Flip the 6th (gameplay thread)

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

I am the only candidate who truly opposes mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and socialist restrictions! The people have suffered enough! It is time for a return to normality to happen instead of being a lie used by the government to deceive us! My utmost priority as a US Representative will be to give the people of Oregon 6th their lives back!

Rep. Cooper: "Unlike your empty words, Mr Brooks, and your unfortunate habit of all words and no action, I actually have a record where I've done these things. I actually did fight mask mandates in the state house. I fought vaccine mandates. I fought to let the people of Salem have lower taxes and spend the money they earn themselves. Meanwhile, what did you do? That's right, you just claimed you were fighting for these things while doing absolutely nothing. You have no principles, Mr Brooks. You indicated you don't think that Trump won with 410 electoral votes, yet you worked for a company that trumpeted these lies. So you chose profit over the truth, over justice, over honesty. You didn't once criticize or question their conspiracy theory that Trump won with 410 electoral votes. You just abandoned whatever principles you might have had in the pursuit of profit. And I have a feeling this is exactly what you plan to do if elected (not that you will be, because the people of Oregon's 6th are too intelligent to support a lying, manipulative extremist such as yourself)."

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

I am the only candidate who truly opposes mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and socialist restrictions! The people have suffered enough! It is time for a return to normality to happen instead of being a lie used by the government to deceive us! My utmost priority as a US Representative will be to give the people of Oregon 6th their lives back!

Rep. Cooper: "Unlike your empty words, Mr Brooks, and your unfortunate habit of all words and no action, I actually have a record where I've done these things. I actually did fight mask mandates in the state house. I fought vaccine mandates. I fought to let the people of Salem have lower taxes and spend the money they earn themselves. Meanwhile, what did you do? That's right, you just claimed you were fighting for these things while doing absolutely nothing. You have no principles, Mr Brooks. You indicated you don't think that Trump won with 410 electoral votes, yet you worked for a company that trumpeted these lies. So you chose profit over the truth, over justice, over honesty. You didn't once criticize or question their conspiracy theory that Trump won with 410 electoral votes. You just abandoned whatever principles you might have had in the pursuit of profit. And I have a feeling this is exactly what you plan to do if elected (not that you will be, because the people of Oregon's 6th are too intelligent to support a lying, manipulative extremist such as yourself)."

"Well, in light of your recent statements, I would say that there is a reason why you are collapsing in the opinion polls. First of all, I fought for the principles I believed in from the position I was in. As a political commentator and not an elected official, my job was to express my beliefs and to offer another perspective to my viewers, a thing I believe I have done successfully. On the other hand, I would say that given that you have failed in all of your stated goals while in the statehouse, with Oregon having some of the highest taxes in the nation, with a mask mandate being imposed by the state government as well as a vaccine mandate, you should not have the audacity to seek a promotion. On the whole Trump-won-410-electoral-votes lie, I believe the subject got boring for literally everyone, and everyone can see that you have gone off the deep end trying to find something to attack me with, but just to clarify, someone on OAN once said that Trump won 410 electoral votes. Nothing to do with me. What OAN claimed, and this is something I will continue to stand for, is that Trump won. And that is what matters. I can not state the exact margin by which he won, because I do not have enough evidence for such a statement, and it will all have to be clarified eventually by a nationwide audit. The 410 thing is just a boring and repetitive talking point used by the two RINOs because they have nothing better to say".

Cooper: "Not once did you denounce the 410 electoral vote myth. Why not? More pertinently, why won't you answer this simple question: do you believe Donald Trump won 410 electoral votes in 2020?"

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

I am the only candidate who truly opposes mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and socialist restrictions! The people have suffered enough! It is time for a return to normality to happen instead of being a lie used by the government to deceive us! My utmost priority as a US Representative will be to give the people of Oregon 6th their lives back!

Rep. Cooper: "Unlike your empty words, Mr Brooks, and your unfortunate habit of all words and no action, I actually have a record where I've done these things. I actually did fight mask mandates in the state house. I fought vaccine mandates. I fought to let the people of Salem have lower taxes and spend the money they earn themselves. Meanwhile, what did you do? That's right, you just claimed you were fighting for these things while doing absolutely nothing. You have no principles, Mr Brooks. You indicated you don't think that Trump won with 410 electoral votes, yet you worked for a company that trumpeted these lies. So you chose profit over the truth, over justice, over honesty. You didn't once criticize or question their conspiracy theory that Trump won with 410 electoral votes. You just abandoned whatever principles you might have had in the pursuit of profit. And I have a feeling this is exactly what you plan to do if elected (not that you will be, because the people of Oregon's 6th are too intelligent to support a lying, manipulative extremist such as yourself)."

"Well, in light of your recent statements, I would say that there is a reason why you are collapsing in the opinion polls. First of all, I fought for the principles I believed in from the position I was in. As a political commentator and not an elected official, my job was to express my beliefs and to offer another perspective to my viewers, a thing I believe I have done successfully. On the other hand, I would say that given that you have failed in all of your stated goals while in the statehouse, with Oregon having some of the highest taxes in the nation, with a mask mandate being imposed by the state government as well as a vaccine mandate, you should not have the audacity to seek a promotion. On the whole Trump-won-410-electoral-votes lie, I believe the subject got boring for literally everyone, and everyone can see that you have gone off the deep end trying to find something to attack me with, but just to clarify, someone on OAN once said that Trump won 410 electoral votes. Nothing to do with me. What OAN claimed, and this is something I will continue to stand for, is that Trump won. And that is what matters. I can not state the exact margin by which he won, because I do not have enough evidence for such a statement, and it will all have to be clarified eventually by a nationwide audit. The 410 thing is just a boring and repetitive talking point used by the two RINOs because they have nothing better to say".

Cooper: "Not once did you denounce the 410 electoral vote myth. Why not? More pertinently, why won't you answer this simple question: do you believe Donald Trump won 410 electoral votes in 2020?"

"It seems like you have paid just as much attention to what I said as you have to the needs of your constituents. I said that while I am convinced Trump won, I haven't seen enough evidence that he won by 410. You know, Ms. Cooper, nobody in this race can claim to have run a perfect campaign, but at one point, I have to ask. Do you have anything to offer? Because ever since you entered this race 3 months ago, you have turned it into a slugfest. Why? Because you know no one will vote for you if we talked about your actual record, so you had to turn the public debate into this gigantic mess? You say I am unelectable, well how electable are you given how you have run your campaign so far? Those are some real questions, not the talking points you are used to. You know, at least Mr. Scott has some clear values he promotes, regardless of whether he believes in them or not. But you? You are a disgrace, and I am embarassed I have to run against you."

"Good question, Mr Brooks. I'll begin by saying that yes, I do pay attention to what someone who would like to be a member of congress, and says they can win a general election. Because it matters what you say about your employer promoting a baseless, completely false conspiracy theory. And on your side, we've gotten nothing. I wanted to finally clarify what your views on this are, and yet again, you've sidestepped. Either Donald Trump won 410 electoral votes, or he didn't. As it turns out, the reality is, he didn't, but I don't think the reality will stop someone like yourself, quite frankly. And don't expect any congratulations even if you do finally make clear that you finally realize that he didn't win 410 electoral votes. The rest of us knew this more than a year ago; it's just taken you much longer to realize even this much. Until you can begin by finally admitting he didn't get 410 electoral votes, you are a complete liar, or a believer of baseless conspiracy theories, and Oregon's 6th doesn't need either in Congress. As for your attack on my negativity in this campaign, yes, I admit I was at fault. Dale Scott and I took the campaign off to a bad start. But importantly, we were able to put that negativity aside when we agreed to mutually stop attacking each other. You had an opportunity to sign on to. But you did not, since you rely as much as I do, or even more so, on negative campaigning, but while I've realized this and worked to correct it, you have not. While Mr Scott and I were attacking each other, you weren't campaigning. When you did begin campaigning, you waited for a little bit, and since then, you've run an exclusively lie-based, and attack-based campaign. Returning to my own negative campaigning, I will say this: I apologize sincerely for previously contributing towards this campaign's negative atmosphere. It wasn't fair to the Republicans of Oregon's 6th district. And that's why I've reduced my negative campaigning. Now that I've answered your question, I invite you to address mine - Do you still think Donald Trump won in 2020? Specifically, do you or do you not think he won 410 electoral votes? A simple yes or no will suffice for both questions."

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress  I am the only candidate who truly opposes mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and socialist restrictions! The people have suffered enough! It is time for a return to normality to happen instead of being a lie used by the government to deceive us! My utmost priority as a US Representative will be to give the people of Oregon 6th their lives back!

  Rep. Cooper: "Unlike your empty words, Mr Brooks, and your unfortunate habit of all words and no action, I actually have a record where I've done these things. I actually did fight mask mandates in the state house. I fought vaccine mandates. I fought to let the people of Salem have lower taxes and spend the money they earn themselves. Meanwhile, what did you do? That's right, you just claimed you were fighting for these things while doing absolutely nothing. You have no principles, Mr Brooks. You indicated you don't think that Trump won with 410 electoral votes, yet you worked for a company that trumpeted these lies. So you chose profit over the truth, over justice, over honesty. You didn't once criticize or question their conspiracy theory that Trump won with 410 electoral votes. You just abandoned whatever principles you might have had in the pursuit of profit. And I have a feeling this is exactly what you plan to do if elected (not that you will be, because the people of Oregon's 6th are too intelligent to support a lying, manipulative extremist such as yourself)."

"Well, in light of your recent statements, I would say that there is a reason why you are collapsing in the opinion polls. First of all, I fought for the principles I believed in from the position I was in. As a political commentator and not an elected official, my job was to express my beliefs and to offer another perspective to my viewers, a thing I believe I have done successfully. On the other hand, I would say that given that you have failed in all of your stated goals while in the statehouse, with Oregon having some of the highest taxes in the nation, with a mask mandate being imposed by the state government as well as a vaccine mandate, you should not have the audacity to seek a promotion. On the whole Trump-won-410-electoral-votes lie, I believe the subject got boring for literally everyone, and everyone can see that you have gone off the deep end trying to find something to attack me with, but just to clarify, someone on OAN once said that Trump won 410 electoral votes. Nothing to do with me. What OAN claimed, and this is something I will continue to stand for, is that Trump won. And that is what matters. I can not state the exact margin by which he won, because I do not have enough evidence for such a statement, and it will all have to be clarified eventually by a nationwide audit. The 410 thing is just a boring and repetitive talking point used by the two RINOs because they have nothing better to say". 

  Cooper: "Not once did you denounce the 410 electoral vote myth. Why not? More pertinently, why won't you answer this simple question: do you believe Donald Trump won 410 electoral votes in 2020?"

"It seems like you have paid just as much attention to what I said as you have to the needs of your constituents. I said that while I am convinced Trump won, I haven't seen enough evidence that he won by 410. You know, Ms. Cooper, nobody in this race can claim to have run a perfect campaign, but at one point, I have to ask. Do you have anything to offer? Because ever since you entered this race 3 months ago, you have turned it into a slugfest. Why? Because you know no one will vote for you if we talked about your actual record, so you had to turn the public debate into this gigantic mess? You say I am unelectable, well how electable are you given how you have run your campaign so far? Those are some real questions, not the talking points you are used to. You know, at least Mr. Scott has some clear values he promotes, regardless of whether he believes in them or not. But you? You are a disgrace, and I am embarassed I have to run against you."

  "Good question, Mr Brooks. I'll begin by saying that yes, I do pay attention to what someone who would like to be a member of congress, and says they can win a general election. Because it matters what you say about your employer promoting a baseless, completely false conspiracy theory. And on your side, we've gotten nothing. I wanted to finally clarify what your views on this are, and yet again, you've sidestepped. Either Donald Trump won 410 electoral votes, or he didn't. As it turns out, the reality is, he didn't, but I don't think the reality will stop someone like yourself, quite frankly. And don't expect any congratulations even if you do finally make clear that you finally realize that he didn't win 410 electoral votes. The rest of us knew this more than a year ago; it's just taken you much longer to realize even this much. Until you can begin by finally admitting he didn't get 410 electoral votes, you are a complete liar, or a believer of baseless conspiracy theories, and Oregon's 6th doesn't need either in Congress. As for your attack on my negativity in this campaign, yes, I admit I was at fault. Dale Scott and I took the campaign off to a bad start. But importantly, we were able to put that negativity aside when we agreed to mutually stop attacking each other. You had an opportunity to sign on to. But you did not, since you rely as much as I do, or even more so, on negative campaigning, but while I've realized this and worked to correct it, you have not. While Mr Scott and I were attacking each other, you weren't campaigning. When you did begin campaigning, you waited for a little bit, and since then, you've run an exclusively lie-based, and attack-based campaign. Returning to my own negative campaigning, I will say this: I apologize sincerely for previously contributing towards this campaign's negative atmosphere. It wasn't fair to the Republicans of Oregon's 6th district. And that's why I've reduced my negative campaigning. Now that I've answered your question, I invite you to address mine - Do you still think Donald Trump won in 2020? Specifically, do you or do you not think he won 410 electoral votes? A simple yes or no will suffice for both questions."

"Your hypocrisy will never cease to amaze me. Do I need to remind you why we are even talking in the first place, even though I have so much better things to do than having to tolerate your lies? It is because you tried to slander me without anybody mentioning you at any point, and I would not stand for it. Do I need to remind you why last month this campaign was the way it was? It was because you and your newfound ally have decided to run ads with lies about me. YOU have always started these because you are desperate and losing, and I am sorry that I would not just roll over and let you slander me! If you had just kept running your campaign and not tried to viciously slander me as you tried with Scott and Miller, I would have ignored your existence because frankly, it is no pleasure to think about or to see you. I am sorry that you seem to have severe memory issues, but I will not stand for this. You can not pretend you are somehow innocent or that I am the root cause of all of this when you have NOTHING to offer other than lies and attacks. What did you say you fought for in the Statehouse? Lower taxes? No mask mandates? No vaccine mandates? This state has some of the toughest mandates and highest taxes in the nation! That is your real record, that you have been running away from, that you do not want people to know about. A record of failure! But I shall show the truth to the people. Your sad attempt to pretend you do not understand English and try to relitigate the 410 thing is pathetic, and honestly, so embarrassing I will let it speak for itself."

 

Rep. Cooper: "Quite frankly, hese comments are stupid by even your standards, Mr Brooks. For starters, let me clarify my statehouse record. You are either lying or genuinely believe this and are in that case very stupid: if you had any experience whatsoever in governing (which, incidentally, you do not), you'd know that you cannot always get everything you fight for when the other party controls the legislature. Democrats have a powerful trifecta in Oregon, and I did the best I could to fight them and fight for my constituents and conservative ideals. To put it more simply: no Republican could've accomplished that much in a state as blue as Oregon is. I accomplished as much as I could. Yes, there are still mask mandates, still too high taxes, and still a million other things we need to fight in Oregon - but not me, and not any Republican, can change that unless we somehow win the legislature, which is borderline impossible given how blue Oregon is. I don't know which is worse - if you know this fully well and are trying a pathetic attempt at attacking me with a charge you know is weak, misleading and false, or if you are genuinely too idiotic and oblivious to your own state's politics to understand how things work. If you were to represent District 19 in the Oregon House as I have (though fortunately, I highly doubt my constituents in District 19 will be subjected to this unfortunate treatment), you (like any other Republican) would be unable to do much more than I did, given the power Democrats hold in our state legislature, and you would have in fact likely done significantly less - you would have talked a big game, but accomplished little, I'm sure. 'A record of failiure,' you say. Well, I disagree. Every Republican in both houses of this legislature has fought these things, some more than I and others less than I. But despite our best efforts, and some progress, Democrats have most of the power. So when you are saying that I have a record of failiure because this legislature enacts liberal policies, not only are you displaying your ignorance, you are also saying all Republicans in the state legislatures have records of failiures. I disagree very strongly, and I advise you next time either do your research (since I'm guessing you weren't aware of any of what I just explained), or stop trying to lie and slander great Oregon Republicans in the legislature who have done the best they can (in case you were aware of what I said and decided to lie anyway). This is an important lesson for you, Mr Brooks, whether or not you knew what I just explained - if you did know, you should avoid lying because people will call you out on your lies, and if you weren't lying and were genuinely unaware of this, now know that even in Congress, there will be limits on how much progress we can make, and it's something important to accept - one can fight for all their goals and values, and while much of the bills they fight for may pass, some may not (this is especially true as a Republican in the Oregon Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats). In your case, I doubt any of your goals would be achieved or that you'd even truly fight for them (rather, you'd just grandstand), but generally, the rule I just described will apply unless one party has a massive majority in Congress (which we might be able to get in 2022, though it's possible we don't). And best of all, you have yet to answer a simple yes or no question. How pathetic is it that instead of simply answering, you have come up with the weakest, most pathetic, most baseless and least ingenious 'attack' (if it could even be called that) possible? Before you try to do this sort of thing, I'm going to give you another chance to simply clarify your view on whether or not Donald Trump won in 2020, and if he won 410 electoral votes. Just say yes or no, though I know it will be difficult for you when you could add on so many baseless attacks instead."

[Schiff for Senate]

"Of course you would go on the "you're an idiot" route. This is all you have got on a very legitimate question. How dare we hold our elected officials accountable when they break their promises? Even moreso, you somehow dared to BRAG about your efforts in those areas, despite the realities I pointed out. You are an embarassment to the Oregon Republican Party, a disgrace to conservatism. How dare you ask the voters for a promotion when you have done nothing in your previous offices? A key fact that you seem to be forgetting is, I am not like you! I will not bring shame upon my constituents, I will not ruin the prestige of my party every day like you do. If I fail in accomplishing my goals in Congress, not only will I not seek a higher office, but I will retire and exit politics! This is my promise to you the voters. I will not be a career politician like Heather Cooper, I am going to Washington to make the life of my constituents better and if I fail, which I won't because I am nothing like her, I won't dare to run for anything again."

"Mr Brooks, I called you stupid and idiotic because there was honestly no other way to describe your statement - you know, I've been polite and courteous for as long as I possibly could, even when you weren't, but every person has their limits! And this statement of yours reinforces that you are either very stupid or think the people of this district are. You have ignored most of what I said, where I slowly and clearly explained how you are limited in how many of your goals you can accomplish when the opposing party has a large majority. In Congress, this will not be the case, unless you think the nation is as blue as Oregon. Exasperatingly - and I'm sure people of Oregon's 6th looking for answers join me in my expasperation at your response - your response is shallow, and vapid, and you are clearly either very shallow and idiotic or believe your supporters are, to believe this. I didn't break a single campaign promise of mine, which you'd know if you took the time to actually, I don't know, read and research your opponents. And I have done far from 'nothing' - I have still advocated and gotten suff done in my tenure, serving on committees and making sure District 19 has a lower tax burden. Again, you would know this if you actually researched instead of assuming all your opponents are as useless and shallow as you. I'm not an embarrassment to the Oregon Republican Party, which has supported me in my state house reelection campaigns, which I've worked with. I've collaborated with many Oregon Republicans, such as the House and Senate Minority Leaders, and they'd testify I'm not an embarrassment unless your definition of the term is different from everyone else's (who knows, it might be). And yes, yes you will bring great shame upon the people of Oregon's 6th if you are ever somehow elected. Because you still refuse to admit Trump lost - I'll get to more on that in just a moment - and are the biggest fool to ever run for congress from this state, someone who is all words and no work, someone who just keeps repeating the same lines without any record of progress to point at (only a record of lies and shame). And in fact, you aren't alone in saying if your tenure is a failiure, you won't seek reelection - if you'd taken the care to research and pay attention, you'd know I made a similar, bolder statement recently, in which I promised I'd resign a year after inauguration day, incidentally, exactly two years from today, if the district's unempolyment rate isn't down and median income isn't up.

 And finally, getting back to your initial point, if it can be called that: I went down the 'you're an idiot path', if that's what you'd like to call it, because you are an idiot, a deflecting, shameless liar and idiot who has made no progress and has no accomplishments. You have still not - despite being asked multiple times by me and Mr Scott - given a straight answer to the questions, do you believe Trump won in 2020? Do you think he won 410 electoral votes? Simple questions, and requiring simple yes or no answers I'm sure even you can string together. But even this time, you couldn't say yes or no to two questions. You went into a meandering rant and have still not answered the questions. I refuse to farther converse with you unless and until you first finally say yes or no, and answer the questions. I'm sick of you not answering simple questions, and so are, I'm sure, the people of this district. Is this how you'd respond if a constituent asked a question, just out of curiousity? Would you refuse to give a yes or no answer when pressed repeatedly, and instead talk about every other topic, and change the subject? If not, please just take a minute and answer two short questions. There are only three reasons you haven't - you haven't noticed or have forgotten that I asked them, don't know the answer, or are too ashamed of your answer to respond. So either answer the two questions or tell us which of the three is the reason you won't."

[Schiff for Senate]

Statement from Rep. Cooper: "I trust the people of Oregon's 6th are more intelligent than Doyle Brooks here, understand what I have said, and see the difference between my handful of achievements and his none, and see the difference between his reluctance to answer a basic but crucial question. He thinks Donald Trump won. And though even he isn't bad enough to think Trump won 410 electoral votes, he didn't have the courage to speak up and stand for whatever beliefs he has when his company parroted this baseless lie. I, on the other hand, have stood steadfastly for my principles and beliefs, no matter what a man whose profession consists of repeating lies may tell you."

COOPER SPENDS 3 POINTS AIRING AD IN PORTLAND, EUGENE, IN WHICH SHE SHOWS STATEMENTS OF HER ASKING BROOKS MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT ELECTION, HIS REFUSAL TO RESPOND EACH TIME, AND HIS ULTIMATE DUBIOUS ANSWER, WITH TEXT - "Doyle Brooks is too stupid to understand basic facts. Worse, he refuses to answer simple questions about the election, and has now admitted that he believes Trump won. Worst of all, Brooks has shown he has no meaningful beliefs he will fight for, in continuing to work for a company that told blatant lies of Trump winning 410 electoral votes. He didn't even denounce it. It's hard to tell what the real beliefs are of a man whose previous job was repeatedly telling lies, and who is reluctant to answer basic but very important questions. Whoever you vote for in the Republican primary, don't vote for Doyle Brooks unless you want an unprincipled, radial liar to lose to a Democrat like Eric Talbot, Thomas Ryder or Christine Jang, or even Yuri Testikov, in the general."

[Schiff for Senate]

FINAL POINT - AD AIRED IN EUGENE MARKET:

"Next year, all Republicans will have a choice on who to vote for in the Republican primary for Oregon's 6th congressional district, a beautiful districts centred on the city of Salem [images of scenery in Salem and OR-06]. The district is crucial and a Republican win here will be crucial to our winning Congress, so we can stop the disastrous Biden agenda [images of the House, Joe Biden and the Afghanistan withdrawal flash one by one]. Therefore, there's only one true choice for this distict: State Representative Heather Cooper [image of Cooper]. She was born right here in this district, in Salem [image of Cooper's birthplace], and was taught the importance of conservative, family values [1990s image of Cooper and her family eating dinner togather] and public service [image of the Cooper family volunteering in the 1990s]. She was taught what it means to be an American, and to serve your hometown, state and country . So Heather, keeping those lessons in mind, launched a campaign for the Oregon House of Representatives, from the Salem-centrict 19th district, in 2016 [images: first of the Oregon State Capitol; then a map of the 19th]. It was an uphill fight, but she won [image of victory speech]. Since then, every day, Representative Cooper has served the people of Salem, and the people of the 19th district, fighting for her constituents and voting for bills that will help them and against bills that will hurt them [images of Cooper in the OR House]. And in the last five years, the lives of her constituents have markedly improved [image of Cooper hosting a town hall with pleased constituents, circa 2018]. Here's what those constituents have to say: [caption: Bob, age 49, father and war veteran] 'Miss Cooper's been a great representative, fighting for us and our values and fighting for lower taxes. She's fought for veterans like me. My wife and I have proudly voted for her in 2016, 2018 and 2020, and we'll vote for her again next year.' [caption: Annette, 65, proud grandmother of five] 'Representative Cooper has fought for senior citizens like myself. She's worked across the aisle, worked to bring healthcare for me. She is a true public servant.' [caption: Tobias, age 25, volunteer and activist] 'Heather Cooper got me interested in politics, in public service. I volunteered for her campaign in 2016, and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made, because Heather taught me the value of public service, and she has fought for me, my family and everyone else in this district.' [cuts away from images of Bob, Annette and Tobias and returns to original voiceover] You've heard it from the people she's served, folks: Heather Cooper will fight for you every single day, no matter what it takes. Vote Heather Cooper on the day of the primary so we can win this race. [cuts to Heather Cooper's voice] I'm Heather Cooper, and I approve this message."

[Schiff for Senate]

Head-to-Head Matchups
Thomas Ryder (D) 46%
Doyle Brooks (R) 38%
Undecided/Other 16%

Christine Jang (D) 45%
Doyle Brooks (R) 40%
Undecided/Other 15%

Doyle Brooks (R) 41%
Yuri Testikov (D) 40%
Undecided/Other 19%


Thomas Ryder (D) 43%
Dale Scott (R) 42%
Undecided/Other 15%

Christine Jang (D) 42%
Dale Scott (R) 42%
Undecided/Other 16%

Thomas Ryder (D) 43%
Heather Cooper (R) 41%
Undecided/Other 16%

Christine Jang (D) 44%
Heather Cooper (R) 42%
Undecided/Other 14%

Statement from Rep. Cooper: "The latest polling shows to us that the only electable candidates in this race are myself and Mr Scott. Doyle Brooks has zero chance of winning! He only leads against Yuri Testikov of all people, and even then, by just one point. He is losing to progressive Christine Jang by 5 points - I'm trailing her by just two. He's trailing the liberal Thomas Ryder by 8 points - again, I'm losing by only two. What this poll tells us is that Brooks winning our nomination will really be a win for only his Democratic opponent - he'd give them the race on a gold platter! We thought he might at least beat Yuri Testikov, but given that he's beating him by just one point, we can see that it's possible even Yuri Testikov might actually beat Doyle Brooks. A vote for Brooks is, in essence, a vote for Testikov and other woke, far-left politicians, and I trust the conservatives of Oregon's 6th will see this."

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks: Thank you to all patriots who have chosen to support me, our movement grows by the day! Don't listen to the fake polls out there, those are supression polls! Just remember 2020. They had Biden up double-digits in Florida! They said he would win 413 EVs! We can absolutely win and I am in it to win! Just look at what happened in the primaries. Nobody gave me a chance at first and now even the media admits I am ahead!

Statement from Rep. Cooper: "Don't listen to Doyle Brooks. He will lose to Yuri Testikov and will lose by 8 points to Thomas Ryder. Is that what we want?"

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks: Thank you to all patriots who have chosen to support me, our movement grows by the day! Don't listen to the fake polls out there, those are supression polls! Just remember 2020. They had Biden up double-digits in Florida! They said he would win 413 EVs! We can absolutely win and I am in it to win! Just look at what happened in the primaries. Nobody gave me a chance at first and now even the media admits I am ahead!

Statement from Rep. Cooper: "Don't listen to Doyle Brooks. He will lose to Yuri Testikov and will lose by 8 points to Doyle Brooks. Is that what we want?"

Doyle Brooks: "Heather Cooper seems to miss a key fact: according to the lamestream polls, she would lose too, underperforming the generic ballot in the process! So if "electability" in the fake polls is the criteria, she isn't a very good choice! The way to prove the supression polls wrong is by going out to vote in huge numbers, and we need a candidate who can inspire conservatives! I can, she can't!"

Rep. Cooper: "Mr Brooks, if you knew basic maths you'd know that a 2 point deficit is not the same thing as an 8 point deficit; moreover, 2 points is within the margin of error - 8 points is not. Also note that if 2 points is such a big difference, you are only doing three points better than that against the anarchist, radical Yuri Testikov. I underperform the generic ballot by one point - you do so by seven!! If I'm not a very good choice, well, you're a very terrible choice."

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks: Thank you to all patriots who have chosen to support me, our movement grows by the day! Don't listen to the fake polls out there, those are supression polls! Just remember 2020. They had Biden up double-digits in Florida! They said he would win 413 EVs! We can absolutely win and I am in it to win! Just look at what happened in the primaries. Nobody gave me a chance at first and now even the media admits I am ahead!

Statement from Rep. Cooper: "Don't listen to Doyle Brooks. He will lose to Yuri Testikov and will lose by 8 points to Doyle Brooks. Is that what we want?"

I certainly wouldn't want Doyle Brooks to lose by 8 points to Doyle Brooks either.

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress
She took the "you are your own worst enemy" thing quite ad literam hasn't she?

My mistake. Fixed now; thanks for pointing it out!

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

The fake polls are designed by the mainstream media to trick us into nominating weak RINOs who would depress turnout, giving seats to Democrats on a silver platter! Ignore them! We will have the last laugh!

Rep. Cooper: "Choose: Are the polls saying the truth (you obviously thought so when citing them as proof for my being a poor candidate), or are they lying in a massive conspiracy against you (as you've said here and in other places)? Can't have it both ways!"

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

The fake polls are designed by the mainstream media to trick us into nominating weak RINOs who would depress turnout, giving seats to Democrats on a silver platter! Ignore them! We will have the last laugh!

Rep. Cooper: "Choose: Are the polls saying the truth (you obviously thought so when citing them as proof for my being a poor candidate), or are they lying in a massive conspiracy against you (as you've said here and in other places)? Can't have it both ways!"

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

I was merely pointing out your hypocrisy when you started attacking me again (and yet I thought I was doing this?) on the fake polls because...you are losing in them too. You were using a blatant double standard. I was hoping (apparently quite stupidly) that the fact that you are losing the primary despite your strong starting position would have at least taught you to choose more coherent and relevant lines of attack than this. Sad!

Rep. Cooper: "I do not question these polls and do not think I am the perfect candidate either. Of course I'm doing worse than the Democrats in these polls - but by narrow margins, and by margins within the Margin of Error. You, in contrast, are losing by very wide margins (much more than the margin of error) and if the polls are absolutely any indicator, it's clear that while I'm not doing great against the Democrats, I'm doing much better than you are and that you would get swamped against any of them, with the sole exception of Yuri Testikov (and even he might beat you, given you lead him by a mere 1 point). I've made my position clear - while these polls are imperfect, they by and large paint a picture of which way the people of Oregon's 6th district are leaning. My question remains - do you? Or do you think these polls are fraudulent (which I'd imagine you do, since you've told your supporters multiple times to 'ignore them' and said they're 'fake polls,' among other such comments)? You need to pick a lane on this - I've picked mine."

[Schiff for Senate]

COOPER TO RUN BELOW AD IN THE PORTLAND MEDIA MARKET (-2 points):

"Doyle Brooks says he's electable. But the polls say otherwise. He is losing by 8 points against Thomas Ryder, the likely Democratic candidate, and is losing by 5 points against the runner-up Christine Jang. In fact, if we look further, we can see that he is beating just one candidate: the anarchist, communist radical, Yuri Testikov - and by just one point, well within the margin of error, unlike the two polls where he's losing. So it's clear Doyle Brooks is unelectable. The only one who doubts this...is Doyle Brooks himself. He's called on his supporter to ignore the polls, he's called them 'fake polls,' and made to trick us. No - he's the one trying to trick us - to trick you, the Republicans of Oregon's 6th, to help him win the nomination and lose to any liberal Democrat in the general election. Because even though he calls the polls fake, in the very next breath, he cites them as evidence that other Republicans (who outperform him vastly) are weak. So, who will the people of Oregon's 6th trust? A known flip-flopper, or the polls? This is an important choice, because if the flip-flopper wins the nomination, the anarchist wins the general."


COOPER CAMPAIGN NOW SELLING CAMPAIGN MATERIAL (mainly bumper stickers, but also T-shirts and campaign buttons) WITH CATCHPHRASES: "If the flip-flopper wins the nomination, the anarchist wins the general" & "If the liar wins the nomination, the anarchist wins the general".

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

The fake polls are designed by the mainstream media to trick us into nominating weak RINOs who would depress turnout, giving seats to Democrats on a silver platter! Ignore them! We will have the last laugh!

Rep. Cooper: "Choose: Are the polls saying the truth (you obviously thought so when citing them as proof for my being a poor candidate), or are they lying in a massive conspiracy against you (as you've said here and in other places)? Can't have it both ways!"

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

I was merely pointing out your hypocrisy when you started attacking me again (and yet I thought I was doing this?) on the fake polls because...you are losing in them too. You were using a blatant double standard. I was hoping (apparently quite stupidly) that the fact that you are losing the primary despite your strong starting position would have at least taught you to choose more coherent and relevant lines of attack than this. Sad!

Rep. Cooper: "I do not question these polls and do not think I am the perfect candidate either. Of course I'm doing worse than the Democrats in these polls - but by narrow margins, and by margins within the Margin of Error. You, in contrast, are losing by very wide margins (much more than the margin of error) and if the polls are absolutely any indicator, it's clear that while I'm not doing great against the Democrats, I'm doing much better than you are and that you would get swamped against any of them, with the sole exception of Yuri Testikov (and even he might beat you, given you lead him by a mere 1 point). I've made my position clear - while these polls are imperfect, they by and large paint a picture of which way the people of Oregon's 6th district are leaning. My question remains - do you? Or do you think these polls are fraudulent (which I'd imagine you do, since you've told your supporters multiple times to 'ignore them' and said they're 'fake polls,' among other such comments)? You need to pick a lane on this - I've picked mine."

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

As I've said, they are fake. You are the only one seemingly confused and I doubt you will ever figure this simple thing out.

Rep. Cooper: "That's very convenient. I'd imagine any poll unfavourable to you is fake; any poll favourable to you is not fake."

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

The fake polls are designed by the mainstream media to trick us into nominating weak RINOs who would depress turnout, giving seats to Democrats on a silver platter! Ignore them! We will have the last laugh!

Dale Scott

"Did you just call yourself a RINO?"

This game is dead now. I at least am not playing it anymore, and I don’t think anybody else is either given that we went nearly 6 months without any activity in the game.

[Schiff for Senate]

Doyle Brooks @DoyleBrooksForCongress

The fake polls are designed by the mainstream media to trick us into nominating weak RINOs who would depress turnout, giving seats to Democrats on a silver platter! Ignore them! We will have the last laugh!

Dale Scott

"Did you just call yourself a RINO?"

This game is dead now. I at least am not playing it anymore, and I don’t think anybody else is either given that we went nearly 6 months without any activity in the game.

Personally I'd be willing to restart if there is interest from the other players and the GM.

Let's see if OBD is still up to being GM. I'm not sure I'm still willing to play now since I'm in the middle of another game and have kind of lost interest in this game, but if OBD is willing, I might be game too, we'll have to see. And if OBD is willing and I'm not, I can always have Cooper (ironically the other game I'm playing right now also has me playing as a Cooper - Roy Cooper) drop out.