• WrittenInRed [any]
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        2 days ago

        Yeah, I think the warning signs were always there, especially the whole “threating a black guy with a fucking shotgun” incident, but people hated Oz (for obvious reasons) and were super excited for a down to earth, progressive, everyday person. He has said the stroke made him more conservative, but honestly he was always kinda a rascist asshole and just used the veneer of an everday working class Philadelphian for optics imo. Even so, he’s a massive disappointment and I really hope PA can primary him in 2026 2028 for an actual progressive.

    • @[email protected]
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      162 days ago

      I think a lot of his percieved political views during the campaign were mostly ascribed to him, and he never denied anything hoping that it’d win him the election.

      Well, turned out that he, like any other candidate, will say whatever needs to be said to win.

      But at least he’s not Dr Oz.

      • Flying Squid
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        That’s the worst part of this really… the alternative was still far worse.

    • dudeami0
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      It’s a problem for anyone entering politics. It takes incredible resolve and character to resist selling out. He just didn’t have what it takes.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 days ago

        Ooor like many politicians he just put on a progressive facade for people to vote him, until he got enough influence to sell himself to the highest bidder. And AIPAC pays their prostitutes well.

    • Sabata
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      Brain damage from the stroke made him a drooling idiot with a flexible knee.