2022 Georgia Senate Race

#426

Suranis wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:07 pm Honestly, threads like this are part of the problem. Why? It's 100% walker, 100% of the time. If I was relying on this thread I would barely know what Warnock looks like, let alone what he is saying.

THreads like this elevate Wakler in google searches and drown Warnock.

Walkers idiocy has swamped the media channels as it drives clicks. I can think of a TD here in Ireland who is pretty much the same but he keeps getting elected because he gets on the air as he is always good for stream of consciousness comedy, despite him being a Moron and completely useless member of parliament. Michael Healy-Rae is the guy if anyone wants to look him up.

I agree, and Warnock has mostly been pushing back against Walker vs. getting himself out there. This is one of the few results that wasn't focused on Walker.

https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news ... 553222002/

'We need your impatience': Raphael Warnock visits UGA Chapel, encourages students to vote

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock paid a visit to the University of Georgia on Oct. 20 to campaign for his re-election.

The Baptist minister turned senator held a rally with other local Democrats, including Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz, Athens Commissioner Tim Denson and state Sen. Jen Jordan at the UGA Chapel.

Warnock, who drew a crowd of about 200 students, discussed his plans for re-election and the importance of the youth vote.

#427

It’s tfg 2.0 out there, Walker gets all the press and whatever little is left for Warnock is all negative.

#428

race baiting

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes wrote: Herschel Walker: “Halloween is right around the corner, and now the people of China and Mexico are dressing fentanyl up to look like candy.”

Dr. Ken · #429

#430

Nobody cares what a good upstanding Christian like Herschel Walker has done.

Julia Jester @JulesJester wrote: #GASEN: a *NEW* woman comes forward alleging Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker drove her to a clinic "to have an abortion after she became pregnant as a result of her relationship w/ him." She'll speak later today at a presser, per release from attorney Gloria Allred.

#431

Gloria Allred.

Oh well, I heard Jake Wohl and Jack Burkman were unavailable ... not even for a box of the best doughnuts ever.

Slim Cognito · #432

Yeah, the last thing we need is for some hucksters to try for 15 minutes of fame making people question the other woman, despite her clearly having the receipts.

#433

Daniel Uhlfelder @DWUhlfelderLaw wrote: Herschel denies latest abortion claim joking he didn’t kill JFK while Lindsey Graham laughs

► Show Spoiler

tek · #434

She better have receipts.
Gloria Allred is not a good sign.

#435

It’s a lie!

Or maybe not.

Dr. Ken · #436

It's like a taco inside a taco or a lieception

Dr. Ken · #437

The I have a black friend argument

RTH10260 · #438

Dr. Ken · #439

Frater I*I · #440

That awkward moment of silence after he declares "Not a prop!"....

RTH10260 · #441

Who will be the first to prank him with a fake badge from a non-existant police department? Will his campaign catch the ruse?

Suranis · #442

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:23 pm Who will be the first to prank him with a fake badge from a non-existant police department? Will his campaign catch the ruse?

I think we just watched a video of that...

p0rtia · #443

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:23 pm Who will be the first to prank him with a fake badge from a non-existant police department? Will his campaign catch the ruse?

I know this doesn't need to be said, but it is just so very very annoying that he is running around talking about how these badges are "not props". "No props" they said. But he didn't break that rule because...oh jesus effing christ the igno-arrogance is just sickening.

Dr. Ken · #444

RTH10260 · #445

As a foreign observer I truly hope that one guy gets walked away in shame.

PS. I didn't know that the GQP imported this guy from TX - it just oozzzzes

Gupwalla · #446

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:29 am As a foreign observer I truly hope that one guy gets walked away in shame.

PS. I didn't know that the GQP imported this guy from TX - it just oozzzzes

Walker was born in Georgia and had a storied college football career at the University of Georgia, where he won the Heisman trophy. His NFL professional career included two stints with the Dallas Cowboys, his first and last NFL teams, hence the Texas connection.

As a quirky footnote, Walker started his professional career outside the NFL, for an alternate football league. His team was bought by one Donald Trump, a local NYC real estate developer. This alternate league folded after three years, at a significant financial loss, in significant part because Mr. Trump employed his patented Art of the Deal with (in hindsight) all-too typical results.

Dr. Ken · #447

At the time that he decided to run he had been living in Dallas for the last decade and has used it as his residence for tax purposes
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/po ... 88086f9260

noblepa · #448

Gupwalla wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:46 am
RTH10260 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:29 am As a foreign observer I truly hope that one guy gets walked away in shame.

PS. I didn't know that the GQP imported this guy from TX - it just oozzzzes
Walker was born in Georgia and had a storied college football career at the University of Georgia, where he won the Heisman trophy. His NFL professional career included two stints with the Dallas Cowboys, his first and last NFL teams, hence the Texas connection.

As a quirky footnote, Walker started his professional career outside the NFL, for an alternate football league. His team was bought by one Donald Trump, a local NYC real estate developer. This alternate league folded after three years, at a significant financial loss, in significant part because Mr. Trump employed his patented Art of the Deal with (in hindsight) all-too typical results.

Didn't Trump think that he could run the USFL up to be a thorn in the NFL's side and then sell the league to the NFL for a gazillion dollars? Didn't quite work out that way, did it? He figured if the AFL could do it, why couldn't he? After all, he is/was twice as smart as those chumps in the AFL.

Suranis · #449

noblepa wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:52 pm
Gupwalla wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:46 am
RTH10260 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:29 am As a foreign observer I truly hope that one guy gets walked away in shame.

PS. I didn't know that the GQP imported this guy from TX - it just oozzzzes
Walker was born in Georgia and had a storied college football career at the University of Georgia, where he won the Heisman trophy. His NFL professional career included two stints with the Dallas Cowboys, his first and last NFL teams, hence the Texas connection.

As a quirky footnote, Walker started his professional career outside the NFL, for an alternate football league. His team was bought by one Donald Trump, a local NYC real estate developer. This alternate league folded after three years, at a significant financial loss, in significant part because Mr. Trump employed his patented Art of the Deal with (in hindsight) all-too typical results.
Didn't Trump think that he could run the USFL up to be a thorn in the NFL's side and then sell the league to the NFL for a gazillion dollars? Didn't quite work out that way, did it? He figured if the AFL could do it, why couldn't he? After all, he is/was twice as smart as those chumps in the AFL.

At the time trump was desperate to own an NFL team but the NFL owners had locked him out becasue he was an obnoxious little shit. When he got control of one of the USFL teams he basically blathered his way into running the whole league over 3 years. After they finally gave him control of the USFL his first move was to move matches from their monday night slot to thursday to directly complete with the NFL. Perhaps his idea was to force the NFL to give in to him with the competition. Naturally the USFL got utterly crushed, and was out of business within months of Trump acquiring it.

More detail here

https://allsportshistory.com/2022/02/25 ... -the-usfl/

Gupwalla · #450

So to summarize (he said quickly, trying to get back to topic before the Feather Hammer of Doom descends):

* Walker is from Georgia and had a notable college football career there
* Walker was twice a member of the Dallas Cowboys, and has continued to call the Dallas area home

As a Dallas resident, (a) I am glad Walker is temporarily not my neighbor and (b) I am sorry for Georgia, though I trust y’all to do the right thing.

I don’t see how Walker continues his (lifelong) off-field shtick as a Fellowship of Christian Athletes model alternative to the stereotypical hard-partying baller after this. He traded an active functioning conscience for the easy rhetoric of forgiveness without consequence. And maybe the consequences are catching up to him anyway.