You want to put a granite Ten Commandments monument in front of your church, good for you. That's where they belong.
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November 04, 2005
St. Roy and the Dragon
Moore says AEA's Hubbert too powerful
Dare Roy Moore take on Paul Hubbert? Well, he took on the entire United States Government so why not? He, of course, insinuates that Bob Riley is in Hubbert's pocket, which is ridiculous. It's like saying that the ACLU controls George Bush. Which is a little preview of Roy's 2008 Presidential campaign, no doubt.
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October 30, 2005
Guess what?
I see "morality" in an Alabama political campaign, even Birmingham school board, and I think of you-know-who. And I was right!
Trautwein is a conservative who has been compared to former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, and says he's honored by the comparison.But it makes some uneasy. The Roy Moore Ten Commandments controversy made Alabama the "laughingstock" of the nation, said Al Rutledge, Killough Springs neighborhood president, "and I would hate that to be the case in Birmingham" with Trautwein's conservative views.
I can't imagine Birmingham being a laughingstock, can you?
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October 21, 2005
It's really a bad idea
Appraising the property tax system
When the Birmingham News is against a de facto tax cut, you can be pretty sure that it's irresponsible. This time, St. Roy Moore seems to have made all the other candidates agree to his mindless anti-property appraisal stand.
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October 19, 2005
"Stealth tax"?
Moore wants to cancel annual land appraisals
Moore said annual appraisals, done in a time of rising property values, were in effect a "stealth tax" imposed on people without their consent, and it costs them tens of millions a year.
In other words, he's against people paying more in property tax when the value of their property goes up. In other words, he wants to keep the artificially low property taxes even lower. Tax relief for poor people can wait.
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October 16, 2005
Because we should be more like Texas
Moore wants Legislature to go back to meeting every other year
St. Roy wants this because, he says, it would "curb the power of special interest groups". In fact, what it would do is make it even harder for government to do anything. Note that Moore is the leader of the forces who have blocked home rule for counties, forcing people to get amendments to the state constitution for ordinary processes of government.
Jere Beasley, one of the leaders of the state's trial lawyers and the secret Democratic puppetmaster of the St. Roy campaign, backs the move. I'm not sure why, unless it's that he wants it more difficult for the legislature to pass "tort reform". I'm down with that. But this state has enough problems without making it even harder to get anything done.
The only states that have biannual sessions: Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon. A fun group, that.
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October 14, 2005
Failure!
Parker has finished fewest cases on high court
Roy Moore's sidekick, Lieutenant Tom Parker, has finished far fewer opinions than any other Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He's released 22 decisions; the others have released between 47 and 91. Cases are assigned randomly by computer.[DELETED]
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October 10, 2005
Hello, West Monroe, LA!
montgomeryadvertiser.com�::� Moore calls freedom key to crusade
So he's running for governor by campaigning in Louisiana? I do hear they may have an opening soon. Standard St. Roy crap, standard insane Royite followers. Here are some of the latter:
"Judge Roy Moore is a modern-day Christian hero," said Mary Elise Doss, of Monroe..."The Christian walk is not an easy walk," said worshipper Jessica Jordan of west Monroe. "His being punished has opened up a different area for him to share his testimony."
That's great. Let's punish him some more!
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October 09, 2005
Excellent
Poll indicates Riley is well ahead of Moore in GOP primary
19 points, 44 to 25. That's a lot of undecideds, though. In January, a poll showed St. Roy up 43-35. A South Alabama poli-sci professor expects that Riley's hurricane performance helped him.
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October 06, 2005
The Song of Roy
Moore vs. Bush - The rematch. By Timothy Noah
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (America the Beautiful)
You have got to read St. Roy's poem. It's really something special. Though I'm not sure why Noah thinks that Rove has to beware St. Roy -- it's not like Bush can run for reelection.
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She wasn't very good
Brown tries comeback with run for court
Jean Brown was unseated by Lieutenant Tom Parker in the Republican primary in 2004. Her main crime was voting against the wishes of the Blessed St. Roy to remove the Granite Calf. She's running for a newly open seat on the court.
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October 05, 2005
Meanwhile, in Birmingham...
I can see the Birmingham News already trying to talk itself into accepting St. Roy when he wins the Republican nomination. It still takes him on in many areas but I can tell they're readying themselves. It will be "Roy Moore has grown during this campaign. He has shown a willingness to look outside his core supporters." Et cetera.
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See, everywhere
Moore flies in, touts platform
Huntsville, too. And Birmingham. And Dothan. As you see, he flew in, but it's not clear if he did it in a plane or via angels or completely unassisted.
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He's everywhere
Candidate Roy Moore makes stop in Mobile
Someone must have given him a plane. Or he has angels carry him around. Anyway:
Moore said Tuesday that his plan for reforms in the Alabama Legislature, education, taxation and governmental spending, immigration and morality will "return Alabama to the people," the theme of his campaign.
Our kind of people, he didn't say, but it's implied.
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October 04, 2005
He's got it down
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore, on first trek as candidate, calls for cutting waste, fraud
Ah, the normal Republican claim that "waste and fraud" are the reason the budget's a mess. It's not true, it's never true, but it sure beats raising taxes! Or cutting programs people actually need. He also says that people should vote Royites into the legislature. Is he going to run a Ten Commandments ticket all the way down the ballot?
Asked how he would deal with the increasing cost of providing Medicaid for Alabama's poor and elderly citizens, Moore said he would reduce fraud in the program and eliminate the duplication of medical tests.
TRANSLATED FROM THE ROYESE: "I have no idea."
Concerning prison overcrowding, the former chief justice said the problem is caused by repeat offenders. He suggested new programs to train prisoners before they are released "to help them re-enter society." He also said more drug treatment programs are needed in prison.
Wow... That's... That's actually a really good idea. So it will never happen. But one for St. Roy.
Moore repeated the promise in his platform to "just say no to irresponsible tax increases." Asked about Alabama's income tax, which begins taxing a family of four at the lowest threshold of any state in the country, at an annual income of $4,600, Moore said he doesn't believe the current system is unfair."What's unfair is to make people pay more taxes," Moore said.
And right back to the bullshit.
There is a certain school of thought that St. Roy wouldn't be so bad, that his nuttier impulses will be controlled by the law while his occasional populist impulses can be used for progressive causes. Plus he won't try to gut the power of the courts in civil matters. (Many of the people who say these things are members of the plaintiffs' bar.) I think the above puts the lie to this argument. The man thinks that income taxes on people making $4,600 a year (half of the federal poverty level for a one-person household) is just dandy.
Also, I could point out that there were a lot of people in Germany in 1932 who thought that Hitler could be worked with, plus at least he wasn't a Communist, but that would be mean.
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Royorama
The Birmingham News:
Roy Moore announces run for governor
St. Roy puts his finger on the real problems our state faces:
"As our taxes continue to rise, the education of our children continues to decline," Moore said. "And at a time when morality seems to be disappearing, our courts are preoccupied with telling children they can't pray and telling public officials they can't acknowledge the God that is the source of our morality."
Catch that last bit? In other words, it's all about him.
The Huntsville Times:
Moore enters race; showdown looms with Riley
From this one, I learn that St. Roy learned kickboxing and went to Australia after losing his first political race in Alabama. Unfortunately, he didn't stay there.
The Mobile Register:
Roy Moore joins race for governor
Here's a frightening description:
Sounding less like "The Ten Commandments Judge" and more like a hybrid between George Wallace and any Republican candidate for governor in a conservative Southern state, Roy Moore on Monday announced his bid for Alabama's top job in 2006.
Yep, that's just what we need.
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October 03, 2005
About time. Jerk.
al.com: NewsFlash - Ousted Ala. justice to run for governor
He's been preparing for this for months; I honestly don't understand the holdup. Anyway, he's running and he'll probably win. By this time next year, he'll probably be in Federal prison somewhere. He's completely crazy and will do something totally nutty, like require everyone to swear a loyalty oath to God.
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It's Roy Day!
WSFA TV Montgomery, AL - Moore & Riley Expected to Announce Political Intentions This Week
St. Roy is supposed to announce his plans (he's running) today in Gadsden. I'll try to keep an eye out.
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October 01, 2005
I hope they both lose
al.com: NewsFlash - Moore, Riley likely to create classic GOP battle
Yes, it's the religious fanatics versus the greedy bastards for all the marbles, next summer!
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September 29, 2005
Hello, Quad Cities!!! (Really, this time.)
Justice: All laws based in religion
St. Roy was in Clinton, Iowa. Wait, "Clinton"? That's dirty!
Anyway, he was allowed to tell a bunch of people his imaginary history of human thought and law, which has about as much to do with actual reality as your average role-playing game does with the Middle Ages. Various loonytunes were gifted with stuff like that:
During his speech, he argued that God’s laws are the foundation for the U.S. Constitution and their place must be acknowledged. He said that the reason that Americans revolted against England was that the English government was taking away their God-given rights."They were Christian people, and here was a government that was taking away God-given rights," Moore said. "They knew there was a higher power, and they were rebelling."
I bet you didn't know that the American Revolution was a religious war.
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September 28, 2005
Oh, so typical
Gov. Riley, Judge Moore in Decatur on Friday
St. Roy will talk to the Kiwanis. Riley will talk to the Decatur Daily editorial board. Let's face it, Roy isn't going to get many newspaper endorsements.
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September 26, 2005
Hello, Rockford!
If St. Roy was really worrying about whether he's running for Governor, would he be in Rockford, Illinois? I don't think so. He's running.
Moore recited Scripture to argue that because rights come from God, acknowledgment of God is the foundation of law, not a violation of it."God gives you rights. Government is there to secure those rights, and if it doesn't, it should be abolished," he told about 1,000 people at one of Rockford's largest churches.
What an odd person. Isn't it odd that a judge cites the Bible as having governing authority? Which, in his opinion, it does. Welcome to the theocracy.
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September 23, 2005
Ten days
St. Roy will announce that's he's running for Governor on October 3. Obviously, he isn't saying that's what he'll announce, but he's running.
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