 In his Senate race against Dr. Oz, John Fetterman has constructed a robust policy platform that's substantive and specifically addresses the needs of the working class in Pennsylvania, so he's absolutely, without question, won the policy war. But another war that he's winning is the meme war, which is important in 2022 American politics. So, for those of you who haven't been following John Fetterman on Twitter, he has been trolling the hell out of Dr. Oz, and it is hilarious because he is relentless. For example, he made fun of this cringe-worthy ad that Dr. Oz released during the GOP primary where he claims, quote, I've been shooting and hunting my whole life, and nobody believed him. And, you know, John Fetterman spoke to this saying, we totally believed you, dude. Now, also, he responded to a tweet from Dr. Oz, where he's seen with business owners from Pennsylvania, Pat and Gino, and John Fetterman essentially calls him a carpet bagger, which he is, by the way, saying, ah, yes, the trip to Pat's and Gino's are right of passage for every tourist. And that's just what he did this past week. We haven't really even scratched the surface. I've done videos about this. So if you want to watch more videos, you can check our back catalog. But basically, Dr. Oz realized that he's getting dunked on ruthlessly and he's got to respond somehow. But the problem is, and I've said this before, Dr. Oz is essentially the Republican equivalent of Hillary Clinton. To elitist, to out of touch, whenever he tries to appear personable and relatable, it comes off as cringe-worthy and awkward. So, you know, it's difficult for him to try to meme because he doesn't know what dank may-may's the peasants like. But regardless, you can't just seed John Fetterman ground in the meme war. You've got to participate, right? So regardless, Dr. Oz has tried to, you know, post a couple of dank memes himself, and it didn't go too well. So for example, he posted a gif of Zach Alfenakis with the caption, John Fetterman calculating how he will push the Commonwealth toward socialism. That's not what Pennsylvanians need or want. Now, as you can see, he got ratioed into oblivion for this extremely stupid tweet, and people in the replies were shitting on him in another tweet. Dr. Oz writes, Friday Fact, John Fetterman will befriend Bernie Sanders in the Senate. He will follow Bernie's lead and be his sidekick. Pennsylvania and America cannot afford to have another Bernie in the Senate. Now, not only did he get ratioed again, but people pointed out how he himself befriended Bernie Sanders when he brought Bernie Sanders on his show. So on one hand, you can't just ignore the meme battle that's being waged because it's hilarious and it's making you look like a clown. But when he tries to respond, it doesn't go well. And this is somebody who has millions of followers on Twitter. And for all of the tweets that he gets ratioed in, like this shouldn't happen when you have that many fans, apparently. But regardless, you know, what he's putting down, people aren't picking up. But John Fetterman, I think, has definitively won the meme war by doing something that is so creative that I've never seen a politician do before. He booked a cameo from Snooki of the Jersey Shore and had her send Dr. Oz a message. Now, for those of you who aren't familiar with cameo, basically, this is a service where you can pay a celebrity to send a message to someone. You can either have them tell somebody happy birthday, send them well wishes. Good luck. Congratulations. Whatever you want. Now, Snooki charges three hundred dollars, so John Fetterman enlisted her to send a video to Dr. Oz. And I've got to say this was a plus. Take a look. Hey, this is Nicole Snooki. And I'm from Jersey Shore. I don't know if you've seen of it before, but I'm a hot mess on a reality show, basically, and I enjoy life. But I heard that you move from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to look for a new job. And personally, I don't know why anyone would want to leave Jersey because it's like the best place ever. And we're all hot messes, but I want to say best of luck to you. I know you're away from home and you're in a new place, but Jersey will not forget you. I just want to let you know I will not forget you. And don't worry because you'll be back home in Jersey soon. This is only temporary. So good luck. You got this and Jersey loves you. Now, this is a couple of days old now. So I'm assuming most of you have seen this. I've watched it so many times and every single time it's just it is perfect. So there's certain things that you could put in your request and the line that John Fetterman's team included of how this is just temporary and you'll be back in Jersey soon. Just brilliant chefs kiss. Absolutely brilliant. So listen, I think that with the way that campaigns have evolved in the United States, they've evolved in some bad ways, where you have to raise a lot of money in order to win. But they've also became a lot more informal in large part, thanks to individuals like Bernie Sanders and even Donald Trump, who don't take themselves too seriously, don't come off as polished politicians. So as a result, campaigns have kind of gotten a lot more stupid, but in some ways they've improved in the sense that they've gotten more fun. Candidates oftentimes don't take themselves as seriously. You absolutely must offer policy substance and have a good platform. But at the same time, you can have fun and shit on your opponent if they are a terrible opponent. And that's what John Fetterman is doing. And I think that this is helping him and see a lot of the things that get people one over just normal people, you know, one over is humor. And, you know, this is one thing that over the years, the alt-right and anti-SJW YouTubers have done to radicalize a lot of young people. They post memes and these memes are terrible. They're oftentimes racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, whatever. But they use humor. Even if it's horrible humor, that's kind of what lures people in. So I think that the left has got to emulate that strategy, albeit in our own way, and use humor as a way to pull in normal people. Use humor to let people know that we're not this caricature. That the right likes to portray us as we have fun, too. We mean we shit on people and we're pretty ruthless if you've been following leftists for a long time. So I think that John Fetterman is creating a blueprint for campaigns, not just when it comes to policy, because that's number one. But when it comes to just having fun and shitting on your opponent, letting people know in a really clever and unique way how out of touch these elitist politicians are. And, you know, with Dr. Oz, John Fetterman kind of has an easy target in him, but I do think that people, leftists in particular who are running these campaigns have to do the same thing in general elections and also against incumbent Democrats when they're running these primary campaigns. Don't be afraid to hit below the belt from time to time. Use memes to demonstrate, you know, a point. I think that this is important. I hate the overly rehearsed, overly focused group tested, you know, slogans that politicians come up with that stuff. It just drives me nuts. It feels so disingenuous, so inauthentic. Don't be afraid to be yourself in these campaigns. We can use humor, we can use more than just policy to win people over. And John Fetterman is proving that this is a winning strategy. Now, the election isn't over yet, but currently he's in the lead. And I think that he's running an excellent campaign and he's proving that Dr. Oz doesn't know what he's doing. He's out of touch. He can't relate to people. And in an inadvertent way, this is what the meme war is proving that Dr. Oz is in above his head and he's not like you and I. He's an out of touch, rich, multi-millionaire, and he doesn't know what you're dealing with. He doesn't know what makes you tick. He doesn't know what makes you laugh. And that's why he can't be your senator because he doesn't know what you need more importantly. Do you enjoy watching independent news shows like The Humanist Report, The Rational National and The Majority Report? But oftentimes YouTube doesn't deliver our videos to your subscription box. Well, I've got a solution for you. It's called the Opt-Out app available right now in the iOS app store coming soon to Android. 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