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I wish this loser would just disappear. He may have been the single worst candidate in the U.S. for any major political office in the 2022 election cycle. I'm surprised the guy even managed to get 40% of the vote.

I can point to three features of his campaign that gave every indication that he was destined for a humiliating defeat:

1. His refusal to speak to the mainstream media. I know the MSM is the enemy. But they have an audience, and any coverage of a campaign amounts to free advertising. Who came up with this brilliant idea for a major campaign?

2. That "Desert Storm Veteran" hat. The first time I saw his website photo with that stupid hat on earlier in 2022, I knew this guy was toast. Desert Storm was more than 30 years ago, dude ... and hardly anyone even remembers it. And very few voters are impressed with that anymore. Importantly, he didn't need to appeal to veterans, who were going to vote for him overwhelmingly anyway. This speaks to a bigger issue in his campaign that I'll address below in Item #3.

3. Turning his political campaign into a religious crusade. I have the utmost respect for dedicated Christians ... but, my heavens -- most American voters in large urban areas are completely turned off by that overt religiosity in politics. They find it weird at best and off-putting in most cases. This goes to the bigger point I mentioned above: I never saw any aspect of Mastriano's campaign that was aimed at attracting a single voter who wasn't already a dedicated supporter.

Please go away, Doug.