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Senate candidate Mehmet Oz is ginning up his own mock controversy over the Philadelphia Inquirers decision to now you might need to sit down to absorb this refer to him in stories by his real first and last names. Its a total and utter outrage that is perfectly suited to the Fox and Friends couch.
Appearing on the Fox News show Monday morning, Oz and the hosts laid the grievance and victimization on thick. Oz tried to paint himself as a fighter against so-called silencing of Republicans in the media.
The Inquirer hates hates that Im empowering you, hates that Im taking on some of the established folks, hates that the entrepreneurial solutions Im offering might make sense, Oz said. They dont like that I say what I see so they want to silence me. I tell you, its shocking that it would make them that uncomfortable this early in the campaign.
Everyone knows him as Dr. Oz, he complained, so its baloney for the Inquirer to suggest that using his household name would give him an unfair advantage.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mehmet-oz-philadelphia-inquirer-pennsylvania-senate-campaign
orwell
(7,775 posts)Barack Hussein Obama was just fine for the Faux Newz bunch...
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Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
(?? used as the proper spelling is not allowed in the DU title field.)
Yes, Oz is the US way he portrays his birth name, which actually has two dots above the Öz
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Bristlecone
(10,133 posts)With his ethnicity a la his name. They definately wont have a problem with his being a grifter.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)I've noticed that he uses his Dr.Oz logo and never uses his full name.
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)PatSeg
(47,589 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,605 posts)So, for instance, someone named William Jones could be listed Bill Jones. He could not be listed as Dr. Jones, Rabbi Jones, or Mr. Jones as they are titles.
Some other states do allow you to be listed by a title or other nickname, but not PA. Perhaps he should have chosen a different state to carperbag into.
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)They can sometimes be removed if they are challenged by a primary opponent.
ZonkerHarris
(24,254 posts)MineralMan
(146,331 posts)Hmm...Do I remember the Barack HUSSEIN Obama attacks by the right? Yes I do.
Sur Zobra
(3,428 posts)He cant even own his own name. Obama never shrank from his. Mehmet is a slimy coward
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)putz. A stupid fellow, a fool, a jerk; also a slang term for the penis, and for this reason, as Leo Rosten cautions in The Joys of Yiddish (1968), Putz is not to be used lightly, or when women or children are around.
panader0
(25,816 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)I'm sure they'd just love to interview you. Question is would you or would you be a coward because the only place you can spew your lies is on Faux.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
He's a practicing Muslim.
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ColinC
(8,329 posts)Unless he and his party become revolutionarily more tolerant.
Deep State Witch
(10,457 posts)A "Muslim" is a member of the Islamic faith.
Also, wasn't TFG and Flynn best buddies with Erdogan in Turkey? So, a Turkish-American should be "okay" in their books. Not like a Palestinian-American like Rashida Talib or a Somali-American like Ilhan Omar.
Wounded Bear
(58,708 posts)area51
(11,920 posts)like fellow republinazis Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, Nimrata "Nikki" Haley, and Rafael "Ted" Cruz.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)Just the Turkish form of it.
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)...and my guess he does ......NOT WANT TO BE KNOWN AS "MEHMET OZ"....
"SAY IT AIN'T SO....SHOELESS JOE "........
ColinC
(8,329 posts)Right would mention his middle name. Oh wait, no he wasn't.
traitorsgalore
(1,396 posts)14 different kinds of ground squirrels. https://www.britannica.com/animal/marmot
maxrandb
(15,355 posts)Mehmet, wasn't that the name if the lady Nefertari threw off the balcony in The Ten Commandments?