The luncheon was supposed to be Samantha Fulnecky’s moment—a poised University of Oklahoma student invited to share her story about receiving a zero on an opinion piece because it offended the instructor who assigned it.
You know, that classis woke philosophy “we value diverse viewpoints… except yours!”
What should have been her shining moment, got hijacked by Ryan Walters’ One-Man Traveling Variety Show, featuring impromptu ranting, festive holiday confusion, and enough self-importance to power the Las Vegas strip for a week. And of course, no Ryan Walters cameo is complete without a humblebrag so he dropped that he’s at Mar-a-Lago OF COURSE with the Trump team, like it was some kind of VIP flex, but we are all really sitting there thinking, “Congratulations, you Liar, so you were using your superintendent badge like a backstage pass to land a Trump gig?”
Scene set, Samantha is sitting pretty.
Everyone engaged with Ryan on the screen. All of a sudden he does a 180 degrees.
## “We love, Samantha, she’s great…THE WOKE MEDIA IS LYING AND LIE ABOUT
ME, THEY ARE AWFUL I DON’T MISS SEEING THEM I GUESS MERRY
CHRISMAS!”
The energy was… confusing to say the least.
## “Sir, this is a luncheon… and why can’t we see your pupils?”
People shifted in their seats. Forks paused midair. Everyone looked back at the media for their response.
And then, because Bob Linn has impeccable timing, he jumped back on stage with the verbal equivalent of a fire extinguisher.
“I’m… sorry, I have no idea what that was about.
OCPA doesn’t share the views of all our guests.”
Translation:
“We too are wondering if this man pre-gamed with three Red Bulls and a conspiracy podcast.”
The saddest part?
This was supposed to be Samantha’s moment.
Her story.
Her courage.
Her mic.
Instead, she got Kanye’d.
Walters made his Prescence known, turned it into about himself, verbally swatted at the press like they were flies at a picnic, and left everyone blinking like they had just survived a kaleidoscope explosion.
Samantha deserved a spotlight.
Instead, she got a guest appearance in The Ryan Walters Show: Special Episode, Luncheon Meltdown Edition™.
Final Thoughts
Not the one we planned.
Not the one Samantha earned.
But the one Ryan Walters forced upon us like a malfunctioning jack-in-the-box of political theatrics.
And in the immortal, revised words of Kanye himself:
“Yo Samantha, I’m really happy for you, and Imma let you finish”… NOT!
The mics are off, but the talk never stops.
OK GOP Uncovered
I don’t give a fig about Ryan Walters. What I care about is how my fellow conservatives are acting regarding this OU kerfuffle. I am watching people I have always respected acting just like the Left. They are trying the professor and the TA in the court of public opinion and ONLY taking the side of the person THEY want to be the victim, announcing that innocent until proven guilty no longer applies with the Right any more than it applies for the Left. Just like the Left and what Rush Limbaugh used to describe, “The seriousness of the charge outweighs the realities of the facts”. I read the paper. I read the requirements. She did not do her job. It doesn’t matter how great a student she is (which means she SHOULD have known what AP style is) or WHAT her opinion was, mechanically, the paper was a zero. But will you accept that if that is what is ultimately decided? I doubt it. Will you be willing to admit this is an “ends justifies the means” moment for conservatives? I doubt it. Pick your battles wisely. You are getting sucked into a trap.