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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Collectivism, probably mixed with maximum diversity. I’ll wear my cowboy hat today to counteract that with at least an appearance of rugged individualism.
Boo hoo, Democrats.
Desperation Deflection whatever.
Read a bill? Maybe some staff members read a bill and then give them a synapsis.
More likely Nancy Pelousy tells them what’s in it.
Notice how they did their best to hide the Quasimoto effect on his neck?
Giselle controls him with Baby Ruth bars.
See above.
Fetterman debate prep video discovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhm0uG1JUz4&ab_channel=newFiles4U
Oldie but goodie. Never saw that video. Thanks.
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