Opps all conservatives!
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2024
217 points (96.6% liked)
politics
19222 readers
2270 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I can't believe I shook this guy's hand at a campaign rally once. Fuck you and your hoodie, Fetterman.
Should throw your shoe at him next time.
Classic George w bush moment
It should happen all the time.
Every time there's a politician speaking in front of a crowd, everyone in that crowd has a couple of projectiles strapped to their feet.
You probably can't smuggle in a bag of rotten tomatoes, or a pie, let alone some kind of weapon, but there you've got those two things right on your feet.
Maybe you get in there and you decide, hey you really like your shoes, you don't want to lose one, so you find something else. A pair of sunglasses. A watch. A hat. Maybe you look around and find something at the venue, like a little plastic display placard.
First of all, none of those things are going to throw as well as a shoe. You're going to sacrifice your distance and your accuracy just because you don't want to walk home with one shoe. Well there's no point in doing shit if you're going to miss, so better to just use the shoe.
Second of all, the shoe is a clear message. You throw your watch up there, he's likely to say hey thanks for the great watch. Even if you threw both of your shoes, they might say hey thanks for the free pair of shoes. But if you throw just one shoe, that's a clear fuck you.
I love how much thought you put into this
Fettermen Sinema Manchin
Three bullet points on a list
Don’t forget democrat joe Lieberman who single-handedly killed the single payer option when obamacare was being voted on. The bought and paid for insurance industry shill joe Lieberman. It’s a shame he’s dead, he deserves the Luigi treatment.
Goddamn, either this guy was one hell of a fraud, or brain damage does really cause conservatism.
Brain damage doesn’t cause conservatism. I had a TBI as a teenager and went far left. My experiences in trying to get treatment completely radicalized me.
Was mostly a joke, I too suffered a brain injury a couple years ago and it did nothing but make me more vocal about my opinions (which has folks labelling me far left).
I really do wonder if the second part is a possibility.
Did that stroke cause a personality change? Seems like he is suffering from magabrain.
What the fuck happened to him? He seemed so promising just a few years ago.
Brain damage. He had a stroke a few years ago and switched from liberal to conservative real fast.
He was always like this, he just became more abrasive after the stroke.
We just closed our eyes and looked the other way when he showed himself to be a rabid zionist and assumed he'd grown from when he chased a black man through neighborhood with a shotgun.
You see him go against AIPAC-backed corpo dems in the primary and interpreted some labor rhetoric and putting a hammer and sickle in his profile pic and it's easy to mislead yourself.
It's what happens when you don't do the critical part of critical support.
This is different from Sinoma who simply lied about all of her positions.
I think this is the most charitable interpretation.
He was never particularly liberal... he just had enough money to throw around in grand acts that people assumed he was generous and cared about regular people.
Never trust someone from York county.
Congrats to Fetterman on being the New Joe Manchin. He'll never have to make another fundraising call again-- must feel good.
I imagine he has a bright future as the Dem or republican frontrunner in a future presidential election.
Fetterman can't go Joe Manchin even if he wanted to. His party affiliation wouldn't single-handedly swing contol of the Senate like Manchin. He's not in a position where he can all but single-handedly decide if Democrat bills survive or fail. He has no political leverage. The Democrats aren't going to throw money to save him because doing so would not impact their ability to control the Senate or conduct business.
If Fetterman tries to go full Manchin, he had better hope the GOP are willing to prop him up, because Dems are just going to cut their losses and focus their money on more winnable races.
because Dems are just going to cut their losses and focus their money on more winnable races
Fettermans got AIPAC backing. He's in a heavily jewish district, which is why he talks so much about Israel. Dems wouldnt DARE to cut their losses with Fetterman, he's a made man.
Please don’t equate Judaism with support for Israel. Some of the most anti Israel people are Jews. Fuck the zionists.
- a Jew
Really, you could cut the headline to "Fetterman made his first post on truth social", and I'd still be disappointed, the rest just put a cherry on top.
This dude was pretty wacky from the get go. It was funny watching people flock to him like dumbasses to a flame.
I can forgive virtually everything else he's said... But suggesting Biden grant a pardon to a man who has shown no remorse or even an admission that his alleged crimes might be wrong is so far off the path of wisdom that i dont think its even fair to count his seat "blue".
What a fucking disappointment.
Don't know why people were disappointed, this is who he's always been
"Just elect local progressives to form the future of the democratic party! Maybe next election season you'll get one!"
- Local "progressive" was never that progressive, especially to non-whites the media made it look that way and blame his stroke, and is now a Trump supporting fascist once he's in office.
At some point Charlie Brown stopped trying to kick the football, we should too. Better than Dr. Oz, but so was any random person in Pennsylvania.
But but but if we just vote harder for progressives we’ll get all the things democrats promise we just need more democrats elected!
Democrats get elected and then proceed to 180
There will always be just enough Democrats like him to fuck us over. Every time, without exception.
It’s almost like it’s INTENTIONAL or something!
Shit. You’re gonna piss off the libs by pointing this out.
Libs will be pissed no matter what these days. Either the Dems are controlled opposition or they're very good at looking like controlled opposition.
I wonder what happens to a party without core values that can't be trusted?
Been a fraud since his pro zionist stance
so he understands that trump is guilty, of treason, and he wants him off the hook.
Post summary says he's calling for a pardon on the campaign finance fraud case (the porn star hush money). So assuming that's an accurate summary he's not calling for a pardon on treason. Also it's a state crime so it's not one the president can pardon anyway.
ohhh I didnt read to clarify as I figured it was the only federal charges that were outstanding. Thank you for putting me straight on this issue. So its just as it always is, theater.
Things looked like we might finally see justice, but after this victory, I think he got away free. Pardon or not.
I think those advocating on pardoning him now think that this would remove his incentive to turn DOJ into his personal agency, but he likely will do that anyway no matter what.
I hate to tell you but this isn't ending then or anytime soon.
Maybe the public is right to distrust institutions.
Brain damage?
He won’t deny that.
Okay I know what happened, he historically died, but a time traveler took over over his conciousness right before his death and now controls his body. John Fetterman is dead, this is just some time traveler fucking around with the past.
/s Shout outs to Travelers, go watch it its great.
I mean...it's not a crazy theory. dumber things have literally happened in the past 10 years.
Man this world is weird.
Oh my god, I hate that I've voted for this dude multiple times.
This is a man representing a purple state seeing not only his state but the entire country shift pretty solidly to the right and is just hedging his bets accordingly. And a sad but true fact is that if you want to have a political career, you bend the knee to Trump. You make the pilgrimage to Maralago, you buy his overpriced watches, you stay in his hotel rooms, you cater to his base on his platform. Whatever way you choose, the main goal is just to curry favor with Trump. And Fetterman has decided that bending the knee to Trump is the best move for his political career. Given the hard shift to the right the country is taking, he may not be wrong.
And before anybody hops on me, I'm not saying I agree with the man or am trying to excuse his behavior or anything like that. I'm just saying that strictly from the perspective of what is most likely to get him re-elected in Pennsylvania or advance his political career, bending the knee to Trump may be what he feels is the best way forward.
2028, the year we will be finally rid of both of these dingbats from politics (hopefully)