Alabama does not make decisions based on principles, the law, ethics, right or wrong....they are outcome driven regardless of the means by which they use to get there.
They will bend the law, they will close their eyes to molestation, ignore unethical practices AS LONG AS they can achieve a certain outcome i.e: they will elect a pedophile with no respect for the law as long as their outcome is achieved. The outcome? They want someone in power who will make sure blacks will never be in charge of their state, they want someone in charge to make sure gays will never be treated like human beings in their state. It goes back to their lynching days where they would Lynch a black man without evidence just to appease the ignorant redneck populace. And the educated Alabamians are even worse than the mentally deficient, they perpetuate this generation after generation.