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

[Dr. Arch]

The PA DoS confirmed Oz as the winner of the GOP primary yesterday, btw. He won by 951 votes. Accolades and so forth:

Oz by less than 1000 votes

[Morning in Atlas]

I'd like to point out that you don't see any Kenyatta supporters doing this. You don't even see RecoveringDemocrat, whose name is literally "Fetterman = George Zimmerman", doing this. You don't see Steve Irwin or any other centrist in America doing this.

One candidate and their supporters are the ones doing this. One ideology doing this. It just takes incredible balls to demand a do-over of a primary y'all lost by 30%.

uh, are there Kenyatta supporters?  I don't know of any.  I've also seen some Fetterman supporters willing to acknowledge that there is a pretty serious issue here.

There's a pretty sizable Kenyatta contingent on here - Ferguson, RecoveringDem, and R2D2 come to mind. As I've said I'm a big Kenyatta guy - I defended him when the terminally Online were mad about his non-fealty to Bernie and I've advocated for him as a diamond in the rough. Big fan.

I don't think he's pissed anyone off except the most Online of people, which is a very good thing.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

The PA DoS confirmed Oz as the winner of the GOP primary yesterday, btw. He won by 951 votes. Accolades and so forth:

Oz by less than 1000 votes

Bless you, Doctor

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

[Pheurton Skeurto]

The PA DoS confirmed Oz as the winner of the GOP primary yesterday, btw. He won by 951 votes. Accolades and so forth:

Oz by less than 1000 votes

[Politician]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

[Sir Mohamed]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

Rules for them, not for me.

Just sad that most likely not enough people will actually care.

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

You really are out here defending every single thing that every GOP member does. Must be exhausting.

[Politician]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

You really are out here defending every single thing that every GOP member does. Must be exhausting.

No more than you defend every single thing the Democrats do.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

You really are out here defending every single thing that every GOP member does. Must be exhausting.

No more than you defend every single thing the Democrats do.

Splendid! Sounds like you folks have reached an agreement.  Is it time for lunch yet?

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

You really are out here defending every single thing that every GOP member does. Must be exhausting.

No more than you defend every single thing the Democrats do.

Splendid! Sounds like you folks have reached an agreement.  Is it time for lunch yet?

One of them will say yes, the other will say no.

[Xing]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

It's okay when it's wealthy people breaking immigration laws.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

Presumably the sort of voters that pledging to end illegal immigration appeals to would care…

[Horus]

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1536090139172257793

You really are out here defending every single thing that every GOP member does. Must be exhausting.

No more than you defend every single thing the Democrats do.

So you want to be like Democrats?

[The Dowager Mod]

HAHA! this is going to a fun race to watch. 
https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1536513619739004929

[wbrocks67]

Even Oz's tweet about asking "who do YOU want to represent you in PA?" is so out of touch. His campaign is like something out of the year 2000 or something. It's painful to watch.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1536730662245392386?s=20&t=o3BS7FMFjt...

[The Dowager Mod]

Dr. Oz and wife thought they'd hung up — got caught raging against "f**king girl reporter"
https://www.salon.com/2021/12/29/dr-oz-and-wife-thought-theyd-hung-up--got-caught-raging-against-fking-girl-reporter/

[Senator Spark]

The real challenge for Oz is going to be towing the fine line between distancing from Trump and embracing him as well as moderating on social issues and going to the right on economic and cultural ones.

Fetterman, on the other hand, has a unified Democratic party. I don't see him doing that well in the Philly suburbs.

[President Johnson]

The real challenge for Oz is going to be towing the fine line between distancing from Trump and embracing him as well as moderating on social issues and going to the right on economic and cultural ones.

Fetterman, on the other hand, has a unified Democratic party. I don't see him doing that well in the Philly suburbs.

Agreed. So basically Oz has to adopt a Youngkin strategy?

As for Fetterman, this is definitely an accomplishment given the fact that he's a member of the progressive wing. He has certainly managed to gain support from the moderate and establishment wing, which is not always the norm. I think it would be very beneficiary for progressives to be more like Fetterman and less like the Squad.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

The real challenge for Oz is going to be towing the fine line between distancing from Trump and embracing him as well as moderating on social issues and going to the right on economic and cultural ones.

Fetterman, on the other hand, has a unified Democratic party. I don't see him doing that well in the Philly suburbs.

Agreed. So basically Oz has to adopt a Youngkin strategy?

As for Fetterman, this is definitely an accomplishment given the fact that he's a member of the progressive wing. He has certainly managed to gain support from the moderate and establishment wing, which is not always the norm. I think it would be very beneficiary for progressives to be more like Fetterman and less like the Squad.

Some of it is definitely how Fetterman looks.  It'd be interesting to show a side-by-side to a person who had no idea who either candidate was and ask them "which one is the Republican and which one is the Democrat"?



Hell, *I* look more like a progressive than he does

[wbrocks67]

I'm not sure where the idea that Fetterman won't do well in the Philly suburbs comes from? I'm welcome to a thoughtful discussion but I don't get why he'd be any different than a generic D? He topped or nearly topped 50% in all of the suburban counties in the primary, and if it's about him being progressive, I really think people should talk to people on the ground.

Small anecdote that I think I've said before, but my parents are nowhere near liberal, and usually go with the moderate candidate. I figured they'd like Lamb, but they actually liked Fetterman. He doesn't come off "progressive" at all. He just comes off common sense, and I think that's one of his strengths. I don't think attacking him as a "socialist" really works; he doesn't "look" like one, and the way he presents/talks about the issues, it doesn't *sound* progressive/liberal, even if it is.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The real challenge for Oz is going to be towing the fine line between distancing from Trump and embracing him as well as moderating on social issues and going to the right on economic and cultural ones.

Fetterman, on the other hand, has a unified Democratic party. I don't see him doing that well in the Philly suburbs.

Agreed. So basically Oz has to adopt a Youngkin strategy?

As for Fetterman, this is definitely an accomplishment given the fact that he's a member of the progressive wing. He has certainly managed to gain support from the moderate and establishment wing, which is not always the norm. I think it would be very beneficiary for progressives to be more like Fetterman and less like the Squad.

Some of it is definitely how Fetterman looks.  It'd be interesting to show a side-by-side to a person who had no idea who either candidate was and ask them "which one is the Republican and which one is the Democrat"?



Hell, *I* look more like a progressive than he does

Fetterman actually looks like a 20 years older version of a certain type of guy you often see at hardcore shows, who definitely would be mostly progressive.

Of course those guys obviously aren't often candidates for office.

[The Dowager Mod]

With a Tweed jacket and wingtips. lol 
https://twitter.com/jasonselvig/status/1537934567444602882

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/michaelwhitney/status/1537813754305556482