There’s an old saying in communications that you should get your bad news out early and get it out yourself.
Herschel Walker had already gone 0-2 last week by the time he took the stage in a dusty lumberyard in Wadley, Georgia, a three-hour drive from Atlanta and 3 1/2 hours after his speech was initially supposed to begin.
It was his first public event since the Daily Beast broke a blockbuster story alleging that he had paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, even though he campaigns saying he opposes abortion, even in cases of rape or incest.