Roy Moore strikes back

Didn’t anyone ever tell Roy Moore that nobody likes a sore loser?

The failed GOP candidate in Alabama’s Dec. 12 special U.S. Senate election yesterday took his case to court, attempting to halt the certification of Democrat Doug Jones’ election.

An Alabama judge denied the request for a restraining order and Jones’ certification happened before the day was out and Jones will be sworn in Jan. 3.

Yes, Jones’ 20,000-vote margin was slim, but not deemed worthy of a recount. And Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, a Republican, has said he has so far not found any evidence of voter fraud.

Moore’s lawsuit alleged all manner of conspiracies to deprive him of what he clearly believes is his right to that Senate seat.

First, it noted that there was a higher than expected turnout — to which one can only say, well, duh. Democrats pulled out all the stops for Jones, and President Trump himself and his onetime campaign guru Steve Bannon did the same for Moore, albeit in a losing effort.

Moore’s suit also insists that voters were brought in from other states. A statement from a poll worker that she had noticed license plates from Georgia and North Carolina in a nearby parking lot is attached to the complaint.

Of course, Moore might want to look a littler closer to home for the real source of his loss. The fact that at least 21,000 people — we can safely assume virtually all of them Republicans — chose to cast write-in votes rather than hold their noses and vote for Moore might also explain his defeat.

But why not shout conspiracy and fraud. It’s much easier than acknowledging that even good Alabama Republicans couldn’t abide the notion of a law-breaking ex-judge with a past history of inappropriate relationships with teenage girls representing them in the U.S. Senate.