What an asshole
Man I took so many down votes over fetterman. I never bought into his bullshit. I used to point out he was a silver spoon nepo baby who is useless as a person without his family connections. I used to say that his hoodies and shorts in the house was nothing but a distraction over his lack of substance or honesty. “Hey everyone look at my shorts, im totally one of you!”
I feel vindicated
He’s not breaking ranks for this, he’s been standing on the other side of the party line for a while.
It would be newsworthy if Fettermen took any stance popular with a dem voting base at this point.
Over the Iran attack? I’m pretty sure he broke ranks years ago.
Rank Breaker
A maverick, if you will.
This is why America doesnt have instant recall, outside California, where astroturfed campaigns use it to benefit business interests.
Ugh I’m so tired of this shitbag
Brain damage causes conservatism.
Fuck that quisling fuck. And I sent him money before his election. He can kiss my ass from now on. I’m giving money to anyone who primaries that fucking fuck.
Traitorous ogre
That “break” occurred a while ago. He’s a DINO at this point.
Imagine somehow being worse than Dr. Oz…
You can’t “break ranks” with a party you don’t identify with. He’s MAGA. Has been for years.
Severe brain damage really unlocked something in him.
Genuine question: what happened to this guy? I remembered when he got elected it was kind of AOC blue collar vibes. Did he change or something else?
He himself said something to the effect of he could literally feel the progressive part of him leave his body after his stroke, so it seems a lot like brain damage removes your empathy or makes you a greedy war mongering asshole.
so it seems a lot like brain damage removes your empathy or makes you a greedy war mongering asshole.
It can be good tho…
It all depends on what gets damaged and what you’re starting off with.
In general the bits at the front by your forehead regulate impulses, so losing that makes you more of an asshole. That’s also where empathy happens.
The first parts by your spine generate those impulses, so damage there could chill someone who’s already an asshole.
It doesn’t take damage tho, with like 15 minutes of training anyone can predict political leanings from a normal brain scan with I er 80% accuracy.
It’s not a permanent difference, the brain can change well into old age.
But as a general rule, the left uses their front brain. The right uses their hind brain.
And our brain is like a muscle. What we use often gets bigger and more active.
You can tell he massively shifted after the stroke. Brain damage and MAGA fit so well together.
Brain wash or brain damage are the only ways people support right wing politics unless they’re fundamentally psychopathic people
We were sold a lie. Seems he’s always been a grifter.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting episode. So basically it wasn’t the stroke like everyone parrots. He was always a weirdo.
Chasing after a jogger with a shotgun, and vandilizing a local business (both as major) is pretty shitty behavior.
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Ok I did not know so he had a stroke and changed after that? Crazy.
It’s hard to say whether it was the stroke, the exposure to DC, or a combination of both… But considering other progressive senators seem capable of (mostly) holding true to their campaign promises/personality, it’s more likely due to the stroke.
Edit: missing “progressive” modifier
He never called himself progressive. He actually said he was not progressive during his campaign run.
Right, forgot about that…
Can’t he be impeached or something based on mental issues?
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“…cannibals on this island”
I’m down for the entire government stepping down.
Only by other members of congress who are fine with who he is. In terms of federally elected politicians, it’s in fact impossible for the constituents to recall them. Some states allow you to recall state level politicians but it remains illegal to recall a federal one.
An example of this is George Santos, who is the only Republican to have been expelled
Can we all take a minute to appreciate the actual comedy Andy Kaufman level genius of George Santos?
Like it wasn’t that he wanted to be a comedian, but he has by far the most hilarious character in political history.
Like lying so prolifically and absurdly about everything from his career to his heritage to surviving assassination attempts… it stops being deceit and starts feeling like satire. His deadpan delivery, surreal contradictions (like being both a far-right politician and a Brazilian drag queen), and refusal to break character even after being exposed create a kind of involuntary performance art that skewers politics, media, and celebrity culture in one breath. From scamming a disabled vet’s dog fund to monetizing his downfall on Cameo…
Truly, one of the most comedic characters humanity has seen.
He just proved that anyone can make it in politics.
…though it will really help if you have an “R” after your name.
The reason was he grifted the grifters.
He frauduantly claimed to have $x donations already, which got him $y from the RNC.
Then he won the primary with just the $y.
If it wasn’t for that, he’d still be in office.
