March 9, 2023
"Doctors caring for him have said Mr. Fetterman should limit his exposure to cable television, the internet and social media..."
"... a major information detox for someone whose obsession, and occupation, is politics.
Mr. Fetterman, 53, rushed back to the campaign trail last year after suffering a life-threatening stroke days before the Democratic primary, a decision that those close to him believe may have taken a long-term toll on his recovery. This time, he is set on taking his time.... [F]or now, Mr. Fetterman is spending his days... at the sprawling Walter Reed campus, where he takes long walks on the trails and participates in talk therapy sessions.... After his top aide tweeted pictures of Mr. Fetterman working from the common room this week, several people posted responses claiming with no evidence that the photographs were staged and that Mr. Fetterman was incapacitated. It is the type of discourse that his doctors and staff aides prefer that the senator not see...."
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Without social media, how will he be able to follow what his wife and children are doing as they travel the world.
"...several people posted responses claiming with no evidence that the photographs were staged and that Mr. Fetterman was incapacitated. It is the type of discourse that his doctors and staff aides prefer that the senator not see...."
Seems the NYT is claiming without evidence that photographs were not staged.
Give the guy a break, he is not ok. He had a stroke and is not his former self, however good or bad that was.
This B.S. is right up there with bat virus, Russian collusion, insurrection, white attacks on Asians, men having babies, etc.etc.etc.
WEREN'T they staged? Did he, or Did he NOT, sit down in front of cameras and let them shoot?
WHAT Is the definition of a "Photo Op" ARE They? or Are they NOT.. STAGED?
If you do something in front of the cameras, for the cameras to photograph.. What Would YOU call it?
several people posted responses claiming with no evidence
"Claimed without evidence" rears its head again!
Fortunately for him, he is in fetters to Sen Schumer, and Has no freedom of decision.
A brain dead blob, could vote the way Sen Schumer tells him to. Don't Believe me? WATCH!
That's Senator Fetterman.
The amount of cynicism in this whole story proves yet again, as if any proof is ever needed, that no amount of cynicism is enough to encompass this timeline we've entered.
Fetterman is the perfect model of a totalitarian legislator.
Next up: an exclusive video tour of President Biden's Führerbunker hosted by Reichsminister Frau Doktor Jill.
It wouldn’t matter if he were a vegetable or tits up, ‘he’ would be keeping up his work…
Expect the cloistering to continue for quite some time…
After the last dishonest press reporting on his condition, why would anyone believe what the NYT is saying here?
Doctors caring for him have said Mr. Fetterman should limit his exposure to cable television, the internet and social media...
There’s no need whatsoever for Fetterman to be on those platforms since the New York Times has taken over Fetterman’s propaganda duties for him.
I have all kinds of sympathy for Fetterman in his illness, but I do think he acted selfishly by running for an office he wasn’t in shape for. Once he crawled over the finish line and got the job, he crashed and (I suspect) isn’t doing the job by any reasonable standard. Something like hanging on until your health insurance vests before you call in sick.
This time, he is set on taking his time.
On the taxpayer's dime, of course. And the people of PA who elected him to represent their interests can just go hang. The man's gotta heal, doncha know!
It is the type of discourse that his doctors and staff aides prefer that the senator not see...."
Because it's really important that Senators be insulated from the hustle and bustle of the political process.
This is morally appalling on so many levels Everyone in Sen. Fetterman's orbit should be deeply ashamed.
In an era when few believe what the Media says, and Medicine seems to be wavering on the edge of a descent back to the era of quacks, this is a sad story. First we had a "doctor," and donor, assert that all was fine with Fettermann. Now we have photos of him allegedly "at work." Now he should avoid the world outside his hospital room. This is a US Senator? Diane Feinstein could not be reached for comment.
I thought he was busy co-sponsoring bills and doing the hard work for the people of PA, like making sure the train derailment site is cleaned up.
If not, then my dog (a very intelligent breed) is doing the same amount of work.
Oh, wait, my dog can't cast a reliable democrat 'yes' vote.
Never mind...
Get him a tent and a grocery cart.
Seems like he went into the wrong line of work.
"Doctors caring for him have said Mr. Fetterman should limit his exposure to cable television, the internet and social media..."
Good advice for all of us.
"... a major information detox for someone whose obsession, and occupation, is politics."
So much of what political junkies get from TV and the internet doesn't qualify as "information."
After his top aide tweeted pictures of Mr. Fetterman working from the common room this week, several people posted responses claiming with no evidence that the photographs were staged and that Mr. Fetterman was incapacitated.
What isn't "staged" in politics?
"With no evidence" is just an indicator of what the Times wants readers to think.
What evidence is there that Fetterman really is doing significant work in the pictures?
After his top aide tweeted pictures of Mr. Fetterman working from the common room this week, several people posted responses claiming with no evidence that the photographs were staged and that Mr. Fetterman was incapacitated.
Except of course the evidence of our own eyes...
Well gee, if the NYTimes says he's keeping up with his work as a 1st-term Senator, who am I to disagree.
It does remind me, however, of Pravda reports on the health of Yuri Andropov.
My iPhone says I spend 22 minutes a day on it. You can't turn off all camera function without turning on screen time calculations, for some reason.
All of the average, as far as I can tell, is from battery charging, for which I have the screen so I can tell when it's charged.
Yes, of course, the severe stroke victim who can barely communicate and is so depressed that he requires hospitalization, plus has never been good at any of his previous political positions such that you wouldn't think he would make a good senator anyway, is doing great! Thank you, New York Times for the scoop! I have no reason to believe that you are lying to me, like how you repeatedly lied to me about his health during the campaign!
Talking about scoops, I haven't gotten an update on Biden's ice cream preference recently. I can barely take the suspense!
Shorter: "He can't handle the truth!"
Sure, and Jimmy Hoffa is running the Teamsters from under the end zone at Giants Stadium.
Seriously, if he were capable of giving 20 seconds of video -- "Thanks everyone for all your support. I'm working with my doctors to get back onto the Senate floor" -- that would help his office and the Democratic Party. That he hasn't indicates he can't.
It's hard for me to get past the utter privilege of this. Get elected to Congress and receive the finest medical help for months while your job patiently waits for you.
However, if Fetterman can use his position to advocate for all the other people who need the care as much as he but don't get an unlimited stay in a world-class facility, then his illness can become a blessing.
Chuck, the U.S. Does not grant titles of nobility. Please repeat fourth grade before commenting.
"This time, he is set on taking his time.... [F]or now, Mr. Fetterman is spending his days... at the sprawling Walter Reed campus, where he takes long walks on the trails"
How do they define 'sprawling'?
How do they define 'trails' versus 'sidewalks'?
How do they distinguish between 'long' walks and 'slow' walks?
Walter Reed is in the middle of a wealthy Bethesda, Maryland residential neighborhood. It's surrounded by houses and major highways. Given his weight and health I'm skeptical that he could make it to the east side parks, but we all trust Dear Leader.
Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Walter+Reed+National+Military+Medical+Center/@39.0033018,-77.1015782,15.26z/
Woody Allen in Sleeper (1973) cloning the nose:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27PGmG0k2Kk
Subsequent to his stroke, he was of diminished capacity. Someone close to him should have said "this is not the time to be campaigning, John". This story will not have a happy ending.
I bet the Roman Empire had dictators just like Biden and Fetterman... and the empire was ran by their nameless and untouchable underlings while they just vegetated and ignored the voters...
They don't want him finding out how he's voting in the US Senate.
“No one in the Senate has seen him being himself,” Mr. Jentleson said. “That person is going to be a force of nature as a senator.”
Those craven NYT writers just can NOT stop lying.
Long ago in basic training I recall my DI used to call us dickwads. I took that as an honorific. But some of my fellow dickwads saw it differently. To each his own!
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
This is a non issue, if he quits the Demogov of PA will pick someone else demo. It may be a stall tactic if an early resignation would trigger a special election, I don’t know. You can be sure that if a vote was going to be tight due to Manchin or Feinstein Schumer knows where to go to collect the body.
Subsequent to his stroke, he was of diminished capacity. Someone close to him should have said "this is not the time to be campaigning, John". This story will not have a happy ending.
He’s in a hospital for clinical depression, can’t process what he hears, can’t handle internet or cable tv, needs rest, needs to avoid turbulent meetings or controversies— and he’s supposedly running a senatorial office that’s humming away on all cylinders. What a ridiculous puff piece. Embarrassing even for the NYT.
LLR-democratical Chuck: "That's Senator Fetterman."
LLR-democratical Chuck will not abide any perceived slight, actual or imaginary, to any of his beloved democraticals.
Nobody expected this guy to be a Daniel Webster. He was elected to be a mindless straight Dem vote and he can still do that.
"Doctors caring for him have said Mr. Fetterman should limit his exposure to cable television, the internet and social media..."
He'll be replaced with a Chat GPT bot.
Remember Biden hiding in his basement with a surgical mask-on while addressing socially distanced supporters? Same thing.
As a person it isn't too difficult to find sympathy for someone who has suffered a medical setback and then a mental one. Fetterman isn't someone with a lot to admire in his personal history, for a person like me, but I can feel sympathy for his lot.
But we're not talking about a person, here. We're talking about a US Senator, among the most powerful political leaders in the free world. And Fetterman isn't competent as one, in his present condition. If we had an independent media, we would know that a lot better, right about now - we would have context, a sense of what is being neglected, and an idea of how bad it's going to be. What is absent from the conversation: How do his constituents feel about their vibrant, effective man-o'-the-people right now? What about the political ward heelers, what is the machine saying back home? "How is a vegetable going to bring home the bacon.... - or is that too direct? Lotta mouths to feed, ya know.
He needs to rest up in preparation for his next campaign in 5 years.
That's Pile of Dogshit Chuck, for those addressing him.
Chuck, the U.S. Does not grant titles of nobility. Please repeat fourth grade before commenting.
The first thing I thought of upon reading that fellow's comment was an vague image of Mr Nixon's ill-starred Ruritanian uniforms. I detest the habit, popular in some quarters, of styling former republican office-holders as if they'd never left said offices.
'That's Senator Fetterman.'
Everyone in the public sector works for us.
I will call them whatever I wish as I help pay their salaries.
The saying used to be 'Respect the office if not the man (woman).'
These days I don't even respect the office...they're all crooks.
That Piece of Shit Fetterman is more accurate.
A politician is a politician. They deserve zero respect unless they earn it. Right now, in elective office there’s Rand Paul and…we’ll that about sums it up.
Yeah. Can't have anyone suggesting that a US Senator might have a staged photo. It might be too much for him. This is sad but entirely predictable.
Are the people of PA up in arms about this? The "press?" They should be, but apparently they take whatever their Dem overlords shovel at them and are happy about it.
Chuck said...
"That's Senator Fetterman."
Piss off you disingenuous turd.
Paul said...
I bet the Roman Empire had dictators just like Biden and Fetterman... and the empire was ran by their nameless and untouchable underlings while they just vegetated and ignored the voters...
Having some knowledge of the history of the Roman Empire and its emperors, I don't remember there being any emperors that were severely physically or mentally impaired, at least not for the bulk of their reigns. Perhaps some got that way shortly before their deaths. There were quite a few weak-willed emperors that acted as puppets for other men, especially towards the end, but nothing you would recognize as that level of compromised. A few were almost certainly insane, but that's a different category.
Now if we are talking about China, they had at least a couple of emperors who were severely mentally disabled. Emperor An of Jin was, per Wikipedia, "unable to speak, clothe himself, or be able to express whether he was hungry or full." That reign did not go well. There's also Emperor Hui of Jin, who could at least read and write, but seemed to be unable to think beyond that of a small child. For instance, he heard frogs croaking and then asked, in all seriousness, "Do they croak because they want to, or because the government ordered them to?" Emperor Yingzong of Song had a full mental breakdown when he ascended to the throne and was generally useless for about half his short reign.
Rusty said...
Chuck said...
"That's Senator Fetterman."
Piss off you disingenuous turd.
Senator Fetterman, for six years.
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