Posted on 10/25/2022 8:54:33 PM PDT by conservative98
Capitol Hill's reaction to the Pennsylvania Senate debate was brutal for Democratic nominee John Fetterman, from Democrats and Republicans alike.
Why it matters: Multiple sources wondered why Fetterman agreed to debate when he clearly wasn’t ready. Fetterman struggled at times to respond to the moderators' questions, even with the assistance of a closed captioning device.
"Why the hell did Fetterman agree to this?" one Democratic lawmaker and Fetterman backer told Axios. "This will obviously raise more questions than answers about John's health."
Fetterman opened the debate by calling his health the "elephant" in the room.
"I had a stroke. He’s never let me forget that," he said, referring to GOP opponent Mehmet Oz.
“And I might miss some words during this debate, mush two words together, but it knocked me down and I’m going to keep coming back up.”
Fetterman did not commit to releasing his full medical records. "My doctor believes I'm fit to serve," Fetterman said.
The post-debate commentary on NewsNation focused primarily on Fetterman's health and capacity to serve.
NewsNation host Leland Vittert said "the biggest issue was John Fetterman's health and his ability to comprehend speech, and to then speak coherently on the issues of the day."
Another Pennsylvania Democratic official worried: "Everyone is nervous. I've traveled everywhere. Fetterman is a deep concern. And this debate will only increase it."
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), on CNN: "It's sad to see John Fetterman struggling so much. He should take more time to allow himself to fully recover. "
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The bottom line: A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted before the debate found that 46% of respondents believed it's important for candidates to address Fetterman's health.
It's hard to see how Fetterman's debate performance alleviated the concerns of the skeptics.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
*Axios
I suspect festerman knows he’s going to lose and it was a Hail Mary pass - meaning it was his only shot…
Go back in your timeline now, find any blue check who spoke to Fetterman recently and claimed he’s totally fine
Make note of who they are.
Never listen to any of them about anything, ever.
Their willingness to lie knows no limits.— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) October 25, 2022
It’s all about the revolution...
Fetterneck is a commie.
Axios is saying this? Must have been a stinker for Felcherman.
The real candidate is his wife. Joe let that slip this week.
Move her up. Latina communist.
The wife - like Joe’s - is pushing the man forward for her own power trip.
A single candidate (e.g Biden and now Fetterman) is incidental.
Tucker called the Fetterman debate a 30-car Amtrak derailment— Good Night Poso (@JackPosobiec) October 25, 2022
there was a full 10 mins of him looking like a deer in the headlights
Exactly…he is well qualified for Democrat office. All he has do do is vote the way is told.
It is amazing how many Democrats running for office this year have flaws like this. The man who is currently president is flawed like this. The Democratic Party lacks quality people to run for office.
Many in the media are transcribing the words Fetterman said into what they thought he meant to say. They edited out his failures to properly form sentences and use words that articulated his position (or what they thought was his position). I’ve seen articles already that quotes Fetterman incorrectly. I listened to the debate and can tell the media is cleaning up his responses to questions in their “quotes” of his statements.
I had this nailed over a month ago...
"In the 8/30/22 Emerson poll, the stroke was directly polled. "Less Likely" to vote for Strokegoitermann when added to fence sitters = a whopping 90.5%.
Clearly what happened is Oz finally agreed to let his media crew unleash uncertainty on Strokegoitermann. Crafting it so that Oz can appear caring, but firmly insistent on a debate."
Democrats called it a great success. Fetterman proved he is Presidential material.
Epic!
When I first heard about some kind of devices that would be used during the debate...
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TONIGHT AROUND 8:13 PM ET in PENNSYLVANIA SOMEWHERE:
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FETTERMAN SAYS: Rrrrrr...uhh...blzrs some arrky rackmat shoshio furrrrr...gorglep muhhh frepp korka...rrrr...
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER FOR OZ READ: We have many important issues that we need to pay attention to such as freeing people unfairly convicted of murder.
OZ SAYS: (Reading) Hmm. Well, crime is skyrocketing due to policies like this. We cannot continue to coddle and not prosecute criminals because we will only get more behavior and crime.
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER SAYS FOR FETTERMAN READ: CRIME BAD. YOU WRONG.
FETTERMAN SAYS: Gahh...rhucrett...hoksee wit bugat niccah tog furrrrr...draoohh sok kika kika blugatch...rrrr...
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER FOR OZ READ: Studies have shown there is only a 27% recividism rate for criminals under early release. Releasing these unfairly imprisioned people will give them a chance to be functioning members of society, reduce incarceration costs, and be good for everyone. Furthermore, they should be granted the ability to participate in federal elections again, both from inside prison and after they are released.
OZ SAYS: (Reading) What? He didn’t say that! There isn’t any way he said that! And those statistics cannot be true! He is making that up!
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER SAYS FOR FETTERMAN READ: HE SAYS YOU LIE.
FETTERMAN SAYS: Rrrrrr...uhh...blzrs some arrky rackmat shoshio furrrrr...gorglep muhhh frepp korka...rrrr...
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER FOR OZ READ: The Criminal Justice Department at the University of Wisconsin Published the paper “A systematic review of criminal recidivism rates worldwide: 3-year update” published in the journal “National Crime and Punishment” with Denis Yukhnenko, performing Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, and writing the Original Draft, and Shivpriya Sridhar, was responsible for the Data Curation, Investigation, Visualization,2 and Seena Fazel, Conceptualization, Funding Acquisition, Methodology, Project Administration, Supervision, and Writing – Review & Editing. The results clearly indicate...
OZ SAYS: (Reading) YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! THERE AREN’T EVEN ENOUGH SYLLABLES IN WHAT HE JUST SAID TO GET THAT OUT OF IT! MR. MODERATOR, CAN WE...
FETTERMAN SAYS: Fugga mugga meh rendo soc...ahh uhh hooloo ikko dukawa ooka mung...
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER FOR OZ READ: It’s all right here in the journal I am holding up.
OZ SAYS: (Reading) That’s it. I’m done here. I didn’t come here to participate in this.
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER SAYS FOR FETTERMAN READ: HE SAYS HE DIDN’T COME HERE FOR THIS.
FETTERMAN SAYS: Togga sik me bite.
FETTERMAN TELEPROMPTER INTERPRETER FOR OZ READ: Yes you did. Bite me.
They ignore Fetterman’s obvious mental disability and instead are incredulous that he agreed to debate! They’re fine with a Senator who can’t understand an issue or explain it to his constituents, but they’re mad at him for exposing his inadequacy! Morality and ethics simply don’t exist for liberals.
I don’t know. There are many people who will vote for Fetterman because they feel sorry for him. Especially those liberal white women.
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