On the heels of Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of ex-pal Dr. Mehmet Oz’s opponent, John Fetterman, Oz was back to peddling magic beans (like he’s literally done in the past), except all he managed to do at Saturday night’s Loser-Palooza rally was prove just how out of touch he is—especially when it comes to the Pennsylvania voters he’s trying to woo.
Now, not everyone is into sportsball matches, but then they shouldn’t pretend they are, now should they? It’s like when Ted Cruz campaigned in Indiana and referred to a basketball hoop as a basketball “ring.” Granted, that’s not nearly as shocking as whatever happens to be under his floorboards at the moment (likely prepper quantities of Sara Lee pound cake, and maybe a soupçon of dead orphan, but that’s just an educated guess), but it likely burned even more political capital than his little south-of-the-border sojourn to avoid freezing his arse alongside the unwashed masses. People take sports pretty seriously in this country, after all.
Not to be outdone, the Crudité Crusader said this while Donald Trump looked on with the same slack-jawed mien he assumes whenever he’s separated from a microphone or McRib for more than 20 seconds.
Watch:
OZ: “Tomorrow morning, when you awaken, I want you to contact 10 people. Do it at church, do it before the Steelers game, just find the time. And here’s the question you’re going to ask them, ‘Are you happy with the way America’s going?’”
Uh, the Steelers have a bye on Sunday. Which means they aren’t playing until next week. Any Steelers fan would know that.
Let’s hear it, Twitter, before your accounts all turn to pumpkin puree at midnight!
JFC, dude. I mean, if the biggest knock against you is that you’re not really from the state you want to represent in the Senate, this is about the worst thing you can say.
Of course, Republicans are out of touch when it comes to a lot of things, not just trivialities like football games. They want to force 11-year-old girls to carry their rapists’ babies. They want to turn Social Security and Medicare from entitlements into political footballs (or “foosballs,” as Oz might say). Some of them still want to repeal Obamacare. They want free and fair elections to count only when they win.
And, let’s be blunt, they want this ...
The good news is, we still have these final crucial days to preserve (and restore) reproductive rights and American democracy.
So let’s do that, shall we?
We’re deep in the home stretch before the all-important midterm elections, but it’s not too late to Get Out the Vote. Let’s do this, people!
On The Brief podcast we discuss what the polls are saying—and what the polls cannot predict. The traditional and right-wing narrative continues to champion polling that downplays Democratic candidates’ successes, while ignoring polling (including their own, in some cases) that flies in the face of that narrative. Either way, it does not change the fact that you need to get out and vote! And after you vote, make sure to encourage others to get out and vote—especially those younger folks in your life.
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