Why do you say if it were common knowledge he wouldn't have been elected?
He is apparently being elected NOW, so why wouldn't he have been then?
So you are saying that (as reported in the press), that it was common knowledge that Moore was cruising and abusing teenage girls, and that all those citizens with Daughters, Sisters, Mothers, voted for someone they knew could possibly attack their own children.
That's a good one.
Yup, that's exactly what I'm saying. At least the folks around Gadsden and the folks at the capital knew.
If they cared, they wouldn't be supporting him now, either.
That actually speaks in his favor, unless you think the people of that area actually wanted a child abuser running public office.
Nope, makes no sense.
They knew. Well, they didn't know about Corfman. They knew he dated high school girls--plenty of them. That he hung out at the mall so much they kicked him out of some stores for harassing the young help. That's weird enough, as you say. And they elected him ANYWAY. Which leads me to believe they don't care in Alabama. Are you from there? Do you know for sure that's a big deal down there?
I believe that at minimum he did date girls/young women that were as young as 17..... maybe even 16. And to me that seems creepy and I would have much difficulty voting for him. If I could not bring my self to vote for the other candidate, I probably would vote for neither. That is kind of what I did in the last presidential election by voting third party.
I am uncertain about the more serious allegations. Sometimes when 40 years are involved rumors can be repeated so often that people believe them even when they are not quite true. Did he get banned from a mall? Did he sexually assault a 14 year old? These things are difficult to confirm for sure. His wife; on the other hand, is about the same age difference as the girls/young women that say he either dated them, or he asked out. Also, why would a 30 year old man as permission from a woman's mother if the woman is 18 years old or older? I am reasonably convinced that he did date girls in their late teens when he was in his thirties.
As creepy as It may seem, I think it was legal for him in Alabama to date 16 year old girls when he was in his thirties.