Posted on 03/09/2023 8:13:52 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — In a cheerfully decorated common room at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with floral paintings adorning violet walls, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania begins most days meeting with his chief of staff, who arrives around 10 a.m. carrying a briefcase full of newspaper clips, statements for him to approve, legislation to review and other business of the day.
The contents of that briefcase encompass the majority of Fetterman’s connection to the outside world these days, as the first-term Democrat from Pennsylvania finishes his third week in the hospital being treated for severe clinical depression.
Doctors caring for him have said Fetterman should limit his exposure to cable television, the internet and social media — a major information detox for someone whose obsession, and occupation, is politics.
People around Fetterman said they have noticed a palpable difference in him in recent days: His sense of humor has returned and he is more sociable, sharing with the nurses some of the sweets that have been sent to him by fellow senators.
As Fetterman continues his recovery, his staff is marching on in his absence, operating out of a dreary, windowless suite of offices in the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, a typical work space for a freshman senator in an institution that runs on seniority.
At the office, the senator’s aides joke that they are all gaining the “Fetterman 15″ because of the constant flow of cookies, doughnuts and breakfasts being sent over from other Senate offices.
The jokes reflect a sense of optimism about Fetterman’s condition and a hope that his absence is only temporary.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Total tripe.
I had to strap on my chest waders to trudge through this sewage.
I like how he is reading a paper turned sideways. It is so genuine.
Maybe this writer didn’t notice Fetterman’s lost weight and looks gaunt. Guess the ‘honesty’ of New York Times writers is showing again...
This is absolute proof,the inmates are running the asylum
We need Nurse Ratched looking over him.
Hmm... not a single source is named in the entire excerpt. And why would his doctors disclose his condition? Wouldn’t that be a violation of privilege? And I don’t believe a word of it. For all we know Fetterman is brain dead. Or completely dead. Why doesn’t he make a simple public appearance?!
Show me something from today! Preferably live streamed.
... I had to strap on my chest waders to trudge through this sewage...
LOL
Reality could be that he’s a vegetable. With such a dishonest and leftist slanted media, why should any rational person believe this story.
To avoid a slant left or right, Fetterman should do a brief video message to his constituents. Pennsylvanians deserve to know if they do or do not have a viable Senator. In fact, all US citizens are affected by how/if Fetterman votes, we all have skin in this.
cloistered
adjective
clois·tered ˈklȯi-stərd
Synonyms of cloistered
1
: being or living in or as if in a cloister
cloistered nuns
2
: providing shelter from contact with the outside world
the cloistered atmosphere of a small college
the cloistered life of the monastery
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloistered
Except of course for voting
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