[altstar]

Not quite. Alabama voted for a Democrat last year. They are normally red.

[philwelch]

Even that was close, and the Republican candidate was a child molester on top of being an incompetent wingnut. It takes a LOT to sway American voters.

[pcollins123]

> Even that was close, and the Republican candidate was _accused of molesting children_.

There, fixed that for you.

Look, I'm very progressive, but we need to firmly stand behind "innocent until proven guilty" especially when it is so easy to create a slander campaign against a political opponent. And, yes, even the democrats are capable of that.

[philwelch]

Politically there’s no difference.