Posted on 10/24/2022 10:58:47 AM PDT by conservative98
In a memo emailed to the media, the Fetterman campaign says it wants "be clear about this match-up" before harping repeatedly on the fact that "Dr. Oz has been a professional TV personality for the last two decades" in its quiet admission that Fetterman is in trouble on Tuesday night.
The campaign memo, oddly, quotes a previous Philadelphia Inquirer report stating "Fetterman wasn't great at debates" and then his staff admits "this isn't John's format." They don't clarify what *is* Fetterman's format given his notorious stump speech gaffes — "the Eagles are...so much better...than the Eagles" — and recent poorly-received sit down interview with NBC News.
"Oz clearly comes into Tuesday night with a huge built-in advantage," the Fetterman memo continues — somewhat quietly admitted that their candidate has not recovered enough from his stroke earlier this year that took him off the campaign trail for weeks.
Calling Oz a "professional TV performer," the memo seems to miss the fact that Fetterman has the advantage of being an elected politician who, in theory, should have a list of accomplishments to tout that Oz, who hasn't held public office before, wouldn't have. Perhaps it's not just that Fetterman has trouble conversing or speaking, but that his record is a bit of a disaster? The memo sets the stage for Fetterman to, however he is able, run from his own record by alleging that Oz will launch "false attacks on crime, fracking, inflation, taxes." But those attacks land because they're true, meaning the problem in Tuesday's debate will be whether Fetterman can answer those attacks effectively or at all.
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Have they asked for a Lay-Z-Boy instead of a lectern for him?
And they’re actually giving Fetterman special treatment by providing him with closed captioned questions (and answers?)!
Caution. They saw what Walker did. Expectations were low for “dumb” Herschel which made a tie a win.
Obviously, the questions will be pre-loaded into his teleprompter, so that means his team already has them and prepping his answers. Oz won’t get the same treatment
“Derp!”, Fetterman explained.
I guess we need a Senate that has no debates. Yeah, that’s the ticket. No debate. No opposition. No ideas. Just do whatever the puppet masters say.
Like everybody showing up.
How can we watch this debate?
Anyone that would consider voting for this cretin really needs to be put out of society. Their IQ must be 10.
Dude will be a no-show.
“Family emergency” or some other BS.
Democraps don’t debate. They can’t. Surface level bromides don’t work in debates.
Pinhead
Fetterman has taken to using his high school football career as one of his main credentials. He is a pathetic loser.
Isn’t Fetterman the stroked out goon who grabbed a shotgun and chased down a Black man he ASSumed was causing trouble?
Fetterman will not just be having the debate questions transcribed for him, he will also be getting what Dr. Oz says. Oz needs to see exactly how his own words are being presented to Fetterman, as well as whether someone is feeding answers to Fetterman.
If Oz does not have the exact same display made available to him, then it's possible that his own words will be improperly transcribed for Fetterman, giving the Fetterman campaign an excuse after the debate to explain away "gaffes" and "misstatements" on bad transcription errors.
-PJ
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