Perdue Ditches Final Debate After Ossoff Roasts Him, Flees To Trump Rally Instead | Talking Points Memo

Why the Fuck wasn’t every R Senator roasted like this? For the last whole year. I am not sure who is advising Ossoff, or gave him the go ahead. 1 week before the election is a little late but damn…the Ds nationally could use Osoff’s guidance. He just publicly made a powerful R megarich GA Senator run and hide.

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Bo Pilgrim said he can’t stand a fat yellow chicken. David Perdue proved he’s fat yellow chicken-fried chicken. Ossoff DID roast him!

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It stops the bleeding reality of being the Loser again in another debate. No net gain, but no net loss either.

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I didn’t know that Gallus Gallus domesticus was a gender)

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Perdue is shown with an American flag covering his face. That is a straight up insult to the symbol of our country way worse in my humble estimation than burning one. This guy is getting his snot all over that flag folks. I’m not being snarky. I am quite serious. This is not how the flag should ever be treated. It isn’t clothing or a hanky no matter what Perdue thinks.
I should add my family has a military back ground. Every male over 18 but me has served. My lovely Mrs darr is a Navy vet as well. We do not treat the flag that way.

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He seemed to justify calling his Republican opponent a crook.

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Tip off that this is an “If You’re Explaining, You’re Losing” strategy:

The explanation was Term Paper length

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It really is.

The flag should be a symbol for what we stand for, not a snotrag.

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Perdue is no Good ol’ boy…he is one of those job cutting, bonus collecting, plant shuttering CEOs.

Perdue left Reebok in June 2002 to become the CEO of PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company.[18] The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy with a heavy debt load and an underfunded pension liability. Unable to obtain additional funding from the company’s investors or find a buyer for the company, he left the company in 2003 after nine months on the job and $1.7 million in compensation.[ citation needed ] Pillowtex closed several months later, leaving 7,650 workers out of work nationwide. With more than 4,000 jobs lost statewide, Pillowtex’s closure resulted in the largest single-day job loss in North Carolina history at the time.[19]

After leaving Pillowtex, Perdue became CEO of Dollar General.[20] Before he joined the company, it had recently overstated profits by $100 million and paid $162 million to settle shareholder lawsuits. Perdue overhauled the company’s inventory line and logistics network and updated its marketing strategy. After initially closing hundreds of stores, the company doubled its stock price and opened 2,600 new stores.[3] Perdue is credited for arranging the sale of Dollar General in 2007 to private equity investors KKR. He reportedly earned $42 million after the deal and Dollar General paid millions of dollars to settle shareholder lawsuits alleging that Perdue and other executives undersold shareholders.[21]

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And btw, although it probably isn’t kosher to remark on one thread from another, I couldn’t agree more with your opinion on LBJ. He’s certainly one of the greatest presidents. The Robert Caro books are awesome and if you haven’t read them (or at least the first two), I highly recommend.

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When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled…

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By Gawd, standing there and calling him a crook. Scintillating. The Pinnacle.

Live and unfiltered. Like oxygen to this poor old vertebrate.

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This pisses me off. I am gonna send an email to that fucking turd.

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Even Bob’s shopping-lists are worth reading.

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To you and me both, @dicktater, to you and me both.

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Ossoff’s really good. Not all of the candidates can hold their own as well as others. Lord, I’d love to see Pete B in a debate with Lindsay or one of these guys. Does anyone know what is happening with the Maine race? I haven’t read much about it lately.

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That is the beauty of calling him a crook. You could have done it 25 years ago, 5 yrs ago, or yesterday…he answers to it. You just throw it out there. It forces him to either try to explain, or ask to which of the many felonies do you refer?

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Now that you mention it … a debate between Buttigieg and Ossoff would be excellent.

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Oh man, this lowest common denominator stuff writes itself…

Booook, book, boook, boooawk.

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Bonus points for referencing McConnell’s necrotic hands!

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