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Just how bizarre is the contemporary political climate?<\/p>\n

We can start with the election in November 2016 of Donald John Trump Sr., as president of the United States. A man with no public service experience, a record of crude behavior and with no knowledge of government became the head of state of the world’s greatest nation.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty weird, yes? Yes. It is. In my view.<\/p>\n

So, let’s try this one on.<\/p>\n

Two men are running for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama. One of them, Republican Roy Moore is accused of sexual abuse against women; one woman has alleged that Moore tried to seduce her when she was just 14 years of age. The other candidate is Democrat Doug Jones, a former federal prosecutor who secured the conviction of two Klansmen implicated in that hideous 1963 bombing of a Baptist church that killed four African-American girls.<\/p>\n

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Who’s leading the race? The candidate accused of child molestation. That would be Moore.<\/p>\n

Here’s weirdness kicker: Moore has been MIA in the campaign’s final days. He has had zero public appearances; Jones, meanwhile, has been campaigning across the state, shaking hands, kissing babies, making his case.<\/p>\n

But … Moore still leads. Barely, but he still leads. The race might be too close to call.<\/p>\n

Bizarre.<\/p>\n\n

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