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Liberals Didn’t Do John Fetterman Any Favors
Politico ^ | Oct. 27, 2022 | Matt Lewis

Posted on 10/27/2022 2:32:02 PM PDT by conservative98

John Fetterman’s campaign might be the first in history to unleash an October surprise on themselves. There’s a reason opponents wait until right before Election Day to drop opposition research: It’s devastating.

This week, we were treated to a clinic on why it’s better to get bad news out early and in small doses. By hiding the truth about the state of his condition following a devastating stroke last May, and pinning their hopes on an October 25 debate performance, Fetterman didn’t just jeopardize his campaign—or which party controls the U.S. Senate—he also cast a pall on the Democratic Party’s hopes just two weeks before the midterms.

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In today’s world, Democrats are often (ironically) cursed by having friendly press coverage. This lack of accountability creates a false sense of reality. Instead of believing they could effectively run out the clock, the Fetterman campaign would have been better served by a press who forced their candidate’s problems into the open.

Instead, by tapdancing around the issue and accepting the campaign’s stonewalling, the mainstream media generally (with a few exceptions) lulled him to a disastrous place.

After a year of leading in the polls, his status as the frontrunner is in jeopardy. Now that it’s crunch time, his campaign could fracture and implode.

It’s always the cover-up that gets you.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: droz; fetterman; mattlewis; octobersurprise
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To: conservative98

They might not be able to pull a steal off, but I think everyone will be surprised by how close fetterman will come to winning. The rats gotta have PA and it’s one of the few states with a well developed rat fraud machine.


21 posted on 10/27/2022 3:25:34 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: conservative98

They just want the seat with a D in it.


22 posted on 10/27/2022 3:26:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: conservative98
In today’s world, Democrats are often (ironically) cursed by having friendly press coverage.

Leftist journalist words to cushion their loss.

23 posted on 10/27/2022 3:26:33 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: nascarnation

It’s The Daily Beast too?


24 posted on 10/27/2022 3:36:51 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: conservative98

Daily Beast article ... NOT Politco ...


25 posted on 10/27/2022 4:34:04 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: conservative98

The Democrats running the show in Pennsylvania are planning to cheat, so Oz has to get enough votes to beat the cheat.


26 posted on 10/27/2022 4:41:44 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: conservative98

Set up to get his bitch wife as senator without an election.


27 posted on 10/27/2022 4:46:39 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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28 posted on 10/27/2022 5:39:49 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Antihero101607

This was one of the best TZ episodes…..


29 posted on 10/27/2022 6:04:23 PM PDT by wny
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To: conservative98

This article isn’t really from Politico; shouldn’t you fix it, just to be honest?


30 posted on 10/27/2022 6:11:32 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: conservative98

Kinda like shooting oneself in the foot, except Fetterman seems that he took a shot to the head.


31 posted on 10/27/2022 6:12:21 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: BobL

Try this explanation: Fetterman’s campaign read the results of their internal polls, (not the lying crap the media publishes), and knew he was cruisin’ to a losin’. With that in mind, the debate wasn’t much of a risk for Fetterman (it could hurt other Dem candidates, but that’s their problem). A better-than-pathetic performance by Fetterman, or an error by Dr Oz, and the Dem media would proclaim Uncle Fester the winner. Oops.


32 posted on 10/27/2022 6:52:38 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah

Good point - one screw up by Oz would have amplified 1000 times by the media.


33 posted on 10/27/2022 7:06:00 PM PDT by BobL
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To: es345st

Thats why its called election DAY


34 posted on 10/28/2022 7:13:06 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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