For our final installment in 2022, let's go back to October 11, 1970. It was World Series Game 2 with the Baltimore Orioles at Cincinnati Reds
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The Orioles rallied to win this game after trailing by 4 runs. In Game 1, Baltimore was down 3-0 early but came back to win 4-3. As such, the Baltimore Orioles became the first team in MLB postseason history to rally from 3 or more runs down in consecutive games.
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We're down to single digit number of days until Election Day, so a third hour on today's broadcast would be helpful. Alas, the regularly scheduled two hours of my radio show The Closer will have to suffice. We'll get started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Another guest-a-palooza today:
1:00 - Tom Weiler, the GOP candidate in Minnesota's Third Congressional District.
1:30 - Ken Navitsky, GOP candidate in the MN State Senate District 25 (northern Rochester, Cascade Twp, Oronoco, Haverhill Twp).
2:00 - Jon Gabriel, editor-in-chief at Ricochet.com and host of the King of Stuff podcast.
An endorsement for the reelection of Minnesota's incumbent Governor.
What an honor! Thrilled to be endorsed by @GovJVentura.
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) October 27, 2022
I'm committed to being a governor for all Minnesotans, and I’ll work with anyone who’s willing to work with me to get things done.
Thank you, Jesse, for taking the unprecedented step to cast your independent vote for me! pic.twitter.com/QABgPjFNX9
It's been nearly 20 years since Ventura last occupied the MN Governor's mansion, so I'm not sure a lot of the current electorate has any tangible memories of him. But those who do recall his one term as gov likely remember the oafish, thin-skinned bully who unified both Republican and DFL legislators in their opposition of him. Indeed, this wouldn't have been much of a story had Walz not touted the endorsement from that mercurial gent. What's even more odd is it was later learned that Team Walz actually sought Ventura's blessing.
Ventura says Walz called and asked for his endorsement and "I thought a moment and said yes," the former governor said.
— Rochelle Olson (@rochelleolson) October 28, 2022
And good on Brian Bakst for asking what was on the minds of many right-of-center voters but likely didn't occur to Gov. Walz.
I asked @Tim_Walz at an event in Northfield about Jesse Ventura's conspiracy talk in the past and whether touting his campaign endorsement runs counter to his critiques of Scott Jensen on same. Here's his answer. pic.twitter.com/bGIfcgyJEH
— Brian Bakst (@Stowydad) October 27, 2022
Spoiler alert: Walz didn't really answer the question.
In the end I don't believe Ventura's endorsement really moves the needle significantly in either direction. However, it's hilarious to think that Team Walz believes it could.
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I expected Fetterman’s debate performance to be a Rorschach test, with Democrats insisting that he was fine and hand-waving away any problems, and Republicans pointing to every verbal misstep, pause, or oddly worded answer. But by the end of the hour, there was little debate, no pun intended. John Fetterman’s ability to hear, understand, process information, and speak appears to still be severely impacted by his stroke. Perhaps the worst moment of the night came when one of the moderators asked him about a statement he made in 2018 opposing fracking, and how he could square that past stance with his current claim that he always supported fracking. After a long pause, presumably from reading the moderator’s question from the monitor, Fetterman said, “I, I, I do support fracking and . . .” and then for a moment, Fetterman’s head shook, and his mouth moved, but no words came out. Then he picked up again: “I don’t . . . I don’t. I support fracking, and I stand, and I do support fracking.” With everyone watching likely mortified and embarrassed to watch Fetterman struggle to finish the sentence, the moderator mercifully moved on to the next question.
The one prevailing question that emerged after that debate was where does NBC's Dasha Burns go to receive her apology? You see it was two weeks ago when Ms. Burns, who had just completed a one-on-one interview with Fetterman, defied the media narrative by performing actual journalism.
Sparking further questions were comments made by the NBC reporter who conducted the sit-down, Dasha Burns, who said that while making “small talk” with Fetterman before the interview without captioning it wasn’t clear he was understanding their conversation. She noted Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” that stroke experts say this does not mean Fetterman has cognitive impairment.
“Doesn’t mean his memory or his cognitive condition is impaired and he didn’t fully recover from this,” Burns said. “And once the closed captioning was on, he was able to fully understand my questions throughout that 25-minute interview....
But even with closed captioning available during the debate, Fetterman was still a disaster. Ah, but instead of taking personal responsibility, his campaign staff complained that the CC wasn't sufficient, hence Fetterman's struggles. TV network NewsNation, which broadcasted the debate, wasn't having it.
Statement from our parent company, @NXSTMediaGroup, in response to the @JohnFetterman campaign claiming he was “working off of delayed captions filled with errors” during last night’s Pennsylvania Senate debate on @NewsNation pic.twitter.com/PUT5ELfQ0C
— Robert Sherman (@RobertShermanTV) October 26, 2022
And since staunch partisanship is a helluva drug, some progs set expectations even lower in an attempt to enhance Fetterman's electability.
So here's where they are now pic.twitter.com/arSNa2KdV7
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 26, 2022
The scary thing is that there's a realistic chance Fetterman could still prevail given his opponent is the proverbial empty suit. But given the race was a statistical tie going into debate night, there's no question Oz's electoral prospects were bolstered because of this.
As I've said before, it's so surreal to think the Republicans' chances for a Senate majority may well rely on the electability of Oz in Pennsylvania and Herschel Walker in Georgia. Imagine reading that sentence a decade ago.
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Old and busted: We must count every vote.
New hotness: The votes cast in the 2022 midterms will mean the end of democracy.
If the current trends hold up, Republicans are likely to take over at least the House and quite possibly the Senate, too, along with many state offices.
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) October 24, 2022
This is how democracies die, both at home and abroad. https://t.co/L19xGFbC7x
Oh, and if you're concerned about economic issues and out of control inflation? The people who elevated Hitler to power were wrapped up in those issues too, y'know.
.@MatthewJDowd: "I’m not going to say that the GOP are Nazis ... but it certainly sounds very familiar to what happened in Germany, which is a bunch of citizens, Adolf Hitler gets a third of the vote ... they went along because he said he would solve the economy & fix inflation" pic.twitter.com/jex03IEaMZ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 25, 2022
It never ceases to amaze how these frothing loons haven't learned a single thing from how someone like Donald J. Trump can be elected President. I'm an unwitting ally of the left when it comes to not wanting Trump to ever set foot in the White House again. However, whether the left realizes it or not, their words and actions are elevating such prospects to nonzero.
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Game 6 of the 1959 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago White Sox.
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In four appearances this World Series, Dodgers' rookie pitcher Larry Sherry notched two wins (including this game, a series-clinching win for L.A.) and two saves, thus earning series Most Valuable Player. He was the first rookie to ever be named MVP in a baseball postseason series.
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Down to 16 days before Election Day, so we're beginning the sprint about now. Today's edition of my radio show The Closer gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Right at 1:00, MN House GOP candidate Heidi Gunderson will be on to discuss her candidacy in HD 36B (White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights). Unfortunately, Heidi called in sick. Will have to reschedule.
Then at 1:30, MN State Senate GOP candidate Bill Lieske will join the broadcast to discuss his candidacy in SD 58 (Farmington, Vermillion, New Prague and Northfield).
In the non-guest segments I'll weigh in on how some Democrats are finally acknowledging a "red wave" this election cycle after appearing overconfident this past summer.
So please call (651) 289-4488 if you'd like to weigh in on any of the topics we plan on addressing.
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey has Democrats running 2 percentage points behind Republicans in the generic congressional ballot — a measure closely tied to a party’s performance in the midterms. A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday showed likely voters inclined to vote Republican by a 49 percent to 45 percent margin. Independent women — a critical constituency for Democrats in swing states and districts — had swung sharply toward Republicans in the span of a month.
“I’m wishing the election were in August,” said Matt Bennett of the center-left group Third Way. “I think we peaked a little early.”
For Democrats, the timing could hardly be worse. Gas prices, after falling for weeks, are climbing again. Inflation is still out of control, and the stock market, despite a rally on Monday, has been taking a beating. Meantime, Republicans have been hammering Democrats on the economy and crime in a barrage of post-Labor Day advertising. And all of that is happening with early voting already underway in key states.
“Look, man, I’ve been at this for 30 years, and it is always the period in late September and early October when an election starts to tilt and move,” said Mark Longabaugh, a progressive ad maker who worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign. “So, we’re at that moment, and I don’t think you can look at these numbers across the country and say anything but it looks like it’s moving in Republicans’ direction.”
He said, “I think it’s clear Republicans have seized the upper hand.”
A big problem for Dems is the far left progs are the loudest voices in their party. As such, they operate under the delusion that the leftist pap spewed on platforms like Twitter is the approach they should take to campaigning and then, if elected, governing. While they thought they could market the overturning of Roe as an assault on "women's healthcare," they ended up overplaying their hand whenever pressed on if they believed there should be any restrictions on abortion. And that's where Republicans could actually...uh....POUNCE.
On the campaign trail, not a single Democratic candidate running for national office will publicly support any restriction on abortion. This includes Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is running for Senate in Ohio; gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.); Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is running for governor; Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman who is running for Senate; and many more.
This position, championed as “mainstream” by most in media, is wildly out of step with the American people, and the data proves it. More importantly, it’s out of touch with women, including those who typically cast their ballots for Democrats.
According to a Harvard/Harris poll released in July, the vast majority of women believe abortion should be banned after 15-weeks, with many holding the view restrictions should come earlier in pregnancy. The poll was the largest survey on the issue since the Dobbs decision a few weeks earlier.
I guess we now know why Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proposed legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks despite it having no chance to get through the Senate. He was looking to get Dems on the record of voting against a measure which is literally within the mainstream.
Whether Democrats like it or not, the top concerns on the minds of voters are inflation, the economy and public safety. As gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D-GA) clearly demonstrated, they still can't help but invoke abortion when asked specifically about economic issues.
>@StaceyAbrams was asked what she can do as governor to alleviate high prices and "livability" issues w/ polls showing the economy is a greater factor for many voters than the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. Here’s what she said: #gapol pic.twitter.com/IjOIB2gES6
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) October 19, 2022
There ya have it. Families could endure tough economic times if they had just killed those kids when they had a chance. Utterly ghoulish.
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Back in July 2020, the Minneapolis Star Tribune posted a photo of someone dressed in all black attire just before he smashed in windows of a Minneapolis Auto Zone. The incident occurred May 27, 2020, two days after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. The vandal, who was referred to as Umbrella Man, was accused of inciting the riots which began shortly thereafter.
According to the Strib story, law enforcement eventually learned the identity of this person.
"This was the first fire that set off a string of fires and looting throughout the precinct and the rest of the city," Sgt. Erika Christensen wrote in a search warrant affidavit filed in court this week. "Until the actions of the person your affiant has been calling 'Umbrella Man,' the protests had been relatively peaceful. The actions of this person created an atmosphere of hostility and tension. Your affiant believes that this individual's sole aim was to incite violence."
Police identified "Umbrella Man" thanks to a tip that came via e-mail
Because that person wasn't charged as of July 2020, he wasn't identified in the story. But if indeed Umbrella Man was who the email claimed he was, that person had a extensive criminal record in addition to having ties to a white supremacist group. Naturally this was met with glee by certain people since "white supremacy" was a drum beat they'd had going since Donald Trump was elected President.
But then a strange thing happened. The story just......disappeared. In July 2021, I even commemorated the 1-year anniversary of this Star Tribune hit.
This story was published by the Strib one year ago today.
— Brad Carlson (@Brad_Carlson) July 28, 2021
Has Umbrella Man been charged with anything or even brought in for questioning????https://t.co/cLLIbcUT6V
Then another year came and went. Still nothing.
So you can imagine my surprise when the St Paul Pioneer Press published this story on Tuesday.
The identity of “Umbrella Man” has remained a mystery since he was seen in video footage smashing out windows at a business in Minneapolis two days after George Floyd was killed in May 2020.
In the days that followed, a social media rumor — proved untrue — claimed that the shadowy suspect, who was dressed in all black with most of his face covered, was a St. Paul police officer. St. Paul police immediately denied the accusation and later released evidence that the officer in question was in St. Paul at the time of the incident at AutoZone on East Lake Street.
Then, about two months later, Minneapolis police, following an anonymous tip, zeroed in on a 32-year-old suspect described at the time in a search warrant affidavit as a white supremacist who sought to “incite violence.”
Now, the FBI is asking the public for help in identifying “Umbrella Man,” as he became known on social media and in news reports.
So without saying it in so many words, it would appear the email tip Minneapolis Police received in 2020 did not pan out. Nevertheless, those who were desperate to politicize these riots felt validated by a thinly-sourced allegation that a "white supremacist" was responsible for incitement. And hey, if Umbrella Man is ever identified, he may indeed turn out to be someone of that ilk. But if it's ascertained that he was merely a sh*t disturber, there will be nary any apologies or introspection on the part of those who trafficked such reckless speculation.
One final thought: Why is this being drudged up now? Is there any event taking place in Minnesota within, oh I don't know, the next few weeks which could be impacted by a break in this case?
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Game 3 of the 1986 National League Championship Series -- Houston Astros at New York Mets.
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The Mets' Lenny Dykstra hit a 2-run walk-off homer to give his team a 6-5 victory. It was the first walk off home run in postseason history to occur when the team who hit it was trailing.
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T-minus 23 days until Election Day, so a lot to get to on today's edition of my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour broadcast gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Right at 1:00, MN State Senator Roger Chamberlain (R-Lino Lakes) will be on to discuss his campaign in the new Senate District 36.
This past week, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison and his GOP opponent Jim Schultz sat down for a debate, so we'll look back on that.
On the national front, President Joe Biden is doing everything he can to undermine the GOP's prospects of taking over Congress, including something similar to what got former President Donald Trump impeached.
- Old and busted: "There was zero inflation."
New hotness: "OK, there's inflation but....."
Biden: “If Republicans win, inflation is going to get worse. It’s that simple.” pic.twitter.com/iihpdQ8L1F
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 13, 2022
And with that, progs and their media lapdogs have their chanting points in an effort to derail a GOP takeover of Congress this election cycle. You're up, Chris Hayes.
.@chrislhayes: "I feel confident in predicting that if Republicans win control of one or both houses of Congress, they will do everything in their power to sabotage the economy to best set them up to retake the White House in 2024." pic.twitter.com/2UFp9xFKQB
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) October 13, 2022
The reality is a GOP Congress and a Dem President means likely gridlock for two years. Truth be told, that is a much better tactic in battling inflation than printing trillions of dollars while producing nothing.
- Speaking of the floundering Biden administration....
John Kirby confirms Team Biden tried to postpone oil cuts until after midterms.
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 13, 2022
"We presented Saudi Arabia with analysis to show that ... they could easily wait for the next OPEC meeting to see how things developed." https://t.co/jTcFAIZMDB
Hmmm. A U.S. presidential administration suggesting they'd withhold favors from an "ally" if they don't acquiesce to something which could hurt said admin's electoral opposition. Some might say that's an impeachable offense.
- The January 6 Committee has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump, resulting in prog Twitter being on the cusp of climax. Alas, they're going to remain unfulfilled.
IMPORTANT: The congressioanl subpoena of a former president almost certianly will NOT result in Trumps' actual tesitmony. Litigating the subpoena of a former president and the novel separation-of-powers matters it would raise could take years, well past committee sunset date.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 13, 2022
Make no mistake: This was merely a ploy to help give Democrats a little something going into the midterm elections. It won't work given that J6 really is barely on the radar of voters outside of the leftist kook fringe.
I believe Hannah Cox nailed it regarding which areas should be prioritized when conducting investigations.
Things I’d like to see investigated 100 times more than stupid Jan 6th:
— Hannah Cox (@HannahDCox) October 13, 2022
•COVID origins
•Epstein client list
•NSA’s spying program
•The Vegas massacre
•Fraud in stimulus spending programs
•The FBI & DOJ politically targeting citizens as “domestic terrorists”
If any of those incidents had even a remote chance of humiliating Donald Trump, you better believe one or more would be broached.
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I'm in the Seattle area for work this week. I was working in the office of one of my company's subsidiaries on Tuesday as many of the employees were attempting to be productive in the midst of their Seattle Mariners taking on the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the A.L. Division Series.
Everyone was fired up as the M's took a 7-3 into the bottom of the eight. But the excitement turned to angst when the Astros cut the lead to 7-5 in the eighth. Then the angst to utter despair when Houston's Yordan Alvarez hit a 2-out, 3-run homer with two outs to give the Astron an improbable 8-7 win.
I'm not sure it made people feel any better, but I explained to them that not only is my favorite MLB team not in the postseason but that they currently hold the record for consecutive postseason losses (one which is still active) at 18. In short, I told them I feel their pain.
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Game 5 of the 2012 National League Division Series - St Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals.
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The Cards rallied from down 6-0 to win this game and the series. It's the largest deficit overcome in a winner-take-all game in MLB postseason history.
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We're officially 30 days out until Election Day, so you'll what we'll be covering on my 2-hour radio show The Closer. The broadcast gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Right at 1:00, GOP MN House candidate Ben Schwanke will stop by. Ben is running in HD 40A, which covers Mounds View, Arden Hills and northern Shoreview & northern New Brighton.
Then at 1:30, GOP MN House candidate Elliott Engen will be in studio. Elliott is running in HD 36A, which includes Lino Lakes, Centerville, North Oaks, White Bear Twp. & Circle Pines.
In the second hour, I'll weigh in on some national political news, including the Republicans' prospects for control of the U.S. Senate.
You can listen in the Twin Cities at AM 1280 or, if you're near downtown Minneapolis/West Metro area, 107.5 FM on your radio dial. In and out of the Minneapolis-St Paul area you can listen to the program on the Internet by clicking this link, or check us out via iheart radio as well as Amazon Alexa (just say "Alexa, play The Patriot Minneapolis"). If you're unable to tune in 1-3 pm, please check out my podcast page for the latest show post.
And if you're so inclined, follow along on Twitter at #NARNShow or "Like" our Facebook page.
Until then.....
It came to my attention in July that I had been punished under old CNN leadership— kept off air since January— for tweeting about Jeffrey Toobin in a Twitter dust-up with Andrew Kaczynski (another CNN employee) regarding our network's coverage of the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting.
You can read about that Twitter fight, here, which — although it got heated and brought in ugly trolling from others — remained basically above board between Kaczynski and me and resulted in no bad blood, as far as I knew, and as I assessed in an after-action debrief over private messages. I suppose some might reasonably conclude that critiquing CNN's coverage in a factual and calm tweet, or arguing with Kaczynski, could have spurred some disciplinary action, as it violates the rule against “shooting inside the tent” among colleagues. But it turns out that didn’t do me in. Rather, I’m told, “when it got to the comments about Jeffrey Toobin…everyone wanted a bit of a breather.”
If you'll recall, Toobin, who was CNN's top legal contributor, was suspended for...ahem....."interrogating his little witness" while on a Zoom meeting with colleagues from his fulltime gig at The New Yorker. However, he was brought back to CNN less than a year later, a development which Ham herself noticed.
In case you're wondering, as I did, how my punishment for tweeting about Toobin compares to Toobin's suspension for his offense, I can tell you. He was off air for eight months; I was off for seven. One month was the difference between punishment for jacking off at work versus commenting on the inadvisability of jacking off at work.
It's pretty obvious why CNN was hesitant to tell MK she had been suspended. She no doubt would have used her platform to point out this gross injustice, the kind of publicity that the floundering network certainly didn't desire. So when Ham was finally cued in on why she wasn't informed about the suspension she had no idea she was under, the rationale was left wanting.
I was told it was Jeff Zucker, now gone, who put (the suspension) order in place and a deputy, also gone, who kept it there. I was also told I wasn't informed of the network's displeasure because I had just had a baby and someone in the old leadership thought I might be a "loose cannon." Not as loose as Toobin's, but I digress.
(Look, if you’re gonna tell a grown-ass woman her former bosses thought her postpartum state made it problematic to inform her of routine information about her employment, she is entitled to the occasional penis pun.)
Nothing like a self-proclaimed "progressive" network not sharing bad news with a woman out of fear she might display stereotypical female emotions.
As MK also chronicled in this piece, it's rather ironic that CNN was all too willing to have her come on and discuss the reckoning of the many big name perpetrators in the #MeToo fallout, yet she was banished the millisecond she called out a prominent offender within the network's own camp.
The old bosses at CNN certainly didn't deserve Mary Katharine Ham anyways. Here's hoping the new brass has earned her invaluable service.
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DeSantis has been a critic of Biden on nearly every policy front. But he sure does like the president's wallet.
— POLITICO (@politico) October 3, 2022
Over the past two years, DeSantis’ admin received billions in federal relief cash, which the governor has used to fund his top priorities.https://t.co/pmzBGQpz2e
Uhhh....the president's wallet?????? First off, the President doesn't control the purse strings (though, to be fair, Joe Biden's attempt to "cancel" student debt via Executive fiat may give people that impression). This is money allocated to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) specifically used to aid state and local governments amid a disaster. If you've seen footage of the parts of Florida ravaged by Hurricane Ian, the carnage was definitely too much for state and local jurisdictions to handle. And secondly the money comes from tax payers. That Politico tweet frames it as if Daddy Biden doles out allowance to good boys and girls (Oof. Given the current President's tendencies, I apologize for that imagery).
- Old and busted: Bake the cake, bigot.
New hotness: Why y'all homophobes not packin' the theaters to see my gay RomCom?!?!?
Billy Eichner's new romcom (entitled "Bros") completely bombed at the box office -- and he appears to be chalking it up to homophobia across the country.
"That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately. Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is."
Going out on a limb here: I'm not sure it's the best marketing strategy to label people as homophobes just because this kind of genre isn't their thing.
- Just two months ago I would have bet against the prospects of Republicans taking control of the U.S. Senate this election cycle. However, their odds have improved greatly since that time given the Dems' lunacy and vapidity has been on full display (that, and abortion wasn't quite the wedge issue they believed it to be).
All that being said, the GOP's Senate takeover hinged strongly on candidate Herschel Walker ousting incumbent Dem Raphael Warnock. Given that Walker had pulled ahead of Warnock recently (as well as Republican Adam Laxalt overtaking Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada), the Republicans appeared to have a margin for error in the event one GOP-held seat (i.e. Pennsylvania) flipped to the Dems.
Now?
Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion, likening it to murder and claiming there should be “no exception” for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
But the Republican candidate has supported at least one exception—for himself.
A woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns told The Daily Beast that after she and Walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009 he urged her to get an abortion. The woman said she had the procedure and that Walker reimbursed her for it.
She supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a “get well” card from Walker, and a bank deposit receipt that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from Walker.
I'm still not 100% convinced this sinks Walker simply because Warnock himself is atrocious as well as has his own baggage. But where Warnock has the advantage is his ads attacking Walker have been effective. Thus far, Walker has yet to put forth a coherent response.
And just like that, it would appear that it's up to Dr. Mehmet Oz (R-PA) to put the Republicans in the majority. While that would have sounded absolutely insane just a couple of months ago, Cook Political Report on Tuesday officially updated Oz's race against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman from "Leans Democrat" to "Toss up."
What a time to be alive.
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New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates - August 6, 1988.
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Last week, Miami Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier committed 3 balks in a game. That hadn't been done since that August '88 contest when Pirates hurler Jim Gott accomplished that dubious feat.
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A little more than 5 weeks until Election Day, so the candidate-palooza ramps up on my radio show The Closer. The 2-hour bonanza gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
Today's guest lineup:
1:00: Marla Helseth - GOP candidate for MN Senate District 49 (Eden Prairie, southern Minnetonka).
1:30: Karin Housley - GOP candidate for MN Senate District 33 (Stillwater Twp., Marine on St. Croix, Scandia, Forest Lake, Hugo and Mahtomedi).
2:00: Ryan Wilson - GOP candidate for MN State Auditor.
2:15: Jim Bean - GOP candidate for MN Senate District 56 (Apple Valley, most of Rosemount and southeast portion of Eagan).
