Herschel Walker - Worst Candidate Ever?

[MatthewG.]

Georgia’s Senate race is over and thankfully, Raphael Warnock, a man of intelligence and integrity, won.

Herschel Walker’s historical significance will likely lie in being remembered as the worst Senate candidate of the 21st century, and possibly the worst candidate for high office in American history.

Intellectually incoherent to the point of dumbness, politically ignorant, prone to wild lies and exaggerations, violently abusive in his personal life, despised by his former partners and son, and a shocking moral hypocrite who supported a complete ban on abortion while having been credibly accused of paying for two and also claiming it would have been no big deal if the allegations were true, I doubt a satirist could have come up with a fictional caricature less favorable than the reality.


I’ll say one good thing about Mr. Walker, though. His strongly articulated pro-werewolf stance was a refreshing change from politics as usual.

[mercuryblues]

1. He is the epitome of the Republican party

[MatthewG.]

3. 100%

[Initech]

29. Him and Marjorie 3 Names.

[LakeArenal]

2. What are "politics as usual"?

[MatthewG.]

4. Vampires usually get all the press. ;)

[LakeArenal]

6. I'm a vampire person myself.

I guess that was Walkers ultimate political stance.

I’m a werewolf, cop, astronaut, abuser. Vote for me!!

[MatthewG.]

11. 😂

[mercuryblues]

10. Warnock is a great vampire name

I wish he would come out, dressed as a vampire, and say:

Hershal was wrong Vampires do indeed kill werewolves.

[MatthewG.]

12. 😂

[gab13by13]

5. Magats will vote for a fence post over a Democrat.

[Walleye]

7. A rotten, termite-infested, fence post at that

[Cuthbert Allgood]

31. I live in WI. If a fence post were running against Ron Johnson, I would have voted for it.

If we're honest here, so would most people.

[Blue Owl]

8. He was just a few days off -- full moon is tomorrow....

[MatthewG.]

13. 😂

[niyad]

27. Full moon in Gemini 8:08 pm PST tonight, 7 Dec.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. I dunno. I still have to give the golden bozo to Rump.

Unfortunately, that worst candidate also became our worst president. We dodged a bullet with Herschel.

[MatthewG.]

15. I'll grant that's a close contest.

I’ll grant that, as between Trump and Walker, it’s a close contest for who’s the worst.

[Elwood P Dowd]

14. Worst candidate in modern Georgia history was Lester "Ax Handle" Maddox,

and that racist POS was actually elected governor. Later replaced by Jimmy Carter.

[genxlib]

16. The whole Vampires versus Werewolves things was idiotic

Anyone with a name like "Walker" should be 100% team zombie.

RIP "The Walking Dead"

[MatthewG.]

18. 😂

[Docreed2003]

22. Damn that's a great point...

And Walking Dead was filmed in Georgia! What a missed opportunity!

[jalan48]

17. He's definitely in the worst candidate Hall of Fame.

[awesomerwb1]

19. Best ever

There was an (R) before his name, so best candidate ever for the MAGAts.

[walkingman]

20. The really scary thing is that it was a close race.

[Marcus IM]

21. Yep. So much ballyhoo overall hair's breadth of a win ...

... over a complete stooge and clown.

It's like a ticking time bomb.

[magicarpet]

23. A very high percentage of the AmeriKKKan electorate is constantly in a vegetative frame of mind,...

.... with their brains pickled in Fascism and a warped brand of Christianity.

[MatthewG.]

24. The race does point to America's polarization

I’d say this race points towards 21st Century America’s extreme polarization; even a sleazy, violent moron can get nearly 50% of the votes just having an “R” next to his name.

[Mister Ed]

25. And Donald Trump: worst candidate recruiter ever. n/t

[MatthewG.]

26. Good point.

[sarisataka]

28. What does it say

If our candidate can only beat the worst candidate ever by less than 3%?

[Initech]

30. It says "too many people watch Fox News".

And let Fox do their thinking for them.

[sarisataka]

37. Perhaps you are not far off

But we need to figure out a counter to that, if there is one

[Initech]

40. Really the only way to fight propaganda is with propaganda.

The only question is how do we get our own equivalent of Fox or Infowars?

[MatthewG.]

34. Fair question.

I think it says that 21st Century American politics are so polarized that a sleazy, violent moron can get nearly 50% of the vote simply by virtue of having an (R) next to his name.

I’d also offer that it says that Georgia should be considered more of a red state than a purple one, at least for now.

[sarisataka]

38. IMHO, we take too much for granted

And look at the world the way we think it should be rather than the way it is.

Instead of dismissing poor polls and predicting landslides, we should treat the most pessimistic polls as fact. Look where we are behind and focus resources to swing groups to our side.

[Wingus Dingus]

32. Pretty much, yeah. Running him showed nothing but MAGA's seething contempt

for the Senate, for Georgia, and for all Americans. It was a giant fuck-you from TrumpWorld.

[ananda]

33. In 2016, I thought Donald Trump was the worst candidate ever...

and he won.

But Herschel comes in a close second for me.

[MatthewG.]

35. I'll grant that's a close contest.

I’ll grant that as between Trump and Walker, it’s a close contest as to who’s worse.

[tinrobot]

36. He got 48.6% of the vote. Perhaps those who voted for him are the worst ever.

It was way too close. That is the fault of the voters.

[MatthewG.]

39. Red State Republicans may be the worst voters ever, definitely!