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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Roy Moore's Access Hollywood Moment

The Republican candidate for the senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions stands accused of sexual harassment by nine women. After saying nothing for several days, Donald Trump has begun to defend him, saying that Moore totally denies the allegations.

When pressed Trump doesn't say he believes the denial. Or that the women are lying. He just says that Moore denies them. Because that's all that matters: Moore's not admitting fault or apologizing for his actions, which at this point everyone knows (one of Trump's favorite constructions) are true. That's the sign of a fighter, and Trump likes fighters.

But now there's a tape of Moore admitting to a pattern of conduct -- a turn of phrase that a former district attorney would surely be familiar with -- consistent with what his accusers have alleged: stalking underage girls.

Moore's confession, though much less graphic than Trump's Hollywood Access tape, begins at 1:27 in the video below.


In the interview, from a few months ago, Moore describes how he first saw his wife performing at a dance recital when he 30 and she was 15. Yes, a 30-year-old assistant DA was checking out the sophomore babes at a high-school dance recital.

What kind of single man at that age hangs around in high school auditoriums watching teenagers dance? It's just plain creepy.

Moore said he saw his future wife performing at the front of the auditorium and was impressed. "And I remember her name, it was Kayla Kisor -- K. K.," he says in the interview. "But I remembered that and didn't meet her. I left and it was, oh, gosh, eight years later or something. I met her and when she told me her name I remembered -- K.K."

Yeah, K.K. So easy to remember, just one letter short of K.K.K. I can just imagine what he said next: "Is your middle name Kristin? Because if it is, you just have to marry me!"

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