Herschel Walker. WTF??

[Bleacher Creature]

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[leftieNanner]

1. One too many tackles to the head maybe?

That makes zero sense. WTF, indeed.

And he could be a US Senator.

Lordy.

[hlthe2b]

7. Honestly, he was never a smart guy, but a very good running back and all-around athlete...

I know much of Georgia worships its college football heroes, but I hope to hell they see what is going on. Both sad and pathetic, frankly.

[leftieNanner]

12. Especially since he lives in Texas.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. He made the Jimmy Johnson era Cowboys great.

[PortTack]

15. Ha! Probably the truth of it

[NQAS]

2. I have nothing to compare it to

And too lazy to search it out.

But he seems more than just not smart. He’s just stringing words together hoping that they form sentences and convey an idea. They neither form sentences not convey an idea. Kind of like Boebert and Greene and cawthorn. It would be sad if it weren’t so damn dangerous.

[underpants]

5. That's their world. Just repeat the lines, inside jokes, references

Their audience knows what he means.

[hlthe2b]

9. He used to do that when inerviewed after major football games at UGA...

I think the system failed him in teaching him much beyond his athleticism.

[Disaffected]

13. And, TFG.

[NCjack]

3. doped up on pain meds?

[Baked Potato]

4. Wine is a terrible thing to waste. Nt

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Which Walker?

Not joking or making fun . ..

https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4643971&page=1

"I told somebody once, 'You don't want the Herschel that plays football ... babysitting your child," Walker told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff. "When I am competing, I am a totally different person.'"

He means it literally.

For the first time, the 46-year-old former professional football player reveals in a book published this week, "Breaking Free," that he has a rare and controversial mental illness called dissociative identity disorder — or D.I.D. — formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

"I had it the whole time, I just didn't know what it was," Walker said.

Dude has Multiple Personality Disorder. Warnock's team is going to have a LOT of candidate research to do.

[underpants]

8. BC I know you commented on this from last week. More nutsy stuff.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216183163

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[NurseJackie]

10. He is NOT a very smart man. (What was his major? Does he even have a degree?)

And his brainwashed conservative self-loathing gay son is just as bad. That nut didn't fall very far from the stupid-tree.

[The Wizard]

11. He should be

wearing a helmet .

[mn9driver]

14. Walker has a long history of cognitive/psychological issues

most likely related to head injuries from his football days.

But that won’t keep Trumpers from voting for him. These are the people who fervently believe complete fiction whenever they are told to. Telling them that Walker’s disability is fiction is easy. And they will believe it.

[alphafemale]

17. The long held republican belief that black people will vote for any black candidate

They especially like manipulable minority candidates.

This over Warnock?

I hardly think so.

[TlalocW]

19. That and women candidates

Republicans: We've got a great idea! You know how women and/or non-white people don't hold nuanced opinions on political issues? Why don't we just run one of them to get them to vote for us? All that matters to them is if the candidate has the same sex organs and/or level of melanin as they do!

TlalocW

[alphafemale]

20. They thought Sarah Palin would take them over the top

Oh dear, Zeus

[TlalocW]

18. Holy crap!

Sarah Palin became a Black man!

"Build back better? Do democrats have all the keyfobs? That's monkey wrench banana patch! My spoo has too much fleem. Vote for me - Werschel Halker! I'll plant tomatoes in your living room! Promise." - Herschel Walker

TlalocW

[alphafemale]

22. You read my mind

My reply to you above.

[Sneederbunk]

21. He and Tommy Tuberville could form their own caucus.

[Mr. Ected]

23. None of these GOP candidates are politicians - they're placeholders, performance artists

The virulent right doesn't care about representation beyond defying and demonizing Democrats. They're electing what amounts to hate radio host sycophants to fill the role of Representative or Senator, sometimes relying on parlor tricks like putting a beloved local sports figure in a race against another POC in Senator Warnock. It's a disservice to the Constitution and an affront to its own constituency, who deserve better but are too lathered up to demand it.

[misanthrope]

24. Don't be shocked when he's elected

And prepare yourself for white Georgia Republicans' declarations that their votes for him prove racism is a thing of the past.