I agree and most of that has to do with the residents of Pennsylvania on the Evangelical Right being a bunch of mouth-breathing retards.
Don't believe me?
Okay, consider the following:
1.) Fetterman, despite suffering a stroke, beat Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was personally endorsed by your favorite orange assclown. As you may or may not know, Oz only narrowly won the nomination in the Primary, despite Trump's endorsement, because he is a carpetbagging TV quack doctor.
2.) The individual Oz beat, Dave McCormick, is also arguably a carpetbagger. However, McCormick was actually born and grew up in Pennsylvania, specifically the Pittsburgh area---an area that Fetterman easily won and where swinging just a small percentage of the vote would have likely changed the outcome.
After all, McCormick came within a hair of winning the nomination, despite not having the endorsement of the orange assclown.
3.) Pennsylvania Republicans also nominated Doug Mastriano, also endorsed by the orange assclown, to run against Josh Shapiro...who looks like he'd be credited in a movie as, "Generic Accountant," or something.
Mastriano is so aggressively right wing, in fact, that he had this to say in 2018:
https://americanindependent.com/doug...2022-election/
Quote:
Mastriano has said he believes same-sex marriage should be illegal. In a 2018 interview with News Talk 103.7 FM, a Pennsylvania conservative talk radio station, an interviewer asks Mastriano, "Should gay marriage be legal?"
"Absolutely not. I'm for traditional marriage, and I am not a hater for saying that," Mastriano says. "It's been like that for 6,000 years. It was the first institution founded by God in Genesis, and it needs to stay that way."
In fairness, perhaps Mastriano didn't think running for Governor would ever be in his future, but if he did, the fact that he didn't think this answer would torch him is beyond belief stupid!
I mean, his defense is literally invoking the Bible! What a fucking moke!
Besides that, as PA Governor, there's literally nothing Mastriano could do about gay marriage anyway, not that the average Republican would know that, because the SCOTUS made it settled law back in 2015---long before Mastriano gave Democrats a free win with this soundbite.
Think about it: Why would you say something that is going to lose you Centrists and not gain you any Evangelicals because you already have the Evangelical vote anyway? It's like everything Mastriano has said for the last four years has been designed to LOSE him as many potential votes as possible.
4.) Furthermore, Mastriano was very clear in his position that he thinks abortion should be banned and gives no way for exceptions under any conditions. In fact, Mastriano made the issue his #1 priority.
Keep in mind, this is in a state where a simple majority of residents believe abortion should be legal in ALL cases, and of the minority who is opposed (to any extent) even some of those people believe it should sometimes be legal.
In fact, there was a public vote on a state Constitution that soundly failed which would have added verbiage that only said nothing in the state's Constitution protects a right to abortion. The vote to add this verbiage failed in the liberal bastion of:
https://www.wlwt.com/article/electio...ights/41831251
Kentucky!!!
Ahahahahahahaha!!!! Fucking Evangelicals losing at every possible turn. I love it!
Anyway, yeah, an issue that can't even succeed in Kentucky was Mastriano's main campaign focus. The one thing I will say is: at least he's honest. That's probably only because he's too stupid to know how to lie.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I agree with you. There should be a great many AP opportunities in Pennsylvania given the fact that so many of the state's residents, namely those on the Evangelical Right, are just so...so...hopelessly stupid.
I mean, the Republicans in this state can't even beat a stroke victim...even when the candidate going up against him has Trump's endorsement! How humiliating!
They also run someone for Governor who would be an extremist on right-wing social policy...if this were 2005. By 2022 standards, he's just nuts.
Evangelicals just can't get out of their own way! We've had runaway inflation for two years, we're going to enter a severe recession literally any minute....THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE VICTORY!!!
Instead, it's looking like Democrats are slightly favored to retain the Senate you fucking losers. It looks like Shapiro is going to beat Mastriano by about a dozen points---probably election fraud, right?
Republicans might not net a gain in Governors!!!???
Fucking pathetic, man. No wonder you're upset.
Listen, just go to the Evangelical Right and tell them we campaign on economics and economics ONLY! Concede all social issues. Then you will win. That's all you have to do. Evangelicals are just too stupid to do it. You won't lose the Evangelical vote; just use the word, "God," in a sentence once or twice and you'll be fine. Maybe hold up a Bible once.