Birmingham Blues

Roy Moore has formed a new coalition of conservative political groups dedicated to “restoring” America to some version of a right-wing fundie wet dream.  Oh, wait.  I bet fundies don’t have those.  Or if they do, they punish themselves severely.
I don’t know what party affiliation Roy’s claiming these days — he’s fed up with Republicans [...]

Boy, is this not a news flash. The Birmingham News has a long feature on Roy today, basically telling us that he’s combative and paranoid. I think we knew that already.
Using an old bucket for a seat, Moore sits down to explain that he doesn’t really like politics. It’s a peculiar statement from [...]

“Hey Roy — Moses Wants His Tablets Back”
Unfortunately, it was a homemade bumper sticker, so I have no way to buy one for myself or tell y’all where to get one.

Roy Moore is accusing George W. Bush of trying to make him lose the Republican primary. Bush came to Tuskegee University yesterday to push science (a real departure for him, but that’s another story), and Gov. Riley was there, too. Obvious evidence of a conspiracy, according to Roy. Common courtesy to the [...]

The latest poll of likely Republican voters in Alabama shows Bob Riley leading Roy Moore by 44 points.
The Mobile Press-Register/University of South Alabama poll found that 64 percent of people who identified themselves as Republican primary voters planned to vote for Riley. Moore, the ousted Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, was favored by 20 percent [...]

Oh, goody! More blog fodder for those of us who follow Alabama politics — Tom Parker has formally announced his candidacy for Chief Justice. Tom was the only one of the Roy-Moore-wannabes who managed to win a Supreme Court seat in the last election, despite their constant vilification of the incumbent judges who [...]

There’s just one problem — the Pentagon policy doesn’t say what he says it says. Does that make sense? If not, it’s business as usual for Roy.
Roy Moore joined the cause of a Navy chaplain today by protesting a Pentagon policy they believe prohibits clergy in the military from using sectarian prayer in [...]

My friend Melissa passed along this report on Roy Moore’s speech to the Blount County Chamber of Commerce:
The Blount County Chamber of Commerce is in the middle of using its monthly breakfast meeting to host the four gubernatorial candidates. Today, former Chief Justice Roy Moore spoke at the breakfast in Oneonta. The majority [...]

I guess the rumor mill is fairly convinced that Riley has the Republican nomination for governor sewn up. I hope it’s correct. Roy had to call a press conference to declare that he is a Republican and won’t leave his party.
“I am a Republican and I intend to become the next Republican governor [...]

Roy Moore has asked the head of the state Republican Party to step aside till after the primary, claiming she favors Bob Riley. Want some cheese to go with that whine, Roy?