The path of losing Senatorial candidate Roy Moore could go on for months at this rate, and it may be a laugh riot. Alabama is reported to be planning to certify Doug Jones victory today, and Roy Moore is filing suit to stop it, according to CNN. Here’s a good part:
In its last-minute court battle to stop state officials from certifying Jones as the winner, the Moore campaign said certification should be delayed until a “thorough investigation of potential election fraud,” according to a press release.
Without some sort of solid evidence, I don’t see how the judge could take this seriously. Potential election fraud? At this juncture, it either is or it ain’t. But then we transition into, well, the laughable.
In his election complaint, Moore stated that he took a polygraph test over the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by Leigh Corfman, Beverly Nelson and Tina Johnson. Moore says that he took the polygraph test after the December 12 election, according to his affidavit, included in the complaint.
In the affidavit Moore states, “the results of the examination reflected that I did not know, nor had I ever had any sexual contact with any of these individuals.”
A polygraph? One of the great science superstitions of the modern age. The folks at Skeptical Inquirer never tire of pointing out that all gold-standard tests of polygraphs have shown it performs worse than flipping a coin. Moore’s citation of the polygraph is an irrelevancy. Jones campaign should point this out and just ignore the fact that Moore admits to having taken the polygraph after the election.
Ask if Moore believes in superstitions. Let him flounder around a bit.
While Jones will soon be a sitting Senator, and may think it above his dignity, I’d say that ridiculing Moore and all he stands for is a public service.
