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

[TheSaint250]

Oz saying he would support Trump in 2024 isn't going to play well with the Trump-Biden voters that he needs to win.

Is there anyone voting who doubts that he would if he wins the nomination lol

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Oz saying he would support Trump in 2024 isn't going to play well with the Trump-Biden voters that he needs to win.

He worded it the best way he could, but yeah, it probably will hurt him. Marginally...

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

MAGA Republicans be like “hmmm I support the idea of a black person being held at gunpoint but not when that guy does it”

[Boobs]

I’m done with this board

Every single moderate, fair person I follow on Twitter is in agreement that fetterman sounds awful

The partisanship required to defend this performance is off the charts

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

That's a Fetterman Win!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Oz using the Social Security question to tie in the fact he's a doctor. That's a decent thing to do from a strategic POV.

[Matty]

Lmao another awkward silence brain freeze

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

All I’ll say is I’d be a lot more worried if anyone else had been the GOP nominee.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Oz talked about preventative care to avoid even greater cost. Like the sentiment, wish there was more beef and specifics though.

[Gass3268]

Lmao another awkward silence brain freeze

I thought you were leaving?

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

If the media wants to crucify Fetterman for the unchosen 'crime' of having a stroke, time to go nuclear on Oz for his unchosen heritage and past fidelity to a foreign government in a part of the world that Americans distrust!

The Turk will be thwarted on the banks of the Delaware, aided by winged Polish-American retirees from the coalfields of western PA.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Lmao another awkward silence brain freeze

He’s clearly reading the screens. Why is it so outrageous for Fetterman to read the question before answering?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Oz just took the populist line against student loan forgiveness, great approach.

[Calthrina950]

I’m done with this board

Every single moderate, fair person I follow on Twitter is in agreement that fetterman sounds awful

The partisanship required to defend this performance is off the charts

The contrast between this forum and Twitter, or between this forum and elsewhere, is certainly jarring. But the Fetterman-Oz race certainly shows me the depths to which partisans can descend. Just as with Walker, Fetterman has his devoted supporters who would literally crawl over broken glass to vote for him. They would do so even if he were comatose and on a hospital bed, hooked to life support. If it weren't for Oz being so odious and repellent in his own right, this race wouldn't be as close.

[citizenZ]

Oz is decimating Fetterman.

Gotta hand it to Republicans. Reagan, Arnold, Trump, Oz. They love entertainers and they're great on camera.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

All I’ll say is I’d be a lot more worried if anyone else had been the GOP nominee.

And if Fetterman hadn’t had his stroke, he would be wiping the floor with Oz on the actual issues. Optics alone make this look closer than it actually is.

[Aurelius]

I’m done with this board

Every single moderate, fair person I follow on Twitter is in agreement that fetterman sounds awful

The partisanship required to defend this performance is off the charts

*follows a bunch of hack libs on Twitter and is watching the debate through Acyn clips that probably have parts cut out*

"Fetterman is doing great!!!"

This is is what some of y'all on here sound like.

And no, I did not think Walker did well in his debate.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Oz is decimating Fetterman.

Gotta hand it to Republicans. Reagan, Arnold, Trump, Oz. They love entertainers and they're great on camera.

Might as well just switch to the blue avatar

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

On cost of higher education
Fetterman: Just make it affordable
Oz: Cut the extra staff and offer more online options.

[Pollster]

"Apparently I wasn't clear enough for you to understand this."

Oz is stunningly lacking in self-awareness.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Yeah I'm watching the debate and trying to be as objective as possible, both comes across badly for their own reasons.

Oz himself has a repellant character and seems to be reading off right wing talking points which have kinda gotten old.

Fetterman having speech issues makes him less clear and direct and I think can give people the impression he just doesn't know what he is talking about.

[Gass3268]

Oz's abortion comment is all over Twitter right more, way more than any of Fetterman's issues.

[Aurelius]

Yeah, from what I've seen Oz is sounding bad in a different way.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Fetterman coming down hard against court packing. Good answer.

[ProgressiveModerate]

It also seems like out of this debate there will be at least a few soundbites on both sides that could be used in ads in the closing weeks

[Calthrina950]

I’m done with this board

Every single moderate, fair person I follow on Twitter is in agreement that fetterman sounds awful

The partisanship required to defend this performance is off the charts

*follows a bunch of hack libs on Twitter and is watching the debate through Acyn clips that probably have parts cut out*

"Fetterman is doing great!!!"

This is is what some of y'all on here sound like.

And no, I did not think Walker did well in his debate.

As I said above, many progressive and liberal Democratic users on Twitter are categorically saying that Fetterman is performing poorly, and some are even questioning why his campaign agreed to debate. They're not necessarily praising Oz. But the consensus on both left and right seems to be that Oz is winning this debate.