We are nearing Judgement Day in the saga of Roy Moore, the Senate candidate in Alabama who has been accused by nine women of sexual misconduct. One woman says she was 14 years old when a 32-year-old Moore lured her to his home, undressed her, and tried to get her to touch his genitals through his tighty-whities. Moore was banned from the local mall for, among other things, creeping on a Santa's helper. A local cop was instructed to keep him away from the cheerleaders at high school football games. Moore readily admits he first saw his wife, Kayla, whom he married when she was 23, "eight years" before at a teen dance recital—making her 15 when he was ogling her from the crowd. She was in the same high school class as Beverly Young Nelson, who accuses Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16.

There's a wealth of evidence Alabama voters should not support Moore in the special election Tuesday beyond the accusations he is a child predator. We got a few more reasons this past weekend. According to CNN's KFile, Moore has a shocking backlog of talk-radio interviews. In one instance, Moore made the extraordinary claim that tearing up all constitutional amendments after the tenth would "eliminate many problems." That includes the 14th, passed after the Civil War to grant equal rights to black Americans, the 15th, which grants all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or background, and the 19th, which grants women the right to vote. Moore essentially backed shredding the 14th on the basis it violated states' rights, a point of view that might be shared by, say, George Wallace.

It's almost like this guy believes only white men should have a voice in how our society is run. His campaign spokesman now says Moore does not believe all amendments after the tenth should be canned. But when asked by an African-American man at a rally in September when America was last "great," here's what The Los Angeles Times reports ol' Roy had to say:

In response to a question from one of the only African Americans in the audience — who asked when Moore thought America was last “great” -- Moore acknowledged the nation’s history of racial divisions, but said: “I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.”

At the same event, Moore referred to Native Americans and Asian Americans as “reds and yellows,” and earlier this year he suggested the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were divine punishment.

When asked about President Obama's birth certificate—and the larger racist "birther" conspiracy alleging the first black president was not an American citizen—Moore seemed to jump at the opportunity, via CNN:

Moore invoked Adolf Hitler in a discussion about Obama's birth certificate. Moore has in the past repeatedly questioned Obama's citizenship. "Now let me ask you a question. You think that Barry Soetoro -- oh I'm sorry, Barack Obama -- you think you could get the security clearance that you got," a host asked.

"Well, I don't know about that. I don't know. I haven't, I haven't explored that. But my personal opinion. My personal opinion --," Moore responded.

"I think his dog could get a security clearance easier, the dog's got papers," the host interjected.

"I know what you mean Jack," Moore said.

The host then said that when he was in the military, Obama's documentation would not suffice to get him on a submarine.

Moore responded, "Well that's, that's a problem. You know Hitler once said, 'you tell a big enough lie long enough, people to believe it.' And that's that's the problem. We've got to look at simple facts of the case, and we need to recognize we need a new administration in Washington. And it just doesn't, based upon party, we need like people that uphold the Constitution not undermine it."

Ah, yes, a birther accusation that also compares Obama to Hitler. It's like the right-wing talk-radio singularity. Moore also agreed with 9/11 conspiracy theorist radio hosts, who claim the terrorist attack was a "false flag," that we need more hearings to get to the truth. Moore also spoke out against evolution, linking it to crime and displaying amazing ignorance of what the theory of evolution actually is in the process:

(Just to clarify, humans are animals, and the theory of evolution holds that we share common ancestors with other species, such as chimpanzees.)

This is just the new stuff. From the jump, we've had a full view of just how extreme Moore's behavior as a public official could be. To start with, he was defenestrated from the Alabama state supreme court twice for disregarding the rulings of higher courts. The first time, a superior court ruled the two-ton Ten Commandment statue Moore placed on the courthouse grounds without warning was in breach of the First Amendment. Moore refused to remove it and was removed from the court. Later, he instructed lower courts in Alabama to disregard the Supreme Court's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. This got him yanked out of office again, but it was just part of a pattern: In 2005, Moore argued homosexuality should be illegal. That way, U.S. policy could match Saudi Arabia or Iran.

In both instances, Moore indicated that he believes Christian law is at least on par with or factors into American civil law, which is in total breach of the First Amendment's prescription regarding the non-establishment of religion. But Moore still failed to see the irony when he started making wild claims about how Sharia law was being enforced in Illinois, despite there being no reality-based evidence for that. Suddenly, religious law outranking U.S. civil law was a problem. To top that off, Moore proudly said that Keith Ellison, a Muslim American citizen elected by his constituents to represent them in the House of Representatives, should not be seated in that body because he is Muslim. Oh, and just to drive home the white-men-only shtick, he co-authored a course on government that included a lecturer who said women should not hold public office.

Generally speaking, Republican officials have refused to put a stop to any of this. Initially, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he "believes the women," and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and some others said Moore should step aside. Senator Jeff Flake, a performative Never Trumper, wrote a check with the memo "country over party" to Moore's opponent, Doug Jones. Senator Richard Shelby, the senior senator from Alabama, made the actual brave move Monday of declaring he would not vote for the man who could soon be his Senate Republican colleague—and who has the support of his base of Alabama Republicans. The RNC briefly backed away from Moore, but in recent weeks it has funneled approximately $170,000 toward its Alabama chapter in support of Moore.

Most importantly, Moore has the full-throated support of the President of the United States, who implored the accused child predator: "Go get 'em, Roy!" Now there's a perfect choice of words from a man who himself has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen women, including four Miss Teen USA contestants who said Trump walked into their changing room while they were naked. One remembers him saying, "Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before." The White House said Trump would not campaign for Moore, but then he held a rally miles from the Alabama border in an overlapping media market, and Moore supporters were encouraged to attend. He will also record a robocall for Moore.

Moore also enjoys the support of Steve Bannon:

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To revive Moore's campaign, Bannon emulated the Nazi + Soviet progagandist filmmakers he admires, building a counter-narrative to evoke paranoia + anger (https://t.co/E8tdNEkeGQ) pic.twitter.com/SMTOZUkDon — Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) December 11, 2017

What a great group of people we've handed this country over to. On the other side, though, both former President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are making robocalls encouraging people to vote for Moore's opponent, Doug Jones, a career prosecutor with a sterling record that includes convicting the last two Ku Klux Klan members who killed four little girls in the Birmingham church bombing during the Civil Rights Era. Jones is a solid supporter of abortion rights, but is in nearly every way a mainstream, normal candidate. Plus, he's not an accused child molester. If Moore triumphs, we surely are circling the drain.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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