Dr. Oz's Sick Journey From Political Joke to Senate Candidate

[Celerity]

Critics have long called him a quack for hawking dubious treatments. Combine that with the modern Republican Party and a surging pandemic, and this could get ugly, fast.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-ozs-pennsylvania-senate-run-shows-a-sick-journey-from-political-joke-to-candidate





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[BComplex]

1. Typical republican. They're all the same.

[BlueJac]

2. Snake oil salesman!

He will fit right in with the Republicans.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Stephanie Miller literally played a clip of him earlier in the show, where he

talked about his willingness to sacrifice the lives of up to 6 million students in the name of keeping the schools open in 2020.

Does he even understand the implication of being okay with the deaths of 6 million innocents?

[Midnight Writer]

4. I heard him on the Hannity radio show saying Covid was not a big deal.

Compared it to a cold or flu and said lockdowns were not necessary.

That is all the quackery I need to hear from him.

[left-of-center2012]

5. He lives in New Jersey ...

And is running for Senate in Pennsylvania.

[Claustrum]

7. And to top it off, he used his in-laws address to vote in PA instead NJ last year.

Yeah, PA's vote means more than NJ.

[Claustrum]

6. If Trump made it, why can't he?

While we are being called the Hollywood elist party, they are the ones who keeps elevating unqualified celebrities to high government jobs.

[gab13by13]

8. I hope he is the nominee,

I would love to see John Fetterman tear him to shreds in a debate. I wish I could vote today, I can't wait.

[Celerity]

10. +1

[Beastly Boy]

9. Not much of a journey.

I can't tell the former Dr. Oz from the latter. And even if he wins, he would not be setting any precedents. US Senate already has a bunch of political jokes among its elected members.

[Caliman73]

11. America's "celebrity culture"

This is the problem with venerating "celebrities" Jonas Salk was a true American hero, a physician and researcher who spent his entire life searching for ways to protect people. He could have become insanely rich from his Polio vaccine, but knew that it was a matter of public health. He spent the last years of his life furiously searching for a vaccine against HIV. Yet, this asshole Oz is given the respect that should be reserved by someone like Salk, and he is using that to gain power.

Donald Trump was a big thing in the 80's even though he was a fraud all the way back then. California, the "liberal bastion" elected an "action star" as Governor AND before that a B-movie actor and shill for GE cigarettes, and 20 Mule Team Borax who became the face of conservatism.

We care what rappers say about COVID-19 and what actors plan to do about running for Texas Governor. Our obsession with celebrity has lead us to some very dark places in our history.