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June bug wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 9:57 pm Wearing a suit no less!!

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:57 am I've never been worried about that. He's not Jim Jordan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar wrote: this is so unspeakably pathetic. Fox News has repeatedly attacked Gisele Fetterman in the last 24 hours.

Dr. Oz Wants His TV Show Back, But He Beclowned Himself Too Hard in Politics

Susan Rinkunas
Tue, November 29, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Dr. Mehmet Oz left his syndicated TV show to pursue a deeply embarrassing run for Senate in Pennsylvania—where he does not live—and spent nearly $27 million of his own money, before losing the state by a bigger margin than Donald Trump did in 2020. The whole thing was a spectacular self-own. Now this man is reportedly desperate to get back on TV, and the industry is not particularly interested in his comeback.

“No one in the mainstream will touch him,” a source told RadarOnline. “You can’t alienate half of your audience with a political stance and expect to bring in an audience on your return to television.”




https://www.yahoo.com/news/dr-oz-wants- ... 00121.html

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:55 pm How long before he sells his PA house? Or is it a rental?

The fine print of the deed to Oz's $3.1 million residence in Bryn Athyn shows a wrinkle, though -- one that an outside expert called "unheard of": If Oz ever needs to sell his new home, then the last owner gets right of first refusal to buy it back.

Half a dozen estate law experts told ABC News that the provision between Oz and the Academy of the New Church, which sold him the residence, was unusual for a residential transaction.

"It is unheard of in the residential setting," said Bob Tintner, a Philadelphia-based real estate lawyer, noting that the provision is seen mostly in commercial sales.

"It suggests to me that he's only here for a temporary period of time," Tintner said.

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:49 pm I am not going to point out the good that could be done with $27 million, because that's too easy, the low-hanging fruit.

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:04 am

Dr. Oz Wants His TV Show Back, But He Beclowned Himself Too Hard in Politics

In Pennsylvania, Oz’s self-funding functioned as a double-edged sword that benefited him in the primaries and made him attractive to GOP base voters “who still think that you can buy a race”, said Sam Chen, a political strategist in Allentown. But once in the general election, Chen said, it meant that Oz received relatively few small donors in part because he was viewed as a self-funder.

Still, he wasn’t alone: McConnell’s Pac put up $47m. That combined with Oz’s personal spending accounted for nearly half of the stunning $140m Oz forces spent in the campaign. Two largely billionaire-funded single-candidate Pacs also went all in on Oz: Honor Pennsylvania spent about $15m, and its largest donor was Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, who gave it at least $8.8m; and American Leadership Action Pac, funded by Wall Street tycoons or mega-donors like Susquehanna International Group CEO Jeff Yass, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and Actua CEO Walter Buckley, dropped another $15m.

Though the outside spending in Pennsylvania set a new record, Oz was a “uniquely weak candidate”, Chen noted, and his failure highlights how wealth and Super PAC money “is not the end all be all”.

“Small dollar donations, the grandma who writes you a $5 check, they are locked in and voting for you … and they are probably the type of person who tells their neighborhood, their soccer mom group, their bible study that they gave you contributions,” Chen said. “Those contributions mean a lot more.”

Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:01 pm You can give as much as you like, but it must be disclosed.
It's about time the people who are being represented had a voice in who represented them.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock wrote: Why does Fetterman, the largest member of congress, not simply eat the smaller ones?

Sen. John Fetterman has returned to the Senate after receiving treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The Pennsylvania Democrat began inpatient treatment in February and was discharged at the end of March.

“It’s great to be back,” he told reporters as he arrived at the Capitol Monday afternoon. He did not answer questions.

“I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works,” Fetterman said in a statement after his release. “This isn’t about politics — right now there are people who are suffering with depression in red counties and blue counties. If you need help, please get help.” His office had said he would return to Washington, DC, when the Senate came back into session on April 17 following a two-week recess.