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You outed yourself from the start with this, when you said:

And there’s no such thing as the “democrat party.” Using that right wing misnaming of our party is quite a tell. The name of our party is the Democratic Party.

Seriously, he’s nothing more than a schlubby stooge now, for whatever reason. What an embarrassment he’s become—and his brain seems to be malfunctioning badly enough that he seems to have no clue what he’s doing or why it’s important that it’s alienating the people he swore to represent…

I normally love an underdog, but no--repackaging himself as a guy with some semblance of fashion sense or respect for his position would do nothing to make him fundamentally more palatable.

I really that that it is. Since his stroke, the guy is totally different. He still needs a phone to translate spoken language so that he can understand it.

He really should step down due to his brain injury, but the injury itself is preventing him from understanding its impact. Wish his loved ones would intervene.

it's up to the accuser(s) to prove you did.

you can only prove an action, you cannot prove that you did not do something

that is proven by its absence and ... shakes head and walks away

You guys are doing fine, though.

Keep up the good work.

together after the senator’s term expires.

They had a hand in creating that hellscape.

This increasing hostility from Fetterrman should make that obvious.

not that he and Fetterman will become best buddies.

Can't prove a negative and all. Unless there's a specific contention that I'm not aware of, there's no claim Platner sent pictures of any sort to minors. An absurd and undignified demand from Fetterman.

Not exactly the brightest guy in congress.

other democrats while he is at it. Why did we elect him, exactly?

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he won. He ran as a left-wing progressive, then had a life changing stroke. So we ended up with a centrist anyways. Sucks, but that's what happened.

So you don't know what Fetterman is since he misrepresented himself.

Here is AOC admitting she was wrong about Conor Lamb. All the smearing of a good candidate like Lamb and we wound up with a worthless progressive.

https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/3866770005834-fetterman-s-blunt-three-word-response-to-aoc-after-she-complained-dems-need-to-fight-harder

Fetterman claimed the 'progressive' lane in the contest while Lamb was considered more of a moderate, before Fetterman won and eventually took the seat over Dr. Oz in the general election .

Ocasio-Cortez did not endorse a candidate in the primary but did back Fetterman in the general, something she appears to be having second thoughts about based on a tweet to Lamb earlier Friday.

Responding to a post where Lamb slammed Fetterman for his vote, she wrote: 'I was wrong about you and I’m sorry,' adding the crying emoji.

She asked: 'Where do I submit my Conor Lamb apology form?'

Lamb responded: 'No need - clearly we have been on the same side of the oligarchy question (against) and protecting social security and Medicare (for)….lets make that team as big as possible. Good luck on the road.'

WRONG!

FETTERMAN IS A CENTRIST

Don't believe me, Google it.

You have no idea what Fetterman is. All that is known is that he got in our system solely because of Bernie’s endorsement as a progressive.

votes with democrats 92% of the time. Centrist Sinema voted with democrats 93% of the time. Centrist Manchin voted with democrats 89% of the time.

If you like centrists, Fetterman is your man!

"For now, it seems that Democrats will have to take Fetterman as he comes: a progressive turned not-at-all progressive, who is more open to working with Trump than anyone else in his party and who seemingly now believes that it is possible to work with crazy."

edit: now Fetterman and Platner are fighting over who is a bigger creep. Really sad developments for Bernie's candidates.

for Trump nominees like Fetterman. Fetterman is a Bernie candidate.

is, Fetterman is a centrist. He was vetted and supported by Chuck Schumer. Did Chuck know he was lying about being a left-wing progressive?

winners.

Rewriting history is not your strong suit.

Fetterman was a Bernie-endorsed "progressive." Conor Lamb was the centrist in the primary campaign between the so-called "establishment" candidate and Bernie's progressive.

But, not everyone is fooled by it anymore.

campaign.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-bernie-inspired-candidate-for-senate-in-pennsylvania/

Braddock, Pennsylvania—John Fetterman says that if it wasn’t for Bernie Sanders, he would never have dreamed of running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania. “When Sanders ran, that opened up a level of awareness in this state, that the issues I care about can make a viable campaign,” Fetterman told me. Fetterman’s campaign themes are indeed familiar if you’ve been watching Sanders’s rise:....

a left-wing progressive. That's how he beat the Centrist Conor Lamb. People in Pennsylvania were voting against the centrist for a left-wing progressive. Chuck Schumer vetted and endorsed him. Did Chuck know he was a centrist? Did AIPAC tell Chuck that's our man?

No one knows what he is. You certainly don't.

All the primary winners were supported with money to their victory funds. That's how it works. Fetterman was a Bernie endorsed candidate. edit: and now your AIPAC rabbit hole. lol

is a centrist.

I already told you his lies is what got him elected.

If you wanted a centrist in that senate seat, you got your man.

"Unlike many of his Democratic colleagues, Fetterman voted to confirm some of Mr. Trump's Cabinet picks, including Attorney General Pam Bondi."

record proves it.

I noted you like to repeat the phrase " worthless progressive" so I want to be clear on what you mean here.

I also noted that after making the claim he is a worthless progressive, you say " You don't know what he is because he was dishonest." Seems a bit contradictory.

Your on-edit is cute. Here is what Platner actually said on X.

"It’s not the hoodie, dude. It’s because you’ve become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party.”

As always, Platner nails it. I can hear the knives sharpening already.

Your post is quite a jumble of misunderstandings, so I'm not going to bother with helping you follow along.

I was waiting until you wrote 'AIPAC' and sure enough, it's in your post. That's the answer to everything, so of course that's all you are focused on. Just say AIPAC and your knives are out. So predictable.

But you are wrong. It was you who first used the "worthless" pejorative and applied it to progressives. The poster before you had simply used the term "centrist".

My questions were rhetorical and though you didn't respond, you didn't need to. I got it.

I find it helps to review my own posts before I try to gotcha someone with not having read them. Helpful tip.

Platner is bang-on about AIPAC but again you are wrong as I rarely bother to mention AIPAC, only when relevant as in this case. I was curious about what Platner said since you characterized it as a fight to "see who was the bigger creep" or some such. I suppose you are right, supporting AIPAC now is kind of creepy.
Cheers and remember only one day left!!

with your helpful tips since you weren't here hours ago, so you have no idea what that post said. Here's a tip: edit is a thing.

But the edit doesn't explain any of your other misunderstandings, so I won't bother with them, as well.

You are again trying to confuse things by saying you "rarely bother" to mention AIPAC. That's your own self-own since it's almost all you post about.

Then you go on to jumble up all the other posts that were made hours ago.

One day left? Is Fetterman resigning his Senate seat? Wow, that would be great to get a real Democrat in there.

I stand by what I said and have the receipts.

But I won't waste any more time with you. So long.

about but then tell me not to do exactly what you’re doing to me.

Again, all hat no cattle with your attacks on me.

And all I see you post about is AIPAC.

and lost to another centrist.

A lot of us were saying that Fetterman was a bastard during the primary, but alas....




"What John’s campaign is about — and what the progressive message is about — is that we are going to transform this country and create a government that works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors,” said Sanders

a different guy entirely.

I've seen it happen to people I've known.

It's heartbreaking to see, if it's someone you knew well.

A relative of mine turned from a loving, caring, funny woman to a someone I never wanted to be in the same room with after her stroke.

Granted, this was before they could do intervention, but it was a night and day change....or would that be day and night.

and took a while to recover. But thankfully her personality didn't change.

that way, because it is heartbreaking to see the person you knew just...gone and there's a stranger who looks like them.

without a personality change.

Before her first stroke she was a sweet little old lady, and afterward she was as mean as a snake. Once she was put on an antidepressant (iirc) she got much, much better, but the initial change was shocking.

This from the yahoo piece is a bit bizarre

The veterans speaking out about him support him.

Anything we should know about?

Never to go away, until Fetterman no longer holds power.

If not, just shut your pie hole, John!

Biggest dick in the Democratic party with the smallest manhood... sad really.

The only reason we dont have a Senator Lamb is because Bernie jumped in to endorse and stump with Fetterman.

on a centrist platform against John Fetterman who was running as a left-wing progressive. John had a life changing stroke, and we ended up with a worthless centrist anyways. Sucks

So if you supported Lamb for his centrist platform, you should be embracing Fetterman.

He was a shithead before that.

PA passed on an outstanding Democrat to elect a POS because "progressive."

As I recall he chased a jogger in his truck because he wrongly suspected that jogger of something or other. That was before his stroke.

Don't forget that part.

a left-wing progressive to get elected. Got it, thanks.

and not elect people who pretend to be something they are not.

I mean, he is bashing other democrats over Platner's case. And it's not like republicans aren't nominating candidates who are far from perfect.

than Joe Manchin voting with the democratic party.

adjacent now. No one can say what he is because he was dishonest.

that changed him, or he lied.

vetted more.

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(who he gave one million dollars to campaign on) should have been vetted more. Maybe Schumer did vet him and he liked what he discovered. Both of them are big fans of AIPAC. We'll never know.

It is almost like people here fail to recognize people LIKE what Bernie Sanders is selling.

We will hold on to our grievances like a coal miner's widow.

This is why we lose.

The Democratic coalition isn't YOU

And how some can't live with the facts that he ran as a Bernie progressive, but now is a Trump adjacent toady for Republicans.

I bet the voters would have a different message about that outcome.

Speaking of losing, it's interesting to see how quickly the "progressives" turn on each other. Look at Katie Porter in California -- scorned now over the new billionaire leader, Tom Steyer. There was a time when she was going to really show California all about your coalition, but California showed her the door instead.

My voting is with the majority of Democrats in every election, so my coalition is just fine, but thanks for your deep concern.

I think Bernie Sanders is fucking awesome.

And yet I still vote how I want to vote, not because someone told me how to vote.

The horse is very high. You may have trouble seeing hypocrisy from up there.

You are obviously very bothered that you can't bully me.

My posts are still about Fetterman being a Bernie endorsed candidate.

Are you prejudging me based on my anatomy?

Consider instead that you might just be wrong.

BTW - whether I am a "bro" or not is immaterial. We win elections by building coalitions and your deep seated fear and contempt for a portion of the electorate is problematic and reduces our chances of winning.

I'm not bullying - I'm telling you that your sinking ship is going down and you should consider putting on a life preserver. You'll have a lot of egg on your face should Platner be fantastic (as I, admittedly, would if he turns out to be an asshole)

Thanks for your deep concern.

Your continual need to discuss concern makes me think of Susan Collins.

Thanks for your deep concern.

Good Democrat.

But thanks so much for your concern.

Sheesh.

Save the stickers for 3rd grade.

includes supporting moderate Democratic policies while appealing to conservative voters in his state, such as opposing single-payer healthcare and emphasizing local issues over national party lines. He has also focused on maintaining a balance between traditional Democratic values and the cultural preferences of his constituents.

For example, with Medicare for all and single payer, Lamb said the problem is how to pay for it without middle class tax increases (which Bernie Sanders admits would have to happen with his Medicare for All plan) so more people eligible for Medicare by lowering the age is the best option now. (Sanders has also said previously that with Trump in office and Republicans in control of Congress, the ACA with a public option and earlier Medicare eligibility (the Democratic Party plan) would be the best option.)

Nothing alarming. It's politics. Getting things done is the priority. No wonder AOC apologized to him, that was great!

When two candidates vote the same 93% of the time but one is labeled as enemy centrist/establishment/corporate and the other authentic true progressive who is the only Will of the People... Those words are being used to divide Democrats and block progress.

"centrist" without regard to what actually happened.

I remember all the smears here about Conor Lamb being a "corporatist," so all the revisionist history is what has caught my eye. Conor Lamb's platform is just realism and what's achievable.

even though on this forum, at the very least, Fetterman was cast as a progressive.

And no, they’re nowhere near as clever as they think they are.

The ideology demands everything's only about money and everyone's corrupt. Then it's simple, take money out of politics and *poof* the mean old centrists and AIPAC disappear. Utopia.

if Fetterman can prove he's never fucked a goat.

...as usually happens with these narcissists

...before mobbing a sitting Democratic leader. Let the midterm results determine who was right and what direction our party should take in 2028. The democracy will speak.

"The only good thing in the middle of the road is a dead skunk."

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and bashing other democrats in the process.

How would someone prove they did NOT send dick picks?

Fetterman seems to be a creepy, creepy guy. Of course, he's a Democrat, so I'm not criticizing his politics here. Still...