Pedophilia in the U.S. Senate?

Many years ago, I was a young man of 30, I was single, I was a candidate for public office, I thoroughly enjoyed the company of women and having just experienced the best job of any young man in history, Public Relations Director of a major horse and dog racing track in North America, I was in a position of choosing female friends beyond measure. The last thing I would have done was groping teenage girls under 18 years of age, inviting under18-year-old girls to a “ride” home in my car, signed a high school girl’s yearbook with “Love.” And, I wouldn’t have hung out in shopping malls looking to meet teenage girls. These are alleged occurrences in Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore’s background that he cannot deny and has not denied with any veracity. The Special Election he is running in to fill the remainder of Attorney General Jeff Sessions longtime seat in the U.S. Senate is in December.

The amazing reaction of the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan and two dozen Republican Senators is that Roy Moore should step aside, to end his quest for the Senate seat. That movement is amazing because rarely do Senators ever comment on charges that many assume are political. This case is different.

It follows on the heels of the Weinstein Saga of Hollywood producers and directors who hire and fire willy-nilly with “sweet nothings” in the ears of attractive and otherwise gorgeous women and sometimes men and boys of such time-tested inducements like, “I’ll make you a star” after, of course, a casting couch interview.

We’ve heard from Attorney General Jeff Sessions; he said he has no reason to not believe the five complaining women; the Speaker of the House has spoken, and a growing number of Republican Senators and many, many people all over the country are demanding Moore leave the campaign. We have not heard from the President of the United States.

One would have to be a short-term amnesiac to not remember that slightly over a year ago an 11year old video tape was released by network television people that was totally clear, Donald Trump boasted how he “grabbed” women by body parts that he referred to as the “P” word.

The President has been traveling in Asia, so he has been occupied 24/7 with the swirl of meetings and verbal wrestling off and on camera.

What will he do when he returns; will he follow the apparent advice of numerous White House advisors that he call Moore and tell him to leave the race? That advice from unnamed advisors is in the press, so someone is leaking to the press what they are thinking. What they are thinking reflects that of the Senators demanding Moore leave the campaign.

President Trump doesn’t seek much advice from this commentator, but if he did I would say, “Mr. President, you have several options:

1. Say nothing other than Alabama Republicans have chosen Moore as their candidate for the Senate. Let the voters decide to vote for or against Moore in the Special election.

2. Tell Moore quietly to step aside and allow the Alabama GOP to choose a candidate to run as a write-in candidate.

3. Call a press conference and demand Moore quit the campaign and that Moore’s behavior is unacceptable especially because 14-16-17 and 18-yearold girls were his victims.

There is no question here of crimes because they happened too long ago for criminal prosecution so the President has unlimited space in which to comment on the issue of should Moore remain a candidate or not.

So, what should the President do and/or say about and to Roy Moore?

For the good of the country, for the Senate and/ or for the Republican Party, President Trump must stand tall, like he does against some of us and demand forcibly and clearly that Roy Moore’s behavior is unacceptable; that he must step aside now so the GOP can organize a campaign for someone not “guilty” of pedophilia in the court of public opinion.