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CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:13 AM Dec 2022

New rule at Herschel Walker events: journalists can't get within 20 feet of Walker afterwards.







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After going two months without taking questions from reporters covering his campaign, Walker’s aides are taking new steps to insulate him from even shouted press questions #gasen

Emma Hurt

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New rule at Herschel Walker events: journalists can’t get within 20 feet of Walker afterwards.

It would seem this is to prevent journalists from shouting questions.

Because Walker hasn’t had a presser for nearly 2 months, press have been left with no other choice. #gapol #gasen



Thus shows Walker’s weakness.

In contrast, Senator Reverend Warnock is meeting with the citizens of Georgia all over our state and engaging with the press. Vote for Warnock!

GOTV y’all! 🗳🍑🇺🇸 Don’t stop!

Re-elect Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock!

He represents and stands for all Georgians! 🗳🍑🇺🇸

There are 2 more days of early voting on Thursday 12/1 & Friday 12/2 before Election Day on Tuesday December 6, 2022!
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New rule at Herschel Walker events: journalists can't get within 20 feet of Walker afterwards. (Original Post) CottonBear Dec 2022 OP
Political stiff arm underpants Dec 2022 #1
The job of a Senator is to bring folks together. 🐺 🧛‍♀️ CottonBear Dec 2022 #4
Love it yankee87 Dec 2022 #9
I hope so! 🌞 ✨ 🧛‍♀️ ✨ 🧛 ✨ 🧛‍♂️ ✨ 🌞 CottonBear Dec 2022 #10
Werewolves would kick Dracula's ass Ray Bruns Dec 2022 #17
Quote Offered As A Counterpoint smb Dec 2022 #28
If Herschel Walker Got A Gig As A "Creature Feature" Host I'd Probably Watch smb Dec 2022 #24
And Kari Lake swore to be their worst freaking nightmare Walleye Dec 2022 #2
The campaign has kept mostly kept Walker away from the press & public. CottonBear Dec 2022 #6
Yet The Press fails to mention as they should every minute, that Walker is refusing to take Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2022 #19
The GA press (mainly AJC & Network TV) don't talk about it... CottonBear Dec 2022 #27
Maybe ad election ad disclosure laws, updated daily...on official website! Let the voters see! Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2022 #35
See The Confidence They Show In Their Candidate! smb Dec 2022 #30
Interesting! Jackson Co. is a majority red county. CottonBear Dec 2022 #34
Yesterday I drove through some very red areas: brer cat Dec 2022 #3
That's a good sign - literally! Thanks for the report! CottonBear Dec 2022 #5
+1 hlthe2b Dec 2022 #14
Then MFM008 Dec 2022 #7
There's only coverage of his lies, non-residency, & abusive behavior toward women, CottonBear Dec 2022 #8
Quite a little scheme the GOP has cooked up, isn't it? Blue Owl Dec 2022 #11
Economical approach means that they can use the same signs littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #36
Remember - Herschel is the best that republicans have to offer. keithbvadu2 Dec 2022 #12
i can't believe there's even a RACE here. barbtries Dec 2022 #13
Herschel Walker Gives Racists An Excuse And Affirmation smb Dec 2022 #32
good point. barbtries Dec 2022 #33
Unfortunately the logic they use affirms their stupidity. littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #37
A sane campaign wants as much press attention as possible. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #15
20 feet is nothing when a reporter screams at him. Makes little difference in my mind. machoneman Dec 2022 #16
Maybe reporters should yell football moves Marthe48 Dec 2022 #18
LOL! That's a great idea! CottonBear Dec 2022 #23
This will also help prevent unwanted pregnancies Yonnie3 Dec 2022 #20
Just sayin' CottonBear Dec 2022 #31
Harbinger of what Walker's actual service would look like pandr32 Dec 2022 #21
20 feet? BidenRocks Dec 2022 #22
20 feet? Turbineguy Dec 2022 #25
Reminds me of Saint Ronnie Major Nikon Dec 2022 #26
Ronnie was a GOP puppet just like Herschel. NT CottonBear Dec 2022 #29

underpants

(186,885 posts)
1. Political stiff arm
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:17 AM
Dec 2022

I know people are making fun of Herschel but I gotta say being a Werewolf would be pretty cool.

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
4. The job of a Senator is to bring folks together. 🐺 🧛‍♀️
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:26 AM
Dec 2022







Reverend Raphael Warnock

@ReverendWarnock

US Senate candidate, GA
The job of a Senator is to bring folks together 😉
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smb

(3,586 posts)
28. Quote Offered As A Counterpoint
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:47 AM
Dec 2022
( another vamp mocks Dracula for losing his enhanced abilities and becoming an "ordinary vampire" )
My boy… I was never an ordinary vampire. Or did you forget what I used to be? I've killed more men than God's plagues combined. And that was before I started eating people for fun. The fields of Europe used to steam with the blood of my enemies. Trust me… the vampire's the least of your concerns. It's the old man you need to worry about.
--Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Season Eight" comic book)

smb

(3,586 posts)
24. If Herschel Walker Got A Gig As A "Creature Feature" Host I'd Probably Watch
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:36 AM
Dec 2022

Better that than a Senator, in any case....

Walleye

(35,901 posts)
2. And Kari Lake swore to be their worst freaking nightmare
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:25 AM
Dec 2022

I’m guessing she’s the one having nightmares now. The press represents the people, this is no way to run a Senate campaign

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
6. The campaign has kept mostly kept Walker away from the press & public.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:35 AM
Dec 2022

They are in total lockdown mode now. Not a good sign.

GOTV! Re-elect Senator Reverend Warnock! 🗳🍑🇺🇸

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
19. Yet The Press fails to mention as they should every minute, that Walker is refusing to take
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:04 AM
Dec 2022

questions from the Voters messengers or even meet with voters at all!

Very same Press!??

Could it be the Press like the campaign ad money, $16B nationally for midterms, far more than truth or the Voters? Or they resentful the next election cycle and ad spending has not begun in earne$t nationally due to this road bump?

Dunno, tough one!

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
27. The GA press (mainly AJC & Network TV) don't talk about it...
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:45 AM
Dec 2022

They really do rake in the ad money.

Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution never digs deeper beyond a Twitter mention.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
35. Maybe ad election ad disclosure laws, updated daily...on official website! Let the voters see!
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 11:02 AM
Dec 2022

Who is the media having dinner with?

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
34. Interesting! Jackson Co. is a majority red county.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 11:00 AM
Dec 2022

In the past, it was quite rural, but has suburbanized in the past 30 years with the development and expansion of a county water system.

The old Jackson County was mainly farms and rural homes with the County Seat of Jefferson and a few smaller towns. There was a mix of the Dixie Mafia, bootlegging, car stripping rings, cock fighting rings, and put bull breeding operations.

The modern Jackson County is suburbanizing. In addition, Hispanics began moving to the area in the mid 1980s. There are major supermarkets and shopping areas. Times and demographics are changing.

brer cat

(26,345 posts)
3. Yesterday I drove through some very red areas:
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:25 AM
Dec 2022

Towns, Union, Fannin, and Gilmer Counties. There were Warnock signs everywhere! It was glorious to see. We can do this again. GOTV.

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
5. That's a good sign - literally! Thanks for the report!
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:30 AM
Dec 2022

I noticed that there were only a few remaining Trump signs in the Georgia mountain counties and only a few Walker signs when I drove through this past summer. I saw lots of Burt Jones (Lt. Gov candidate) signs.

When up in North Georgia, I never saw any signs for any Democrats in the general election.

In a statewide race, every vote counts equally. The GA GOP can’t gerrymander the Senate race.

Get out every last Democratic vote! 🗳🍑🇺🇸

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
8. There's only coverage of his lies, non-residency, & abusive behavior toward women,
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 08:49 AM
Dec 2022

not to mention all of the children he never acknowledged or raised, his untreated mental health issues, and his crazy, unhinged comments.

littlemissmartypants

(25,629 posts)
36. Economical approach means that they can use the same signs
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 02:16 PM
Dec 2022

Year after year because they are generic. But they also run sh!tty candidates, so there's that...

❤️

keithbvadu2

(40,232 posts)
12. Remember - Herschel is the best that republicans have to offer.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:11 AM
Dec 2022

Remember - Herschel is the best that republicans have to offer.

Right up there with Kemp and MTG.

barbtries

(29,871 posts)
13. i can't believe there's even a RACE here.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 09:12 AM
Dec 2022

it's so clear that Walker is a living nightmare, incompetent to serve. Fuck he can't even string together a sentence.

and yet here we are. Why is it that Democrats in the South were so happy to switch to Republican when the CRA was passed, but now that the republican party has devolved into a fascist wasteland full of idiots, they're too Republican to even consider voting for a Democrat?

all i can come up with really is racism.

I will say that Warnock has an army of people pushing texts. I block several a day, since I have already donated to his campaign on multiple occasions. That there's even a sliver of a chance that he may lose is so depressing.

smb

(3,586 posts)
32. Herschel Walker Gives Racists An Excuse And Affirmation
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:52 AM
Dec 2022

They have the excuse of being "willing to vote for a black guy" and the affirmation of elevating as an example of black manhood a living embodiment of their worst stereotypes (dimwitted, violent, promiscuous).

littlemissmartypants

(25,629 posts)
37. Unfortunately the logic they use affirms their stupidity.
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 02:27 PM
Dec 2022

"I voted for the dumb guy! Support dumbness!"

Or

"Dumbness, an idea I can get in front."

How am I doing so far?

Making fun of this is of course bigotry. But they're not concerned about that. I can't wrap my head around it. ❤️

pandr32

(12,210 posts)
21. Harbinger of what Walker's actual service would look like
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:09 AM
Dec 2022

...if he were wedged into the Senate. No accessibility, no transparency, and no accountability.

Major Nikon

(36,911 posts)
26. Reminds me of Saint Ronnie
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 10:41 AM
Dec 2022

After he appeared dazed and confused trying to answer journalists' questions his handlers insulated him from the public. Most of the time he simply read a script in order to avoid situations like the time he couldn't recognize his only black cabinet member and the time he told a fake story about a medal of honor recipient to a group of real medal of honor recipients.

Leave it to the GQP to prop up a brain damaged politician as a viable candidate. I suppose in their defense he can't possibly be any worse than the group of pinheads like MTG, Boebert, and Gohmert Pyle.

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