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Doug Jones Victory Dog Dance Party! Open Thread for laughing at Roy Moore

What a huge fucking relief. Thank you, black voters of Alabama, for sending Roy Moore packing.

Screw you, Roy Moore, but not that poor horse you rode in on.

Why would you ride to the polls on a horse if you CAN’T FUCKING RIDE A HORSE PROPERLY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE YOU FAKE COWBOY ASSHOLE PREDATOR?

Here are some more Tweets and an open thread. CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON.

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/940798680214458370

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/940787884285718528

https://twitter.com/DIorioNathaniel/status/940797919833329666

https://twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/940797646846988295

One more dancing dog because why not?

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Skiriki
Skiriki
6 years ago

Fingers crossed that this will make it easier for people to VOTE, dangit, read way too many daft things about what had happened to those who tried and then got stuck in queue.

Like… JEEZ.

But! Good for Alabama and PoC who voted that stupid kiddy-fiddler out! Narrow margin, white folx, please go and study what was wrong with what you’ve done.

Gregory A Lynn
6 years ago

Glorious.

Absolutely glorious.

Did you see Moore’s speech? It was one of the most petulant, butt-hurt things I have ever seen.

BS and his 4 fluffy kitties
BS and his 4 fluffy kitties
6 years ago

Faith in humanity, restored…a little bit.

Gummo Trotsky
Gummo Trotsky
6 years ago

How Roy Moore sees himself:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U

How the rest of humanity sees Roy Moore:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ate0JwFEux4

Patty Thinkerer
Patty Thinkerer
6 years ago

Truly, this is a time for celebration! More dancing doggies, more, I say!

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
6 years ago

I’m not sure how to feel about that white women statistic.

On the one hand, the percentage (according to WaPo) that voted for Jones, at 30% is a big improvement over the 15% that voted for Obama. So that’s progress.

On the other hand, 65% of white women in Alabama are still voting for their white cishet supremacy over solidarity with their fellow women.

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weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
6 years ago

Patty Thinkerer,

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One of these days I’ll have to take a video of my dog dancing. If you scratch the place where her tail meets her back, she’ll twerk up against you. It’s hilarious.

Ichthyic
Ichthyic
6 years ago

On the other hand, 65% of white women in Alabama are still voting for their white cishet supremacy over solidarity with their fellow women.

Internalized misogyny is a helluva thing.

abars01
abars01
6 years ago

Folks, a thought just occurred to me… the results of the Virginia election, Alabama election and Australian gay marriage postal plebiscite appear to have been driven largely by increased turnout among liberal Millennials and POC, in turn attributable to the increased energization of these demographics in response to the growth of the far-right.

Do you think there’s a risk that, as the alt-right realizes that Trump and Brexit do not necessarily mean that victory is inevitable for them, and that the left is, in fact, still making gains, it might become energized itself? That turnout among conservatives might increase?

Moggie
Moggie
6 years ago

It was a bad night for cowboy cosplayers everywhere!

I’m relieved, but not jubilant. This should not have been fucking close! And those white voting figures remain horrifying. I’m sure one message the Republicans will take from this is: suppress the black vote more.

Nothing is Permanent But Woe
Nothing is Permanent But Woe
6 years ago

Great news on the Alabama election folks, and lovely to see you up and running, David, whatever form that takes at the moment!

The statistics themselves are fucking horrible, however. 74% of white men voting for a confirmed racist sex-offender because of their own racism, sexism, and fuck knows whatever else. I feel ashamed and a bit dirty, to be honest. Thanks to those white men for just confirming what the rest of the world already knew. Grim.

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
6 years ago

Nothing is Permanent But Woe,

Can I shorten your name to NIPBW or something?

Anyway, Alabama is a super red state. One of the most Republican in the country. After maybe Oklahoma? I’m not sure what the 2016 stats are, but in 2012 I remember reading that 90% of white voters voted for Romney. So, it is disappointing that so many white voters are overlooking or denying the child molesting, but not totally surprising. In a less red state, the race probably wouldn’t be close at all.

In other words, it’s not so much that white men are terrible. It’s more that Republicans are terrible. Although, yeah, too many white men are indeed terrible.

Makroth - cowboy Jacobin from Hell
Makroth - cowboy Jacobin from Hell
6 years ago

Horrorfan510
Horrorfan510
6 years ago

@abars01

I hadn’t considered that but it is a scary thought. I’m hoping that the left keeps momentum, which would mean looking at and boosting other state elections.

Nothing is Permanent But Woe
Nothing is Permanent But Woe
6 years ago

@WWTH

NIPBW is fine, as are Nothing, or Woe, feel free to use whatever abbreviation you like. It comes from ‘Fungus the Bogeyman’ and Bogeymen don’t have strong opinions about stuff like this, or anything really.

Regarding Alabama, I’m not American and don’t really know much about the state beyond what I’ve seen in the news, so your analysis is helpful. I’m quite tired of bad news this year so I should be looking at this as a positive thing, but I think I’ve accidentally trained my brain to look for the most pessimistic reading. Which is also something a Bogeyman would do.

It just seems strange that supporters of a party that so loudly trumpets its commitment to ‘traditional values’ are so keen to chuck all that under a bus and support such an obviously sleazy oik simply because he isn’t his opponent. I’ve only really been following US politics in any sort of detail for the last year or so, though, so I guess this isn’t strange at all for those who have to live under it.

Makroth - cowboy Jacobin from Hell
Makroth - cowboy Jacobin from Hell
6 years ago
Zatar
Zatar
6 years ago

abars01:

I mean conservatives already have very high Turnout in America, and the Alt Right already is very energized. Besides The Alt Rights very much built on hateful arrogant white men who don’t necessarily like each other so if anything I expect this will make them continue to fracture.

opposablethumbs
opposablethumbs
6 years ago

So great to see some good news on the front page! (that breakdown of the vote by sex and race is … striking, to say the least).

And also wonderful to see you, David!!! Hope you’re as well as may be and getting better ::transatlantic non-intrusive virtual hugs:: 🙂

Nequam
Nequam
6 years ago

Glad you’re feeling better, David.

As for this election…

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joy.JPG

Ohlmann
Ohlmann
6 years ago

I will add my voice to the cry of joice. It’s far from enough, but it’s a victory that count for democracy-lovers 🙂

Moggie
Moggie
6 years ago

I want to take a moment out of laughing at Roy Moore to laugh at Steve Bannon and Milo, because of this Engadget story: Steve Bannon and Breitbart spent months trying to sabotage Twitter:

Following Yiannopoulos’ Twitter verification removal on January 9th of 2016, Yiannopoulos — Breitbart’s tech editor at the time — sent an email to Bannon saying, “This will be a week of pain for Twitter. What do you think about a stunt? Protest outside their offices, 50 people in Milo masks demanding my badge back? I want to underscore how petty what they did was and what it has revealed about the company and what the consequences are going to be.” Bannon was already against the platform because he believed it silenced conservative voices and over the next couple of months, the two, along with others like Chuck Johnson, discussed how they could get financial groups to short Twitter stock and push the already very low price down even further.

Yep, Milo, that will really show people how petty they are.

(Longer story at Buzzfeed)

Victorious Parasol
Victorious Parasol
6 years ago

I hope Moore doesn’t take his petulance out on Sassy. That poor horse has already suffered enough at his hands. And his lousy equitation in general.

Sheila Crosby
6 years ago

Steve Bannon’s reaction:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N18EwO-Rkxc?start=290&w=560&h=315%5D

He looks like he’s fighting back tears.

Sheila Crosby
6 years ago

Steve Bannon’s reaction:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N18EwO-Rkxc?start=290&w=560&h=315%5D

The good bit starts at 4:50

He looks like he’s fighting back tears.

Valentin - Emigrantski Ragamuffin
Valentin - Emigrantski Ragamuffin
6 years ago

Good news when you post David! And good news Roy Moore is in the garbage.???

But I am surprised by voter suppression which happened. Looks like Russians hack America but also USA is using Russian tactics with their citizens voters.? What would be the result if they not suppressed? Even bigger loss for Moore.

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