August 20, 2022
How Dr. Oz can stage a comeback
By Rajan Laad
Electoral campaigns are always captivating. It is fascinating how the contestants with poor records manage to compel voters to focus on the trivial to conceal their failure on the vital.
It is similar to an illusionist presenting a distraction to deceive his audience into thinking that he did actually pull a rabbit from his hat.
A recent instance of such a deception is occurring in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race.
Back in April, the Republican Senate candidate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, released a video of him buying food items such as broccoli, asparagus, guacamole, and salsa in a grocery store.
https://twitter.com/DrOz/status/1511822274998984709The goal was to highlight how Bidenflation has rendered essential food items unaffordable for regular people.
You would assume that the Democrats would have no counter.
However, Oz's Democrat rival, Pennsylvania lt. gov. John Fetterman's campaign, was quick to point out Oz's blundering of the grocery store’s name. Oz called it Wegner's, which seems like a clumsy fusion of Redner's and Wegmans, two Pennsylvania supermarkets.
The Fetterman campaign also pointed out what Oz referred to as "crudité," which Pennsylvanians would normally call a "veggie tray."
Fetterman's campaign reportedly fundraised more than $500,000 off of the Oz video and $65,000 from one sticker along with the phrase "Wegners: Let Them Eat Crudité."
There were two narratives being pushed.
The first: Oz, who moved there from New Jersey in 2020 in order to run for office, isn't a true Pennsylvanian.
The second: Oz is an elite who is out of touch with the issues faced by regular Pennsylvanians.
Fetterman with his bald head, tattoos, and fondness for hoodies with shorts is attempting to project himself as a regular guy.
Oz claimed he was "exhausted" after 18 hours a day. He then added that he has even "gotten my kids' names wrong" and it "shouldn't be a measure of someone's ability to lead the commonwealth."
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