Bill Kristol on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell said this is political corruption "in the deeper sense"

Kellyanne Conway on Roy Moore: 'We want the votes' for tax bill

Ms. Conway, like many other Republicans, is "supporting" Moore not by defending his conduct or denying the allegations, but by reference to the agenda, to what Democrat Doug Jones stands, and to the need for Moore's vote to support the GOP agenda.

That includes Alabama party officials, prospective Alabama voters, and many Republicans in DC.

It is to this that Kristol referred as "corruption".

Kellyanne Conway suggested that the White House remains open to Roy Moore's embattled senate candidacy on Monday when she told Fox & friends that "we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through" -- less than a week after Conway said that "no Senate seat is worth more than a child" in the wake of a series of sexual allegations against Moore.

Conway was interviewed by Fox News on Monday morning, and was discussing tax reform when she began hammering Doug Jones, the Democrat in the Alabama Senate race.

"Doug Jones in Alabama, folks, don't be fooled. He will be a vote against tax cuts. He is weak on crime. Weak on borders. He is strong on raising your taxes. He is terrible for property owners."

The "Fox & Friends" hosts seemed surprised by Conway's remarks, and host Brian Kilmeade cut in, "So vote Roy Moore?"

"I'm telling you that we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through. And the media -- if the media were really concerned about all of these allegations, and if that's what this is truly about, and the Democrats -- Al Franken would be on the ash heap of bygone half funny comedians," Conway said, referencing allegations made against the Minnesota senator.

That last bit about Franken makes it seem the Dems would be better off if he resigned, but it's doubtful.

Given the nature of the accusations (far less serious, so far, than the accusations of crimes against Moore) and the evidence (somewhat weaker, given the relative paucity of accusations), attempts to expel Franken would be premature.

Come to that, do we actually expect enough Republicans in the senate to vote for expulsion to make it happen, in case Moore wins the election?

Really?

So they care less about their own agenda than Ms. Conway?

As to accusations in defense of Moore that the Dems are hypocrites using a double standard, by what standard are Moore's sex crimes against a 14 year old and other young girls not over the line and a whole lot worse than planting an unwanted kiss and a groping a fellow adult?

Update.

Charlie Sykes on MSNBC just accused Conway of frankly embracing a pedophile for the sake of political gain.

No one has accused Moore of pedophilia.

I cannot believe Sykes doesn't know that, or doesn't know the meaning of the word.

I conclude he is a liar masquerading as a moralist.