Alabamans are spending their Tuesdays in the voting booth, as either Republican Roy Moore or Democrat Doug Jones is going to become the state’s next United States Senator. But for at least one native of The Yellowhammer State, neither candidate would do as good of a job representing Alabama as Nick Saban.
MSNBC caught up with a “lifelong Republican” named Greg Dobbins who decided for the first time in their life that they were not going to vote for the GOP’s candidate. He also said he planned on voting for “the other guy” — he does not specify if he means Moore or Jones, but one assumes Jones — until he had “a crisis in the voting booth.”
Dobbins, apparently not in the mood to listen to an Auburn man like Charles Barkley, decided to write in the head football coach for his beloved Crimson Tide.
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First and foremost, I am extremely disappointed that Dobbins did not slide a “Roll Tide” anywhere in this interview, because if you are going to vote for Nick By God Saban to become a United States Senator, you need to fully commit to the bit and proudly say “Roll Tide.” Also, on the list of college football coaches who would make a good politician, most fans would probably put Saban somewhere on there.
And as it turns out, there is something of a movement happening in Alabama to convince voters to write in Saban. American Bridge, a left-leaning super PAC, produced ads telling Alabamans how to do write-in votes. It’s not exactly a subtle request to put Saban’s name on the ballot if you are a Republican voter who is struggling to come with grips with voting for Moore, who has been accused of pedophilia and sexual misconduct several times over the course of the campaign.
Apparently, this was enough to sway at least one lifelong republican. We’ll know on Tuesday night whether their efforts were enough to have Saban steal enough votes from either candidate to give their opponent a spot in the United States Senate.
