At first I thought it was mere tokenism that a Black man as clueless as Herschel Walker could receive any support from within the GOP. But yes, you're spot on in seeing the racism and exploitation by party leaders who are so desperate to get control of the Senate that they would support the most pathetically ignorant and morally bankrupt…
At first I thought it was mere tokenism that a Black man as clueless as Herschel Walker could receive any support from within the GOP. But yes, you're spot on in seeing the racism and exploitation by party leaders who are so desperate to get control of the Senate that they would support the most pathetically ignorant and morally bankrupt Black man imaginable. Black men like Herschel Walker used to lapse into obscurity and live off their sports hero image. Somebody persuaded Walker that he could be a US Senator even though he is embarrassingly unintelligent, and you can bet at least one white southerner saw him as a potentially very useful idiot. All they need is for him to win an election, even if he resigns a month later. Never have I seen such craven scheming.
At first I thought it was mere tokenism that a Black man as clueless as Herschel Walker could receive any support from within the GOP. But yes, you're spot on in seeing the racism and exploitation by party leaders who are so desperate to get control of the Senate that they would support the most pathetically ignorant and morally bankrupt Black man imaginable. Black men like Herschel Walker used to lapse into obscurity and live off their sports hero image. Somebody persuaded Walker that he could be a US Senator even though he is embarrassingly unintelligent, and you can bet at least one white southerner saw him as a potentially very useful idiot. All they need is for him to win an election, even if he resigns a month later. Never have I seen such craven scheming.
my opinions about Walker have evolved in pretty much the same way; same timing as well.