Comments on: Oz wins the GOP nomination

By: CV

CV — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:24:14 +0000

Also, FWIW, I live just a few miles from the devastated former steel town of Braddock, PA, where Fetterman was elected mayor in 2006 and served for 13 years. No doubt he has always had his eyes on a bigger political prize, but I have nothing but respect for Fetterman’s effective leadership of that distressed community and willingness to raise his family there. He is quirky, yes, but also sincere and dedicated IMO. That said, as a “changer” I’ll be voting (reluctantly) for his challenger Oz. I’m not convinced of Oz’ sincerity on a number of issues I care about, but (as per usual) have to go with the lesser of two evils.

By: CV

CV — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:07:12 +0000

Oz did make a (classy) statement regarding Fetterman’s health situation that referenced his own background as a cardiac specialist:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fetterman-admits-avoided-heart-treatment-232940115.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

I do wonder if/how Oz might bring it up again during the course of their campaign against each other.

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:03:49 +0000

I favor dual citizenship – but for private people, NOT elected politicians.

By: Marv

Marv — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:54:52 +0000

Senators– yes, we need as many as we can get. Never know when a narcissistic itch will pop up & pull a McCain.
I’d vote for Oz, with prayers & fingers crossed that he is
honorable.
Also: I, like others here, am 100% against dual citizenship. Quite treasonous, IMHO.

By: neo

neo — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:20:25 +0000

Art Deco:

I have 2 contemporaries who were diagnosed with congestive heart failure 15-20 years ago. They are both still going strong. I don’t know whether they still have that diagnosis, but they are not obviously affected although they do take medication.

By: neo

neo — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 17:59:22 +0000

Cicero:

I don’t know what will happen in November in the Senate elections – it’s a long way off and many things can happen.

But I also think the GOP needs more than 51 senators to make sure of much of anything. Some of the GOP senators vote with the Democrats on occasion, so some padding is need. Plus, even if Oz were to be one of those people who vote with the Democrats, he still is a Republican and would almost certainly be caucusing with the Republicans, which would allow them to set the agenda as the majority party. That is very important as well.

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 16:46:30 +0000

“Paper ballots. With ID. On election day. No computer counts. No equipment that cannot be audited. Cheating is prosecuted as serious felony.”
This.

GOP Oz (OX was first typo) over any Dem, for now. But I’m registered in CA, absentee voting from SVK.

Trump’s endorsement got Oz the GOP win – is pretty strong anti- “Islamophobia” (anti-anti-Muslim). The Dems will claim it, anyway, and all other PC-phobias, but for thinking people it becomes a more obvious partisan attack.

For good and ill, GOP voters are becoming Trump – followers, tho not blindly.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 16:40:49 +0000

Neo:
I do not trust Oz as anything other than a rank opportunist and bullshitter. And one Senate seat more or less being critical means to me that you think the rapacious, evil Dems will do better in the 2022 election than most of us expect and hope.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 14:37:05 +0000

Whether Oz will pay more than lip service to conservatism remains to be seen, but he will caucus with Republicans and hand control of the Senate to them, which is something useful.

I think the American Conservative Union will tell you that Lizard Cheney has a sterling voting record. It just happens to be trumped by a loyalty to the swamp so thorough she’s willing to propagate arrant nonsense on behalf of Nancy Pelosi. John McCain had a satisfactory voting record as well; it just so happened that he picked the most inopportune times to throw sand in the gears and gave evidence of despising his voters. Elise Stefanik is much more of a dissenter on policy than either one of them, but she’s not interested in making herself a cog in the Democratic Party’s publicity machine.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 13:58:09 +0000

I think Trump actually learned things as he campaigned in 2015-2016, and in office. Whether Oz will pay more than lip service to conservatism remains to be seen, but he will caucus with Republicans and hand control of the Senate to them, which is something useful.