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snuffy_tentpeg t1_its0azz wrote

The United States Senate is undeniably one of the most important deliberative bodies in the world. I believe we should send the most articulate person possible to represent us. Fetterman is not that person right now.

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sloopslarp t1_itsk3zj wrote

Please. Fetterman has been a great Lt Gov.

You would rather send a literal snake oil salesman?

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PoorFraxinus t1_itsan4o wrote

I imagine a US senator would have more than enough resources provided to them to do the job.

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snuffy_tentpeg t1_itsj5cu wrote

You miss the point. The man is unable to perform the duties as he currently exists. He is a flawed candidate whose party should have recognized and replaced.

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Future_Guarantee_990 t1_itswzx6 wrote

I think you're missing the point. The job of US Senator is not to speak well. That's just a bonus. The job of a senator is to represent the people who voted for you, and that means pushing their agenda. All Fetterman needs in order to push people's agenda is the ability to understand their wants and to work towards legislative change to fulfill those wants. He's proven he's still all there. He's proven he can speak, albeit not as well before the stroke. He's proven that his stances have not changed.

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So if all the important parts are in tact, and all he needs to function is a hearing aid and a bit more time to get his words out, where are you getting this idea that he's not fit? He's not a changed man. He didn't turn into a vegetable. It's just taking him time to fully recover cus - y'know - he had a stroke and his brain has to relearn motor functions.

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Was Stephen Hawking an idiot because he couldn't walk or talk? Were his ideas any less valid? Sure, post-stroke Fetterman isn't ideal compared to pre-stroke, but the alternative is somebody who lies to your face just to secure the seat. Speaks better, dresses better, doesn't give a shit about your problems.

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snuffy_tentpeg t1_itu02rx wrote

“I do support fracking and —I don’t, I don’t, I support fracking and I stand and I do support fracking,” he managed to say after the moderator pointed out Fetterman had stated clearly in a 2018 interview that he did not support the controversial procedure.

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flow3rpowr t1_iugk2o9 wrote

By this logic Stephen Hawking is incompetent and incapable because he needs to use a computer. Are you actually hearing yourself right now?

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snuffy_tentpeg t1_iuh6j3y wrote

That great lump of a human is unfit for the Senate. I won't change your mind and you won't change mine.

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internetcommunist t1_itst1w0 wrote

Please. Anything to justify voting against the progressive option. I just can’t see how anyone with actual values can vote Republican in good faith especially Dr fucking Oz lmfao

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rivershimmer t1_itslr3n wrote

> I believe we should send the most articulate person possible to represent us.

Sure, but they'll be joining Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville.

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whitemage82 t1_itsr1w9 wrote

So a mute, who may be the more intelligent person in the country, couldn’t be a Senator?

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cabhsshsbshs t1_ittc480 wrote

There’s a reason why Albert Einstein wasn’t a politician. You need traits beyond intelligence. Your ability to rally people and speak your mind confidently are by far more important traits than sheer intelligence

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whitemage82 t1_ituhfx0 wrote

Your opinion and underestimation of people with disabilities is sort of shitty.

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cabhsshsbshs t1_itvx3iy wrote

You think me suggesting a man who can’t speak, or listen shouldn’t be in office is shitty?

And I wouldn’t say I’m underestimating him, he’s just not prepared for office at this moment in time. And given his failure stint as mayor of Braddock, I’d say I’m justified in suggesting he never was.

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whitemage82 t1_itxloe7 wrote

There are plenty of people who say he made Braddock better online. I’m not a resident there so I can only say unless you live there over the course of the time before and after he was in office I don’t really think you have any grounds to stand on.

Oh yeah I think it’s shitty still btw. You seem awful.

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cabhsshsbshs t1_itxv2eo wrote

Online sure. My uncle lived there, voted for him, but fetterman ended up doing nothing to help the issues he ran on fixing. All he did was drive people out of the city by the hundreds, ruin the economy, and cause crime to increase by around 50? percent. And imagine telling someone they’re shitty for not wanting someone who’s literally mentally disabled to represent millions of people. Hilarious.

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