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Posted on 02/17/2023 4:57:25 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Lynn Rivers, a Democrat from Michigan, opened up about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder during a radio call-in show when she first ran for Congress. Her opponents had been hinting she had mental health problems. She decided, spur of the moment, to let it out.
That was 1994. Ms. Rivers was elected, despite a Republican tidal wave, and served four terms.
Now another Democrat, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, has announced that he has entered a hospital to be treated for clinical depression. Politicians of both parties are praising him for his openness. Mental health experts say he is a powerful symbol — especially for men, who are less likely to seek treatment for depression and suffer higher rates of suicide.
Yet the stigma around mental illness remains strong — especially in politics, where questions about temperament can determine a candidate’s electability. Mr. Fetterman and others face a continuing challenge: How much do they really want to say?
Mr. Fetterman is not the first Washington politician — or even the first member of the Senate — to be open about a mental health struggle.
Political strategists of both parties say that if Mr. Fetterman recovers and can function as a senator, his future in politics will not be hurt.
“I don’t think that the fact of having depression or dealing with a mental illness in and of itself would impede his career,” said David Axelrod, a Democratic strategist whose father’s death by suicide has led him to advocate better mental health treatment. “But if people come to believe that he has disabilities that would prevent him from doing his job, that is a different thing.”
Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, agreed, saying, “It’s all about whether he is able to do the job to which he was elected.”
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Personally I’m tired of people “opening up” about their struggles. Man up.
He’s depressed because he can’t wear shorts and a hoodie in the Senate. He’s a real stellar example of what PA has to offer, a brain damaged trust fund tattooed thug. Mommy and Daddy must be so proud.
A new openness about libtardism the mental disease
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Clown show from the pinkos!
Spin doctors at work trying to turn a negative into a positive and garnering empathy at the same time.
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(the human/the alive)
So now it’s LGTBQRXYZ+C for “CRAAAZY”
Apparently he tried to strangle a mental health RN to death. He is locked up in solitary confinement and the Nurse is in the ER.
He’s just depressed because for the first time in his life he has a job that he has to show up for.
Anybody watching him before and after his election knows something is seriously wrong and he should never have gotten to the senate.
Everybody also knows he is a placeholder that is wearing out his usefulness. His replacement has already been selected.
has anyone heard if Feinstein is going to step down before her term is up?
Have been seeing a lot of rumors about Getty who backs Newsome and others and his connection to Meghan Markle.
She got skewered on South Park but I have always said she is gunning for political office
95% of the left is depressed so ‘Ol Bolt Neck struck a nerve with all of them.
Oh jeez. And he is a monster.
A new openness on mental illness from the party full of mental cases. Sounds about right.
disclosing a mental illness before running for federal office should be a must...
it’s not like working in the stockroom or something
People in PA never looked worse than they did in 2022.
When Prince Harry opens up the head of Meghan markle and all you hear is the echo of an empty inside ..that pretty much sums up Fetterman too
https://twitter.com/timothydbradley/status/1626666396011618314
The episode ends with Harry deciding not to pursue branding and Netflix and Markle refuses to join him.
South Park foreshadowing what is coming
And this year’s SPINSTER Award goes to ...the New York Times!!!!
“Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, agreed, saying, ‘It’s all about whether he is able to do the job to which he was elected.’ “
So being committed to a mental hospital does not limit Fetterman’s ability to do his job as a Congressman. If the bar was set any lower it would touch the Earth’s core.
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