Obama in Georgia lambasts Walker as 'a celebrity that wants to be a politician'

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Source: CNN


Former President Barack Obama described Herschel Walker as “a celebrity that wants to be a politician” during a speech Friday night in Georgia, lauding the Republican Senate nominee as “one of the best running backs of all time,” but someone who is not equipped to be a United States senator.

Obama went point-for-point against Walker, calling him “someone who carries around a phony badge and says he is in law enforcement like a kid playing cops and robbers,” attacking his “issues of character” and his “habit of not telling the truth,” and describing him as someone who is going to be so loyal to former President Donald Trump “it means he is not going to be really thinking about you or your needs.”

The speech, the former Democratic president’s first full foray onto the campaign trail in 2022, framed the midterms as a choice election “between politicians who seem willing to do anything to get power and leaders who share our values, who see you and care about you.”

“Just about every Republican politician seems obsessed with two things – owning the libs and getting Donald Trump’s approval,” Obama said. “That’s their agenda, it is not long, it is not complicated and, at least to me, it is not very inspiring. They aren’t interested in actually solving problems. They are interested in making you angry and finding someone to blame. Because that way you may not notice that they have got not answers of their own.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/barack-obama-georgia-herschel-walker/index.html

[republianmushroom]

1. LIKE

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2. The GOP has been running cartoon characters for office ever since saint ronnie.

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10. Yep

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3. Kick

“Now there are a lot of young people here, yes, that makes me excited. Some of you may not remember, but Herschel Walker was a heck of a football player,” Obama said. “In college, he was amazing. One of the best running backs of all time. But here is the question: Does that make him the best person to represent you in the US Senate? Does that make him equipped to weigh in on the critical decisions about our economy and our foreign policy and our future?”

Obama then joked that just because Walker won the Heisman, it doesn’t mean the audience would let him fly a plane they were on or do surgery on them without knowing whether he was qualified.

“By the way, the opposite is true too. You may have liked me as president, but you wouldn’t want me starting at tailback by the dogs,” he said. “I mean, can you imagine my slow, old skinny behind getting hit by some 300 pound defensive tackle who runs a 4.6 40 (yard dash)? You would have to scrape me off the field. No, I can’t. No, I can’t. I am good at a lot of things but that would not be one of those things that I am good at.”

But then Obama laid into the Republican.

“There is very little evidence that he has taken any interest, bothered to learn anything about or displayed any kind of inclination towards public service or volunteer work or helping people in anyway,” Obama said, later nodding to Trump by arguing that Walker appears to be a “celebrity that wants to be a politician and we have seen how that goes.”

[oldsoftie]

4. Hmm, seems like he may have been referring to more than just Walker. nt

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5. Mahalo, Pres Obama! GOTV

for Stacy and Sen Warnock!'!!

[Bayard]

6. Obama

Still killing it.

[NCjack]

7. Brain damaged ex-football player who wants to be a politician.

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8. there's nothing wrong with a celebrity interested in politics

the problem is he is a fucking moron

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9. Back in 2008, the GOP called Obama a celebrity.

Back in 2008, the GOP called Obama a celebrity.

Obama was qualified.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/world/americas/31iht-mccain.1.14909531.html

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[MissMillie]

13. This is what came into my head as well

And (as you pointed out), despite being "only a community organizer" and being a Senator for a very short time, Obama's knowledge of constitutional law combined with his knowledge of civics and (of course) his experience with organizing, he absolutely was qualified.

[NullTuples]

11. What if it's the job of Walker & Oz to be bright, shiny objects?

[Akakoji]

12. Could he do 5 of these a day for there next 9 days? Please?

We really need to get into the streets and inspire younger people to vote with our actual vision. Because Republicans simply do not have one.