News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
U.S. — Despite holding a narrow lead in the Senate amid a hotly contested election year, Democrats have issued a nationwide Fetterman recall to address documented instances of malfunctions from the Pennsylvania senator.
Democratic leaders reportedly held high-level meetings to discuss potential solutions for the issue of John Fetterman failing to advocate for the party’s prescribed positions and regularly acting counter to his manufacturer’s programming, leading to a full recall being issued.
“We thought he’d be a reliable Democrat, but he’s just not functioning correctly,” said one Democrat official. “Once a product starts to fail in its intended purpose, it can become dangerous. We needed to get out ahead of this problem and issue a nationwide Fetterman recall to avoid things getting worse. Hopefully, we can round up all of the Fetterman out in circulation and keep it from causing any more issues.”
Questions began to arise about Fetterman’s safety and reliability shortly after he was elected and only intensified following his health issues and subsequent deviation from Democratic Party positions. “We advise everyone to be aware of the potential danger Fetterman now poses,” another top Democrat consultant said. “We can no longer vouch for his ability to perform the proper functions he was programmed with, so it’s best to steer clear of him and make sure he gets returned to the manufacturer for maintenance.”
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Personal suffering can either make you bitter…or can change you from your inner core. Looks like the latter has happened to this man with his illness.
Excuse my observation – I’m equipped with an amateur personal understanding of US Politics – I doubt this man will eventually swing fully to the right… He may settle as an independent…? That may not be a bad outcome for him.
He has voted against every common sense border protection offered by the Republicans in the Senate … He even voted against deporting illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes!
Don’t judge a politician by his social media posts. The conservatives are one vote short of being able to accomplish anything in the Senate, and he ain’t it.
… Shumer loves his voting record though, he’s a reliable Democrat vote.
It seems that the Dems have often had a rogue “fence sitter” who would on occasion give them fits. Years ago it was Lieberman and then Manchin. Is it to be Fetterman now? Who knows?
CAG, he is a work in process. He has stood up to the loony Left of his party and they are very unhappy with him. I would never have expected this in 2022.
I get that Donald, but how do you vote against deporting violently criminal foreign nationals?!!? Every Democrat did! Is he a true believer, or is he just blindly obedient? Either way, he’s certainly on the wrong side of Democrats like Manchin, who speaks the party line but sometimes votes his conscience.
I’m reminded of the parable of our Lord about the two sons who were asked by their father to work in the field. One said the wrong things but did the right things, and the other said the right things but did the wrong things. In this parable, Fetterman would be the bad son.
Is he a true believer, or is he just blindly obedient?
He is a first term Senator, not halfway through his term, who is already making noises I, and his original supporters, did not expect. That is rare these days for Democrats. I do not expect more change overnight. I merely note what is happening so far and how surprised and pleased I am by it.