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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,721 posts)
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 10:13 PM Nov 2022

With Herschel Walker, the Stupidity Is the Point

About half of Georgia voters cast a ballot for Herschel Walker on Tuesday. Most of these voters wouldn’t trust Walker to run the check-out at a Family Dollar. But that’s the whole point.

Herschel Walker has repeatedly proven himself to be stupid. Herschel Walker’s voters aren’t necessarily stupid. That’s too easy.

Georgia Republicans aren’t stupid. But they see safety in stupid politicians. The stupidity of Herschel Walker isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature. And writing off Georgia Republicans as country idiots is a kind of smug, lazy thinking that oversimplifies a complicated political problem, not just in Georgia but across the country.

Herschel Walker was not nominated to govern. He was not nominated to bargain. He was not nominated to formulate policy. He was not nominated to exercise judgment. He was nominated to mash the R button whenever a vote comes up, no matter what.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/herschel-walker-stupidity-point-193111458.html

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With Herschel Walker, the Stupidity Is the Point (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
The world's greatest deliberative body Walleye Nov 2022 #1
he was nominated because he is a famous Black Georgia athlete lapfog_1 Nov 2022 #2
Football,... football,... football,... magicarpet Nov 2022 #3
"The stupidity of Herschel Walker isn't a problem for them. It's a feature" Stargleamer Nov 2022 #4
Exactly judesedit Nov 2022 #5
He'd probably vote for the return of the three-fifths law. madinmaryland Nov 2022 #6
An originalist keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #8
I like it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #7
I don't think he's mentally capable of finding the R button lees1975 Nov 2022 #9
I beg to differ. Georgia republicans are stupid Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #10
I like it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #11

lapfog_1

(31,904 posts)
2. he was nominated because he is a famous Black Georgia athlete
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 10:16 PM
Nov 2022

and then vote the way that Mitch tells him to vote.

End of story.

magicarpet

(18,513 posts)
3. Football,... football,... football,...
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 10:25 PM
Nov 2022

A magnet for attracting the alpha male wannabe crowd.

Go team go.

USA,..
USA,...
USA.

Stargleamer

(2,728 posts)
4. "The stupidity of Herschel Walker isn't a problem for them. It's a feature"
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 10:25 PM
Nov 2022

You can substitute Walker's name in this quote, for many others:

The stupidity of George W. Bush isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature.
The stupidity of Lauren Boebert isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature.
The stupidity of Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature.
The stupidity of Donald Trump isn’t a problem for them. It’s a feature.

Etc., Etc. ad nauseum

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