I swear. That itty bitty piece of shiny metal that putative Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore childishly waves around looks just like the itty bitty shiny cap pistol I had as a little kid.
I admit it. I loved my itty bitty cap pistol and the nice sound it made and the intoxicating smell of gun powder. I was pretty good at pointing my index finger, too, and making the various gunshot noises that little kids made in playing, OK, we called it “Cowboys and Indians” but it was really about cowboys and cattle rustlers, we innocently borrowed the term “cowboys and Indians” from the racist Hollywood cowboys movies we routinely watched.
You know, if Roy Moore were a sensible, rational man, he would not be waving a real gun around in the careless way he does. He’s either pulling a con on Alabama or he’s a damn fool. Either way, I bet Alabama votes for him.
Alabama, they love them their damn fools and con men, they love them to bits. Look at what they constantly elect.
Now, I know there’s a teeny minority of nice, decent people down there in Alabama but remember, George Wallace had to turn rabidly racist to salvage his political career in Alabama.
George Wallace, if I heard the story correctly, did not start out as a racist swine.
But he sure as hell sold out to racism in the end.
I sure as hell would like to see Doug Jones win out in Alabama. It would renew my faith in God and country and America — but I don’t think it will happen in Alabama.