Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Herschel Walker says he will protect Martians because they belong to his family during rally. (Read More Here).
“Bad to the Bone” seemed a daring song to blast as Herschel Walker’s bus pulled up to a recent campaign stop in Carrollton.
After all, the Republican Senate candidate, 60, has faced serious accusations from women in his past.
An African-American former professional football legend now seeking to deliver the upper chamber of Congress to former President Donald Trump’s party, Mr Walker has run on a platform of social conservatism rooted in anti-abortion, anti-transgender rights and pro-‘traditional family’ policies. However, he has made national headlines in recent weeks after it emerged that he allegedly paid for a former girlfriend’s abortion, and was accused by one of his sons of abuse and neglect.
Yet the rollicking strains of George Thorogood’s ode to womanising played on as several dozen supporters cheered Mr Walker.
“I’ll make a rich woman beg, and I’ll make a good woman steal,” Mr Thorogood crooned. “I’m here to tell ya, honey, that I’m bad to the bone.”
But before Mr Walker emerged, the soundtrack abruptly switched to God Bless the USA, a squeaky-clean patriotic ballad that became popular after the 11 September 2001 attacks. Mr Walker stepped into the Georgia sunshine, and the crowd went wild.
As it turns out, this auditory choreography is a good analogy for Mr Walker’s unconventional campaign.
The Republican is attempting to pull off a similar about-face with his image, as a Senate race that could decide which party controls Congress comes down to the wire.
Running on a message of redemption, renewal and rejection of the left, Mr Walker is taking a page out of a playbook that worked well for his political inspiration, Mr Trump – betting that it is the vision of America he represents, not the “sinner” that he was, that will matter to voters in this crucial southern US state.
Well, no, actually it’s not. Decisions about transgender athletes aren’t made by senators — the GOP candidate appeared to be referring to a Senate vote that never happened — and none of this relates to the health, stability, or durability of our democracy.
And so, on Sunday morning, Walker tried again, pointing to what he sees as a different threat during another Fox News appearance.
“When you have a president talking about the biggest threat to democracy, it seems to be to electing a Republican. But I want everyone that is listening to me, the biggest threat to democracy is to have him at the White House. “
Why is President Joe Biden a threat to democracy? Walker didn’t get around to explaining his rationale, probably because he didn’t have one.
Eventually, the Georgian gave this one last try.
“The biggest threat to democracy is to have someone like Senator Warnock that voted against our Keystone pipeline, which put us in an international threat. I think, right now, that’s a threat, and it’s a security threat. We’re going to our enemies to ask for energy. That’s a threat. That’s the biggest threat to democracy there.”
For the record, the idea that the Keystone XL pipeline has created “an international threat” is not to be taken seriously. Politico reported last week, “President Joe Biden’s regulators have approved new oil and gas wells at a far faster pace than the Trump administration did during its first 21 months in office — a fact that undermines Republican election-year arguments about the causes of this year’s high gasoline prices. The U.S. has also produced more crude oil since Biden’s inauguration than it had done during the equivalent period of former President Donald Trump’s presidency.”
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