Social and news media commenters seize on senatorās gaffe, with some characterizing it as a Freudian slip
With speculation about whether he may defect from the Democratic party swirling around him, US senator John Fetterman described himself seemingly unintentionally as a ālifelong Republicanā during a fireside chat in Texas over the weekend.
Fetterman made the comment when someone listening to him speak with CBS News political correspondent Major Garrett at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday asked the Pennsylvania senator why he had not become an independent.
āBecause Iām a lifelong Republican,ā Fetterman replied. Garrett promptly corrected him by saying, āDemocrat,ā as Fetterman raised a hand and shook his head in disbelief.
āAccidentallyā
Canāt really fault him, ive been making the same mistake thinking he was a lifelong republican all along as well.
If you listen to him, he clearly still has issues with speech after the stroke. A speech impediment isnāt inherently disqualifying from being a lawmaker, but such a dramatic change to someoneās brain should have automatically triggered a re-election that allowed the voters to evaluate if he could still perform his duties to the same degree as when he was elected by the people.
Except, the stroke happened before the election. The stroke happened before the primary.
The people of Pennsylvania elected him to office knowing that heād had a serious stroke.
oh, did the new rotating villain drop early?
I think trying to brush off the Epstein files gets you more status that an rotating villain but nobody on the internet can hold more than one idea at a time so sure, I guess that makes him part-time
Yes, we know. Dude is just a Republican plant.
Iām convinced that itās his stroke causing a personality change and possibly cognitive decline.
Iām convinced the stroke was fake and his run as a democrat was a ruse to get elected on false promises
Well the big three in Fettermanās election were himself, Dr. Oz, and Dave McCormick. At the time, Fetterman seemed like the better pick. But now I know āitās the same picture.ā Fetterman wonāt make it out of his next primary unless he runs as a Republicanā¦ Then maybe, but probably not still.
Heās getting paid to deliver Republican wins. Fetterman loves the money. I doubt he cares which party he aligns with as long as the grift keeps paying.
Practically everyone in office is getting paid to deliver something.
For example, Biden was paid to stop minimum wage.
Trump was paid to invade Iraq.
You can tell what they were paid for by watching what they do. Viola! Thatās what was paid for.
Dollars are free speech and corporations are people.
This is a post about Fetterman. He drastically changed his politics after he discovered how easy it is to take bribes. No one is disputing politics is replete with people on the take on both sides. Thatās a different post.
He doesnāt wear a tie, but he wears his Freudian slip.
Now that part we need to normalize. Ties are useless, annoying, uncomfortable, and Iām done cases potentially dangerous. I think theyāre ugly af personally, but I think women think they look good? Or maybe theyāre more attached to the status that sometimes comes with them.
I could go on a whole rant, but I understand that in certain circumstances a uniform might be useful, it helpful. But Iām so other circumstances, wearing something formal should never ever be expected or demanded.
Leave it as an option for the sickos who convince themselves they really want to and itās not a phase, but I have a feeling that once getting rid of suits and ties becomes the default, no one will ever want to outside of actors playing characters dated sometime between their invention and riddance), and maybe for some weird sex stuff.
People look better when theyāre comfortable. Let them be comfortable, even at work.
Iāve already told my younger siblings that when Iām dead (not that Iāve decided exactly what should happen at all yet), that under absolutely no circumstances do I want a stuffy formal funeral, or even burial. Humans made a mistake creating the funeral industry.
One of my brothers is a little annoyed at that, as I do have a funeral director as a brother. But heās known me longer than heās worked there, so heāll get over it. Not like I would ever sit a funeral anyway. But thatās not why I donāt want one.
This is where the rant would really start, but I could go for a while on this subject (and the tangential ones that would come up, like getting to funerals from ties).
Ties are really fun to be pulled with during some activities. But at work theyāre dumb
Maybe for some people. But I canāt think of a single wardrobe-based turnoff thatās as severe.
