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The upside-down world of the Pennsylvania Senate race
Townhall ^ | Salena Zito

Posted on 07/26/2022 11:28:15 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

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To: PermaRag

Just look at the primary... he and McCormick each spent individually more than bot candidate spent combined in the last general election to each get around 31% of the GOP primary voters... if that doesn’t tell you what a loser this guy is, nothing will....

But don’t try to explain that the folks who’ve never lived in PA, they know far better than those of us who do... because some flappy lipped talking head who’s never set a foot in PA except perhaps driven the turnpike once in their life told them nightly on whatever pundit show they watch just how awesome Oz is... or whatever...

Oz won the border with NJ/Philly area... and was DECIMATED EVERYWHERE ELSE, and that’s among GOP VOTERS..... You can’t win PA without crushing it in the T, and OZ is absolutely going to underperform even a typical GOP candidate there... he’s completely inauthentic and off brand... He’ll do okay in the Philly NJ area for a GOP candidate where the low information suburban housewives who watched his show will turn out to vote for him because they “liked” him and are celebrity hounds... but out in the T.... He’s going to go over like a lead balloon.

This guy got BOOED at Trump’s rally when he introduced him, and yes people that happened.... He’s a turd.


41 posted on 07/26/2022 12:19:30 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Zhang Fei

There’s also the problem that almost 70% of Republican primary voters didn’t vote for him. I think it’s stupid for states not to have runoff elections in primary races where no candidate gets a majority.


42 posted on 07/26/2022 12:26:49 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: EEGator

They don’t want an inauthentic hack, and that’s what OZ is.. he’s not going to sell.

Fetterman is a beast, politically. I’ve me the man, I don’t agree with him politically at all, but he is authentic... he believes what he says.... and he’s put the time in in places OZ and other politicians wouldn’t set foot in backing up his idealism with action...

This guy is the real deal, you are not going to put this fake smile, phony, trans kid promoting, guns are a health crisis fake up in the small towns and cities and Rural PA and have him connect in any, any way. Regardless of his birthplace or his religion... he’s a phony and a fraud.... why do you think Barnette just owned him in both debates? He played the typical say nothing politician... she called him out on his Abortion stands.. she called him out for his WEF connections.... she called him out and McCormick as well for every one of their uinparty/globalist/bs connections and things...

He’s no MAGA and if you think the folks out in the T are going to show up to support him, you are fooling yourself. Didn’t take him 10 minutes to purge Trump from his website once he the primary was done...

He’s a fake, and if you are a fake and fraud and inauthentic out in the T, you are Done... The most hard core conservative you will find out here will have far more respect for an authentic socialist than a fraudulent “conservative”. no they won’t vote for the socialist.. but they sure as hell aren’t going to vote for the fraud either.

OZ is a candidate who will overperform a typical R in Philly/NJ border area where celebrity hounds and low information housewives will show up to vote for him... and grossly underperform an average R everywhere else....


43 posted on 07/26/2022 12:28:17 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

I was being a smartass. I live in the Philly burbs, but have done tons of electric design in PPL territory. You can see my other posts on this thread.


44 posted on 07/26/2022 12:30:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Paleo Conservative

Primary runoff wouldn’t have changed things...

OZ and McCormick were both weak candidates... Run off between the two of them would not have changed much one would have won slightly more votes than the other... neither would have had a solid majority....

They BOTH spent individually more money in that primary election than BOTH PARTIES COMBINED SPENT IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION!! for them both to end up with about 31% of the vote...

Voters of PA for the first time since I have moved here had an honest chance to tell the swamp in harrisburgh and DC to stuff it... and they let themselves get scared back on the plantation by Pravda lies and manipulations and attacks by them claiming electability nonsense.... and sadly the people of PA were cowardly enough to fall for it.

McCormick vs Oz was always a bogus choice, both are UNIPARTY/GLOBALIST HACKS... you think with 30 Million each spent just on the primary they were ever going to give a damn what was right for PA or its people? That it would EVER come first? If you believe that then there is no hope for you.

Both are tied to WEF and Global Money.. Neither one is going to be anything stellar if they win... just another uniparty hack... no matter what anyone tells you.

A runoff election would not have changed the outcome... the real chance for change was Barnette... and the system went insane to tear her down... that is who the PA of GOP is.... and always will be.


45 posted on 07/26/2022 12:34:42 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: EEGator

No worries. :)


46 posted on 07/26/2022 12:37:05 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: MattBraynard

I suspect he goes that way. He argues too much like a millennial


47 posted on 07/26/2022 12:37:56 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

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48 posted on 07/26/2022 12:40:52 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Zhang Fei

“To date, he has logged over 2,500 miles on the state’s roads...”

That has got to be a typo for 25,000 miles. 2500 miles is pathetic, as big as Pennsylvania is.


49 posted on 07/26/2022 12:43:24 PM PDT by odawg
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To: EEGator

It is obvious. A vote for Biden’s agenda, which your write in vote is equivalent to, or a vote against Biden’s agenda, which is a vote for Oz. This race is too important to try to make a statement with a wasted write in vote.


50 posted on 07/26/2022 12:46:21 PM PDT by oldskoolwargamer2
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To: HamiltonJay

Look under “Endorsements” on Oz’s website. The first and, by far, the most prominent is Trump’s:

“Dr. Oz is Pro-Life, very strong on Crime, the Border, Election Fraud, our Great Military, and our Vets, Tax Cuts, and will always fight for and support our under-siege Second Amendment. He will ensure America will become Energy Independent again. Dr. Oz also passionately believes in high-quality education and protecting parent involvement throughout the process. Perhaps most importantly, I believe that Mehmet Oz will be the one most able to win the General Election against a Radical Left Democrat looking to do unthinkable harm to our Country.

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”

See: https://doctoroz.com/endorsements-2/


51 posted on 07/26/2022 12:48:22 PM PDT by buridan
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To: Zhang Fei

Barnette would probably be doing better than OZ!
Fetterman is the worst and McCormack was darn close.
I sure have to hold my nose in Pa.


52 posted on 07/26/2022 12:50:26 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: DoodleDawg

I don’t think we’ll get any acceptable outcomes in Pennsylvania, Georgia or Michigan. Arizona who knows?


53 posted on 07/26/2022 12:59:40 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: buridan

Oh I know he endorsed him... AND I know Oz got booeed when Trump introduced him at his rally at Erie.

This guys a dead cat...


54 posted on 07/26/2022 1:04:00 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: odawg

[That has got to be a typo for 25,000 miles. 2500 miles is pathetic, as big as Pennsylvania is.]


If he’s staying at motels, he should be covering quite a bit of ground.


55 posted on 07/26/2022 1:07:17 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: 38special

The latest Missouri polls are out and Greitens is dropping like a rock. So while having Wood on the ballot isn’t going to help any Republican, I think he’ll hurt Schmidt or Hartzler less than he would Greitens. I’m worrying a little bit less about this one.


56 posted on 07/26/2022 1:11:02 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Tupelo
Probably not. It sounds like Fetterman is using the Biden Basement strategy and we all know it paid off handsomely for Biden.

Which means the election will be decided by Philadelphia, possibly the day after election day.

Also; Don't forget that Biden has turned every federal agency into a GOTV organization for the dems.

States must stand up against the Biden takeover of elections - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/22/states-must-stand-up-against-the-biden-takeover-of/

And then there's this. https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/07/18/how-the-left-hopes-to-use-big-money-to-seize-control-of-local-election-offices/

The two articles above are about fairly recent developments so they may not have much effect for this election but 2024 is a ways away.

57 posted on 07/26/2022 1:11:48 PM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: oldskoolwargamer2

I’ve heard that same shit over and over. I’m tired of it, and I’m tired of FR simpletons making everything binary.


58 posted on 07/26/2022 1:46:19 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: HamiltonJay

Same side. :)


59 posted on 07/26/2022 1:46:59 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Zhang Fei

Fetterman looks like Ming in Buck Rogers


60 posted on 07/26/2022 1:52:45 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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