Herschel Walker- Making Lauren Boebert Look Brilliant 26/8/375
Some folks are born intellectually deficient...others work hard to achieve it
When someone decides to run for a U.S. Senate seat, regardless of which party they’re representing, it’s reasonable for voters to expect a certain level of intellectual agility and competence. They should understand how government works and have at least a basic understanding of U.S. history and the Constitution. And having a functional grip on reality shouldn’t be too much to hope for, right?
They should also probably have a basic grasp of simple scientific concepts- like evolution, f’rinstance. Unfortunately, former football star Herschel Walker, who’s running in Georgia as a Republican for the Senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, seems to be…well, lacking intellectually. Someone once described him as being dumber than your average post turtle, a characterization with which I’m not about to argue.
No one will ever accuse Walker of being one of history’s great minds, but he seems not unconcerned with his lack of understanding of evolution:
“At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? ... If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it,” Herschel said in an appearance at Sugar Hill Church in Georgia on Sunday.
Think about it? Well, the fact that man and apes coexist hardly disproves evolution. Humans didn’t evolve from apes you might see at a zoo. Both species evolved from a common ancestor that lived about 10 million years ago. Strictly speaking, all humans are apes, but that shouldn’t be taken to mean that chimpanzees are humans one step removed.
Not to be outdone, Walker is also a denier of scientific progress…and it makes my brain hurt trying to keep up with the stupid.
Walker further dismissed scientific progress, saying science “can’t do” the “conception of a baby.”
“They’re still trying to do that, but they can’t, because there has to be a God,” he said.
There’s has to be a God? By whose logic? Not by Walker’s, because he’s not employing any.
Of course, anyone who’s paid attention understands that science has made remarkable progress in assisting those trying to have children. There are technologies available that make it possible for couples who previously couldn’t have a child to have their own family. That’s not because of God; that’s because of scientific progress. So, yes, science “can do” the “conception of a baby.” Science can, and there doesn’t have to be a God. (There isn’t one, but that’s an argument I’ll leave for another time.)
Whether his football career left him with too many blows to the head is difficult to know, but Herschel Walker appears incapable of deep thought. Listen to his speeches, and you’ll wonder if he’s the victim of a few too many concussions…or whether he was just born that way and got by on his physical brilliance.
Just the simple fact of listening to Herschel Walker being interviewed can be a series of “WTF??” moments. As difficult as it might be to imagine, one might find themselves missing the “subtle eloquence of Sarah Palin.” Ugh.
Over the weekend, Walker was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo of Fox News, who’s herself a very special kind of crazy. Bartiromo lobbed him a few softballs to allow him to engage in some Democrat-bashing. And Walker responded with a mish-mash of verbal diarrhea that probably didn’t even make sense to him.
I don’t mean to poke fun, but it’s clear that Walker is not someone capable of discussing politics or policy in great detail. Sure, he falls back on his Christian faith, but that faith has no relation to his ability to represent the people of Georgia in the Senate. His opponent, Raphael Warnock, is himself an ordained minister, but he’s well-versed in policy matters and doesn’t make his faith the centerpiece of his governing philosophy. Sen. Warnock is also knowledgeable, compassionate, and a gifted orator. Walker has trouble stringing together more than two coherent sentences without embarrassing himself.
Walker is not remotely close to being intellectually incapable of handling the duties of a Senator. There’s more to the job than just resting on the laurels of a storied football career. He may have been a gifted athlete, but he’s certainly not a gifted intellect. Never mind that he doesn’t have anything close to a solid grasp of the issues a Senator would confront.
Walker says he has no plans to participate in debates, perhaps because he recognizes that he could never compete with Sen. Warnock, a gifted orator/debater smarter than Walker could ever hope to be. So instead, Walker plans to hide until Election Day. His campaign strategy appears to be expecting people to remember that he was once a star running back at the University of Georgia.
Republicans in Georgia appear to be planning to hide him from the public and the press until Election Day, the hope being that this will prevent him from saying or doing anything stupid.
It’s a strategy that might work, as most of Georgia’s GOP voters would vote for a peach pie if it had an “R” behind its name on the ballot.
It’s also might keep him from telling more tall tales, because it seems as if honesty and integrity aren’t big things for Herschel Walker.
Walker’s quite willing to criticize others for their lack of integrity and competence, but his own record hardly stands up to scrutiny, which is probably why he skipped a Republican Senate primary debate over the weekend. His handlers probably recognize that there’s no way he’d be able to hold his own with other Republicans who’d be questioning him about his lying about graduating from the University of Georgia (he didn’t). And about being the valedictorian of his high school class (he wasn’t).
Walker has an unfortunate habit of lying about things that are easily fact-checked. F’rinstance, he may have misoverestimated the size of his chicken empire just a wee bit.
After all, what is truth? Herschel Walker certainly doesn’t appear to know. Or care. Because he believes the people of Georgia understand him to be the best-qualified person to represent them in the Senate.
Really? I wonder if he’s noticed that the incumbent he’d be running against is Rev. Raphael Warnock, who’s every bit as competent and capable as Walker isn’t.
Then again, as he is prone to telling anyone willing to listen, perhaps we’re all just jealous of how awesome he is. After all, he’s played- and survived- Russian Roulette six times in his life.
WTF??
Let’s face it, America- Herschel Walker isn’t the sharpest tool in the toolbox, knowhutimean??
For extra credit, you could always listen to Walker explaining evolution. I wouldn’t recommend it, but you could certainly give it a shot if you don’t mind having a few points shaved off your IQ.
Sadly, Herschel isn’t the only member of the Walker family who doesn’t play well with others.
Yes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I’ve had the misfortune of interacting with Walker’s son, Christian, on Twitter. Unfortunately, what Christian lacks in intellectual capacity and knowledge he makes up for in arrogance, lack of respect, and mean-spiritedness.
Hmm, I wonder where he learned that??
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