Inside the Herschel Walker campaign fiasco

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Inside the Herschel Walker campaign fiasco
Emma Hurt

   Back in August during the heat of one of the most important Senate races in the country, Herschel Walker's campaign staffers were preoccupied with a dog.

Why it matters: Walker's scandal-plagued Georgia Senate campaign was as chaotic and troubled behind the scenes as it seemed from the outside, according to conversations with nearly a dozen campaign officials.

    "Alvin the Beagle" was a star of Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign ads, and Walker and his wife, Julie Blanchard Walker, wanted the world to know that Alvin wasn't Warnock's dog.
    Incredulous staff ultimately complied with crafting a digital ad on the subject to appease them.

Staffers allege Blanchard Walker — aided by unpaid campaign co-chair Michele Braddock-Beagle — ran a "shadow campaign" and refused to cede control of key strategy decisions to experienced, paid staff.

    "I don't think any of us has been OK," one campaign official told Axios. "It was just an effing roller coaster all the way through."
    Staffers said they had incomplete or no warning on the scandals that plagued Walker.
    Most still don't know what to believe of his many denials.


The other side: In response to a request for comment to Blanchard Walker, Timmy Teepell, who identified himself as a Walker campaign senior strategist, said:

    “This coordinated attack by disgruntled anonymous campaign staffers is unseemly, dishonest and unethical.  Julie is a professional, energetic, and unwavering defender of her husband as she should be, and Herschel was a tireless campaigner who outworked everyone.“
    “The cowardly folks engaged in this dishonest whisper campaign should quit politics for the good of the country.”

A request for comment to Braddock-Beagle was not returned.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

 

Run a Texas carpetbagger with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) for US Senate in Georgia.  What could possibly go wrong?

In the Werewolf vs Vampire debate, he ignored Mummies, Frankenstein, and Godzilla.

[catfish1957]

    "Alvin the Beagle" was a star of Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign ads

I guess this one got past Faucii.......   

[Hoodat]

The other side: In response to a request for comment to Blanchard Walker, Timmy Teepell, who identified himself as a Walker campaign senior strategist, said:

    “This coordinated attack by disgruntled anonymous campaign staffers is unseemly, dishonest and unethical.  Julie is a professional, energetic, and unwavering defender of her husband as she should be, and Herschel was a tireless campaigner who outworked everyone.“
    “The cowardly folks engaged in this dishonest whisper campaign should quit politics for the good of the country.”

The only worthwhile statements in this article.

[BellyAche]

"In the Werewolf vs Vampire debate, he ignored Mummies, Frankenstein, and Godzilla."

I'm for Gojira!

[Hoodat]

Run a Texas carpetbagger with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) for US Senate in Georgia.  What could possibly go wrong?

That word 'carpetbaggger'.  I don't think it means what you think it means.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

So, Warnock had a dog named alvie the beagle. And Walker had a staffer named beagle, but in name only?

[BellyAche]

There tends to be grumbling with campaign staff after a loss. However it's viewed, Walker was till a weak candidate. He could have outworked his staff and gotten unfailing support from his wife but this couldn't erase his inexperience, lack of political skill, and public speaking miscues. His concession speech was well done.

[Hoodat]

Public speaking miscues?

[BellyAche]

Public speaking miscues?

To me miscues are rambling speeches. (The reference has been referred to elsewhere.) Walker's "chit-chat" way of speaking was rather adolescent for a Senatorial candidate. He just didn't have the background to be successful and has some ugly baggage to boot (personal and professional), known by his consultants before he ran for office.

Choosing to rehash the plot of a film he said he recently watched late at night, whose title he remembered as “Fright Night, Freak Night, or some type of night”, he said in rambling remarks: “I don’t know if you know, but vampires are some cool people, are they not? But let me tell you something that I found out: a werewolf can kill a vampire. Did you know that? I never knew that."

[Hoodat]

To me miscues are rambling speeches. (The reference has been referred to elsewhere.) Walker's "chit-chat" way of speaking was rather adolescent for a Senatorial candidate. He just didn't have the background to be successful and has some ugly baggage to boot (personal and professional), known by his consultants before he ran for office.

Did you watch his debate performance?  He mopped the floor with Warnock.

[BellyAche]

Personal opinion about a human being is a personal opinion. I've watched/heard Walker throughout the campaign. To my mind he's an uneducated man who ran on name recognition only. Everyone has their opinion and way of seeing things. I've no more to say about someone I see as unfit for office. Onward to the next chapter!

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Personal opinion about a human being is a personal opinion. I've watched/heard Walker throughout the campaign. To my mind he's an uneducated man who ran on name recognition only. Everyone has their opinion and way of seeing things. I've no more to say about someone I see as unfit for office. Onward to the next chapter!

From what I hear, a lot of Georgians agreed with you, and the election results concur. I'm sure he's a great guy. He has a future at fox if he wants.

[Hoodat]

Personal opinion about a human being is a personal opinion. I've watched/heard Walker throughout the campaign. To my mind he's an uneducated man who ran on name recognition only.

I agree with that.  But he also exceeded expectations.  He was knowledgeable on the issues, and handled himself well during the campaign.  Maybe if the State GOP had gotten behind him instead of working against him, he would have won.

[Free Vulcan]

Walker also got outspent by Warnock 3-1 in campaign money, that doesn't even include outside spending.

Warnock barely won a runoff.

Most of the major GOP candidates got outspent by as much 8-1 and still came within single digits.

Why were our candidates so underfunded?

[catfish1957]

Walker also got outspent by Warnock 3-1 in campaign money, that doesn't even include outside spending.

Warnock barely won a runoff.

Most of the major GOP candidates got outspent by as much 8-1 and still came within single digits.

Why were our candidates so underfunded?

Ask Turdle and the boatload he sent MurCOWski as one example.

[libertybele]

Ask Turdle and the boatload he sent MurCOWski as one example.

Exactly.  McConnell strikes again.

[Free Vulcan]

Ask Turdle and the boatload he sent MurCOWski as one example.

Definitely part of it. But we had great Governor candidates like Tudor Dixon that barely had the money to run a statewide campaign for a state like Michigan. She was outraised 5-1 and only lost by a 5 point swing.

That doesn't include the outside groups.

Where the heck was Ronna?

[Hoodat]

Walker also got outspent by Warnock 3-1 in campaign money, that doesn't even include outside spending.

Warnock barely won a runoff.

The Dems funneled $175 million into that race.  The US Senate is up for sale.  The only question that remains is how much of that $175 million came from the Inflation Reduction Act?

[Free Vulcan]

The only question that remains is how much of that $175 million came from the Inflation Reduction Act?

Guessing whatever they needed that they couldn't funnel from the Ukraine and FTX.