John Fetterman

[WLJ]

I think they should all show up in togas

[WLJ]

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

[dogmush]

I think they should all show up in togas

I'm down for a Boebert v. AOC toga debate.

[HankB]

ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

[Ben]

ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

 

That would be awesome!

[K Frame]

ALL the GOP senators should show up on the Senate floor wearing 'LET'S GO BRANDON" shirts - or better yet, hoodies.

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.

[Calumus]

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.

[Ben]

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. 

[WLJ]

    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

    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

[dogmush]

From that twitchy link:

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.

[griz]

... Staff still need to follow it.......

Is that their admission that he is the only exception?

[WLJ]

Of more serious concern than him wearing hoodies and shorts

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....

[WLJ]

Now he will start wearing a suit if....

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

[dogmush]

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.

[JTHunter]

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? 

[WLJ]

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

[JTHunter]

There was someone who did that back in the '70s IIRC.  Some old fart "blue dog" dem that was messing around with some stripper,

[Angel Eyes]

I'm going as John Fetterman for Halloween.

[WLJ]

I'm going as John Fetterman for Halloween.

[K Frame]

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.

[HeroHog]

I can't say *expletive deleted*it, I wear a pocket T and shorts ALL THE TIME!

[K Frame]

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

[Ben]

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.

[dogmush]

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.

[cordex]

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.