Three weeks ago, Crawford Melton, a conservative-leaning lawyer in Opelika, Alabama, told me he wasn’t inclined to vote in the Senate election, given the options. Still, he had predicted a landslide victory for Moore, who was his law-school classmate and pal at the University of Alabama. “But this report may derail the Moore train,” Melton said. I asked Melton if the allegations seemed credible to him. “He didn’t come across to me as that type,” Melton said. “But who the hell knows. The whole landscape now has changed, because of this Harvey Weinstein thing. And Kevin Spacey. I don’t think you can dismiss it that easily.” Still, Melton was beginning to rationalize a vote for Moore. "Word was he was gonna run for governor. Well, he can do a whole lot less damage in the Senate here than if he were elected governor. I’d rather give him one vote in the Senate than being in control of the state of Alabama."
The rationalizations.
Have you ever heard this shyt in your life? "Yeah, I hate the guy, yeah, maybe he molested a girl...but isn't it better to vote him into the Senate so he doesn't become the governor?"
Fitting it was a lawyer who said it.