# Herschel Walker (need I say more?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 7, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861 "2022-10-07T01:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/141 "2022-10-18T16:16:56Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > They still exist, you know! John Kerry isn’t dead yet, is he? Kerry is not part of their tribe anymore. He was not crazy enough for them. > And then they wonder why they keep losing The plan is to either bribe the referees, change the rules of the game, or just steal the championship trophy after the game is over. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/142 "2022-10-18T16:22:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I can understand the tribalism stuff, even if I don’t agree with it, but come on, at least find a member of the tribe that isn’t a complete disaster. _“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.”_ The Democrats do still manage to offer up candidates that aren’t completely terrible, even if they’re not remotely ideal. For example, I can’t really get excited about a Warnock or a Fetterman, but when I look at their Republican opponents - and I mean really consider them on their merits or lack thereof, not just dismissing them because they’re Republicans - there’s no chance I’d want to risk Oz or Walker getting elected as one is nothing more than a lying carpetbagging snake oil salesman and the other is woefully unqualified and desperately needs mental health care. (For the record, I can’t vote in either PA or GA but you get the idea. I’m definitely going with Demings over Rubio in Florida, but I actually like Demings and consider her sufficiently qualified, whereas Rubio has done nothing noteworthy for his constituents while in office beyond a recent bill on algae control.) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/143 "2022-10-18T17:01:17Z")
For some reason whenever I see Herschel walker on camera I can’t shake this feeling that I’m watching a comic relief black side kick caricature from an 80’s sitcom. I can’t quite place who he reminds me of, probably and amalgam of multiple characters, but I expect him to reach out and grab some fried chicken and watermelon. I suspect that this is how he managed to get the Republican nomination, he comes across as the non-threatening black guy who knows his place, even if he is running for Senate. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/144 "2022-10-18T18:03:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Hounds are different than other working dogs who are selected and bred for capabilities that require intelligence, because traditionally their usefulness in scent tracking is innate, so they’re not specifically selected for the ability to learn things. Certain hounds were bred to be independent, and their independence can lead them to be what their owner might consider “disobedient” or “stupid.” It’s just that the hound thinks it knows better. Lifetime owner of dachshunds – bred to be independent thinkers so they can make decisions while they’re underground after the badger. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/145 "2022-10-18T23:01:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He will try to whip up a mini-insurrection, but fail at that in a comical way. It would probably be just like this, but instead of streaking, it’s, “Let’s storm the state capitol and take it over!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/20g3QIUnOgY/maxresdefault.jpg "We're Going Streaking! - Old School (3/9) Movie CLIP (2003) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20g3QIUnOgY) WARNING: Clip not safe for work. It has a lot of Will Ferrell’s butt and some profanity. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/146 "2022-10-18T23:04:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > My prediction for Mr. Walker: > > He will lose the election. > He will refuse to concede. > He will try to whip up a mini-insurrection, but fail at that in a comical way. I also think he’ll lose the election, but confine himself to whining about “racist” Democrats and the news media. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/147 "2022-10-18T23:27:03Z")
OK, great, so it was a real badge! Open-and-shut case, there: Anyone flashing a real police badge who isn’t a police officer is impersonating an officer. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/148 "2022-10-18T23:44:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Anyone flashing a real police badge who isn’t a police officer is impersonating an officer. If they are also claiming to be law enforcement (as Walker is doing) it may even be a crime in Georgia, as far as I can tell. > **[2022 Georgia Code :: Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses :: Chapter 10 - Offenses...](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/section-16-10-23/)** > > Justia Free Databases of US Laws, Codes & Statutes > A person who falsely holds himself out as a peace officer or other public officer or employee with intent to mislead another into believing that he is actually such officer commits the offense of impersonating an officer and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/149 "2022-10-19T00:45:13Z")
Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/150 "2022-10-19T00:51:22Z")
[Herschel doesn’t think insulin is as important as eating right and would have voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/10/15/herschel-walker-asked-about-insulin-costs-says-you-got-to-eat-right/) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/151 "2022-10-19T00:54:59Z")
I object to that Power Rangers article. The person in the picture is clearly the Red _Turbo_ Ranger, not the original Red Ranger. The Turbo Rangers didn’t have the Dinozords. Fuck, why do I know that? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/152 "2022-10-19T01:04:29Z")
> Walker continued with, “Because he may not know and I know many people that’s on insulin, and unless you have eating right, insulin is doing you no good.” Walker went on to say, “ You have to get food prices down and you got to get gas down so that they can go get insulin.” Herschel Walker once had a thought, it ~~died of loneliness~~ committed suicide when it realized who’s brain it was in. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/153 "2022-10-19T01:58:33Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I object to that Power Rangers article. It was not an “article”. I looked at the link and saw “Borowitz”. He is their resident satyrist. And I find it troubling how much exposure Herschel is getting. He is the one being talked about. Raphael is some guy. This is not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/154 "2022-10-19T03:02:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > And I find it troubling how much exposure Herschel is getting. He is the one being talked about. That’s an issue without solution. Anyone who’s unusual gets all the press. If that person is a candidate for office, they’ll be getting far more free publicity than their opponents. The same thing happened in 2016 with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/155 "2022-10-19T05:44:27Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I object to that Power Rangers article. The person in the picture is clearly the Red _Turbo_ Ranger, not the original Red Ranger. The Turbo Rangers didn’t have the Dinozords. I’m glad someone else also recognized that, and also that I wasn’t the first to say it. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/156 "2022-10-19T11:43:51Z")
Because you’re cool! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/157 "2022-10-19T11:56:52Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I object to that Power Rangers article. The person in the picture is clearly the Red _Turbo_ Ranger, not the original Red Ranger. The Turbo Rangers didn’t have the Dinozords. Come on, do you really think, after everything else he’s gotten wrong, that Herschel Walker would get this right? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/158 "2022-10-19T12:05:02Z")
I hate to make fun of someone who’s probably suffered some head trauma, but he’s just such a stooge and doesn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/159 "2022-10-20T17:19:35Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Fuck, why do I know that? And this right here makes you more qualified than Walker. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/160 "2022-10-20T17:40:40Z")
It isn’t weird if everybody does it: > **[Herschel Walker orders 1,000 fake police badges as campaign fund-raising...](https://news.yahoo.com/herschel-walker-orders-1-000-174000242.html)** > > Republican candidate Herschel Walker is hawking fake police badges to supporters in an effort to take advantage of what pundits considered a gaffe in his tight Georgia U.S. Senate race. Days after … > [@](#): > > Republican candidate Herschel Walker is hawking fake police badges to supporters in an effort to take advantage of what pundits considered a gaffe in his tight Georgia U.S. Senate race. > > Days after Walker whipped out an “honorary badge” during a high-stakes debate with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, the retired football star’s campaign ordered 1,000 plastic replica badges that it plans to use as campaign gimmicks. The dumbing down of America continues unabated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861.md?page=9)