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Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
AOL - NBC News ^ | October 26th, 2022 | Henry J. Gomez, Jonathan Allen et al

Posted on 10/26/2022 8:11:40 PM PDT by shadowlands1960

HARRISBURG, Pa. — After getting their first long look at John Fetterman in Tuesday night’s Pennsylvania Senate debate, fellow Democrats are second-guessing his decision to appear on stage five months after a stroke — and some question whether he should have remained on the ballot at all.

“He should not have debated. Anyone on his team who agreed to a debate should be fired, or never work again, because that debate may have tanked his campaign,” said Chris Kofinis, a veteran Democratic campaign strategist. “This race was trending toward victory. Now, it’s anyone’s guess what happens.”

Several Democrats who spoke to NBC News, some on the condition of anonymity, said they were shocked by the degree to which Fetterman struggled to communicate clearly, even though he has acknowledged ongoing difficulty in processing what he hears and speaking without dropping words.

Oz himself seemed to poke at Fetterman’s struggles on the debate stage, wondering aloud at one point if he “wasn’t clear enough” for his opponent to “understand” him. Fetterman’s allies have accused critics of boosting “ableist” rhetoric about the candidate, insisting that he is moving along in his recovery just fine and noting that two current Democratic senators have recovered from recent strokes with little concern about their ability to perform the job.

But by Wednesday morning, many Democrats were in a panic over his performance. And there were fresh questions about how transparent Fetterman has been through a months-long recovery that continues to present communication challenges less than two weeks before Election Day.

“Folks are pretty much freaking out on the Dem side,” Khari Mosley, a Pittsburgh-based Democratic consultant and grassroots activist, said via text message. “I think there was false hope he’d thread the needle last night so some wind was taken out of the sails. .... ....

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TOPICS: Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: droz; fetterman; lumpy
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To: imabadboy99

He still might. He made $2 million since the debate. Voters are stupid.


21 posted on 10/26/2022 8:56:56 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: shadowlands1960

Oz was amazing. Fetterman was a joke.
22 posted on 10/26/2022 8:57:16 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: ConservativeInPA

Of course it’s a ‘garbage article.” It’s NBC. I used ‘et al’ because it took about 8 people to write that.


23 posted on 10/26/2022 8:57:44 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: LibertyWoman

Yes. PA especially. They’re already making noises about not expecting a final count anywhere near election night. Slippery on that Supreme Court decision also. Obama’s fingerprints are all over PA.


24 posted on 10/26/2022 9:05:09 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: shadowlands1960
No sympathy. They voted in the primaries for him knowing full well he had a stroke. Then they tried to hide it, lied to voters, and even attacked a journalist who did honest reporting. Now they are gaslighting each other saying he will be fine.

They would vote for an embalmed corpse if it meant having one more seat.

25 posted on 10/26/2022 9:07:52 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: shadowlands1960

Did anyone else expect Oz and Fetterman to jump up and start singing, “Puttin’ on the Ritz?” Just asking for a friend.


26 posted on 10/26/2022 9:08:05 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Veto Beto, FJB.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Obama and his minions are the reason for the derailment of our Country. He incited hatred between the races right off the bat and then attacked the citizens living in rural America. And the son of a bitch was never challenged by republicans or anyone else. We’re so fractured now, without the Lord intervening, I can’t see any way to reconcile.


27 posted on 10/26/2022 9:20:29 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: frank ballenger

Or better yet from Dr. Hook in 1974: (Freakin At The Freaker’s Ball)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAMyoGS4jY

Almost prophetic.


28 posted on 10/26/2022 9:20:37 PM PDT by DadOfFive (Remember...don't bring a skateboard to a gunfight!)
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To: shadowlands1960

Screw them I’m sick of every story written from the democrats perspective.


29 posted on 10/26/2022 9:23:10 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: shadowlands1960
Fetterman failed to duplicate the Biden in the basement trick. He emerged as a Bozo the Clown toy:


30 posted on 10/26/2022 9:29:21 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: frank ballenger

Fetterman: bright one item side. I bought Andre suit from the Giant’s old seal. Cheapie. I had to let one out, though.


31 posted on 10/26/2022 10:05:31 PM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: KC_Conspirator
They voted in the primaries for him knowing full well he had a stroke. Then they tried to hide it, lied to voters, and even attacked a journalist who did honest reporting.

Just wait...

Next, they will demand sympathy for the party and insist on swapping out for a new candidate, even know they knew from the start that this might happen.

-PJ

32 posted on 10/26/2022 10:40:37 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

You can bet a steak dinner, that very thought crossed the minds of democrap party puppeteers last night watching their dumpster fire of a candidate.


33 posted on 10/26/2022 11:04:59 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator
That's because they got away with it with Torricelli in New Jersey, they got away with it with Carnahan in Missouri, they got away with it with Mink in Hawaii...

Although none of those cases was this close to the election.

-PJ

34 posted on 10/26/2022 11:15:04 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: conservative98
Oz was amazing. Fetterman was a joke.

Interviewing for ANY job in America, Oz would have a 99% chance of getting an offer, and creepy hulk Fetterman a 99% chance of being rejected. In his current mental state, Fetterman is just not employable. He should apply for permanent disability and return to his mother's basement.

35 posted on 10/26/2022 11:36:42 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: shadowlands1960

Whatcha got in there good to eat? French fried potators?


36 posted on 10/27/2022 12:00:56 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Almost got away with it in Minnesota. But the fist pumping and chanting at Wellstone’s memorial service was so obviously distasteful and self serving it turned off normal voters who wanted a little more dignity.


37 posted on 10/27/2022 12:04:28 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator
Thanks, I forgot about that one.

-PJ

38 posted on 10/27/2022 12:08:12 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: shadowlands1960

Fetterman is a sleaze. He, not others, made the decision to stay in the race, because, he figured he could hide or downplay his disability to represent the people of Pa to their detriment, just so he had another gig for six years to pick up a gubmint paycheck and not have to go back to his parents’ basement to live off of them. His auditory and cognitive issues are no excuse for his hiding his disability. It doesn’t rehabilitate his warped moral code.


39 posted on 10/27/2022 1:04:46 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: shadowlands1960

Hilarious that they’re putting all their hopes in the BS push polls their propagandists have been putting out.

Meanwhile real pollsters like Robert Cahaly of Trafalgar Group or Rich Baris of Big Data Poll have said Oz overtook Uncle Festerman BEFORE his disastrous debate performance.

I just hope this disaster blows up in Josh Shapiro’s face too.


40 posted on 10/27/2022 2:15:28 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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