Its pretty telling that brain injuries turn you into a Republican.
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This guy has straight lost his god damned mind.
He's always been this way. He's always been a bully and an asshole. The only problem is this was not known nationally. And we were sold a lie. He is at least a slightly better a****** than Mehmet Oz.
You can say "asshole" on the Internet
wtf is up with this dude
Brain damage turns Democrats into DINOs.
Another Manchin/Sinema.
Yep, it's almost like they always need a guy like that so they can not pass the things they've run on.
He’s my new best example of why electoral politics doesn’t solve things.
Electoral politics can solve things. It's not the problem. The problem is it requires an educated populace. That's where we're fucked up. The majority of people are fed misinformation or just simply don't care and just vote party line.
Honestly if we had a short multi-choice questionnaire before the ballot. Testing voters knowledge about relevant and contemporary facts surrounding the candidates and the parties. Weighting their vote by their score. It would probably go a long way. Though problematically then we start approaching things like a poll tax again.
In the long term the ignorance hurts us all. But it will pad the returns for next quarter. And that's all they care about.
How will an educated populace help when someone can say "I'm a progressive" during elections and then say "I never said I was a progressive" when in office? And for six years the asshole gets to do shit until the next time at which point he has a huge advantage to win a primary - assuming there is one - and the alternative is even worse?
Critical thinking skills. Is X equal to Y simply because someone has told you it is. Or do you take reasonable steps to verify for yourself. Or to look for someone reputable who has verified. That's the largest problem we have right now. People are simply believing what they're told and not questioning it. Because we do not train people to question and verify.
Fuck me for trusting someone running for office, right? I should just assume they're going to be assholes and then not vote for any of them.
Is it fair to say it is a problem with representative democracy?
We elect people to represent individuals with their own opinions. If those representatives jump ship to support other opinions, they aren't representing those who voted for them anymore. But it strikes me as near impossible to police. If you elect representatives, they always have their own autonomy. And if we float the idea of restricting that autonomy, we may as well be exploring options to not use representatives.
we may as well be exploring options to not use representatives.
That sounds good to me
He better not fucking win his next primary.
Democrats and progressives need to stop electing Republicans into office.
Fetterman doesn't rule out another half dozen pizzas before bedtime.
He's just being safe. There are a lot of Republicans in PA that voted for him. There's no political advantage to him coming out and saying he is against those nominees right now. He can play both sides, right up until the vote comes and he has to choose one. It might not even get that far, if something new comes out that sinks their nominations.
I guarantee that if it gets to a vote he will not be the 50th vote in favor of either nominee. If he votes in favor it will be after there are enough votes to pass already, and Chuck might let him just to keep those Pennsylvania R's on his side.
And people wonder why Democrats are so unpopular when they're trying to play the bases against each other.