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Georgia Senate Race: Herschel Walker Makes A ‘Challenge’

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The Republican Party should be ashamed of themselves for convincing this poor soul to go out and make a fool of himself on the national stage, but taking advantage of people with head trauma / memory issues is pretty much the GOP trademark, these days…

I wouldn’t bet on this debate ever happening, because it might be a bridge too far even for the GOP. Not out of human decency, of course, but even the Very Serious Media Pundits might find it embarrassing to defend using Walker as a figurehead to this extent.

Elie Mystal’s been taking flak since his weekend on-air comment that “Herschel Walker will do what he’s told and that’s what Republicans want from their negroes”, but maybe he’s — not wrong?

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  4. 4.

    trollhattan

    I assume he’s getting stomped come November but assume, I should not. The neighbors elected Tommy Potatotown, fer chrissakes.

    Seems like the reverend is playing a smart game, so keep it up and don’t let Walker avoid the daylight.

  7. 7.

    Jeffro

    Why can’t they just admit that trump. (and his crappy picks) (and his whole “method” er “way” of doing politics) is. dragging. the whole. party. down?

    ADMIT IT!  Have The Turtle get out there and start the whole sorry process – he’s the one getting screwed the most here.

    “Mah fellow senatuhs, I realize nowh that I will nevuh be Senate Majorituh Leader…and it is all due to one Donald J. Trump”

  11. 11.

    Immanentize

    did you all see that cash on hand disparity up in that tweet? Republicans are not filling the Walker coffers.

  12. 12.

    Ken

    Imagine how Walker’s opponents in the Republican primary are feeling.

    HA-HA-HA HA-HA HA-HA!!! Oh my, that cheers me up.

  13. 13.

    David 🌈☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @Immanentize: ​
      That’s odd, the party of white supremacy isn’t donating to a black candidate. I did nazi this coming.

  14. 14.

    Kent

    The Republican Party should be ashamed of themselves for convincing this poor soul to go out and make a fool of himself on the national stage

    I’m not sure Hershel was the pick of the GOP establishment in GA or nationally.

    He was Trump’s boy through and through.

    Part of the joy the GOP gets by outsourcing all their decision-making to Trump.

  18. 18.

    geg6

    @Alison Rose 💙🌻💛:

    LOL for real.

    I needed that.  Just found out my best non-sister friend’s husband had a stroke today and while being scanned, also found an aneurysm that they are more worried about than the stroke.  He was on a work trip in Columbus and is in the hospital there.  This, after my sister’s husband passed away from a massive stroke in June.  Bad summer around here.

  19. 19.

    Ken

    @Immanentize: And it’s worse than it looks — Walker’s red section (6.8M)  should be less than a third of Warnock’s blue section (22.2M). I guess they needed the room to fit in all seven digits?

  20. 20.

    randy khan

    One of Mystal’s antagonists has been Lenny Dykstra, who is not the sharpest blade in the drawer, and who Mystal has been dunking on with great gusto.*

     

    *When Dykstra played for the Mets, his nickname was Nails.  Somebody asked one of his teammates, Keith Hernandez, whether it was because Dykstra was tough as nails, and Hernandez said, no, it was because he was dumb as nails.  Dykstra never did learn not to run into outfield walls, which shortened his career, and since he left baseball he has been convicted of bankruptcy fraud (basically hiding assets when he filed for bankruptcy) and grand theft auto, in addition having a long string of other misadventures.

  22. 22.

    Immanentize

    Usually, the person in the lead is the one who doesn’t want to debate. But I’m sure Warnock is like, “FIDO, baby!”

  23. 23.

    PaulB

    Reposting from the prior thread, where we had an obvious troll obviously trolling, and far too many people taking the bait. Al Rennick’s prior comments:

    mistermix, This post is almost as dumb as your screen name. You’re not fit to shine John Aravosis’ shoes. You’ve reached peak toolishness.

    How long will you and every other commenter and front pager keep ignoring the elephant in this room?

    Biden looks and sounds incredibly decrepit and frail. The notion of re-nominating an 82 year old to serve 4 more years is insane beyond description.

    Joe needs to graciously bow out of seeking a second term and put the national interests ahead of his massive fucking ego.

    And in that last thread:

    Shame on you Anne Laurie and all the commenters for advancing this incredibly bad faith and intellectually dishonest argument. You’re all 100% dead wrong and Adam Kinzinger is 100% correct.

    You can’t say in one breath that Trump is an existential threat to this country and then turn around in the next breath and prop up his most delusional, crackpot supporters.

    This tactic endorsed by Pelosi and Biden is disgusting, despicable, and beneath contempt.

    Have you people no sense of decency? If you stab Republicans in the back for voting to impeach Trump, you have no moral compass. Obviously, I want Democrats to win as many seats in Congress and in state and local offices as possible, but if they have to lose some races I want them to lose to sane, rational Republicans and not to deranged, batshit crazy MAGA Trump supporters.

    You people are a bunch of fucking hypocrites and are beneath contempt.

    Pie him or ignore him please, as it’s clear that he’s either delusional or a troll. Either way, he’s not arguing in good faith and certainly isn’t worth your time.

  25. 25.

    HumboldtBlue

    It’s actually hard for me to watch Walker’s videos. He’s clearly cognitively challenged, and Raven has mentioned on more than one occasion mental health is an issue as well. This is vile behavior from what is supposed to be one of two major political parties in this nation. Walker has as much business in the Senate as my cat, Salad, and even then, Salad would make much more sense on policy issues, particularly if you indulge him with an afternoon treat.

    The people behind Walker certainly don’t love or care for him, and they see no issue with trotting him into the public glare, ill-prepared to address in any meaningful way the issues facing this country.

    It’s embarrassing.

    @PaulB:

    The commentariat knows how to handle trolls, and there was no reason to carry that bullshit over from one thread to another. We left that clown downstairs, and you dragged him up here to be a scold.

    You will now suffer from annoyed glares and eye rolls from across the room.

  35. 35.

    Ken

    @HumboldtBlue: You will now suffer from annoyed glares and eye rolls from across the room.

    And perhaps a little suspicion that the PaulB account is a sock puppet for the Rennick account, or vice-versa.

  36. 36.

    HumboldtBlue

    @delphinium:

    We thought there would be a bottom.

    There is no bottom.

    @Ken:

    Either way, it’s just not worth the time, hell, we’ve been commenting on political blogs for 20 fucking years, we don’t need lectures on all internet traditions. We fucking invented them.

  37. 37.

    Mai Naem mobile

    Walker has CTE or something. Its so freaking obvious and his friends and family should have stepped in and told him not to run. Its one thing being the adored retired athlete getting fawning interviews with softball questions…another thing entirely trying to become a US senator.

  38. 38.

    Jackie

    @Mai Naem mobile: It wasn’t his idea: He was living happily in Texas until TFG demanded, pestered, and wouldn’t take ‘no thanks’ for an answer. I’m convinced after he loses in Nov (by more votes than Perdue,) he’ll skedaddle back to Texas.

  43. 43.

    James E Powell

    @delphinium:

    Agree about Walker, but then vile behavior is pretty much expected from Republicans nowadays.

    Another one of those things the political press steadfastly refuses to acknowledge: Elected Republicans are a parade of clowns, bigots, morons, and mean-spirited assholes. I don’t think we Democrats have anyone like that. If I’m missing someone, let me know.

    We don’t have a Gohmert, a Gaetz, a Boebert, or a Taylor Green. We don’t have a Cruz, a Paul, a Tuberville, or a Johnson.

    It’s true that we have a few – like Manchin & Sinema & that asshole congressperson whose name I forget – who put the interests of a handful of rich people ahead of the nation & democracy itself, but the entire Republican party does that.

  44. 44.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Elizabelle:

    Me too. And I’ve told the story before, he came to me by accident. He was named by the then 4-year-old Neighbor and lived next door. They moved and he became my homie.

  48. 48.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Steeplejack:

    No no no no… it wasn’t that. I’ve told this story before I’m sure, so please don’t think me a tedious bore, Mom, kid and Salad would regularly come by my kitchen window, and we’d chat.

    Mom got sick and the whole gig changed. From chatting for 20 minutes every other day or so, to nothing,

    Mom was sick. Mom battled back. In the interim (and it wasn’t a quick minute, it was months), home for Salad was completely different. One day he leaped through my kitchen window, snaffled some kibble and dashed back out.

    Then he did it again, and again, then one day he sat on the kitchen chair and stayed overnight. He did OK for himself, and Mom and I are still friends, and the little kid is now a junior.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    Ugh… I am re-installing a 13 year old operating system from scratch because I AM POOR COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE 26 YEAR OLD IN MY FAIR CITY.

  50. 50.

    different-church-lady

    @HumboldtBlue: Cats pick their own homes. Sometimes they pick more than one.

    I was told the story of a cat that had a summer family and a winter family — would just go back and forth between the two.

  52. 52.

    Villago Delenda Est

    The Republican Party should be ashamed of themselves

    They are incapable of feeling shame. They are monsters now.

  53. 53.

    Kent

    @James E Powell:We don’t have a Gohmert, a Gaetz, a Boebert, or a Taylor Green. We don’t have a Cruz, a Paul, a Tuberville, or a Johnson.

    We used to but they have mostly been flushed out.  Anyone remember James Traficant or Rod Blagojevich?  And we had some unbelievably shitty southerners before they all shifted parties.

  56. 56.

    Another Scott

    @Baud: Ugarles hot take on the t-shirt is stupid.  It doesn’t say “Team Me”.  It says “Team” is much bigger than “Me”.

    It’s a rah-rah Team shirt and is fine.

    Go after him because he’s unqualified and has dangerous policy positions.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  57. 57.

    Ruckus

    I am going to go way the hell out in left field with this one and I am in no way trying to be a dick here. I’m an old white guy and I’ve seen this crap all my life. Less so in the last say 30 yrs but it’s still in what passes for a mind in southern crackers and bigots. But I repeat myself.

    Elie Mystal is correct. Any white person supporting Walker in any way other than just voting for him is doing so because they think he is their boy. And yes I mean that in the most racist way possible, their boy.

  59. 59.

    lowtechcyclist

    @James E Powell:

    We don’t have a Gohmert, a Gaetz, a Boebert, or a Taylor Green. We don’t have a Cruz, a Paul, a Tuberville, or a Johnson.

    The media people would probably draw a false equivalence to AOC and ‘the squad.’

  60. 60.

    Andrew Abshier

    What are the odds that Dumbass will develop an illness that forces him out of the debate?

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