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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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1 posted on 10/27/2022 2:32:02 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Running interference for the Pennsylvania Democrat as his campaign stonewalled about his condition created a nightmare scenario just before the election. Woops.
2 posted on 10/27/2022 2:32:08 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

This is from Politico? Holy sh*t....


3 posted on 10/27/2022 2:33:59 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: conservative98

Politico? Man, Fetterman must really be in big trouble. Politico gave up on the troll.


4 posted on 10/27/2022 2:36:09 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: conservative98
How well do you remember The Twilight Zone episode ''To Serve Man''? Pennsylvania; All I'm sayin'.
5 posted on 10/27/2022 2:36:10 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: conservative98

One thing I’ll NEVER understand is why he didn’t just skip out of the debate (or even try to stall it for a few more days of early voting, then skip out). After all, he was going up against a TV personality, which is hard enough on its own, and beyond that, Biden PROVED that a candidate with brain damage can still win (discounting the cheating factor, of course).


6 posted on 10/27/2022 2:39:40 PM PDT by BobL
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To: conservative98

“friendly press coverage”

What would you expect from a family as intermarried as libtards and the media


7 posted on 10/27/2022 2:40:48 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: Antihero101607

Fetterman the Kanamit


8 posted on 10/27/2022 2:43:11 PM PDT by dontreadthis (sometime)
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To: nascarnation

Disingenuous to say the least They were half a million votes already cast with hundreds of thousands in the mail the night of the “debate”. Then there is the 240,000 ballots to mystery voters. The SOS is going to ignore a Supreme Court ruling and count ballots with no date. The rats risked nothing putting Shrek on the air.


9 posted on 10/27/2022 2:44:08 PM PDT by es345st
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To: conservative98
That entire article is about how they could have strategically coordinated better to get Fetterman in. All the liberals debate this.

They never ask, "Why are we running a completely mentally unfit person for an extremely complex and important job?" or "Why the fk am I and my party still hoping he wins?!"

Answering the second question honestly should make a good person rethink their whole political world view.

10 posted on 10/27/2022 2:49:52 PM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: conservative98; All

It appears to be from the Daily Beast, not Politico.


11 posted on 10/27/2022 2:53:22 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: conservative98

“John Fetterman’s campaign might be the first in history to unleash an October surprise on themselves.”

F Politico, but that’s a pretty good line.


12 posted on 10/27/2022 2:53:43 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: conservative98

I am guessing that the plan was to get Fetterman elected, and then assuming the Democrat wins the Governorship, have him appoint the one that they really want.


13 posted on 10/27/2022 2:54:32 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: conservative98

I hope the fraud of hiding the seriousness of his disability is investigated. Many lies were told to cover. He pretended to be out campaigning while he was in the hospital and press knew, but covered. If that isn’t illegal, it should be.

I was almost afraid to watch the debate because they have never set the bar so low, it was on the ground. All he had to do is read the questions and submit a couple complete sentences. He failed and was much worse than even I expected.


14 posted on 10/27/2022 2:55:02 PM PDT by DadOfFive (Remember...don't bring a skateboard to a gunfight!)
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To: es345st

It’s like they go to any length to hide their lies..and cheating
..and corruption.
It’s in our faces.
And their attacks on Trump.
So, phony and contrived non sense..yet noone can seemingly stop it?
It doesn’t help that the pubs aren’t trying very hard either.


15 posted on 10/27/2022 2:55:21 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: es345st

It’s NOT like they go to any length to hide their lies..and cheating
..and corruption.
It’s in our faces.
And their attacks on Trump.
So, phony and contrived non sense..yet noone can seemingly stop it?
It doesn’t help that the pubs aren’t trying very hard either.


16 posted on 10/27/2022 2:55:52 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: dontreadthis; All
What's a "Kanamit"?

Leni

17 posted on 10/27/2022 2:57:54 PM PDT by MinuteGal ( MAGA !...............MAGA !................MAGA !)
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To: MinuteGal

see photo in post #5


18 posted on 10/27/2022 3:03:56 PM PDT by dontreadthis (sometime)
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To: Leep

The PA GOP is weak beyond description. The rat SOS announced she is ignoring a SC ruling two weeks ago. They have done absolutely nothing about it


19 posted on 10/27/2022 3:15:38 PM PDT by es345st
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To: es345st

Drop boxes pre loaded

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/breaking-10-ballots-discovered-pre-loaded-inside-drop-box-pennsylvania-two-others-reportedly-also-pre-loaded-ballots-inside-boxes/


20 posted on 10/27/2022 3:16:25 PM PDT by combat_boots ( )
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