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Dr. Oz Launches Bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican

[NATIONALREVIEW] Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician best known as the host of the Dr. Oz Show, announced Tuesday that he is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican.

"During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions. That’s why I am running for the U.S. Senate: to help fix the problems and to help us heal," Oz wrote in a column published in the Washington Examiner.

The 61-year-old heart surgeon joins a crowded Republican primary field vying to succeed retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey. Businessman Jeff Bartos and former U.S. ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands have declared their candidacy for the seat, while David McCormick, a former official in the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush, is reportedly eyeing a run, according to CNN
...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for...
The candidates were thrown a curveball in recent weeks when GOP candidate Sean Parnell, who was endorsed by former President Trump, dropped out of the race.

"Pennsylvania needs a conservative who will put America first," Oz said in a short video on his campaign website.

Oz, who was born in Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone,
...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ...
, Ohio to ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish im~~migrants~~ colonists, attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. He rose to prominence as a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show before starting his own syndicated daytime TV show in 2009.

In his campaign video, Oz hit the federal response to COVID-19, saying the pandemic had been mishandled by "elites" who "closed our parks, shuttered our schools, shut down our businesses, and took away our freedom.’’

"Washington got it wrong," said Oz, who regularly appeared on Fox News to discuss COVID-19.

Posted by Fred 2021-12-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 A couple positives for Dr Oz:
Not a politician or lawyer
Successful second generation America (probably appreciates American values more than most)
Very good speaker, name recognition and camera savvy

A few concerns:
No prior strong political leanings so most likely a future RINO
Friend of Oprah

Posted by Airandee 2021-12-01 06:44|| 2021-12-01 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 This is about dividing the Republican vote to throw the seat to the dems. Nothing else.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-01 07:28|| 2021-12-01 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 also negative is his hawking potions and stuff with marginal benefits and marginal problems and pretending they have only great benefits

actually politicians do that with laws and policy all the time

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-12-01 08:29|| 2021-12-01 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 He's nothing but a snake oil salesman. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

Posted by Chris 2021-12-01 10:08|| 2021-12-01 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 This entrepreneur prolly saw what the Senate did for the Manchin family's Epipen-based fortune and sensed a business opportunity

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-01 11:18|| 2021-12-01 11:18|| Front Page Top

#6 The interesting bit is that he decided to run as a Republican, even though all right-thinking people know that all non-Democrats are monsters.

A stalking horse? Maybe. I would be un-surprised. Or maybe he is just a middle of the road conservative, someone who would have been a Democrat before the party went insane.

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-01 11:27|| 2021-12-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 He and Mitt will get along well.

Posted by Crusader 2021-12-01 14:28|| 2021-12-01 14:28|| Front Page Top

#8 He's getting hammered on Sh*tter with pictures of him with Oprah and Big Mike and past lib positions like supprort for CRT. Question is, I think, is the over-under on him un-announcing to be measured in hours or days?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-01 14:58|| 2021-12-01 14:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Fraud rino. Not to mention carpetbagger who schilled for Moderna. Really a Fraudci light.

Posted by Woodrow 2021-12-01 19:35|| 2021-12-01 19:35|| Front Page Top

#10 No prior strong political leanings so most likely a future RINO
Friend of Oprah

Any right winger in showbiz quickly learns the art of camouflage. No idea what he stands for, but I'm sure we'll be hearing soon enough what he says he does. Fact is, no one who is not the candidate knows until he takes office.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2021-12-01 20:53|| 2021-12-01 20:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Dr. Oz is anti Fauci.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-12-01 21:56|| 2021-12-01 21:56|| Front Page Top

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