So, Jim, I'm wondering if we can start off with the werewolves.

Is that possible?

You know, I don't know if I ever really memorized the story.

And I don't know if the story was also told in a very clear way.

This story wasn't told in a very clear way.

But Slate's Jim Newell knows the basics.

Oh, do you ever watch a stupid movie later at night hoping you're going to get better,

don't get better, but you keep watching it anyway?

The were being discussed by Republican Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, in Georgia. I'm watching this movie called Fright Night, Freight Night, or some type of night, but it was about vampires. I don't know if you know vampires and cool people, or they not. But I'm going to tell you something that I found out. A werewolf can kill a vampire. Did you know that? I never knew that, so I didn't want to be a vampire anymore. I want to be a werewolf.

But then anyway...

Given that Walker is in a very tight runoff race for the last seat in Washington,

you'd think it'd be focused on stuff like the economy, election security.

But that is not what comes across here.

While this anecdote ends with a message about the importance of faith, it takes the long road to get there.

You know, I think for people who weren't sure if Herschel Walker was, you know, ready to be a senator, I don't think that that really convinced them.

Coming from a candidate who'd already fought off an abortion scandal and domestic violence allegations,

this story became one more piece of evidence that Herschel Walker is unfit for office.

Only this moment, it was funnier than all the rest.

Within days, this werewolves and vampires thing, it became a running gag.

President Obama joked about it.

Since the last time I was here, Mr. Walker has been talking about issues that are of great

importance to the people of Georgia, like whether it's better to be a vampire or a werewolf.

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