Senator Fetterman - Really?

 

If you don’t know that name, you should learn all you can about it.  John Fetterman is the current Lieutenant Governor of the state of Pennsylvania.  His previous political experience was being mayor of the tiny hamlet of Braddock, Pennsylvania, which boasts a total population of about 1,600 people.  That ranks Braddock as the 12,065^th largest city in the United States.  And his stint as mayor there can hardly be described as a rousing success since the population of Braddock showed a steady decline in population during his tenure.  Braddock was a dying town when he became mayor and Mr. Fetterman did nothing to reverse that trend.

This same John Fetterman is now running for the US Senate seat, being vacated by Republican Pat Toomey, against TV personality, Dr. Mehmet Oz.  This is a hugely important seat in the US Senate since it would represent a pick-up for Democrats in a year when they will be struggling to keep control of that chamber in November.  Oh, just another small detail, John Fetterman suffered a stroke just five days before the end of primary elections in PA in May, but still managed to win that primary.  Since that stroke, John Fetterman has displayed many of the classic symptoms that the Johns Hopkins Medical Center suggests are common after a stroke, such as:

-Problems with speech or understanding language (this is called “aphasia)

-Impaired ability to do math or organize, reason and analyze things.

-Impaired ability to read, write and learn new information and memory problems.

 

While I am sympathetic to John and hope that he someday recovers and lives a long life, he clearly has not recovered yet and that was painfully evident in his one-and-only debate with Dr. Oz on Oct. 25^th.  Many commentators, even on the Democrat side, described Fetterman’s performance as painful to watch, horrific and even disastrous. He began the debate by saying “Goodnight” to the viewers and his answers only went south from there.  About halfway through the debate, one of the moderators asked Mr. Fetterman to explain his contradictory statements on fracking, a huge industry in Pennsylvania.  During this campaign, Fetterman said, “I have always supported fracking” yet in a 2018 interview he had said, “I don’t support fracking at all, and I never have.”  

When asked to explain this obvious contradiction, Fetterman first paused for an awkward amount of time and then stammered, “I’ve always supported fracking.  I do support fracking.  I do support fracking and I don’t, I don’t.  I support fracking.  I stand and I do support fracking.”  Now, before you think that was a huge series of typos, that is an exact quote and a demonstration of Fetterman’s inability to either grasp the meaning of the question or to communicate an appropriate answer.  And this is just one of many examples of his poor comprehension and communication skills that he demonstrated during the debate.  Don’t take my word for it.  I’ve attached a link to the entire debate at the bottom of this article.  Just copy the link into your browser and watch for yourself.

The point is, this man should not be in the US Senate.  He is incapable of performing the duties of that job.  A member of this, most deliberative body of our Congress, must be able to understand complex issues and have the skill to debate, defend and negotiate complicated solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges.  There are only 100 people in our country that have gone through the rigors of statewide campaigns and proven themselves proficient enough to perform the duties of a US Senator.  John Fetterman should not be one of them, yet it is possible that he will be elected.  Why?

First, the Democrat Party hid John Fetterman from public scrutiny as best they could for this entire campaign.  Fetterman did only four national interviews during his campaign and all were done on the friendly airwaves of MSNBC.  Also, Fetterman only begrudgingly agreed to one debate on Oct. 25^th, almost a month after early mail-in voting began.  Sadly, over 700,000 votes have already been cast before this one-and-only debate took place.  

The Democrat Party, however, does not care if John Fetterman can understand the issues or communicate effectively.  They simply want Fetterman to vote as he is told and then fade away into oblivion. If he is elected, I predict that he will not serve his full six-year term.  Dems are hoping that the probable new Democrat Governor, Josh Shapiro, will be able to appoint his replacement.  And first in line for that appointment is John Fetterman’s wife, which explains why she was willing to put John through the torture of this campaign and the embarrassment of last week’s debate.

The good news is that 82% of the people who watched this debate agreed that Mehmet Oz won.  My question is, who are the 18% who can’t admit the obvious.  And now the lamestream media is accusing anyone who suggests that John Fetterman is not qualified to perform the Senatorial duties of being “ableists” (prejudice against people with disabilities).  This, of course, is not “ableism”.  It is merely “realism”.  If Pennsylvanians send John Fetterman to the US Senate, they will be doing Pennsylvania and the entire country a huge disservice.  We need bright, capable, honest people in the Senate and John Fetterman is none of those things.

Link to debate: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pennsylvania-u-s-senate-debate-between-mehmet-oz-and-john-fetterman-transcript?fbclid=IwAR2zPTY4vbPS6UVaPnUG772MJVYFil9eLZt6-9_a41Cx42AaTqpHgFhJe6o