{"id":88495,"date":"2024-10-14T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88495"},"modified":"2024-10-14T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T12:16:15","slug":"the-walz-campaign-in-two-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88495","title":{"rendered":"The Walz Campaign In Two Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How It Started<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hard to tell who was more excited for the pheasant opener today \u2014 me or the pup! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S24CjjHqtC\">pic.twitter.com\/S24CjjHqtC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz\/status\/1845170880395063506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This, of course, is the campaign Tim Walz is used to running: carefully curated photos of him holding animals, being fed corn dogs by Peggy Flanagan, and occasionally spouting risible strawmen via social media.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An &#8220;Instagram&#8221; Governor.<\/p>\n<p>The bit above may be the perfect metaphor for Tim Walz, 2004-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How It&#8217;s Going<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klink, while pheasant hunting with &#8220;influencers&#8221; over the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Command Sergeant Major\u2019 ready for duty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uY1VojeTET\">pic.twitter.com\/uY1VojeTET<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrageDustin\/status\/1845207247464649063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I&#8217;ll give him half a pass on this:  automatic shotguns are a pain in the ass.  I hate &#8217;em.  And they are <em>nothing <\/em>like handling an M16\/M4, the &#8220;weapons of war&#8221; Walz carried in the Guard and on the war-ravaged (checks notes) airfields of Italy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But only half a pass.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because when you&#8217;ve curated your entire public image as being a &#8220;progressive&#8221; who also fixes gutters and eats Fair Food and dresses like Elmer Fudd and shoots things for fun, one might think you&#8217;d take a little care &#8211; maybe check the piece over before the cameras show up &#8211; and maybe get it right when doing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;y&#8217;know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;your big instagram op.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How It Started This, of course, is the campaign Tim Walz is used to running: carefully curated photos of him holding animals, being fed corn dogs by Peggy Flanagan, and occasionally spouting risible strawmen via social media. 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