I am not a Roy Moore supporter, but that woman who has admitted that she wrote with her own hand what she had passed off as written entirely by Moore on her yearbook needs to face some criminal or civil consequences for her actions and I wish they could do the same for Gloria Allred for her part in the stunt they pulled. By not being forthright and truthfully about the content from the beginning, she has ruined her credibility. Her admission to that stunt probably just put another 3-5 percentage points in the Moore column
This is a lie perpetrated by the right wing hack sites like Gateway Pundit and Breitbart. Trump New Channel reported it as well but at least corrected themselves. She wrote the place and date below his message, but the message was his.
Both of you are right. The various rightwing nutjob sites are claiming she admitted to forging the yearbook message, but that's an absolute lie. By the same token, she did claim that he wrote "Olde Hickory House" in her original press conference.
I have no idea why she did that. It's possible that 40 years later she simply didn't remember annotating the place/date onto the yearbook. It's also possible she thought no one would know she wrote that part.
But, I don't see how or why any criminal or civil charges would apply or why anyone would want them to. Moore claims he doesn't know any of the women and has never met them -- a lie contradicted by his own statements to Sean Hannity.
Unfortunately, people in Alabama are not given to nuance nor do they closely dig in to things and review the actual evidence. Moore's attorney was extremely careful from the get-go to claim that the yearbook message was "tampered" with. He also made a statement along the lines of "do you still maintain your claim that everything written in that yearbook was written by Roy Moore." Now, why wouldn't they flatly deny that Roy wrote in her yearbook? Why are they saying do you claim that EVERYTHING was written by Moore?
To me it stands out very clearly: Moore remembered what he signed and recognized his own handwriting. He knew he didn't write the date or place. I don't know why the victim made the original claim she did or why Allred waited weeks to address the issue. She should've immediately made a deal with a Conservative talk radio host from Alabama to have the yearbook independently examined while saying the victim misspoke at the original press conference. Many AL talk radio hosts strongly dislike Moore, but have been decently fair about the entire situation because their listeners demand it.
An independent analysis would've shown that Moore wrote the note. Probably could've gotten the results right after Thanksgiving. Allred seriously misplayed this entire situation, and I really don't understand why. All I can think is that she was afraid her client would be disbelieved if they immediately admitted to an error in their initial claims.
I don't think the ladies credibility is shot. She didn't have to have a new press conference or do an interview in which she admitted that she wrote the date/place.
I said weeks ago that a conspiracy theorist could claim that this was a planted victim meant to give credence to Moore's theory that it's a hit job. With what we know now, it seems that the lady simply didn't remember or was afraid she wouldn't be believed without concrete details.
The bottom line is that Moore wrote the message in the yearbook. His supporters were never going to believe differently. We will never know how the race could've gone had Allred been a competent representative of her victim. Or if Doug Jones hadn't been an idiot with his abortion statement and waited weeks to walk it back.
I do know this. Jones volunteers door-knocked at my home today. I was shocked. He must have a hell of a ground game and get out the vote effort if they are knocking on doors in my blood red exburb.
I see the race as being anywhere from +3 Jones to +6 Moore. I do know that if Moore wins it will be VERY BAD for Alabama.
