Armed Polite Society

Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on February 16, 2023, 04:05:42 PM

Title: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on February 16, 2023, 04:05:42 PM
So nobody saw this coming, right? This is totally out of the blue and unexpected. Only an extremist would have suggested something like this might happen.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/02/16/gisele-fetterman-shares-statement-about-her-husband-admitting-himself-to-the-hospital/
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: BobR on February 16, 2023, 04:10:42 PM
Depression worsening after a life altering event, who would guess.

If I had to make a SWAG I would bet on suicidal ideation. Normally that is what gets you an immediate trip to an inpatient facility after a chat with another health care provider.

There will be two camps on his decision. The first, mostly libs will praise him for seeking help and bringing a light of truth to how mental illness is real and can strike anyone at anytime, a heroic battle against inner (and outer) demons. The other camp will be wanting assurances he can fulfill the duties of his office. Having already missed votes and missing more is it time for him to resign and battle his obvious and not so obvious demons?

I kind of feel sorry for the guy, he has no business being where he is but but because the vote in a majority is more important than the person it does not surprise me he did not withdraw when he had his stroke, much of which I would bet is because his wife wanted the glory and recognition of being a Senator's wife, much like the precedent Dr. Jill set with her sock puppet for a much higher office.

bob
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on February 16, 2023, 04:13:44 PM
I kind of feel sorry for the guy, he has no business being where he is but but because the vote in a majority is more important than the person it does not surprise me he did not withdraw when he had his stroke, much of which I would bet is because his wife wanted the glory and recognition of being a Senator's wife, much like the precedent Dr. Jill set with her sock puppet for a much higher office.

bob

I'm not a lib, and I hope he gets the help he needs. There was a lot of talk that his harridan wife was the mastermind behind his running, with the idea of being the stealth senator. It's going to be really interesting, when he resigns (which he will), if somehow the push is made for his wife to take his place.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 16, 2023, 04:57:26 PM
One ought to have the same compassion for Fetterman, Biden, Feinstein, and other non compos officials of the foreign occupation, as we ought to have had for that twisted puppet of hatred, Osama bin Laden. Which is not say they deserve the same fate. Rather, our compassion for them as humans should not cover over the fact that they are enemies; tools of a foreign power, who knowingly work for the destruction or enslavement of their fellow citizens.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: K Frame on February 16, 2023, 05:06:34 PM
I'm not going to bark at him about this. As my knee problem lingered through November, December, and January I was struggling with depression from it.

I understand it.

Should he have continued to run/been elected? That's a different issue.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 16, 2023, 06:47:51 PM
The stroke they lied about was just prior to the primary. His campaign could easily have endorsed one of the other candidates. But Fetterman is a horrible human being, and apparently his family is the same.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on February 16, 2023, 07:48:03 PM
The stroke they lied about was just prior to the primary. His campaign could easily have endorsed one of the other candidates. But Fetterman is a horrible human being, and apparently his family is the same.
Pre-stroke Fetterman was an empty suit . . . and that's a charitable description.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: K Frame on February 16, 2023, 09:22:49 PM
The stroke they lied about was just prior to the primary. His campaign could easily have endorsed one of the other candidates. But Fetterman is a horrible human being, and apparently his family is the same.

As I said -- different issue.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Pb on February 17, 2023, 08:09:00 AM
And the GOP didn't run someone who could beat this guy.  Their incompetency continues to not surprise me.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on February 17, 2023, 08:37:34 AM
And the GOP didn't run someone who could beat this guy the machine.  Their incompetency continues to not surprise me.

FIFY
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: cordex on February 17, 2023, 08:49:49 AM
And the GOP didn't run someone who could beat this guy.  Their incompetency continues to not surprise me.
I don't think that is the correct way to frame the situation.  If Fetterman can win, it isn't a case of people comparing the candidates and choosing the best one, or the most "electable".  Oz is hardly my choice as a good candidate, but he is at the very least mentally competent.  As were (at least as far as I know) the other Democratic candidates in that race.  The fact that Fetterman beat anyone gives lie to the idea that it is simply a case of the GOP running better candidates as we hear every election.

The point is, in many races the relative quality of the candidates simply doesn't matter.  It's not that the GOP runs bad candidates - although they often do - it is that Democrats don't have to run good candidates to win.  Whether that is because straight ticket Democrats are just that much more common or motivated than Republicans, or because of Democrats' near total capture of established media and entertainment, or something altogether more nefarious I leave as an exercise for the reader.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: MechAg94 on February 17, 2023, 12:57:18 PM
I don't think that is the correct way to frame the situation.  If Fetterman can win, it isn't a case of people comparing the candidates and choosing the best one, or the most "electable".  Oz is hardly my choice as a good candidate, but he is at the very least mentally competent.  As were (at least as far as I know) the other Democratic candidates in that race.  The fact that Fetterman beat anyone gives lie to the idea that it is simply a case of the GOP running better candidates as we hear every election.

The point is, in many races the relative quality of the candidates simply doesn't matter.  It's not that the GOP runs bad candidates - although they often do - it is that Democrats don't have to run good candidates to win.  Whether that is because straight ticket Democrats are just that much more common or motivated than Republicans, or because of Democrats' near total capture of established media and entertainment, or something altogether more nefarious I leave as an exercise for the reader.
I agree with that. 
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ron on February 17, 2023, 07:09:23 PM
I agree with that.
+1
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on April 02, 2023, 03:45:23 PM
LOL WUT? Jane Pauley suggests there could be a President Fetterman.
https://twitchy.com/artistangie-313138/2023/04/02/lol-wut-jane-pauley-suggests-there-could-be-a-president-fetterman/

(https://i.imgflip.com/gkv3e.jpg?a466560)
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 02, 2023, 05:22:02 PM
LOL WUT? Jane Pauley suggests there could be a President Fetterman.
https://twitchy.com/artistangie-313138/2023/04/02/lol-wut-jane-pauley-suggests-there-could-be-a-president-fetterman/


Not sure what's so funny about it. They've put a potato in the Oval Office before.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: RoadKingLarry on April 02, 2023, 07:02:03 PM
The current potato In the oval office is one with a big nasty black, rotten core.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Hawkmoon on April 02, 2023, 07:09:27 PM
Whether that is because straight ticket Democrats are just that much more common or motivated than Republicans, or because of Democrats' near total capture of established media and entertainment, or something altogether more nefarious I leave as an exercise for the reader.

These options are not mutually exclusive.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 02, 2023, 08:17:03 PM
The current potato In the oval office is one with a big nasty black, rotten core.

Racist!
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: zahc on April 02, 2023, 09:43:42 PM
I agree with that.

I do not agree with that. The GOP couldn't win against a candidate with brain damage. A glaring example of GOP incompetence. Everything else is just an an excuse.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: MechAg94 on April 02, 2023, 10:04:19 PM
I do not agree with that. The GOP couldn't win against a candidate with brain damage. A glaring example of GOP incompetence. Everything else is just an an excuse.
Or cheating.  Gotta have some proof of that though. 

I don't recall anyone saying the R candidate was all that great.  The R's have the same issue Democrats have in some places.  Very few good candidates, none in some states.  Or at least none that survive to the state/national level.  Lots of big money interests pushing candidates voters don't like.

Of course, there is some wishful thinking.  Only a few years ago, DeSantis was a hair away from losing to a gay, cocaine addict.  Done well since then, but it was real close that first time.  If he had lost, not sure where Florida would be today.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Bogie on April 03, 2023, 11:10:10 AM
Thing is, the woke see brain damage as being a plus - huge victim card.
 
And the party now seems controlled by the Woke.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on April 19, 2023, 04:50:24 PM
Holy moly:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1648733167468048385
https://twitter.com/i/status/1648743274893709313

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2023/04/19/disturbing-john-fettermans-opening-remarks-at-subcommittee-hearing-today-should-be-cause-for-alarm/
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: BobR on April 19, 2023, 04:56:45 PM
^^^^ That is painful to watch. But truthfully, who really expected anything different?

https://twitter.com/drefanzor/status/1648387924071940097

bob
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on April 19, 2023, 05:07:48 PM
I took the car keys away from my mom long before it got that far.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on April 19, 2023, 05:51:04 PM
But truthfully, who really expected anything different?

bob

None of us here, I would think. Yet it certainly makes you think about the sick minds who pushed him into this, and the sick minds on social media and in the MSM who promote him as "totally normal".

Though I do assign some blame to him. Regardless of the stroke, he seemed to have the wherewithal to check himself into whatever rehab, so he seems to have enough wits about him to know that this was a bad idea and he should have said no. That wife must be something in the sack to have pushed him to this.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Hawkmoon on April 19, 2023, 06:40:03 PM
I took the car keys away from my mom long before it got that far.

Nobody saw him drive to the hearing ... you can't prove anything.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on April 19, 2023, 06:59:51 PM
. . . Yet it certainly makes you think about the sick minds who pushed him into this, and the sick minds on social media and in the MSM who promote him as "totally normal" . . .
Are the people who actually voted for him anything less than sick?
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on April 19, 2023, 07:38:16 PM
Fetterman Filibusters Senate For Seven Hours While Attempting To Say 'Hello'
https://babylonbee.com/news/fetterman-filibusters-senate-for-seven-hours-while-attempting-to-say-hello
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: cordex on April 19, 2023, 07:49:55 PM
Golly, if only the Republicans could run someone as electable as Fetterman.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on April 19, 2023, 07:54:15 PM
Golly, if only the Republicans could run someone as electable as Fetterman.

A sad truth in that election. "Endorsed by Trump".
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on April 19, 2023, 07:57:52 PM
Golly, if only the Republicans could run someone as electable as Fetterman.

The Ds will still out print the Rs in ballots
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on April 20, 2023, 08:51:51 AM
The Ds will still out print the Rs in ballots
Sadly true. Philly in particular has displaced Chicago as the nation's capitol of election fraud. Remember in the Obama vs Romney election, there were 59 precincts in the Philadelphia area carried by Obama - that was expected, but a margin of 19,305 votes for Obama compared to 0 - that's ZERO - for Romney was not. Nobody voted for Romney, even by mistake. Ferdinand Marcos and Kim Jong Un would be proud.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: MechAg94 on April 20, 2023, 09:02:28 AM
Fetterman Filibusters Senate For Seven Hours While Attempting To Say 'Hello'
https://babylonbee.com/news/fetterman-filibusters-senate-for-seven-hours-while-attempting-to-say-hello

(https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/64404195666916440419566692.jpg)

Quote
Though Fetterman's unplanned filibuster lasted for over seven hours, Republican members of the Senate privately expressed relief. "Him coming back to work turned out to be a blessing in disguise," one GOP senator said under the condition of anonymity. "The more we can keep him talking, the easier it will be to roadblock the Democrats' agenda. I'm ready to help put him in charge of more committees if it keeps going like this!"
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on April 20, 2023, 09:09:55 AM
Sadly true. Philly in particular has displaced Chicago as the nation's capitol of election fraud. Remember in the Obama vs Romney election, there were 59 precincts in the Philadelphia area carried by Obama - that was expected, but a margin of 19,305 votes for Obama compared to 0 - that's ZERO - for Romney was not. Nobody voted for Romney, even by mistake. Ferdinand Marcos and Kim Jong Un would be proud.

This is untrue.

There are 66 wards in Philadelphia, and none of them had zero votes for Romney in 2012.  There were individual divisions in those wards that had zero Romney votes, but no whole wards.  You can download the excel results and look for yourself here: https://vote.phila.gov/resources-data/past-election-results/

Most of these division had a couple hundred votes total.  So three or four hundred folks all voted for Obama, and non for Romney not 19,000.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on April 20, 2023, 01:39:27 PM
This is untrue.

There are 66 wards in Philadelphia, and none of them had zero votes for Romney in 2012.  There were individual divisions in those wards that had zero Romney votes, but no whole wards.  You can download the excel results and look for yourself here: https://vote.phila.gov/resources-data/past-election-results/

Most of these division had a couple hundred votes total.  So three or four hundred folks all voted for Obama, and non for Romney not 19,000.
So you're saying this source lied:

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/politics/20121112_In_59_Philadelphia_voting_wards__Mitt_Romney_got_zero_votes.html

CBS' take on this also mentions that in 2008, 57 "divisions" reported zero votes for McCain.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/romney-earned-zero-votes-in-some-urban-precincts/

Over in Ohio, Romney got zero votes in a number of precincts.

https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2012/11/cuyahoga_county_precinct_map_s.html#incart_river

Nothing to see here, move along.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on April 20, 2023, 02:15:40 PM
No.  I said the statement: ", there were 59 precincts in the Philadelphia area carried by Obama - that was expected, but a margin of 19,305 votes for Obama compared to 0 - that's ZERO - for Romney" was untrue, and provided receipts.

It's not my fault the sources got it wrong.  Apparently the MSM wasn't very accurate back in 2012 either.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on May 18, 2023, 03:15:27 PM
One of the comments really hit it on the head for me. This at one time would indeed be a skit on a comedy show with the audience laughing as Fetterman enters the scene.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwbSbztWAAAKslk?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Angel Eyes on May 19, 2023, 03:30:35 PM
Is there some reason why Fetterman was in shorts and a hoodie while all the other men were wearing suits?  Did he just wake up from his nap or something?
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on May 19, 2023, 03:38:22 PM
Is there some reason why Fetterman was in shorts and a hoodie while all the other men were wearing suits?  Did he just wake up from his nap or something?

Seems to be his standard attire
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on May 20, 2023, 01:37:26 PM
Fetterman's office has begun editing his quotes to make them clear, most recently in his questioning of the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.

What was released by Fetterman's office:
Quote
“Shouldn’t you have a working requirement after we bail out your bank? Republicans seem to be more preoccupied with SNAP requirements for hungry people than protecting taxpayers that have to bail out these banks.”

What he actually said:
Quote
“The Republicans want to give a work requirement for SNAP. You know, for a uh, uh, uh, a hungry family has to have these, this kind of penalties, or these some kinds of word — working uh, require — Shouldn’t you have a working requirement, after we sail your bank, billions of your bank? Because you seem we were preoccupied, uh when, then SNAP requirements for works, for hungry people, but not about protecting the tax, the tax papers, you know, that will bail them out of whatever does about a bank to crash it.”

I don't think the banker answered since neither he nor anyone else could extract meaning from that word salad.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on May 20, 2023, 01:40:03 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkTCRWihPNo
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Hawkmoon on May 20, 2023, 02:36:32 PM

I don't think the banker answered since neither he nor anyone else could extract meaning from that word salad.

They just didn't have the right salad dressing ...
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Pb on May 20, 2023, 05:38:12 PM
I don't think any banks or businesses of any sort should ever be bailed out.

I think all welfare programs should be 100% legislated, funded and controlled the particular state that they serve.

What does that make me?
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on May 20, 2023, 07:08:33 PM
I don't think any banks or businesses of any sort should ever be bailed out.

I think all welfare programs should be 100% legislated, funded and controlled the particular state that they serve.

What does that make me?


*checks DNC flowchart*

That makes you a Nazi.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Hawkmoon on May 20, 2023, 07:53:51 PM
I don't think any banks or businesses of any sort should ever be bailed out.

I think all welfare programs should be 100% legislated, funded and controlled the particular state that they serve.

What does that make me?

Sane?
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 20, 2023, 10:31:30 PM

*checks DNC flowchart*

That makes you a Nazi.

Correct! The judges would also have accepted MAGA extremist, s#*tlord, deplorable, or of course, literally Hitler.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on September 12, 2023, 04:09:54 PM
Hmmm.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1701645010255634541
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 12, 2023, 04:19:28 PM
That would be my reaction if I was a Dem in congress.  Mocking laughter that the R's are doing a dog and pony show for their base.  What are they going to do, actually remove him from politics?  "Random Democrat" polls higher than Biden.  The RNC getting rid of their albatross-around-the-neck candidate is a gift.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on September 17, 2023, 04:13:43 PM
Schumer nixed the dress code for senators. Staff still need to follow it. I want all the Rs to show up in board shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops next week.

https://twitchy.com/coucy/2023/09/17/schumer-nixes-senate-dress-code-because-god-forbid-fetterman-have-to-wear-a-suit-n2387385
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 17, 2023, 08:49:26 PM
^^^^

Of all the thing the Senate could be working on, or we could be holding the Senate accountable for, the dress code is like 986 on the list.

Twitchy be farming the clicks.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 18, 2023, 07:45:15 AM
I think they should all show up in togas
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 18, 2023, 06:49:30 PM
Aging Senators Show Up To Work In Their Hospital Gowns After Dress Code Relaxed
https://babylonbee.com/news/aging-senators-show-up-to-work-in-their-hospital-gowns-after-dress-code-relaxed
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 18, 2023, 08:20:18 PM
I think they should all show up in togas
I'm down for a Boebert v. AOC toga debate.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on September 19, 2023, 08:55:15 AM
ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1i3u9-Q-KS._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7CB1YoroYcBKL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_UX466_.png)
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on September 19, 2023, 09:12:59 AM
ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1i3u9-Q-KS._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7CB1YoroYcBKL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_UX466_.png)

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That would be awesome!
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: K Frame on September 19, 2023, 09:17:50 AM
ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1i3u9-Q-KS._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7CB1YoroYcBKL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_UX466_.png)

Hoo boy... the white hot rage spasms from the left would boil off the oceans and Republicans would, once again, be blamed for global warming.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Calumus on September 19, 2023, 12:18:58 PM
I'm down for a Boebert v. AOC toga debate.

Lol, the exact same thing popped into my head when I read toga...  It would be the highest rated cspan feed in history.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on September 19, 2023, 12:24:19 PM
Lol, the exact same thing popped into my head when I read toga...  It would be the highest rated cspan feed in history.

I actually read it as AOC vs Boebert tug debate. Because a hand job is still a job.  =D
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 19, 2023, 01:43:10 PM
Quote
    The Senate no longer enforcing a dress code for Senators to appease Fetterman is disgraceful.

    Dress code is one of society’s standards that set etiquette and respect for our institutions.

    Stop lowering the bar!
    — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) September 17, 2023

Enter AOC

Quote
    Aren’t you the one who did revenge porn in a hearing https://t.co/N3YBXcuIxz
    — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 18, 2023
https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/09/19/aoc-mtg-n2387440

In some ways I do have to agree with AOC on this to a certain extent
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 19, 2023, 02:27:08 PM
From that twitchy link:

Quote
Like many of us, Marjorie Taylor Greene was less than impressed with Chuck Schumer's change to the Senate's dress code. If John Fetterman can't bother to dress with some level of respect for the job he was elected to do how can anyone respect him?

 ;/ ;/

It's going to take a LOT more than nice clothes to get me to respect Senators again.  This and the Boebert pearl clutching are the internet equivalent of the mean girls gossiping at lunch.  All of it means jack *expletive deleted*it in the course of actually governing.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: griz on September 19, 2023, 04:23:30 PM
... Staff still need to follow it.......


Is that their admission that he is the only exception?
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 22, 2023, 08:30:02 AM
Of more serious concern than him wearing hoodies and shorts

Quote
The democrat from Pennsylvania went on a three minute rant about his 'inability to fully process language' relating to his auditory disabilities stemming from a stroke he had prior to securing the Democratic nomination last year.

'Because I live in a political environment, I was ridiculed and made fun of because I wasn't able to process things at times,' he said as began to tear up in front of the panel.

He began to tear up as he presented an app that allows him to 'fully participate in this meeting' and communicate with members of his family.

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman goes on three minute rant about his 'inability to fully process language' and then tears up over claims he's faced bullying over his disability - amid controversy over change of dress code to suit him
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12547539/Pennsylvania-Senator-John-Fetterman-stroke-language-dress-code.html

Video

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1704905486858871051

But during the election he was perfectly fine
so, yeah....
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 22, 2023, 09:13:11 AM
Now he will start wearing a suit if....

Quote
But Fetterman's offer comes with conditions. He said House Republicans must pass a government funding bill and support Ukraine in order for him to suit up.

"If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week," Fetterman said Wednesday in a post on X.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fetterman-amid-dress-code-controversy-agrees-wear-suit-save-democracy-avoid-shutdown
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 22, 2023, 10:47:59 AM
Quote
But Fetterman's offer comes with conditions. He said House Republicans must pass a government funding bill and support Ukraine in order for him to suit up.

"If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week," Fetterman said Wednesday in a post on X.

The hoodies don't bother me that much.  He can keep wearing them if that's the trade.

Personal note:  We've started furlough preparations at my shop to be ready on 2 Oct.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: JTHunter on September 23, 2023, 03:26:42 PM
With his size and in those shorts and shirt, Fetterman looks more like somebody you want to keep at a discrete distance, like 500 yds. away?  ;/
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 23, 2023, 04:12:53 PM
Senate Relaxes Rules To Allow Fetterman To Take Baths In Reflecting Pool
https://babylonbee.com/news/senate-relaxes-rules-to-allow-fetterman-to-take-a-bath-in-the-reflecting-pool
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: JTHunter on September 23, 2023, 05:30:14 PM
There was someone who did that back in the '70s IIRC.  Some old fart "blue dog" dem that was messing around with some stripper,
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Angel Eyes on September 25, 2023, 04:25:45 PM
I'm going as John Fetterman for Halloween.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 25, 2023, 04:33:26 PM
I'm going as John Fetterman for Halloween.

(https://img.ifunny.co/images/e3666bd4a52ff9417590dd152d7683f237c74fe75f0a04cee4674a21a8143933_1.jpg)
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: K Frame on September 26, 2023, 07:49:57 AM
I'm going as John Fetterman for Halloween.

I'm going to my class reunion this coming weekend. I'm going to wear shorts and claim to be channeling my inner Fetterman.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HeroHog on September 28, 2023, 05:23:21 AM
I can't say *expletive deleted*it, I wear a pocket T and shorts ALL THE TIME!
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: K Frame on September 28, 2023, 08:22:14 AM
Senate now has a formal dress code. Bipartisan passage as a thumb in the eye to both Fetterman and Chucky Schumer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senate-unanimously-passes-formal-dress-code-following-backlash/ar-AA1hnea0
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on September 28, 2023, 08:41:54 AM
Senate now has a formal dress code. Bipartisan passage as a thumb in the eye to both Fetterman and Chucky Schumer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senate-unanimously-passes-formal-dress-code-following-backlash/ar-AA1hnea0

Unanimous at that. Kudos to the dem side for making that happen. We were on our way to all of them dressing like the presidential administration in Idiocracy.

(https://media.senscritique.com/media/000010292212/1200/idiocracy.jpg)
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 28, 2023, 08:59:50 AM
I am torn between being annoyed that the Senate is bothering with this crap instead of any of the actual issues in the US and being relieved that the Senate is bothering with this crap instead of passing some bill that will only make things worse.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: cordex on September 28, 2023, 09:03:54 AM
I am torn between being annoyed that the Senate is bothering with this crap instead of any of the actual issues in the US and being relieved that the Senate is bothering with this crap instead of passing some bill that will only make things worse.
I come down hard in the relieved camp.

I have no illusions that our legislators would be improving things if they were focused on more important issues.  At least with dress codes they can't really screw anything significant up.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 28, 2023, 09:06:22 AM
Unanimous at that. Kudos to the dem side for making that happen. We were on our way to all of them dressing like the presidential administration in Idiocracy.

(https://media.senscritique.com/media/000010292212/1200/idiocracy.jpg)

Meanwhile they've got the idiot part still going strong which is the real issue in all of this
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 28, 2023, 09:17:22 AM
I come down hard in the relieved camp.

I have no illusions that our legislators would be improving things if they were focused on more important issues.  At least with dress codes they can't really screw anything significant up.

As the Elder APS Sage once opined:

Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populous like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 29, 2023, 08:40:35 AM
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/29/01/75959263-12573483-image-m-176_1695946499044.jpg)

John Fetterman scrubs up well in a suit and flashes a smile after Senate REVERSED decision to dumb-down dress code
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12573483/John-Fetterman-scrubs-suit-flashes-smile-Senate-REVERSED-decision-dumb-dress-code.html
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: HankB on September 29, 2023, 09:39:48 AM
^^^^^

John Fetterman scrubs up well in a suit and flashes a smile after Senate REVERSED decision to dumb-down dress code
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12573483/John-Fetterman-scrubs-suit-flashes-smile-Senate-REVERSED-decision-dumb-dress-code.html
Nice shoes.

Is that a clip on tie or did someone help him with it?

Seriously, his apparel in this image IS a GREAT IMPROVEMENT over his more recent attire - it's suitable (ha!) for the Senate and is actually respectable.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on September 29, 2023, 09:40:45 AM
^^^^^Nice shoes.


I noticed  :rofl:

But it is somewhat common for people to wear sneakers outdoors and then switch to nicer shoes once they're in the office. That said in his case I doubt it.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: dogmush on September 29, 2023, 09:50:59 AM
Apparantly he's got jokes:

https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1707451491097657848?s=20

Quote
John Fetterman just left this 30-pack of Bud Light in front of House Oversight Chairman James Comer's office door in Congress:

He then posted this:

"This morning, I directed my staff to deliver a gift to congratulate and salute Representative Comer and his Team America squad as they embark on their historic impeachment journey."

The sign on the beer says "To: Rep. Comer & his squad.  A profile in courage can make a guy thirsty. Congratulations, This Bud's for you.  Hugs & Kisses: John Fetterman"

That's actually kinda funny.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: WLJ on October 31, 2023, 10:55:14 AM
Colleagues Compliment John Fetterman On His Excellent Frankenstein Costume
https://babylonbee.com/news/fellow-senators-compliment-john-fetterman-on-his-excellent-frankenstein-costume
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2024, 04:25:39 PM
Fetterman's wife has pulled back from social media and allegedly scrubbed any photos in which she appears together with her husband. This is presumably a response to blowback from the Senator's stances on Israel, and on the US border.

The rumor mill is now claiming the two have separated. I assume this is probably coming from a certain kind of female left-winger. That is, I think there are women who look up to Gisele Fetterman as a feminist and/or immigrant hero, and therefore she would not tolerate her man having such abhorrent views as "the U.S. has a border," or "you shouldn't rape or murder people, even if they are Jews."

Time will tell.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Ben on January 31, 2024, 06:11:59 PM
I was not aware that his camera shy wife was an immigrant. Anyway, interesting timing with this and how suddenly John Fetterman is saying sensible stuff.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: French G. on January 31, 2024, 06:28:35 PM
Yeah it's only January and the hero we didn't know we needed is making more sense than the Kentucky glitch turtle. Going to be a long wild year.
Title: Re: John Fetterman
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2024, 07:50:54 PM
Quote
Kentucky glitch turtle.


(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tenor.com%2FDdss0isubMwAAAAC%2Flmao-rofl.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=4a7b52229c5e26490a006dc4057bb360cbbe03bb562fab193bd2cebc7cf27ea4&ipo=images)