GA-SEN 2022 Megathread: Werewolves and Vampires

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I'm guessing the entire right wing media ecosystem will likely just ignore the story of walker's discarded son? Even after Walker has made fatherhood a somewhat central theme in his (albeit incoherent) stump speeches/interviews?

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I'm guessing the entire right wing media ecosystem will likely just ignore the story of walker's discarded son? Even after Walker has made fatherhood a somewhat central theme in his (albeit incoherent) stump speeches/interviews?

Considering one of his sons is a literal lightning rod and the other he "abandoned", this seems like somethign waiting to bite him.

Don't even get me started on his adult son. I've never wanted to call a fellow gay a slur so much in my entire life. He's such garbage. No class whatsoever. Definitely reflects poorly on Walker as a father that he raised such a spoiled, ignorant brat.

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more kids

A day after The Daily Beast broke the news that Herschel Walker had a secret 10-year-old son he fathered out of wedlock, the football star-turned-politician confirmed late Wednesday night that he has yet another son with a different woman that the public doesn’t know about—as well as a daughter that he had in college.

At this rate he'll have eight tomorrow.

lmaoooo

He's so pro family he has like 4 of them

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Does anyone else (kind of) feel bad for Walker? He's an awful guy no doubt, but it seems like he has some serious mental health issues. The man needs help and is in no state to be running a statewide political campaign.

Yes, I do feel sympathy for Walker to a certain extent, b/c this man is clearly not all there and is dealing with some pretty apparent health issues, and is embarrassing himself almost daily on the national stage. He obviously needs help.

But I also feel a lot of anger toward whatever powerful right-wing interest and/or players- whether it was the Koch machine, the CoC, or whoever - convinced this clearly troubled and likely easily fooled man that he should run for Senate in the state of Georgia, all so that he could maybe be another warm republican body that is controlled by the pro-deregulation, pro-tax cuts for the ultra wealthy, pro-christofascist federal judges right wing apparatus. God damn whatever powerful interests that be that are pulling this poor dolt's strings for their own selfish interests. These clips of him are atrocious, embarrassing, and CRUEL.

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Christian Walker is trending on Twitter again. Yesterday he harassed singer Kehlani at the Starbucks drive through. Apparently he was also accosting workers over the display of pride flags.

https://theshaderoom.com/update-kehlani-says-christian-walker-was-losing-his-mind-over-gay-trans-flags-in-the-starbucks-window/

I believe it's 100% appropriate to judge a political candidate by how their children turn out. Walker's kid is entitled, vain, ignorant, spoiled, trashy, classless and stupid. It speaks volumes about his father.

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                                     *gasps for air*

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He apparently sent the woman a "get well" card with the check.

That's amazing.

I can't stop thinking about how great a "So you had an abortion" section in the Hallmark card aisle at the store would be

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I suppose I'm one of these "swing voters" but for me, it's less about wanting to be undecided / putting off a decision and more about conflicting emotions I'm feeling this cycle. On the one hand, I don't want the Democrats in charge of the budget and on the other hand I don't want Republicans in charge of my wife's body. Scandals that make me question if a candidate is fundamentally fit for office absolutely can sway my vote.

A bunch of Biden/Warnock/Ossoff voters are about to vote for Kemp next month. These revelations absolutely have an effect on these same swing voters.

Honestly there are some swing voters who want to look "undecided".

They truly Can by voting both for Kemp and Warnock and I think this is what they will do

If that is the case I would think you'd vote against Kemp and for Walker. Abortion will be controlled by the states. No national abortion ban is taking place in the senate. The votes aren't there for it and Biden would never sign it even if there were 60+ votes.

This is an incredibly short-sighted view that ignores the fact that Senators serve six-year terms. A second Trump presidency paired with a Republican majority in the House and Senate would very likely result in some sort of national abortion ban and the only real question is whether it would be six weeks, ten weeks, or fifteen weeks.

You see the GOP having 60+ senate seats along with a house majority and president? I sure as hell do not. They would need at least 62 seats. Collins and Murkowski would not vote for it and even in their wildest dreams if that were to ever happen I do not see any form of national ban taking place. State bans are much more likely which is why I would think someone from GA who is more concerned about abortion would vote against R's in the governors race and not the senate race.

If you don't think republicans would nuke the filibuster to pass a national abortion ban, you haven't been paying attention.

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I suppose I'm one of these "swing voters" but for me, it's less about wanting to be undecided / putting off a decision and more about conflicting emotions I'm feeling this cycle. On the one hand, I don't want the Democrats in charge of the budget and on the other hand I don't want Republicans in charge of my wife's body. Scandals that make me question if a candidate is fundamentally fit for office absolutely can sway my vote.

A bunch of Biden/Warnock/Ossoff voters are about to vote for Kemp next month. These revelations absolutely have an effect on these same swing voters.

Honestly there are some swing voters who want to look "undecided".

They truly Can by voting both for Kemp and Warnock and I think this is what they will do

If that is the case I would think you'd vote against Kemp and for Walker. Abortion will be controlled by the states. No national abortion ban is taking place in the senate. The votes aren't there for it and Biden would never sign it even if there were 60+ votes.

This is an incredibly short-sighted view that ignores the fact that Senators serve six-year terms. A second Trump presidency paired with a Republican majority in the House and Senate would very likely result in some sort of national abortion ban and the only real question is whether it would be six weeks, ten weeks, or fifteen weeks.

You see the GOP having 60+ senate seats along with a house majority and president? I sure as hell do not. They would need at least 62 seats. Collins and Murkowski would not vote for it and even in their wildest dreams if that were to ever happen I do not see any form of national ban taking place. State bans are much more likely which is why I would think someone from GA who is more concerned about abortion would vote against R's in the governors race and not the senate race.

If you don't think republicans would nuke the filibuster to pass a national abortion ban, you haven't been paying attention.

I was around in 2017 and 2018 a whole 4-5 years ago when they easily could have done so and did not. What merit is there to suggest they will? It will literally come back to bite them in the ass the next time the Democrats have the trifecta. GOP can pass tax cuts and judges with a simple majority and they have the supreme court on their side too. Nuking the filibuster would be beyond stupid by them. They have zero reason to do so.

Well, see, the premise of your argument is flawed as they most definitely NOT could have easily done so in 17/18 due to Murkowski/Collins/Romney. In a hypothetical situation like you put forth above where republicans have 60 seats, the filibuster is gone.

Just b/c something is "beyond stupid" does not mean the GOP won't do it. It was beyond stupid of them to overturn Roe in a midterm year in which they were supposed to cruise to victory, yet they did it (and don't tell me that the six votes to overturn Roe are not republican politicians in robes). It was beyond stupid of them to recruit and/or nominate the likes of OZ, Walker, Masters, Vance, Dixon, Mastriano, etc, etc, etc. It was beyond stupid of them to not convict trump in the Senate when they had the chance and kill the possibility of him ever becoming their party's nominee again, but instead he continues to inject himself into the news and hurt republicans. Yet they did all of these things.

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I suppose I'm one of these "swing voters" but for me, it's less about wanting to be undecided / putting off a decision and more about conflicting emotions I'm feeling this cycle. On the one hand, I don't want the Democrats in charge of the budget and on the other hand I don't want Republicans in charge of my wife's body. Scandals that make me question if a candidate is fundamentally fit for office absolutely can sway my vote.

A bunch of Biden/Warnock/Ossoff voters are about to vote for Kemp next month. These revelations absolutely have an effect on these same swing voters.

Honestly there are some swing voters who want to look "undecided".

They truly Can by voting both for Kemp and Warnock and I think this is what they will do

If that is the case I would think you'd vote against Kemp and for Walker. Abortion will be controlled by the states. No national abortion ban is taking place in the senate. The votes aren't there for it and Biden would never sign it even if there were 60+ votes.

This is an incredibly short-sighted view that ignores the fact that Senators serve six-year terms. A second Trump presidency paired with a Republican majority in the House and Senate would very likely result in some sort of national abortion ban and the only real question is whether it would be six weeks, ten weeks, or fifteen weeks.

You see the GOP having 60+ senate seats along with a house majority and president? I sure as hell do not. They would need at least 62 seats. Collins and Murkowski would not vote for it and even in their wildest dreams if that were to ever happen I do not see any form of national ban taking place. State bans are much more likely which is why I would think someone from GA who is more concerned about abortion would vote against R's in the governors race and not the senate race.

If you don't think republicans would nuke the filibuster to pass a national abortion ban, you haven't been paying attention.

I was around in 2017 and 2018 a whole 4-5 years ago when they easily could have done so and did not. What merit is there to suggest they will? It will literally come back to bite them in the ass the next time the Democrats have the trifecta. GOP can pass tax cuts and judges with a simple majority and they have the supreme court on their side too. Nuking the filibuster would be beyond stupid by them. They have zero reason to do so.

Well, see, the premise of your argument is flawed as they most definitely NOT could have easily done so in 17/18 due to Murkowski/Collins/Romney. In a hypothetical situation like you put forth above where republicans have 60 seats, the filibuster is gone.

Just b/c something is "beyond stupid" does not mean the GOP won't do it. It was beyond stupid of them to overturn Roe in a midterm year in which they were supposed to cruise to victory, yet they did it (and don't tell me that the six votes to overturn Roe are not republican politicians in robes). It was beyond stupid of them to recruit and/or nominate the likes of OZ, Walker, Masters, Vance, Dixon, Mastriano, etc, etc, etc. It was beyond stupid of them to not convict trump in the Senate when they had the chance and kill the possibility of him ever becoming their party's nominee again, but instead he continues to inject himself into the news and hurt republicans. Yet they did all of these things.

Mitt Romney was not a senator then. He won in 2018 and become a senator once the democrats had the house and even prior to that Mitch did not even entertain the idea despite pressure from Trump. I really don’t know why you think there is a huge reason or motive for the GOP to end the filibuster. That would literally kill and screw them the next time Dems take over. There will always be senators on both sides with reservations and rightfully so.

The GOP did not overturn Roe, the courts did. Mississippi decided to sue and that’s how we got here. A No one in the GOP would decide to overturn Roe in a midterm year of all years and hurt themselves politically.

Also, GOP politicians did not nominate those candidates, Trump endorsed them,  and a good chunk of GOP voters not politicians were dumb enough to vote for them.

Curious, given the GOP's official position that if a democrat wins an election it was stolen, that you think that if there is ever another GOP trifecta that they would allow themselves to lose it by turning over power. This is almost pure fantasy at this point.

LMAO. The GOP purposefully appointed and confirmed three justices to SCOTUS that they knew would put aside the constitution and make up law out of whole cloth and rule based on their personal political and religious beliefs instead of the law to overturn Roe. Saying "the courts" (it was ONE court, btw) overturned Roe is a distinction with no difference. The "justices" are republican partisans in robes. The GOP overturned Roe. This can't be made any simpler or more plain to see.

If trump is solely responsible for all of the terrible GOP candidates then why has the party not thrown trump under the bus? Stopped defending him? Cut him off? Stopped paying his massive legal fees? B/c they agree with, support and in many cases recruited these horrible candidates.

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I suppose I'm one of these "swing voters" but for me, it's less about wanting to be undecided / putting off a decision and more about conflicting emotions I'm feeling this cycle. On the one hand, I don't want the Democrats in charge of the budget and on the other hand I don't want Republicans in charge of my wife's body. Scandals that make me question if a candidate is fundamentally fit for office absolutely can sway my vote.

A bunch of Biden/Warnock/Ossoff voters are about to vote for Kemp next month. These revelations absolutely have an effect on these same swing voters.

Honestly there are some swing voters who want to look "undecided".

They truly Can by voting both for Kemp and Warnock and I think this is what they will do

If that is the case I would think you'd vote against Kemp and for Walker. Abortion will be controlled by the states. No national abortion ban is taking place in the senate. The votes aren't there for it and Biden would never sign it even if there were 60+ votes.

This is an incredibly short-sighted view that ignores the fact that Senators serve six-year terms. A second Trump presidency paired with a Republican majority in the House and Senate would very likely result in some sort of national abortion ban and the only real question is whether it would be six weeks, ten weeks, or fifteen weeks.

You see the GOP having 60+ senate seats along with a house majority and president? I sure as hell do not. They would need at least 62 seats. Collins and Murkowski would not vote for it and even in their wildest dreams if that were to ever happen I do not see any form of national ban taking place. State bans are much more likely which is why I would think someone from GA who is more concerned about abortion would vote against R's in the governors race and not the senate race.

If you don't think republicans would nuke the filibuster to pass a national abortion ban, you haven't been paying attention.

I was around in 2017 and 2018 a whole 4-5 years ago when they easily could have done so and did not. What merit is there to suggest they will? It will literally come back to bite them in the ass the next time the Democrats have the trifecta. GOP can pass tax cuts and judges with a simple majority and they have the supreme court on their side too. Nuking the filibuster would be beyond stupid by them. They have zero reason to do so.

Well, see, the premise of your argument is flawed as they most definitely NOT could have easily done so in 17/18 due to Murkowski/Collins/Romney. In a hypothetical situation like you put forth above where republicans have 60 seats, the filibuster is gone.

Just b/c something is "beyond stupid" does not mean the GOP won't do it. It was beyond stupid of them to overturn Roe in a midterm year in which they were supposed to cruise to victory, yet they did it (and don't tell me that the six votes to overturn Roe are not republican politicians in robes). It was beyond stupid of them to recruit and/or nominate the likes of OZ, Walker, Masters, Vance, Dixon, Mastriano, etc, etc, etc. It was beyond stupid of them to not convict trump in the Senate when they had the chance and kill the possibility of him ever becoming their party's nominee again, but instead he continues to inject himself into the news and hurt republicans. Yet they did all of these things.

Mitt Romney was not a senator then. He won in 2018 and become a senator once the democrats had the house and even prior to that Mitch did not even entertain the idea despite pressure from Trump. I really don’t know why you think there is a huge reason or motive for the GOP to end the filibuster. That would literally kill and screw them the next time Dems take over. There will always be senators on both sides with reservations and rightfully so.

The GOP did not overturn Roe, the courts did. Mississippi decided to sue and that’s how we got here. A No one in the GOP would decide to overturn Roe in a midterm year of all years and hurt themselves politically.

Also, GOP politicians did not nominate those candidates, Trump endorsed them,  and a good chunk of GOP voters not politicians were dumb enough to vote for them.

Curious, given the GOP's official position that if a democrat wins an election it was stolen, that you think that if there is ever another GOP trifecta that they would allow themselves to lose it by turning over power. This is almost pure fantasy at this point.

LMAO. The GOP purposefully appointed and confirmed three justices to SCOTUS that they knew would put aside the constitution and make up law out of whole cloth and rule based on their personal political and religious beliefs instead of the law to overturn Roe. Saying "the courts" (it was ONE court, btw) overturned Roe is a distinction with no difference. The "justices" are republican partisans in robes. The GOP overturned Roe. This can't be made any simpler or more plain to see.

If trump is solely responsible for all of the terrible GOP candidates then why has the party not thrown trump under the bus? Stopped defending him? Cut him off? Stopped paying his massive legal fees? B/c they agree with, support and in many cases recruited these horrible candidates.

I think the upcoming SCOTUS cases about Alabama's congressional map and the Independent State Legislature case will really show how hackish this court is since both those cases are directly about power in a way something like Dobbs wasn't.

In both these cases there's a pretty wide range of theoretical ways the court could rule, but a ruling that entirely guts what remains of VRA and a ruling that nearly fully embraces ISL, overturning redistricting commissions and locking out courts of doing their jobs, would be troubling

My personal prediction is that they will find the ISL theory too baseless and outlandish even for them (and that's saying a lot) while going ahead and gutting what's left of the VRA. It's been Roberts' lifelong goal to destroy the VRA; he's not going to miss the opportunity now that it's here.

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His poor son…

Yeh. I take back all the things I said about him earlier in the campaign. Clearly there was A LOT going on beneath the surface and he's clearly never had a good father figure in his life. Then he finds out along with the rest of the country that he has three half-siblings. Yeesh

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Sorry for the double post, but God, this is heartbreaking.

Just came here to post this exact same bit. That really is just a gut-punch.

The pro-family party strikes again!

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Lmao @ “this isn’t a prop — it’s real!”

It's a real Paw Patrol badge, so in a way he's not wrong.

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Hear why Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Herschel Walker lost in Georgia ...

https://us.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/12/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-walker-election-runoff-ga-sot-ip-vpx.cnn

What a psycho.
She says that the GOP keeping her from campaigning for Walker, is why he did not win (and that it was an "insult to" her).
Unbelievable.

Well, she might have a point if you think about it. Putting MTG out there to campaign and give stump speeches for Walker may have made him look smart (or at least less dumb) in comparison.

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Precinct loyalty map for the 2021 special runoff and the 2022 runoff in the Atlanta metro. Warnock improved in most places, but it looks like his biggest gains were in North Fulton and East Cobb:

https://twitter.com/Uncrewed/status/1603820503784837121

That little island of red between Forest Park and South Fulton amuses me.