PA-SN 2022 megathread: Shrek vs. The Wizard of Oz

[wbrocks67]

I have no idea why Fetterman insists on running this terminally online campaign when it is clear what Democrats should be running on and what their messaging should be.

So should they just not use social media at all? People here are being really dense - you can run smart posts on social media without running a "terminally online campaign." Pretty sure Fetterman has run on numerous other issues (especially ones with major buys vs a simple f**king IG or Twitter post).

This analysis is just so black and white, y'all really need to start doing better.

Not just that, but as someone who lives in PA, yes, it IS a good idea to run on (among other things) the fact that Oz is NOT from PA, nor does he live here now!

[free my dawg]

I have no idea why Fetterman insists on running this terminally online campaign when it is clear what Democrats should be running on and what their messaging should be.

Mans really out here still mad their candidate lost the primary

[free my dawg]

It's ridiculous how immature the Fetterman campaign is, it looks like it's being run by a bunch of high school dropouts

Cope and seethe

[Gracile]

I don't think the Fetterman campaign is limited to Twitter owns, and the debates could be something to see if he's like this on the campaign trail.

That's not to say that it would be enough to make this race defy the national environment, though. I'd still bet against Fetterman unless the environment improves at least a bit for Democrats.

I agree with this take. I'll also add that the strategy of making owns on Twitter hasn't just been limited to Fetterman's campaign and isn't the kind of thing that would get noticed by voters who are not heavily online. I mean here's a tweet from a Congresswoman who just overperformed Trump by double-digits in a special election (and will likely make her next election competitive) that sounds like it could come straight from some Election Twitter teen-

https://twitter.com/MayraFlores2022/status/1540723627343192065

Social media generally has created an environment that exacerbates the use of juvenile, vacuous comments and "owns" by campaigns, and it's something we should anticipate in the future.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

I have no idea why Fetterman insists on running this terminally online campaign when it is clear what Democrats should be running on and what their messaging should be.

Better than Lamb, who would have just talked about MUH JAN 6

[Devout Centrist]

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

OUCH....yeh I'm about ready to stick a fork in Oz. He is so clearly in over his head and his negatives aren't going to improve with Fetterman owning him like this constantly

His negatives aren't going to improve because... Fetterman is "owning him" on Twitter???

No, because OZ is fundamentally a phony and has terrible instincts. The primary was the canary in the coal mine.

[mtvoter]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

[Politician]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

So Oz should be ashamed of the fact that he worked hard and became rich, unlike Fetterman who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived with his parents in his 30's?

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Yes, Dr Oz should be ashamed of selling snake oil to get obsenecley rich.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

So Oz should be ashamed of the fact that he worked hard and became rich, unlike Fetterman who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived with his parents in his 30's?

Oz doesn't exactly come from a poor background either.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

So Oz should be ashamed of the fact that he worked hard and became rich, unlike Fetterman who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived with his parents in his 30's?

I’m sorry, but ‘respected heart surgeon gives up medical practice, uses good name to cash in selling miracle cure scams on daytime trash tv’ isn’t exactly an uplifting Horatio Alger story.

[Biden 2024]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

So Oz should be ashamed of the fact that he worked hard and became rich, unlike Fetterman who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived with his parents in his 30's?

I don't think anyone doubts that it took a ton of effort and vigilance to amass a commercial empire built on selling snake oil, no. Not really the kind of "hard work" worthy of anything resembling admiration: Quite the contrary, rather.

[free my dawg]

Anyone know what the capital of Denmark is?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Anyone know what the capital of Denmark is?

D.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Vote for the #populist working class everyday man John Fetterman.

Real talk - Fetterman needs to blast ads like this. Brutal.

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1542501205351579649

So Oz should be ashamed of the fact that he worked hard and became rich, unlike Fetterman who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived with his parents in his 30's?

He should be ashamed because it is highly possible he loses a Biden +1 state in a R +7 year

[MT Treasurer]

I’ve never understood why many here thought that Barnette was a "weaker candidate" than Oz. Oz (supposedly) being helped by the fact that he is less "extreme" than Barnette presupposes that persuadable voters largely vote based on ideology as opposed to appearance, authenticity, & trust, which... is certainly an unconventional view of the role of psychology in political campaigns.

[Ferguson97]

I’ve never understood why many here thought that Barnette was a "weaker candidate" than Oz. Oz (supposedly) being helped by the fact that he is less "extreme" than Barnette presupposes that persuadable voters largely vote based on ideology as opposed to appearance, authenticity, & trust, which... is certainly an unconventional view of the role of psychology in political campaigns.

I feel like a huge part of this is Barnes is running against an incumbent.

[The Dowager Mod]

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1543650827545591808

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

This is gonna be the easiest pickup on Election night for D's Fetterman and then Shapiro and Whitner winning

We're gonna have 50 seats without GA ensuring a D controlled S with a 51/50 tie then it's WI, GA and FL, OH and NC

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/ECaliberSeven/status/1544362910113300481

[Meatball Ron]

I’ve never understood why many here thought that Barnette was a "weaker candidate" than Oz. Oz (supposedly) being helped by the fact that he is less "extreme" than Barnette presupposes that persuadable voters largely vote based on ideology as opposed to appearance, authenticity, & trust, which... is certainly an unconventional view of the role of psychology in political campaigns.

I feel like a huge part of this is Barnes is running against an incumbent.

Mandela Barnes is running for Senate in Wisconsin. MT Treasurer is referring to Kathy Barnette, who came in 3rd place in the GOP primary for Senate in Pennsylvania.

[free my dawg]

The Oz dunks never end.

[Devout Centrist]

https://twitter.com/BillClintonite/status/1544474344264503296
lmfao

[free my dawg]

https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1544699393026260992?t=BLkjrbJ8leGi-V89A...

[ProgressiveModerate]

Everyone plz rmbr, this isn't Fetterman making these tweets but his campaign staff. We don't really know how connected he is to the tweeter or how involved he is in the ideas for these "roasts".