The boring, wonky (but probably correct) answer is that Loeffler was a uniquely bad candidate. She was appointed, had never run a campaign before, and ran as a hard-MAGA lunatic whose only accomplishment in the Senate for the one year she was there was massive insider trading. Even your typical lanyard libs knew Warnock was gonna have better numbers than Ossoff.
The thing that gets me about Kelly Loeffler is how uniquely phony she was.
You had this woman who has a net worth of $800 million try to act stereotypically rural, namely wearing clothes and participating in activities that were more "rural".
If she may have just acted and presented herself as she normally would have, just as somebody who owns the libs, she may have been elected to continue her term. I mean, you didn't see Donald Trump dressing up like somebody from Hee Haw or acting like he was a regular at the local shooting range.
The problem is if she did that she would have lost the primary. She was up against congressman Doug Collins who is a staunch Trump ally (Trump asked Kemp to appoint Collins, Kemp appointed Loeffler because "suburban woman amirite"). Loeffler won the primary 26% to 20% (it's a jungle primary so that's why the numbers are small) with help from MAGA loons to fend off Collins. That sealed her fate in the general, though.
I guess what I meant was that Loeffler would have been smart to essentially just be a female Trump, rather than doing the whole faux-country act.
Loeffler won the primary 26% to 20% (it’s a jungle primary so that’s why the numbers are small) with help from MAGA loons to fend off Collins. That sealed her fate in the general, though.
The Republicans will continue to have an issue in the coming years where, in order to win a statewide election, you need to appeal to people beyond chuds. However, to win the Republican nomination in that same election, you need to be a complete Breitbart-esque moron.
The Republicans will continue to have an issue in the coming years where, in order to win a statewide election, you need to appeal to people beyond chuds. However, to win the Republican nomination in that same election, you need to be a complete BreitbartDrudge Report-esque moron.
The boring, wonky (but probably correct) answer is that Loeffler was a uniquely bad candidate. She was appointed, had never run a campaign before, and ran as a hard-MAGA lunatic whose only accomplishment in the Senate for the one year she was there was massive insider trading. Even your typical lanyard libs knew Warnock was gonna have better numbers than Ossoff.
Yeah she was a historically bad senator honestly and that says a lot considering they’re all senators in the US
The thing that gets me about Kelly Loeffler is how uniquely phony she was.
You had this woman who has a net worth of $800 million try to act stereotypically rural, namely wearing clothes and participating in activities that were more "rural".
If she may have just acted and presented herself as she normally would have, just as somebody who owns the libs, she may have been elected to continue her term. I mean, you didn't see Donald Trump dressing up like somebody from Hee Haw or acting like he was a regular at the local shooting range.
The problem is if she did that she would have lost the primary. She was up against congressman Doug Collins who is a staunch Trump ally (Trump asked Kemp to appoint Collins, Kemp appointed Loeffler because "suburban woman amirite"). Loeffler won the primary 26% to 20% (it's a jungle primary so that's why the numbers are small) with help from MAGA loons to fend off Collins. That sealed her fate in the general, though.
I guess what I meant was that Loeffler would have been smart to essentially just be a female Trump, rather than doing the whole faux-country act.
The Republicans will continue to have an issue in the coming years where, in order to win a statewide election, you need to appeal to people beyond chuds. However, to win the Republican nomination in that same election, you need to be a complete Breitbart-esque moron.
100% agreed there. Your average Republican primary voter is a bleach-guzzling QAnon maniac.
-some lib circa 2010
That was me in 2008 (re: McCain vs Obama), actually, lol
lol yeah I was speaking from experience too
Her rural thing reminds me of how Jason Kenney in Alberta would show up to events in a massive lifted pickup truck wearing a cowboy hat.
She's also a shrill, uncharismatic, rich white woman and voters in general prefer white men over white women.
It's less that Ossoff is bad, and more than Loeffler is.
hopefully she runs again so we can see more banger ads like this https://twitter.com/kloeffler/status/1308114691387019266
Atilla the Hun, known opponent of big government
huge first amendment guy too