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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:31 PM Dec 2021

Mehmet Oz: How Dare You Call Me By My Real Name!

Senate candidate Mehmet Oz is ginning up his own mock controversy over the Philadelphia Inquirer’s decision to – now you might need to sit down to absorb this – refer to him in stories by his real first and last names. It’s 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 I’m empowering you, hates that I’m taking on some of the established folks, hates that the entrepreneurial solutions I’m offering might make sense,” Oz said. “They don’t like that I say what I see so they want to silence me. I tell you, it’s shocking that it would make them that uncomfortable this early in the campaign.”

Everyone knows him as “Dr. Oz,” he complained, so it’s 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

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Mehmet Oz: How Dare You Call Me By My Real Name! (Original Post) Zorro Dec 2021 OP
But remember... orwell Dec 2021 #1
+1 dalton99a Dec 2021 #3
Barack Hussein Obama enters the chat Blue_Adept Dec 2021 #2
A reverse Barack Hussein Obama can be performed on him, as Mehmet Cengiz ?? is an actual Muslim. TheBlackAdder Dec 2021 #12
Trying to get ahead of the fact he knows that his potential "base" will have a problem Bristlecone Dec 2021 #4
He's been trying to "get ahead" of it ever since he started running ads. skypilot Dec 2021 #21
Is his name gonna be "Doctor Oz" on the ballot??? LeftInTX Dec 2021 #5
Ah, good question! PatSeg Dec 2021 #8
PA law only allows nicknames which are derivative of legal names Jose Garcia Dec 2021 #17
Texas has some bad nicknames on the ballots! LeftInTX Dec 2021 #18
We need to go public on his grifting scams fast and destroy him quickly ZonkerHarris Dec 2021 #6
Mehmet, eh? Muhammad in some places, eh? MineralMan Dec 2021 #7
What a putz! Sur Zobra Dec 2021 #9
...About the word, "putz"...some don't know this: Stuart G Dec 2021 #19
LOL Sur Zobra Dec 2021 #27
When is Oprah going to denounce this idiot? panader0 Dec 2021 #10
Hey Mehmet, I'm sure the Inquirer would love to prove you wrong MagickMuffin Dec 2021 #11
Does anyone at FOX mention he's of mixed Islam & Muslim faiths, spent 2 years in the Turkish Army? TheBlackAdder Dec 2021 #13
Yeah I don't think hes going to win ColinC Dec 2021 #23
Does Anyone Want to Tell Them Deep State Witch Dec 2021 #26
Rafael "Ted" Cruz gets away with it... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #14
He can always change his name area51 Dec 2021 #15
Mehmet is literally Muhammad obamanut2012 Dec 2021 #16
Dr. Oz..should have shut the f**k up. Now everyone knows where the name came from. Stuart G Dec 2021 #20
That's normal, right? Obama was super mad when the ColinC Dec 2021 #22
He should rebrand himself as "Marmot", they're cute little critters traitorsgalore Dec 2021 #24
Well, he could try to legally change this first name to Doctor maxrandb Dec 2021 #25

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
12. A reverse Barack Hussein Obama can be performed on him, as Mehmet Cengiz ?? is an actual Muslim.
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:20 PM
Dec 2021

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(?? 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

.

Bristlecone

(10,133 posts)
4. Trying to get ahead of the fact he knows that his potential "base" will have a problem
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:42 PM
Dec 2021

With his ethnicity a la his name. They definately won’t have a problem with his being a grifter.

skypilot

(8,854 posts)
21. He's been trying to "get ahead" of it ever since he started running ads.
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:26 PM
Dec 2021

I've noticed that he uses his Dr.Oz logo and never uses his full name.

Jose Garcia

(2,605 posts)
17. PA law only allows nicknames which are derivative of legal names
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:36 PM
Dec 2021

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)
18. Texas has some bad nicknames on the ballots!
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:04 PM
Dec 2021

They can sometimes be removed if they are challenged by a primary opponent.

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
7. Mehmet, eh? Muhammad in some places, eh?
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:45 PM
Dec 2021

Hmm...Do I remember the Barack HUSSEIN Obama attacks by the right? Yes I do.

 

Sur Zobra

(3,428 posts)
9. What a putz!
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:12 PM
Dec 2021

He can’t even own his own name. Obama never shrank from his. Mehmet is a slimy coward

Stuart G

(38,445 posts)
19. ...About the word, "putz"...some don't know this:
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:11 PM
Dec 2021

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.”

MagickMuffin

(15,952 posts)
11. Hey Mehmet, I'm sure the Inquirer would love to prove you wrong
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:17 PM
Dec 2021


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)
13. Does anyone at FOX mention he's of mixed Islam & Muslim faiths, spent 2 years in the Turkish Army?
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:21 PM
Dec 2021

.

He's a practicing Muslim.



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Deep State Witch

(10,457 posts)
26. Does Anyone Want to Tell Them
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 07:20 PM
Dec 2021

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.

area51

(11,920 posts)
15. He can always change his name
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 01:24 PM
Dec 2021

like fellow republinazis Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, Nimrata "Nikki" Haley, and Rafael "Ted" Cruz.

Stuart G

(38,445 posts)
20. Dr. Oz..should have shut the f**k up. Now everyone knows where the name came from.
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:21 PM
Dec 2021

...and my guess he does ......NOT WANT TO BE KNOWN AS "MEHMET OZ"....

"SAY IT AIN'T SO....SHOELESS JOE "........

ColinC

(8,329 posts)
22. That's normal, right? Obama was super mad when the
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:36 PM
Dec 2021

Right would mention his middle name. Oh wait, no he wasn't.

maxrandb

(15,355 posts)
25. Well, he could try to legally change this first name to Doctor
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 02:58 PM
Dec 2021

Mehmet, wasn't that the name if the lady Nefertari threw off the balcony in The Ten Commandments?

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