At first thought, the upcoming special election (12/12/2017) in Alabama for the Senate seat vacated by Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (yes, I'm lampooning him) would seem to have little relevance in a blog that purports to advocate for workers.
Mais non, mon freres et soeurs. By now, we all know about Roy Moore's regrettable predilections. What many may not know is that Doug Jones, Moore's Democratic opponent for the seat, is not, as Donald Trump claimed a few days ago, weak on crime. Just the opposite; Jones successfully brought to trial and won convictions of Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the bombing of a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, and the death therein of four young African-American girls. Around that same time, Roy Moore, as Chief Justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the allegedly abusive ex-husband of a
woman who came out as a lesbian. Moore's reason? Homosexual
behavior is crime against nature, an inherent evil, and an act so
heinous that it defies one’s ability to describe it. AKA I don't have to explain myself.
As workers, in order to distinguish what will benefit us as a group (e.g., deep-sixing the current Republican tax plan) we must be able to separate truth from fiction. In Bodhi's opinion, it's a fiction that Roy Moore or anyone like him can claim to be god-fearing or Christian. It's a fiction to distort Doug Jones' record.
15104 deals frequently in numbers; here's one that made me happy - Jones leads Moore by as much as 12 points in a poll taken by - wait for it - the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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