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Anyone with any smarts will take this special election in Alabama very seriously. Its results showed more than just the loss of a flawed candidate, former judge Roy Moore. In my opinion, it displayed the changes taking place today in highly ultra-conservative, right-wing populated areas.

The influence by education, the black population, women’s rights and, believe it or not, technology was quite significant, opening the doors to the future instead of the past. Being able to see all the opportunities that are far beyond horizons gives hope to young people growing up in, formerly, politically insulated areas.

Now, Democrat Doug Jones has an enormous responsibility to come through for his supporters. If his win goes to deaf ears, then we will once again have people elected to office who are unqualified, as seen in the 2016 presidential election. Jones’s win paves the way for candidates who are more to the middle instead of right or left.

This could be the beginning of bipartisanship in the making. America is waiting for it. Thank you, Alabama. SunSentinel.com/ opinion/letters

proven innocent.” Convicted in the court of public opinion. Guilty of a 40-year-old sudden flashback of an alleged victim’s refreshed memory and righteous qualm of conscience.

More than the estimated 25 percent of the Alabama electorate voted. Still, Jones and Moore basically split the vote; 12 percent does not give Jones a mandate for a two-year senatorial term in a solid red state. A Democratic, middleclass tsunami? Not so fast.

The Jones win greatly diminishes the Democrats’ ability to paint Trump with Moore’s sexual innuendo brush, especially after they just sacrificed Al Franken and John Conyers on the purity altar of Caesar’s wife. thankful that President Trump is a regular American guy, speaks to us like a regular guy and smiles like a regular guy. And I am very thankful that we now have Melania, an intelligent, beautiful and gracious first lady.