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Laptog Fetterman transformation is complete (Original Post) kansasobama Tuesday OP
I think the stroke really did a number sakabatou Tuesday #1
Probably hit his head in that accident too durablend Tuesday #6
Nope, you can't blame the stroke on this. sheshe2 Tuesday #13
JFC sakabatou Tuesday #17
Nor mine, sakabatou. sheshe2 Tuesday #25
He isn't much of a Democrat. milestogo Tuesday #15
Dog? WarGamer Tuesday #2
No, he wears togs. Sneederbunk Tuesday #5
... milestogo Tuesday #23
The worst campaign donations that I ever made. mjvpi Tuesday #3
Same here gab13by13 Tuesday #4
Que excuses hurl Tuesday #7
He Saw The Writing On the Wall in PA Deep State Witch Tuesday #8
I would primary him with a moderate left of center Dem kansasobama Tuesday #11
To quote Alyssa Edwards: "well you better look again &%*@$." W_HAMILTON Wednesday #43
I had some classic battles (in good fun) with Demsrule86 over Fetterman back in '22 Polybius Tuesday #9
Well you have the last laugh kansasobama Tuesday #14
I was actually for Conor Lamb. Cha Tuesday #18
Lamb would have been more ethical kansasobama Tuesday #30
You're probably right knowing what we Cha Tuesday #33
What is the going price for a US senator? Irish_Dem Tuesday #10
A Tesla? A Cybertruck? LoisB Tuesday #12
Musk crypto kansasobama Tuesday #16
I think you are correct. LoisB Tuesday #22
Yes it might not take much to flip some senators. Irish_Dem Wednesday #37
GREAT question tavernier Wednesday #41
Thank you. LoisB Wednesday #42
30 coins choie Tuesday #27
Don't you mean "Thirty pieces of Dogecoin"...? regnaD kciN Tuesday #32
Yes betrayal of biblical /shakespearian proportions happening right in front of us. Irish_Dem Wednesday #38
Had his vote been the deciding vote, he wouldnt have voted for her... Mark.b2 Tuesday #19
Sure he wouldn't have been the deciding vote. choie Tuesday #28
Bondi still would have won, whether Fetterman voted for her or not FakeNoose Tuesday #20
you didn't just miss the point Skittles Tuesday #24
That's hardly the point. choie Tuesday #29
Yes, he could have voted for others kansasobama Tuesday #34
Exactly. choie Tuesday #36
Grendel eating his own party. nt miyazaki Tuesday #21
I prefer to think of her as Blondie Bribetaker Retrograde Tuesday #26
Oh please, he's the archetype of bipartisanship. DJ Synikus Makisimus Tuesday #31
Spent More Time Fighting to Wear a Hoodie Than Fighting For Us Aepps22 Tuesday #35
Well, we Democrats certainly got suckered by Fetterman. n/t elocs Wednesday #39
Speling maters. MineralMan Wednesday #40

sheshe2

(89,353 posts)
13. Nope, you can't blame the stroke on this.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:14 PM
Tuesday

He showed us who he was early on.

Fetterman's past gun incident rattles Black Democrats in Pa. Senate race
The incident took center stage in the race last week when John Fetterman’s two Democratic opponents excoriated him over his actions in 2013 and for his refusal to apologize.

John Fetterman said he heard what sounded like gunfire and saw a man running away. So he reacted by getting his kid inside to safety before he called 911.

What Fetterman did next, however, still haunts him nine years later as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Pennsylvania: He chased the man down with a shotgun and detained him until police arrived.

It turned out that the man was jogging and wearing running clothes. According to a police report, the man was unarmed and said the sound of gunfire was actually fireworks, although two witnesses thought they heard shots.

The man Fetterman pulled a gun on is Black. Fetterman — the mayor of the Pittsburgh-area borough of Braddock at the time and now the state’s lieutenant governor — is white. Fetterman, 52, said he couldn’t tell the jogger's race initially because of how he was bundled up in the winter cold.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/fettermans-gun-incident-rattles-black-democrats-pa-senate-race-rcna25649

sheshe2

(89,353 posts)
25. Nor mine, sakabatou.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:36 PM
Tuesday

I only paid attention because I wanted Conor Lamb to win. So I knew his history.

It seems we have some questionable winners that have flipped after the election. There have been a couple others recently and I don't remember their names.

*sigh*

Deep State Witch

(11,581 posts)
8. He Saw The Writing On the Wall in PA
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 08:57 PM
Tuesday

He saw Bob Casey get voted out. So now he's sucking up to the Orange Turd so that he doesn't get voted out, too.

kansasobama

(1,597 posts)
11. I would primary him with a moderate left of center Dem
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:13 PM
Tuesday

Provided we have elections. Why is so dumb to think Trump election and policies are just normal. When will Dems learn it is not. Trump is out with a dagger to stick it to democracy and Dems think this is just normal and strategize for 2026 or 2028. No, Fetterman will not endear to MAGA. A MAGA will go for MAGA, not a short wearing Trump ass kisser. Ass kissing will assure less Dem support. It is to Dem benefit, he is primaried by a moderate left of center Dem. He faked he was a liberal Dem.

W_HAMILTON

(8,674 posts)
43. To quote Alyssa Edwards: "well you better look again &%*@$."
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 11:05 AM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed Feb 5, 2025, 06:54 PM - Edit history (1)

There are several prominent Democratic politicians that could primary him and easily win: Malcom Kenyatta, Conor Lamb, hell, even Bob Casey.

If he keeps going like this -- and to be honest, his fate may already be sealed... -- he won't make it out of the primary to have to worry about Republican voters in the general.

Polybius

(19,074 posts)
9. I had some classic battles (in good fun) with Demsrule86 over Fetterman back in '22
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 08:59 PM
Tuesday

In the end, I was right to be concerned.

Cha

(306,903 posts)
18. I was actually for Conor Lamb.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:24 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Who I was told wouldn't be progressive enough.

Wonder what Conor thinks of all this and how would he be acting now?

Mark.b2

(527 posts)
19. Had his vote been the deciding vote, he wouldnt have voted for her...
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:28 PM
Tuesday

Now, he can be the bi-partisan and be seen in the fat part of the political bell curve.

Just as Susan Collins is likely the that best Republicans can get in Maine, Fetterman may soon be the best Democrats can expect in Pennsylvania.

I dont like his vote, but I understand it. But, my panties would bunch up really quick if he pished her over the top.

FakeNoose

(36,500 posts)
20. Bondi still would have won, whether Fetterman voted for her or not
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:29 PM
Tuesday

She won by 54-46 with Fetterman's vote. If he'd voted "no" she would have won 53-47.

choie

(5,061 posts)
29. That's hardly the point.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:48 PM
Tuesday

It's called voting your conscience. He voted for a nominee who is an election denier. Even if she weren't, no Democrat should vote for any nominee. What the hell?

kansasobama

(1,597 posts)
34. Yes, he could have voted for others
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:56 PM
Tuesday

But voting for Bondi who was an election denier is serious. Don't care if he voted for many others like Ratcliff

However, Dems also need to know how to protest. You have to vote against everything Trump if you believe he is a fascist and threat of Proj 2025 is real. You have to protest if Musk-Trump are doing illegal orders

Retrograde

(10,892 posts)
26. I prefer to think of her as Blondie Bribetaker
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:37 PM
Tuesday

after all, she accepted "campaign contributions" from Donnie, then by coincidence dropped Florida's prosecution of Trump University.

31. Oh please, he's the archetype of bipartisanship.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 09:52 PM
Tuesday

Go along to get along. Working with our friends across the aisle. Compromise(-ing) is our #1 value as Americans, innit? What we all voted for, right?

Aepps22

(336 posts)
35. Spent More Time Fighting to Wear a Hoodie Than Fighting For Us
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:08 PM
Tuesday

Don’t respect this guy and never did. He spent more time trying to argue for his “right” to dress like he’s running errands on the weekend than actually fighting for us.

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