Herschel Walker- "A Shitshow On A Train In The Middle Of A Wreck"
A noun, a verb, and "I won the Heisman Trophy!"
(Trust me. I won the Heisman Trophy! And invented Soylent Green and walked on the moon! GO DAWGS!)
In a sign of just how far the GOP has fallen and how thoroughly undemanding it is of its candidates, allow me to offer one Herschel Walker for your consideration. Yes, he was one of the greatest running back in SEC history. Yes, he won the Heisman Trophy. And, yes, that is the extent of his qualifications to be the next Senator from the Great State of Georgia.
It’s no understatement to say that Walker can barely string together two coherent sentences. All you have to do is listen to him to experience your own “WTF was THAT??” moment.
His tenuous relationship with the truth is even more distressing than his struggles with his native tongue. For instance:
He’s claimed that he was once an FBI agent. He wasn’t.
He’s claimed to be “a certified peace officer.” He’s not and never was.
Walker has claimed to be a model father. However, it was recently revealed that he has (evidently more than one) secret son in whose life he’s not involved.
He says he has a degree from the University of Georgia. He doesn’t.
He claims he never falsely claimed to have a degree from the University of Georgia. He did.
Walker dramatically inflated his business record by claiming to own companies that don’t exist.
Walker has pushed an allegedly “FDA-approved” dry mist that “will kill any COVID-19 on your body.” There’s no record of the product ever being tested, much less approved
Walker overstated his role in a for-profit program accused of preying upon veterans and defrauding the government.
Walker’s wife voted in Georgia while living in Texas.
There’s more out there, but I don’t have the time, energy, or inclination to run down a complete list of Herschel Walker’s prevarications. I’d be here for weeks.
I can only hope that the incumbent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, will succeed in turning Walker’s dishonesty against him because Georgians still love Walker for what he did in the early ‘80s.
(Some of us can barely remember what we did in the early ‘80s (and some of us would rather not remember). And by “us,” I mean “me.”)
Sen. Warnock is intelligent, gifted, and compassionate. On the other hand, Herschel Walker is dense, dishonest, and relies far too heavily on his long-ago football accomplishments. He’s 60 years old and won the Heisman Trophy in 1982. Yet, he seems willing to run on a platform of “[A noun, a verb, and] ‘I won the Heisman Trophy! And the national championship! GO DAWGS!!’”
Winning the Heisman and helping the University of Georgia win the national championship are impressive accomplishments that have nothing to do with being a US Senator, especially since that happened four decades ago. Since then, Walker has lived off his former athletic prowess and willingness to stretch and, in some cases, obliterate the truth.
He’s amassed a small fortune, primarily from his name, while claiming that his business acumen helped him get to where he is today. I’d submit that if not for the Heisman trophy and Georgia’s national championship, he’d be nowhere close to as wealthy as he is today. He’s been living off his glory days since 1982. Now he believes they’ll get him to the Senate.
Georgia already has an excellent and well-qualified Senator in Raphael Warnock. Except for the (D) behind his name in a red state, he’s virtually perfect to represent Georgia- an intelligent and humble man of God, a brilliant orator, and a politician willing to reach across the aisle when necessary.
Walker can barely string together two complete sentences, has the integrity of Vlad the Impaler, and…well, he did win the Heisman trophy, remember? Oh, and let’s not forget that national championship.
GO DAWGS!!
And we should also keep in mind the dry mist that kills COVID-19. Again, it’s EPA, CIA, FBI, FUK, UTI, PGA, NFL, AND FDA-approved. Walker invented that, don’tchaknow??
I can’t vote in Georgia, and I suspect that nothing I say in this space will impact the Georgia Senate race one iota. That said, one thing I hope Georgians recognize is that voters get precisely the quality of representation they deserve. So those who elected Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Louie Gohmert, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, etc., etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam? Yes, they got precisely the quality of representation they deserve.
Vote for stupid, and you can’t claim to be surprised when your Congresscritter turns out to have the IQ and maturity of a rancid dog turd. It’s about choices, Georgia. If you want dense, barely lucid, and “Hey, I won the Heisman Trophy!!,” Herschel Walker’s your guy.
Don’t claim to be surprised when he votes to fund Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jewish Space Laser program. Or when his 25th “secret son” comes forward demanding child support from the Senator with a history of demeaning fathers who’ve walked away from their children.
Before I forget, I’d be remiss if I didn’t share this nugget with you: Did you know that Herschel Walker once walked to the moon and back in a single day without the benefit of supplemental oxygen? True story.
Come to think of it, that might be why he has trouble stringing together complete sentences, don’tchathink?
It gets worse, or more entertaining, depending on your perspective. It turns out that Walker lies so often (and so poorly) that not even his campaign staff trusts him anymore.
Emails and texts show advisers discussing how they don’t trust Walker—both to tell the truth to them and to handle campaign events properly—and harboring concerns that he isn’t mentally fit for the job.
He spouts falsehoods “like he’s breathing,” [an] adviser said—so much so that his own campaign stopped believing him long ago.
“He’s lied so much that we don’t know what’s true,” the person said, adding that aides have “zero” trust in the candidate. Three people interviewed for this article independently called him a “pathological liar.”
That’s Trump-level pathology, don’tchaknow? You're a pathological liar when your campaign staff knows that you lie as you breathe. And worse, Walker continues dissembling even when his staff KNOWS he’s lying.
How bad is it? Walker lies about lying. There’s something very meta about that, and not in a good way.
How many secret children does Walker have? Of course, he’s lied about that.
How many businesses does he own? More lies.
Was he ever an FBI agent? No, but he’ll undoubtedly lie about it.
There’s been a growing fear among his campaign about his lack of integrity and his mental fitness for office, which for a former football player who probably took repeated blows to the head, isn’t an unreasonable concern.
“A campaign’s worst nightmare,” the source said. “It’s like a shitshow on a train in the middle of a wreck.”….
Aides have secretly derided Walker for months, according to this person and internal communications seen by The Daily Beast. They have ridiculed his intelligence. They fear his mood swings and instability. And staffers worry he could embarrass himself at any moment, setting the campaign back yet again and burning energy on damage control.
The overriding concern is that the stress and pressures of campaigning—criticism and backlash in particular—might make him “just not mentally stable,” the source said.
The truth is that Walker hasn’t held up well during the campaign. Of course, you could attribute it to the stress of campaigning, head injuries, overall lack of integrity, or perhaps even that his giveafuck is broken and is beyond its warranty.
Herschel Walker has reached the point where his dissembling and prevaricating has, dare I say it, exceeded the maximum Trumpian daily limit. At least Trump’s inner circle was in on the joke and (usually) knew when he was lying. Unfortunately, Walker’s staff no longer knows when he’s misrepresenting, so they have to assume he’s lying 24/7 to everyone, everywhere.
Try being Walker’s campaign chief of staff under those conditions, eh? Leading an infantry platoon into combat would seem like a holiday in Cambodia.
How about y’all save yourself a lot of aggravation and embarrassment and vote to send Rev. Raphael Warnock back to the Senate? He may not have won the Heisman Trophy or won a national championship at the University of Georgia, but he speaks honestly and with integrity. When he says something, you don’t have to wonder if he’s telling the truth, because he is.
Not only that, but he can also string together complete sentences that make sense. That shouldn’t seem like a big deal, but when you consider his opponent, who struggles mightily with his mother tongue, that’s no small consideration.
And I suspect Warnock’s staff is pretty confident there aren’t any secret Warnock children running around north Georgia. Sure, the incumbent’s not a saint, but he IS an ordained minister, so he’s got that going for him.
C’mon, Georgia. You really screwed the pooch with Marjorie Taylor Greene. At least do the smart thing this time around.
Vote for Raphael Warnock. That will give Herschel Walker enough free time to invent a male abortion pill.
I'm confused...
Georgia ranks 1st in the U.S. in connecting the K-12 education system with early learning, higher education, and the world of work, according to Education Week.
The state ranks 17th in the nation for K-12 achievement (also Education Week).
These SHOULD not be stupid people.
But...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/raphael-warnock-and-herschel-walker-are-neck-and-neck-in-new-georgia-poll
Yes, brain-damaged Walker has a slight LEAD over an intelligent orator.
"Honey, is it time to move to Canada yet?" ("Response from the next room, "Well, yuh. I was just packing. Go gather the cats. America was a great idea while it lasted.")
I SO want to move to Norway. 😳