New Mexico congressional candidate arrested on stalking charge

But my point is that it wasn't even going to get there. As other candidates dropped out, their voters weren't going to go for Wiener. His numbers were going to continue to drop even without another scandal heading his way.

 

Are you forgetting that he had to resign from Congress in disgrace? I'd think that was a fairly big deal and garnered a lot of national coverage. He ran for mayor and did have a lead in initial primary polling after people tried to forgive and forget...until he proved that he is a degenerate and he lost horribly in that same primary.

What else are you concerned about? This nobody in a NM congressional primary? The Menendez issue where he's in court? Or the coverage Moore is getting in a high profile Senate race where there are multitudes of stories coming out that list him as a sexual predator? Moore has been a thorn in the side of rational people for years. He has no regard for the Constitution and places the bible (at least the passages he chooses to care about) above the law of this land. What do you want us to get pissed about exactly?

 

We are. And we are in agreement that Wiener wasn't worthy of a vote in the NY Mayoral race either. But again choosing to run despite scandals isn't the choice of how the media covers a person. It is that person's own choice.

And if it was a media choice, then the fact that both guys ran/are running for office would only point to evenhanded treatment from the media.

 

If an oblique corruption trial case can get as many clicks and page reloads as a story of guy who couldn't keep himself away from jailbait, I'm sure that would happen.

Despite this big media conspiracy narrative, why they suck is because they are just driven by the bottom line. So sex, anger, and fear will sell and keep them in business another fortnight. There's very little drive to provide useful, calm information to promote an informed public.

Some commentators, yes, have strong political opinions. They too are sucked in to the economic model. If you're not loud or upsetting enough, your career as a commentator will end.

The media would not be running with Moore if it didn't sell. And the Senate majority leader now having a twitter spat with this probable statutory rapist and now alleged assaulter of teenage waitresses, is, sad to say, pretty interesting to the public. Lost in your narrative is that what's keeping it in the headlines is the dude's lame denials and refusal to step out of the race. If he had done that last week, this story would be gone already, but people would at least be interested in the new candidate.

 

The States of Texas and New Mexico are about to go the US Supreme Court over water rights to the Rio Grande. Then both of us drop the hammer on Colorado (because frankly, **** them), since they started all this.

 

And didn't get anywhere at all, didn't even make it to the general election.

 

And, contrary to the narrative you DESPERATELY want to believe, Democrats first called for him to drop out and then overwhelmingly voted for him NOT to be mayor.

 

He put his hat in the ring. You're acting as if there was some kind of Democrat uprising clamoring for him to run for Mayor.

There wasn't, he just ran. People do it ever day.

 

I'll just note that if Moore continues to perv out, it is likely a Dem will win the Republican seat. If Menendez is convicted he would be expelled from the Senate immediately and it is certain that current lame-duck NJ Governor Chris Christie would appoint a Republican to the Democratic seat.

 

No, I'm not believing that. Moore is in the headlines every day because that story is compelling. It is not agenda driven, it is not subconscious bias on the part of reporters. It is the news that consumers want to learn, so the journalists are providing it in large doses so they can get their share of associated ad dollars. The Weiner thing was good for them for a little while but that well ran dry, sprung back to life, and went dry again. In 21 months, they'll get a little bump when he gets out of prison. Same deal with Menendez -- it was a thing at first, then got boring quick. When a verdict is reached, there'll be a bump. This Alcot guy will have bump written on his tombstone and no more.

 

And there you have it.

“As a member of the Republican Party and an elected Republican, there’s no circumstance under which having a Democrat would be better.”

— Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

 

It's the Trumpcare hail mary scenario....

Then again, what they're doing to the tax bill wrt individual mandate is like a play action on 4th and 30. Same thing?

 

Wow... party over country is one thing. But this is party uber alles, over morality, over laws, over our humanity. Nice!