Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Moldyyoldy Date:   12/8/2017 1:31:21 PM

Unfortunately, Washington doesn't favor junior senator's who want to raise hell.  Moore is a shoot from the hip guy, not a thinker and they will bury him.  He doesn't have the credibility of a John McCain, or a Paul Ryan (who is viewed as a deep thinker).  Even his fellow Albamiam Senators and Congressmen don't like or respect him.  Politics is about convincing other people to buy into your vision, not by standing on an iceberg shouting about how right you are.  Good politicians inspire others, they don't alienate them.  Moore will be viewed as a nut.  

As far as being a sign of integrity that you will stand up for your beliefs even if it costs you your job?  Well, what good does that do?  Then you are on the outside, where you can do nothing.  When you have integrity, you convince others of the rightness of your position, you don't shove it down their throats.  In my mind, integrity is the ability to compromise around the edges, while maintaining your core truth. Sometimes you have to give up one thing, to get the thing you most care about.   

I think Alabama does have to choose it's representatives more carefully, because it effects how the rest of the nation views you.  No one thinks of Alabama as a leader in the rest of the nation.  And that is not a good position to be in.  You can still be progressive, and be a conservative at your core, but only if you are able to convince others to see your vision.  Politics has always been give and take - it doesn't mean that you give up your integrity, but you realize that your way is not the only way.  And you can take a lot of different routes to get there.  It's like when you are a manager - if you force people into doing things your way, because you can get what you want, but a lot of people will be unhappy and you risk losing some of your best people.  But if you acknowledge that their way might not be your way, but it still works, then everyone is happy.