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Posted on 09/12/2022 5:03:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
As we reported Wednesday, Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman has finally agreed to a debate with GOP nominee Mehmet Oz ahead of November’s midterm elections after backing out of a proposed debate that would have taken place last week.
Fetterman was vague on specifics outside of stating it would “be sometime in the middle to end of October” provided there was a way to have the “auditory processing problems” Fetterman is said to have had since his May stroke addressed perhaps via a closed-captioning monitor.
Fetterman’s suggestion that the debate take place in mid to late October sparked criticism from Republicans who correctly pointed out that it being so late in the campaign season and after people had already started casting their votes by way of early voting was not how things were supposed to work. Democrats, on the other hand, scoffed at the criticism, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) making a rather unintentionally illuminating remark when she asked Politico “And why should he help Oz’s campaign? Why does he need to do it now?”
But as it turns out, not even some on Fetterman’s side are happy with the secrecy surrounding not only his health but also his committing to merely one debate in a race that could very well determine control of the U.S. Senate. Here’s what the Washington Post said in a scorching editorial published Monday about Fetterman and his campaign:
Since returning to the campaign trail, Mr. Fetterman has been halting in his performances. He stammers, appears confused and keeps his remarks short. He has held no news conferences. Mr. Fetterman acknowledges his difficulties with auditory processing, which make it hard for him to respond quickly to what he’s hearing. He receives speech therapy — and we wish him a speedy, full recovery — but the lingering, unanswered questions about his health, underscored by his hesitation to debate, are unsettling.
The Fetterman campaign squandered credibility by concealing from the public for two days after his stroke that he had been hospitalized. It waited weeks longer to reveal a more complete picture of his medical history, including that he had been diagnosed in 2017 with cardiomyopathy. Mr. Fetterman had a pacemaker with a defibrillator implanted after the stroke. The campaign’s response to questions about Mr. Fetterman’s health is to point to a doctor’s note, released more than 14 weeks ago, which said “he should be able to campaign and serve in the U.S. Senate without a problem” if he takes his medications and exercises.
That’s not good enough. Mr. Fetterman is asking voters for a six-year contract without giving them enough information to make sound judgments about whether he’s up for such a demanding job. We have called for full disclosure of health records from candidates for federal office in both parties, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and we believe Mr. Fetterman should release his medical records for independent review.
I’m not a political expert nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I know enough to understand that when you’re a Democrat and you’ve caught the ire of the Democrat apologists at the WaPo this close to election time, then you’ve got problems. Big problems. And this on top of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board raising similar issues about Fetterman last week, calling concerns about his health “legitimate.”
But as I said before, even without the health issues taken into consideration, Fetterman has taken some highly questionable and in some cases hypocritical positions on the issues, including on his opposition to school choice, his racisty opposition to voter ID, his soft-on-crime positions as well as his opposition to American energy independence, and most alarmingly, his belief in abortion on demand for any reason and at any stage of pregnancy.
Those are extreme positions in a blue collar state like Pennsylvania, and they could ultimately come back to haunt Fetterman should more residents in his state learn about them, all of which may be the underlying reason why he doesn’t want to do more than one debate – if that one even happens.
Related: Woes Pile up for Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock as Georgia Election Picture Comes Into Focus
they may must like Oz’s rino credentials
WaPo trying to get him replaced as candidate.
If Fetterman drops his candidacy, is there time for a new candidate (presumably selected by the PA Democrat Party) to get on the ballot?
I’m amazed how evil the democrats and most media are. They are more than willing to elect someone who can’t function to the United States Senate.
Just as they did with the presidency.
This WaPo editorial would have been the end of Fetterman’s campaign if the Republicans had run an American against him instead of Mustapha Pasha. As it is, Pennsylvanians may yet prefer the sick man of America to the healthy man of Istanbul.
This is the Toricelli issue. I’d imagine that the ballots are already printed or in progress and there are ballot deadlines. However since bureaucrats blatantly changed PA law without consequence last time, I certainly wouldn’t put the effort past them
He’s also got a HUGE bump on his neck, just exposed when he (finally) dropped his hoodie.
I mean, something majorly weong.
My opinion is that it’s a lipoma.
I had one surgically removed 15 yrs ago (it was much smaller than his).
I wonder if he’s not a candidate for the surgery due to other issues.
It’s essentially a benign lump of fat.
Uncle Fester looks worse and worse as election nears. Maybe the voters of Pennsylvania will be jarred into looking just a little closer to what he represents, and it is not the interests of Pennsylvania. Flutterman is about twenty percent (maybe more) to the left of Bernie Sanders, and he is in questionable health as an added bonus. Sure, perhaps it is not “nice” to hold the state of a candidate’s health against him, but it is a HUGE liability none the less.
But there is always the uncertainty of the Philadelphia vote...
Exactly! Never trust the WP
Fetterman has not agreed to a debate, just to talk about it. No moderator named. Oz just on Tucker to set the record straight.
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You can be as big a Rino as you like, but your vote will still give the GOP the committee chairmanships and control of the agenda - and deprive the Democrats of the same.
If only Festerman were benign.
I’ve not been amazed for many years....I am amazed at the people who have NO GLUE!!!
They're not afraid of Oz winning nearly as much as they're afraid he might pull Mastriano across the finish line with him.
I was wondering the same thing. It’s irresponsible for Fetterman to have refused to withdraw by now.
here is the WAPO editorial-—
Opinion John Fetterman needs to debate more than once for U.S. Senate
By the Editorial Board
September 12, 2022 at 4:18 p.m. EDT
Debates about debates between candidates running for office are tedious, as barbs are traded over the number of matchups, the timing, the ground rules. But the one being played out in Pennsylvania between Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) and his Republican opponent in the race for U.S. Senate, Mehmet Oz, is worthy of attention. The race might well determine which party controls the Senate, and voters would benefit from seeing the two candidates exchange ideas and test each other. Mr. Fetterman has seemingly been reluctant to commit to firm debate dates, and that troubling stance has raised questions about whether he, still recovering from a serious stroke, is fit to serve in the Senate.
After suffering a stroke in May, Mr. Fetterman was off the campaign trail for three months and has campaigned little since then; he held a rally Sunday. Mr. Oz has pressed for five debates, but Mr. Fetterman dodged and ducked before tentatively agreeing last week to one but not until “sometime in the middle to end of October.” That’s well after Sept. 19, when voters can start casting mail-in ballots, and it’s short of the two debates that had been the standard during recent competitive Senate contests in Pennsylvania.
Since returning to the campaign trail, Mr. Fetterman has been halting in his performances. He stammers, appears confused and keeps his remarks short. He has held no news conferences. Mr. Fetterman acknowledges his difficulties with auditory processing, which make it hard for him to respond quickly to what he’s hearing. He receives speech therapy — and we wish him a speedy, full recovery — but the lingering, unanswered questions about his health, underscored by his hesitation to debate, are unsettling.
The Fetterman campaign squandered credibility by concealing from the public for two days after his stroke that he had been hospitalized. It waited weeks longer to reveal a more complete picture of his medical history, including that he had been diagnosed in 2017 with cardiomyopathy. Mr. Fetterman had a pacemaker with a defibrillator implanted after the stroke. The campaign’s response to questions about Mr. Fetterman’s health is to point to a doctor’s note, released more than 14 weeks ago, which said “he should be able to campaign and serve in the U.S. Senate without a problem” if he takes his medications and exercises.
That’s not good enough. Mr. Fetterman is asking voters for a six-year contract without giving them enough information to make sound judgments about whether he’s up for such a demanding job. We have called for full disclosure of health records from candidates for federal office in both parties, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and we believe Mr. Fetterman should release his medical records for independent review.
And he should debate Mr. Oz before voters start casting their ballots. Mr. Oz, for his part, has not exactly conducted himself with glory. The campaign’s offer to fund “any additional medical personnel [Mr. Fetterman] might need to have on standby” during a debate and its mocking comment about Mr. Fetterman not eating enough vegetables were sophomoric and unseemly, made worse by the fact that Mr. Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon. Both candidates have something to prove to voters, and there is no better forum than a debate.
Do you really think they didn't know the truth about hoodie retard and his health? Please.
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