Only the New York Times could portray a capable man as a victim for having to do the very job he spent over a year campaigning for. According to their narrative, Fetterman being a shit person is someone else’s fault and never a reflection of his own behavior or actions.
No other job in the world lets people behave this way. We should really be able to fire politicians, as the people, not a branch of government, when they are so useless.
Well, Jon, fucking resign then and you won’t have to spend any of your time on the mundane tasks of being a senator. Enjoy all the time you want at home with your family you entitled prick.
Sorry (but not really) for the language. Swearing is my vice.
And can you imagine calling your boss and bitching that you have to deal w the mundane tasks of your job or that you even have to go in and work at all?
And suddenly, I have no representation in the Senate. Resign, get the help you need and let our governor appoint your replacement. And let’s not wait until 4 months before your reelection bid.
To be fair, I agree that forcing people into certain clothes for work that doesn't require protections or whatnot is subjective, performative, and kind of silly; one can do one's job in what they feel comfortable wearing as well or better than in what they're not...
So…Sen Fetterman readily admits to committing timecard fraud by collecting a paycheck from the American people while staying home and avoiding working for that compensation. Sounds like he needs to submit to DOGE his 5 accomplishments each week - just like all Federal employees.
*His* brain. I had a brain injury and this doesn’t make you unable to do a job. You CAN do a job a lot of the time. I’m quite good at my job most of the time. Maybe it’s a little bit harder. But his specific brain injury might be affecting his judgement totally.
Too many people rallied behind this ungrateful, unfit, lazy dirtbag coalescing around him to defeat the common enemy, Dr. Oz. But it shows that if Americans face a common external threat, how easily we join together to defeat it - How do we make Trump/maga that threat to all..?
So it isn't that he's unfit for office because of a medical condition that renders him incapable of doing his job - he's unfit for office because he's a lazy entitled piece of shit who doesn't want to do his job.
My favorite detail is him complaining about the Senator group chat—all happy birthdays and emoji. That sounds lovely! Cld be constant bickering about seniority or whatever.
The boring but ultimately consequential parts - certainly some of the most important nuts and bolts in South Africa's democratic functioning, for instance, happen at parliamentary committee level. It's not glamorous but it's important. 🤷🏻
That stoke, brain injury, not taking his meds have affected his mind his moods, I have seen patients like this again and again, the ramped up shittiness is directly from his illness and non compliance.
I'll take it a step further. He had a severe CVA before his election. This thread makes it clear that folks don't know what that means. There are no meds in the world that will restore his lost cognitive functioning or his ability to regulate his behavior. He should be collecting SSDI on his porch
I'm a huge disability advocate, but this is pure contempt for the people he's supposed to serve. I knew shit was cooked when he went to Trump's weird inaguration.
How strong an advocate can you be if you fail to see that because of massive brain damage he is unable to exercise normal control of his actions and thoughts? Those parts of his brain are gone and will never come back and nothing anyone can do can change that. There is no volitional behavior here.
He's not being contemptuous. Kristen SInema was willfully contemptuous. Fet is just a poor sick man with a massive brain injury who can't do his job. Maybe his staff or his wife are contemptuous of you, but he can't form that thought. Not my patient, but he's not different than others with CVA.
Gotta give Fetterman credit on one comparison to Bernie. Fetterman does have 2 enacted bills in 2+ years in Congress and Bernie only has 8 in 34+ years in Congress. 👇
Lest we forget that ‘Oligarchy Tour’ is actually a fundraiser for his and AOC’s individual campaign entities.👇 There could have been a separate entity set up to donate to help pay for the tour, but 🤷🏻♀️.
Next up? Probably book #7 and accompanying tour. It’s how Bernie makes the majority of his money.👇
Not sure if anyone is catching this 👇 part in all the times I post it. Once he really ratcheted up the cult following while campaigning for president in 2015, he went back and renamed a 1997 book called ‘Outsider in the House’ to ‘Outsider in the White House’ and released it again. 😒
Which is why then 82 yr old Sanders should not have run for reelection, we could have another Dem in that seat and he could still be on the road doing what he does best. Even so, its unfair to compare him to Fetterman who is doing nothing.
About three months ago, I received fundraising texts from Fetterman a few times a day everyday. Then I noticed they’d flat out stopped. Not raising money for Dems? Himself?
Fetterman was not like this as Lt. Governor and when campaigning before his stroke. I guess this is a medical condition, but don’t know enough about it to warrant the vitriol I read here. He probably should resign, but convincing him of that might be a challenge. It’s a sad situation all around.
There are other members of Congress who are disabled and still do their jobs. Fetterman says he just doesn’t wanna. Nobody’s making him collect a paycheck for a job he doesn’t want and refuses to do.
There are different types of disabled. If a person is emotionally, psychologically, and/or cognitively impaired, functioning in a job like Senator maybe more problematic than for those with a physical disability.
I don’t know what type of counseling is available to Congress, but many need it.
Particularly since the stated reason is "there's nothing left to ask" as if freshmen in both houses haven't made a name for themselves with pointed and effective questioning.
You can't question effectively at the end of hearing? Skill issue.
I’m a PA voter. Somehow @fetterman.senate.gov didn’t get the job description of being a US Senator. I campaigned for this guy in 2022 and enthusiastically voted for him. I feel like a total jerk for doing so now……….
His father just had a heart attack recently so he’s been home spending more time with him.
That seems to have gone unpublished in all these hit pieces.
That was mentioned in the NY Time piece. I get he want’s to spend time with his father, but he’s been elected to represent 13 million people. If he doesn’t feel like he can do that job, then he should retire.
Then Bernie should retire since he’s actually missed more time than that & he’s ranking member of a very important committee but I don’t hear any of you bitching about 83 year old heart attack survivor Bernie stepping down like you bitched about one of the most effective members of Congress getting
It’s mentioned in the article. As a constituent who voted for him, I can be both sympathetic and disappointed with him at the same time. But some of the quotes directly from him make it clear that he thinks he shouldn’t have to do some of the basic parts of his job if they annoy him.
This guy has one of the most powerful jobs in the country right now at one of the most pivotal times in U.S. history and he's whining about being picked on. This is not the time, sir.
It's so much worse with the larger quote. I thought he was saying, "I've been shamed. Ya got me." But what he's really saying is that he doesn't like his job, his six-figure job with health benefits and full bennies. Go cry to somebody who lives in a better country.
I, too, would love to spend more time at home, and less on the “mundane tasks” at work.
Alas, I am not a large pale male pretending to be a Democratic Senator, so…
In all my life i have never wanted to backhand someone across the mouth as much as this guy. whiny, useless, feels entitled to parasitize his constituents while offering them nothing. there should be a Nuremberg for both parties when this shit is over
Anyone want to bet that Fetterman also doesn’t do the “mundane” chores of being at home with the kids, like dressing, feeding, bathing, and putting to bed?
Like others mentioned, I think including his own staff, he’s not who he was before the brain damage. He’s probably acting like a teenager because he has the brain of one now.
What we see in the US feels a lot like what would happen if AI took over. Suddenly all these deadbeats, one-trick ponies & con artists get elected? - Can't be real.
I dunno...maybe it's just EASIER for him to lay around the house dressed like the ultimate scrub playing GTA than it would be for him to do the JOB he CAMPAIGED for and WON. But at this point I'm not sure it was even worth him "saving" us all from Mehmet Oz. Dude's hopeless.
All I know about Lamb is that he seems to be meeting the moment, in a way that Fetterman is so painfully not, and that he already has some support. But sure, send the best you have.
I don’t care about suits, but the not showing up part pisses me off. Then again, he sometimes pisses me off when he does show up. I’m super sensitive to how even mild strokes can change people. But, I’m tired of making excuses for him.
I voted for him so he could perform the “mundane tasks.” I am sympathetic to his condition and I don’t much care how he dresses, but we need someone who can show up and do the work.
Who cares about what he wears? Why that critique of all the things to critique Fettermen over? I'm much more concerned that he's a genocidal maniac and that he is unfit for office. You can put them in the best tailored suit and he would still be unfit for office.
Details please. Who interviewed for what venue and when? He has issues but let’s be careful about sources for rather provocative statements. Facts matter.
Fetterman has a fundamental lack of understanding about the job he applied for. He is an embarrassment and should do his constituents the favor of stepping down. IMHO.
Could we just have a whip round to give him his remaining 3 years of salary to … just resign? I think we could do it with a GoFundMe or maybe John Oliver could do it as a stunt.
It also involves doing constituent work in their states which Bernie neglected when one of his constituents was detained by ICE at his naturalization hearing & Bernie never even bothered to mention him.
I could care less about the suit, I do generally find dress codes elitist and performative.
But good grief, rest is his actual job! People who joined Congress after they stopped actually making legislation happen have no idea what work even needs to be done. Fundraising from home is not work.
That’s part of the charm of Leslie Knope on Parks & Rec - she loves all of governing, including the most tedious parts.
If Fetterman didn’t want to do the whole job, then he shouldn’t have run. But I guess then he wouldn’t get to suckle on the lobbyist teat then so 🤷🏻♂️
I knocked on every door I could for Casey. But Biden screwed him. Biden screwed me. Biden screwed every Democrat in the country. He made it all about HIM. And then Fetterman calls "activist" Dems like me "the radical left". The Dem Party in Pa. is flat out pathetic.
Wrong frame. He is a stroke survivor with severe brain damage and extremely limited ability to make decisions about lunch, let alone legislation. He can't "try harder". His brain is irrevocably damaged and he needs to be collecting SSDI on his front porch.
So, on the one hand, he should definitely do the boring parts of his job, but consider: what if he made every single committee meeting, but did it in a hoodie and flip flops? Part of me wants that.
I, too, would rather spend time at home than do the boring parts of my job. I think we'd all prefer that. Turns out, those "boring parts" are necessary, and you're the one who has to do them.
You are a fucking US Senator…. I don’t care if you vote in a halter top and tutu…. democracy and the US government demand your attention. You were hired to represent, if you can’t do that, then resign and find a job in line with your health and stop fucking with other peoples lives.
I think it's horrible they're forcing that poor cave troll to participate in elected politics. Clearly he would rather be asking you riddles three, in order to enter his cave.
He was an offensive tackle in high school and college, and CTE can and often does lead to both severe depression and stroke, both of which he's been diagnosed with.
Sadly, it is time for @fetterman.senate.gov to go and ASAP. I hope his family is okay - they have been through so much but his current state of mind, perhaps mental health, is deeply concerning if not alarming.
At this point, I’m half convinced it would have been better for Dr. Oz to take the Senate race, so that when he had to resign to accept a job in the regime, Josh Shapiro could appoint literally any other Democrat in Pennsylvania to take his place.
I realize there are flaws in this plan don’t @ me.
After Sinema and Fetterman, I’m going to be suspicious of politicians who use inappropriate clothes to signal to Gen X that they are anti-authoritarian for the rest of my life.
buttigieg, much like biden, can fill out a suit. spanberger, mc bride, hobbs on the ladies side, too. even aoc makes momjeans seem presentable.
sinema's clowndrobe, fetterman's sweats, tulsi's skunk strip are just tells of people who don't care.
Tulsi's hair is appropriate, but it was HELLA inappropriate to get Modi a visa after the Gujarat Massacre, play footsie with al-Assad during her creepy secret trip to Syria, and defend Putin 24/7. So I'm kind of done with inappropriate Dems. Maybe they're quirky but maybe it's treason.
Love your descriptions of attire. Totally agree. I am one of the Oldies who believes in dressing for your current job and the job you are aiming for. Seems like these guys were aiming for…. Not janitor for they wear a clean uniform that fits the job. And I do not want to insult the unhoused.
I think clothes should keep you comfortable and dry—business costumes are overpriced, uncomfortable and dehumanizing. What do pantyhose even do except cause yeast infections? My issue is that Sinema and Fetterman used fashion to communicate anti-authoritarianism, while both are secretly fascists.
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And can you imagine calling your boss and bitching that you have to deal w the mundane tasks of your job or that you even have to go in and work at all?
#goldbrickers
He thinks his job is doing *whatever the fuck he wants and being accountable to nobody*
This is in fact the MBA Managerial mindset: He thinks his job is to BE a warm body taking up space.
I care that he's Vichy.
Next up? Probably book #7 and accompanying tour. It’s how Bernie makes the majority of his money.👇
"We need to be against those b .... I mean, trillionaires!"
The hypocrisy is rank.
I don’t know what type of counseling is available to Congress, but many need it.
He's the quintessential MAGA.
He should be removed.
You can't question effectively at the end of hearing? Skill issue.
FREE FETTERMAN!
That seems to have gone unpublished in all these hit pieces.
Sanders missed nearly 10% of votes. What was his excuse?
Overall for the 118th Congress, Fetterman was #1 in missed votes among Democrats. Bernie wasn't great either.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/27/senators-missed-votes-absent-118th-congress
"Yea, welcome to adulthood, you might as well get used to it now"
Alas, I am not a large pale male pretending to be a Democratic Senator, so…
Resign, you entitled prick.
(Not you, OP 🙂)
Palin never would have admitted to feeling shame, though.
"Ohhh! No-one told me I had to DO the job I was elected for!"
Turns out, he doesn't want to do the job of Senator, just have the title and privileges.
Sounds like our current president, actually.
https://bsky.app/profile/torrleonard.bsky.social/post/3lpwdysrfjs24
UGH.
Interesting coincidence they each are cis, male, and white,
But good grief, rest is his actual job! People who joined Congress after they stopped actually making legislation happen have no idea what work even needs to be done. Fundraising from home is not work.
FFS.
If Fetterman didn’t want to do the whole job, then he shouldn’t have run. But I guess then he wouldn’t get to suckle on the lobbyist teat then so 🤷🏻♂️
Links are not downrated on blooski, no need to be coy like on meta or x.
They were vulnerable to someone like Elon because of that racism and sexism. They screwed themselves.
I realize there are flaws in this plan don’t @ me.
sinema's clowndrobe, fetterman's sweats, tulsi's skunk strip are just tells of people who don't care.
If you’re too big of a cooze to do the job, then get the fuck out already.