Charles Barkley doesn't know "a ton" about Doug Jones, he said today.

But it doesn't matter.

"It can't be Roy Moore," he said. "To me it's silliness that this guy's trying to win."

Barkley, Auburn basketball legend, NBA hall of famer and "no-role-model" role model, was to appear in Birmingham tonight at Old Car Heaven to campaign for Jones. Or against Moore.

Because he believes Moore's history - before or after the allegations from women who say he approached them as teens - is too outlandish to comprehend.

"This is unbelievable to me," said Barkley, who grew up in Leeds but spends much of his time in Arizona. "You couldn't make it up. If somebody sent you a script, with all he's done and said, you wouldn't believe he could still be in the race."

Charles Barkley

Barkley - who claims he is neither Democrat nor Republican, but some of both depending on the issue - said a lot of Alabamians have been "brainwashed" to support Moore.

"All you have to do is talk about God and say you don't like homosexuals ... and abortion," he said.

He said people talk in code, about liberals and conservatives and other ways to label, but they "never talk about the factual stuff."

But Moore is bad for Alabama, he said.

"People are calling me saying, 'Really Charles? Really?'" he said. "I'm embarrassed by it."

He said he will do all he can to rally votes against Moore, including appearing with Jones tonight and going on national television later to talk about it.

"I'm going to do all I can," he said. "I don't want this guy representing my state."