Darby and Moore: Too Little and Too Much

The Huntsville Times has two separate stories online regarding Larry Darby and Roy Moore, and their points can be summed up in one simple statement: Alabamians didn't have enough, and Moore had too much.

Alabamians didn't have enough information about Darby to know what ridiculous ideals he stands for. A fine argument could be made that the information was there, and that voters simply didn't take the initiative to do their research. While this is absolutely true, most casual election followers would probably assume that a candidate with such a looney platform would be the talk of all the news stations and newspapers in the state. Although there was some scattered reporting on his white supremecist rhetoric, no one exactly blew the doors off with coverage. I suppose many agreed with Darby's opponent; DA Tyson said multiple times that he didn't consider Darby a serious candidate. However, in the end, we can't blame the mass media for the electorate's lack of research. Personally, I'll take some of the blame for not telling more people voting in the Democratic Primary about avoiding Darby, and will remember this instance if, God forbid, a similar situation ever presents itself again.

Mr. Moore (Judge Moore? No, Junior, he was fired from that) on the other had had too much religion. Too much religion? In Alabama? Home of the no-beer-sales-from-draft-on-Sunday-if-you're-left-handed? Apparently so:

Moore and his slate got hit with "the Pharisee effect," said Larry Powell, a longtime pollster who had correctly predicted the outcome of Tuesday's primary.

Powell said many voters became tired of Moore constantly talking about religion and began to suspect he was using the issue for his own advancement.

You're kidding. Really?

Another beauty of a quote from the article...this time from J. Holland, Moore's campaign spokesman:

"I don't believe for a minute there was a Roy Moore slate," he said. "We were running our own campaign."

Forgive my judgemental nature, Mr. Holland, but I think you just bore false witness. Either that, or the mother of all coincidences occurred as three more judges decided to join forces with Moore's right-hand-man to fight the good fight for nullification.

In reality, the people of Alabama stood up and said no to demogogary, and that's not something that we could always brag about. The nation was waiting to laugh at us with this election, and instead we showed that the joke was on Moore and the Roy Moore Slate.