Senator John Fetterman is DEPRESSED
Robert Guerrero 
He’s now hospitalized.
My mood would suffer if I looked like that too.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 283 | March 16, 2023 2:29 AM |
Well, if he steps down or needs to be replaced the Dem governor can appoint another Dem.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 16, 2023 7:45 PM |
Clinical depression is an awful thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 16, 2023 7:45 PM |
[quote]the Dem governor can appoint another Dem.
Yes. Thank God that Shapiro is the PA Governor.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 16, 2023 7:47 PM |
[quote] Well, if he steps down or needs to be replaced the Dem governor can appoint another Dem.
Who'll have to run in '24, where resources will be needed elsewhere.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 16, 2023 7:47 PM |
That's awful. Do wonder how long he'll actually last as a senator at this rate.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 16, 2023 7:48 PM |
Fuck. I just love the guy. I hope he finds treatment that works.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 16, 2023 7:49 PM |
I’ll bet his wife will be appointed to replace him.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 16, 2023 7:50 PM |
MESS.
But, thank God, still not Dr. Oz.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 16, 2023 7:51 PM |
“oh John Fetterman we love you get up”
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 16, 2023 7:51 PM |
Fuck you, OP.
If you look like what you are it's surprising you haven't been dumped at a city dog pound.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 16, 2023 7:53 PM |
I'm ready, willing and able.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 16, 2023 7:54 PM |
[quote]Well, if he steps down or needs to be replaced the Dem governor can appoint another Dem.
Not for long. PA requires a special election and the next one will be next year, during the presidential campaign. And…campaigning for the office would begin almost immediately so we’d essentially be without a senator until the election.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 16, 2023 7:56 PM |
He's not going to step down except under the direst of circumstances. Let's hope he can power through.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 16, 2023 8:00 PM |
Pennsylvania’s two senators are effectively exiled for now. Bobby Casey just had prostate cancer surgery.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 16, 2023 8:02 PM |
I really like him, but I'm not sure that running for that Senate seat was the best decision with his condition. I'm already sick of all these old people like Feinstein or McConnell. The Senate really needs fresh, healthy people who can fight for their constituents and fight against MAGAs and Republicans.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 16, 2023 8:04 PM |
It must be very bad if he checked into a hospital. How many insurance policies allow for expensive hospitalization for depression? I hope he didn't attempt suicide or something. That would be awful.
If they don't let him be he may never recover.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 16, 2023 8:08 PM |
Depression is very common after a stroke and other serious illnesses, often made worse by new medications and medication interactions.
Of course, he should hold his seat. If depression disqualified one from holding a job, half the American population would be on disability.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 16, 2023 8:08 PM |
It's not all that common it seems. Some doctor listed the statistic as 20%.
If the depression is disabling and puts you in the hospital - which seems to be the very definition of a disabling condition - then he should resign.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 16, 2023 8:13 PM |
[quote]It must be very bad if he checked into a hospital. How many insurance policies allow for expensive hospitalization for depression?
He doesn’t get the same insurance as us peons. He now has primo insurance.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 16, 2023 8:18 PM |
That's not insurance. ^^^ That's privilege. Reed doesn't take insurance.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 16, 2023 8:21 PM |
I love that humongous man. Hopefully, this is just a bad reaction to the medicine he has had to take post-stroke or seeing all of the Republican scums up-close in DC, and he will shake it off. We need you up and fighting, brother!
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 16, 2023 8:22 PM |
Democrats can't seem to catch a break...sheesh. I hope he gets the care he needs and pulls through. Two steps forward, one step back...
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 16, 2023 8:24 PM |
[quote]It's not all that common it seems.
The American Stroke Association:
Depression is a common experience for stroke survivors. It’s often caused by biochemical changes in the brain. When the brain is injured, the survivor may not be able to feel positive emotions.
Depression can also be a normal psychological reaction to the losses from stroke.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 16, 2023 8:24 PM |
Given his sheer size, he's unlikely to live very long, which is what I realize his recent stroke brought home to him. He is a smart, energetic man, but I think he has been in denial until recently that his height limits his lifespan severely.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 16, 2023 8:24 PM |
Thomas Eagleton served as a Senator for almost 20 years despite being bipolar, having been hospitalized numerous times and undergoing electroshock treatment.
It came out publicly in 1972 when he was McGovern’s VP nominee; he left the ticket as a result but served in the Senate for 15 more years.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 16, 2023 8:27 PM |
I’m very concerned. But not depressed.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 16, 2023 8:30 PM |
STOP MAKING EXCUSES.
We told you. He's a disaster. He was never cut out for this. He's a rich asshole liar who wants to be famous. If you like how he looks and what he says, you're incredibly stupid.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 16, 2023 9:13 PM |
I'm starting to think he's a drama queen.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 16, 2023 9:30 PM |
Miss me now, Pennsylvania?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 16, 2023 9:30 PM |
I like his looks. He reminds me of Galt, Master Thrall of the planet Triskelion from Star Trek TOS.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 16, 2023 9:33 PM |
Feck off Rick. Nobody misses you. Ever.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 16, 2023 9:47 PM |
I'm still washing the santorum out of my sheets.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 16, 2023 9:48 PM |
[QUOTE] If you like how he looks and what he says, you're incredibly stupid.
He could be a drooling vegetable pushed through the halls of the senate in a wheelchair by his nurse and I’d still be glad I voted for him over Dr. Oz.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 16, 2023 9:49 PM |
A kid I went to high school with had a brain aneurysm when he was just 22 and it destroyed his ability to feel any emotions but anger and sadness. He was killed in a bar fight a few years later. Fucking terrible, he was a really sweet guy before it happened.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 16, 2023 9:54 PM |
It’s probably required in his case due to his stroke. Mood swings are probably not great.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 16, 2023 9:56 PM |
He will probably off himself.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 16, 2023 9:56 PM |
[QUOTE] A kid I went to high school with had a brain aneurysm when he was just 22 and it destroyed his ability to feel any emotions but anger and sadness. He was killed in a bar fight a few years later.
0/10
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 16, 2023 9:58 PM |
R36, nope, stalker. And you can try to obfuscate and attack. But he's been a liar from day goddamn one. With a huge out of touch, out of state push that was wrong for PA. He ALMOST lost to Oz, and that was unacceptable.
The identity bullshit politics charade needs to stop, and we need to run for our towns- NOT MSNBC. He infuriates me. (And, yes, I did buy shirts for Bay Area family. But we have to evolve from this model.)
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 16, 2023 10:00 PM |
What a total joke -after 4 months in office . Elections have conservatives and people get what they deserve .
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 16, 2023 11:18 PM |
[quote]What a total joke -after 4 months in office .
Well about six weeks anyway. Politicians don’t take office immediately after the election.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 16, 2023 11:20 PM |
His best move really would be to let Josh Shapiro appoint a new Senator who'd have a full six year term under their belt by the time they ran for re-election, rather than causing drama. Both of his conditions require time to heal and the pressure of being a US Senator will not help in that process.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 16, 2023 11:23 PM |
[quote]His best move really would be to let Josh Shapiro appoint a new Senator who'd have a full six year term under their belt by the time they ran for re-election, rather than causing drama. Both of his conditions require time to heal and the pressure of being a US Senator will not help in that process.
Pennsylvania requires the position be filled in a special election held during a statewide general election, which is next year.
Shapiro would only appoint someone who would then immediately turn around and start campaigning to keep keep the job.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 16, 2023 11:26 PM |
OP, you're probably ugly on the inside which such a mean spirited comment like that.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 16, 2023 11:30 PM |
I got depression after a stroke, it sucks.
Thomas Eagleton upthread is my long-lost cousin. Mental illness runs in the family I'm afraid.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 16, 2023 11:31 PM |
That’s a federal, not a state/commonwealth, requirement, R45.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 16, 2023 11:34 PM |
Did not know that - thanks R45/R48
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 16, 2023 11:34 PM |
[quote]That’s a federal, not a state/commonwealth, requirement, [R45].
You’re thinking of the 17th amendment, which gives states a lot of leeway in filling the seat.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 16, 2023 11:46 PM |
He looks sort of Lincoln like.
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 16, 2023 11:57 PM |
I agree with whoever said he resembles a bald Ashton Kutcher.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 17, 2023 12:01 AM |
He had a stroke less than a year ago. And then had to adjust to being a senator. I’d be fucking depressed too.
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 17, 2023 12:02 AM |
Do they let him out of the loony bin to cast votes as Chuck Schumer instructs him? Along with Diane Feinstein?
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 17, 2023 12:06 AM |
His health problems shouldn't disqualify him if he's able to serve. A lot of people out there have problems like his and could use an advocate.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 17, 2023 12:11 AM |
Poor guy. Sending positive thoughts his way
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 17, 2023 12:14 AM |
I agree with R56 every group needs representation. For instance sociopaths!
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 17, 2023 12:14 AM |
How hard is it to be a Senator? You say “yea” or “nay”.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 17, 2023 2:04 AM |
Senators only work full day’s Tuesday & Wednesday.
Its a THANKLESS job and we pay for it.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 17, 2023 2:32 AM |
[quote]His health problems shouldn't disqualify him if he's able to serve.
But isn't that the issue. His health problems may be disabling him in a way that should disqualify him to serve. Obviously, I don't know his mental state but it's certainly a legitimate question.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 17, 2023 5:03 AM |
BDF or Marfan? You decide, Datalounge.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 17, 2023 5:07 AM |
Not Marfan. People with Marfan’s are lanky.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 17, 2023 5:09 AM |
[quote] Well, if he steps down or needs to be replaced the Dem governor can appoint another Dem.
He's probably depressed because it just hit him nobody cares about him except as a temporary placeholder
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 17, 2023 5:24 AM |
[quote] How hard is it to be a Senator? You say “yea” or “nay”.
Schoolhouse Rock, remade by Trumpkins
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 17, 2023 5:58 AM |
I respect Senator Fetterman even more now. It takes courage, especially for men, to publicly admit suffering from depression. I hope this revelation is transformative and the catalyst that allows others to know that mental health issues aren't shameful and shouldn't be stigmatized.
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 17, 2023 6:59 AM |
Oh I heard how they met and this seems on par that he was gisele’s target. Power & Greed at its finest.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 17, 2023 8:18 AM |
[quote]How hard is it to be a Senator? You say “yea” or “nay”.
You spend the majority of time begging people for money. That’s enough to depress any sane person.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | February 17, 2023 8:42 AM |
he looks so different from the campaign to the swearing in ceremony. did he lose weight? he looks sick, not well. gisele should come to dc & take care of her husband. she is probably fucking the pool boy in PA.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 17, 2023 9:26 AM |
Gisele Fetterman is a Social Climber & Gold Digger.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 17, 2023 9:35 AM |
The comments about Gisele are ridiculous. She's been married to him for 15 years now. He only became lieutenant governor 4 years ago. I doubt anyone really thought he would become a senator until recently.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 17, 2023 9:39 AM |
Is this "Gisele Fetterman is evil" thing a rightwing talking point, or is this just one of our mentally ill DLers being their usual strange selves?
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 17, 2023 9:40 AM |
[quote]Elections have conservatives and people get what they deserve .
Datalounge is getting dumber by the day.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 17, 2023 9:41 AM |
A fuckhead who looks like Uncle Fester and has the IQ of a gnat is depressed? Color me shocked.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 17, 2023 9:43 AM |
^ or just not being mindful of autocorrect.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 17, 2023 9:43 AM |
Can someone tell r36 that they're a fucking idiot and using ignoredar wrong?
Every goddamned thread has r36 in it accusing someone of only having one post, when the truth is that they simply do not know how to use ignoredar.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 17, 2023 9:44 AM |
R74 unfortunately it is a RWNJ talking point
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 17, 2023 10:05 AM |
[quote] Is this "Gisele Fetterman is evil" thing a rightwing talking point
Lady Macbeth isn't evil. Just an empowered feminist
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 17, 2023 10:11 AM |
[quote]Is this "Gisele Fetterman is evil" thing a rightwing talking point, or is this just one of our mentally ill DLers being their usual strange selves?
Very much so; she's a frequent target of Fucker Carlson & of course, we know MAGAs already hate women & she's foreign, so...
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 17, 2023 10:58 AM |
AXIOS:
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) suffered a serious stroke in January 2022, eventually needing surgery to relieve cranial swelling. In a stunningly swift recovery, Luján returned to work just over a month later. Luján can get emotional talking about how lucky he feels to have survived the episode.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) had a minor stroke in May 2022 and was hospitalized for a week. Van Hollen returned to work quickly after that.
Former Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) suffered very serious medical episodes while in office and underwent long, grueling recoveries before returning to the Senate. Both men had physical challenges afterward. There were also reports that Kirk had difficulty at times controlling his emotions following his stroke, although aides denied it. Johnson was reelected to another term in 2008, while Kirk lost to Democrat Tammy Duckworth in 2016.
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) gave a stunningly forthright floor speech in May 2019 about being treated for depression twice – first as a college student and then in her 30s. Smith praised Fetterman in a Thursday tweet for discussing his situation.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) also talked about being hospitalized for depression following Fetterman’s announcement:
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 17, 2023 12:26 PM |
The sad thing is his stroke could have been prevented. He knew he had A-fib and admitted he wasn’t taking his prescribed medications for it. Yes, he’s an adult and needs to be responsible for himself, but Gisele should have been keeping a closer eye on his health.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 17, 2023 12:41 PM |
If he's the kind of guy who gets depressed over health issues then I can understand why he stopped taking his meds. His diagnosis of afib probably made him depressed or anxious, and he stopped taking meds as basically a coping mechanism.
Before any of you smartasses say that's stupid, keep in mind that coping mechanisms are often not logical in the least. Intelligence and logic often cannot override major anxiety or depression.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 17, 2023 12:51 PM |
[quote] I’ll bet his wife will be appointed to replace him.
Wasn't that the plan all along?
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 17, 2023 12:55 PM |
R12 a correction: if he stepped down the Governor could make an immediate interim appointment. But then, as you’ve noted, that person would have to run at the next scheduled election to complete the remainder of the original 6-year term…which is 2024.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 17, 2023 1:06 PM |
R3, that’s why I campaigned for him, not even fetterman
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 17, 2023 1:12 PM |
Sadly, depression comes with heart disease. Often, after a stoke or heart attack, a person will go through depression--It's common enough that doctors have recognized it.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 17, 2023 1:18 PM |
Even if he was replaced, Gisele wouldn't be picked. They'd pick someone with more political experience and someone who is more moderate. Conor Lamb would be the kind of pick I'd expect.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 17, 2023 1:44 PM |
Of course he's depressed. He is unable to get those Benjamins from lobbyists. He's too handicapped by his medical 'issues' to carry their water.
Also how is it so wonderful to have severely mentally ill people making decisions in the Congress. And yes, if you have to have your brain zapped with electricity & have to be treated inpatient at a hospital for depression you have severe mental illness.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 17, 2023 2:19 PM |
[quote]Also how is it so wonderful to have severely mentally ill people making decisions in the Congress.
I assume you're talking about the Republican caucus?
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 17, 2023 2:22 PM |
How is this “thing” popular here? He looks like an ogre!
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 17, 2023 2:24 PM |
His biggest appeals, pre-stroke, were that he was very pro-marijuana legalization, and that he was a Democrat who was skilled at trolling opponents.
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 17, 2023 2:31 PM |
[quote] Even if he was replaced, Gisele wouldn't be picked. They'd pick someone with more political experience and someone who is more moderate. Conor Lamb would be the kind of pick I'd expect.
I agree that the missus wouldn't get the nod, but I'm not so sure that Shapiro is secure enough to give an ambitious Pennsylvanian - in his very moderate mold. no less - like Lamb a leg up.
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 17, 2023 2:33 PM |
[quote] Of course he's depressed. He is unable to get those Benjamins from lobbyists. He's too handicapped by his medical 'issues' to carry their water.
That's not how depression works. What you're saying is akin to saying "He got cancer because he is unable to get those Benjamins from lobbyists. He's too handicapped by his medical 'issues' to carry their water."
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 17, 2023 2:51 PM |
Title says, he's depressed..Not he is suffering from depression.
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | February 17, 2023 2:54 PM |
[quote]Title says, he's depressed..Not he is suffering from depression.
Let me clear that up for you:
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 17, 2023 3:19 PM |
Look up Bub Referencing the title of this thread
Senator John Fetterman is DEPRESSED
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 17, 2023 3:22 PM |
Happy to provide you with more accurate information, R101.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 17, 2023 3:23 PM |
When you can't do the dash for the cash, wifey might get upset..Indeed you might get so DEPRESSED that you wind up with needing that time out in hospital. You won't be getting admitted without that magical catchall diagnosis..Clinical depression.
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | February 17, 2023 3:31 PM |
[quote][R12] a correction: if he stepped down the Governor could make an immediate interim appointment. But then, as you’ve noted, that person would have to run at the next scheduled election to complete the remainder of the original 6-year term…which is 2024.
Um, that’s what I said…not sure what you’re correct. You’re just repeating what I wrote.
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | February 17, 2023 3:32 PM |
[quote]His biggest appeals, pre-stroke, were that he was very pro-marijuana legalization, and that he was a Democrat who was skilled at trolling opponents.
This pretty much covers it. The only thing I would add is that he dressed like a 12 year old.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | February 17, 2023 3:41 PM |
Hey r78, maybe you can tell me what I'm doing wrong then. You Ignore r27. The only posts that show are r27 and r41. What other posts show up for you? I'll wait.
| by Anonymous | reply 106 | February 17, 2023 3:44 PM |
r106, ignoredar will never show you all the posts someone has written.
When you view an entry in your ignored tab, you are only going to get results that come from (a) threads you've visited since your last login, and (b) sometimes posts that the ignored person started.
For instance, r27 is also in "white women passing" and "New York Times op-ed" and "Britney Spear's family" but you didn't see those. I did, because I've been to different threads than you have.
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | February 17, 2023 3:50 PM |
You only see posts from thread that are common to both of you, and I’m not sure, but I believe it has to do with your watch list in addition to your recent posting history. You don’t see every thread they’ve posted in.
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | February 17, 2023 3:51 PM |
R108 is right, and I forgot to list that. Ignore will only show you (a) threads you've visited since your last login, and (b) sometimes posts that the ignored person started, and (c) sometimes posts they made in threads you've got on your watch list.
That's not always guaranteed, though. Ignoredar is tricky and limited, if you try to explain it fully it gets too confusing, and twice now I've seen people post instructions about it and they've been incorrect about some basics.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 17, 2023 3:54 PM |
Don’t worry about it chucklehead OP et al. Even if Fetterman is replaced, the GOP will endorse some Trump-backed nimrod in ‘24 who won’t even sniff Capitol Hill.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 17, 2023 4:01 PM |
I hate how they are saying he “checked into” the hospital. It’s not a hotel. He was admitted to the hospital.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 17, 2023 4:08 PM |
Interesting that I have OP already blocked.
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 17, 2023 4:16 PM |
NBC
Dasha Burns @DashaBurns
NEW: A senior aide to Senator Fetterman tells me he will likely be in inpatient care for clinical depression for "a few weeks."
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | February 17, 2023 4:16 PM |
[quote] Interesting that I have OP already blocked.
Which raises the question, how are you aware of this thread, then? Please explain how that works when the OP is a blockee.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 17, 2023 4:21 PM |
R113, when I refreshed DL, I thought I saw it flash on the page, but when I scrolled down, it wasn’t there, so I did a search for “Fetterman.” When I click on the link, the top post (the thread post) isn’t there, it starts with the first reply.
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 17, 2023 4:37 PM |
Oops, my post at r116 was meant to reply to r115.
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 17, 2023 4:58 PM |
[quote]Senators only work full day’s Tuesday & Wednesday.
Oh, DEAR!
| by Anonymous | reply 118 | February 17, 2023 6:11 PM |
[quote]I hate how they are saying he “checked into” the hospital. It’s not a hotel. He was admitted to the hospital.
Checked in is used to indicate he wasn’t forcefully brought there, or brought there against his will, but that he went there of his own accord.
As opposed to “Sen. Fetterman brought to the hospital where he was admitted for depression.”
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 17, 2023 6:13 PM |
R115 I see threads started by posters I've blocked. I can't explain it because I don't run Datalounge, but it's a thing that happens.
| by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 17, 2023 6:24 PM |
If you block the poster, you don't block their threads, r120. If you've blocked them, their original post wont show or any of their other posts in it. I don't know what happens if you block the thread itself.
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 17, 2023 6:28 PM |
Thanks for the responses.
[quote] I see threads started by posters I've blocked.
I presume that refers to non-anonymous posters, right? If not, please explain how you would otherwise know.
| by Anonymous | reply 122 | February 17, 2023 7:04 PM |
You can tell when you go to a thread, r122, and it starts at reply 1 and no original post shows. You know you have the OP blocked.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 17, 2023 7:10 PM |
R12 let me try again: you wrote “…so we’d essentially be without a senator until the election.” I was trying to point out that I don’t see it that way—there would be an active, working senator for the remainder of the term upon appointment.
Sen. Padilla’s example is a good one; CA was *not* essentially without a senator…
Thanks
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 17, 2023 7:18 PM |
[quote] You can tell when you go to a thread, [R122], and it starts at reply 1 and no original post shows. You know you have the OP blocked.
Yes. I read that prior post I was questioning to be "posts" "started by posters I've blocked", & thought that suggested there was some means by which on was able to identify mere non-anonymous posters.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | February 17, 2023 7:20 PM |
Lincoln, Churchill, Kennedy and MLK all had depression. Didn't make them lesser politicians.
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 17, 2023 7:23 PM |
Just log out and look at the thread(s) as a “drive by” viewer. Every post appears anonymous, but a quick scan will let you discern which posts you weren’t seeing during log in.
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 17, 2023 7:28 PM |
[quote]so we’d essentially be without a senator until the election.” I was trying to point out that I don’t see it that way—there would be an active, working senator for the remainder of the term upon appointment.
And my point is…one that would have to hit the election trail almost immediately. You’d be surprised at how little work gets done during election time.
| by Anonymous | reply 128 | February 17, 2023 7:30 PM |
You’d be surprise how east y it is to do both, based on the way the Senate calendar / schedule works. Otherwise, 1/3 of the Senate (whichever of Class I, II or III is up that cycle) would be in the same boat. The impact is not what you suggest. Thanks
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 17, 2023 7:33 PM |
r126, lincoln didn't look as good in a grey hoodie though. . . .
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 17, 2023 7:39 PM |
You have examples of senators routinely missing hearings and votes to raise funds? No, because the Senate has adapted its process to avoid that very thing
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | February 17, 2023 7:40 PM |
Why is this man such a big hot mess?! He wanted a his job, they hid and lied shit about him so he’d win. Now he’s there and the people of that state are down one US Senator. How obnoxious and greedy do you have to be to not have to admit you made a mistake. He’s as ineffective as George Santos at this point.
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | February 17, 2023 7:49 PM |
Um, I’m not talking about fund raising. Campaigning in Pennsylvania isn’t like campaigning in NY or California. There’s a lot more “meet and greet” out here. And, I can guarantee you that Republicans won’t be running Oz again and that their candidate will be out on the trail meeting with every union, every church group, every chamber of commerce right out of the gate. Oz was a terrible candidate that was loathed by both parties and that worked in Fetterman’s favor. It’s not going to happen a second time. And BTW, once Fetterman healthy enough to be back on the trail (and there was talk about replacing him if he couldn’t do it) they had him on a bus visiting every mall parking lot or anyplace around the state where he could stump daily.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | February 17, 2023 7:53 PM |
R68 You don’t have a porn site by any chance, do you?
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | February 17, 2023 8:12 PM |
And he won handily! It’s a great story with a good result—
Good for PA. And it will all be a net positive, no matter what.
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | February 17, 2023 8:23 PM |
[quote]I see threads started by posters I've blocked.
Do you also see dead people?
| by Anonymous | reply 138 | February 17, 2023 10:13 PM |
[quote]And my point is…one that would have to hit the election trail almost immediately.
It’s possible to appoint a temporary Senator, like Gisele Fetterman… but someone else like Conor Lamb could start campaigning for the seat for 2024.
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | February 17, 2023 10:18 PM |
Conor Lamb is a DINO who Democratic primary voters were not enthusiastic about. And Josh Shapiro knows it.
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | February 17, 2023 10:23 PM |
[quote]I hate how they are saying he “checked into” the hospital. It’s not a hotel. He was admitted to the hospital.
They mean he voluntarily went to the hospital for treatment. He wasn’t brought in by medics handcuffed to a stretcher Britney Spears-style.
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | February 17, 2023 10:28 PM |
[quote]He wanted a his job, they hid and lied shit about him so he’d win. Now he’s there and the people of that state are down one US Senator. How obnoxious and greedy do you have to be to not have to admit you made a mistake. He’s as ineffective as George Santos at this point.
The people of Pennsylvania SOUNDLY rejected carpet-bagger and Trump-acolyte Dr. Oz. Nobody here wants the Republican extremist-agenda. Nobody who voted for Fetterman regrets it AT ALL.
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | February 17, 2023 10:31 PM |
But R65, why are his features so oversized? Big nose, ears, eyebrow ridge, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | February 17, 2023 11:21 PM |
[quote] Conor Lamb is a DINO who Democratic primary voters were not enthusiastic about.
Taking a page from Trump. Any Republican who ever deigns to separate him or herself from him, however slightly and/or temporarily, is called a RINO.
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | February 18, 2023 12:14 AM |
Shapiro should appoint (former) Governor Wolf, the Dem Gov who immediately preceded Shapiro. He just served 8 years in office and is known and popular throughout the State. He'd be nearly a lock to win a Senate race.
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | February 18, 2023 1:00 AM |
He should appoint Dr. Rachel Levine.
| by Anonymous | reply 146 | February 18, 2023 1:20 AM |
[quote] Shapiro should appoint (former) Governor Wolf, the Dem Gov who immediately preceded Shapiro. He just served 8 years in office and is known and popular throughout the State. He'd be nearly a lock to win a Senate race.
A hard no. He'll be 75 in November.
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | February 18, 2023 1:21 AM |
Datalounge has become so depressingly right wing.
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | February 18, 2023 2:11 AM |
Can some of the more sage DL's translate PR speak for me?
I know hospitalized for exhaustion means something more than you're tired, as in getting detoxed, or getting someone underwraps in case POPO is about to pounce. Is hospitalized for Clinical depression also some form PR speak for some other situation?
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | February 18, 2023 2:37 AM |
One-third of stroke survivors experience depression
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 150 | February 18, 2023 2:46 AM |
Imagine that…drug addiction treatment or have they just had enough babysitting and they’re ready to suicide him?
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | February 18, 2023 3:01 AM |
Stroke causes depression even in those who never experienced it before. I had a stroke and it triggered my first episode in around 10 years. It affects the brain chemistry
| by Anonymous | reply 152 | February 18, 2023 3:17 AM |
OP prefers guys who look like Donald Trump
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | February 18, 2023 3:18 AM |
Hope he get the help he needs and gets well soon.
So proud of him for getting help.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | February 18, 2023 4:24 AM |
𝑆𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑. Yes that's the preferred meme deflection to not address his fitness for office, either before or after the election.
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | February 18, 2023 7:31 AM |
Why is anyone still questioning getting depression after a stroke ffs? It’s been established numerous times.
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | February 18, 2023 8:18 AM |
Inpatient for a "few weeks" according to an aide. Wonder if he'll get ECT. Hope they get the wattage right. With him being such a big, witty, trendy laddie in his hoodies & all. If there's a mishap with the zap, he might be like Nicholson at the end of Cuckoo's nest. Oh wait, he was like that already at the debate.. Oh well,
How's it working out for ya' PA? First the Eagles & now this.
.Guess you got what you deserved...Hell, you voted for him.
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | February 18, 2023 11:46 PM |
First, fuck all the right wing idiots on this thread.
Second, as a working class person, I find it very unlikely that I or anyone in my family would be allowed by our insurance companies to check into a hospital for weeks for depression. They would toss us some anti-depressants and maybe pay for a dozen visits to a mediocre shrink.
I like Fetterman and wish him well, but I've got to say this disparity burns.
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | February 19, 2023 1:00 AM |
Does he have to be present in the Chamber to vote, or can Senators vote remotely? Because that could be a problem. Fortunately, Schumer controls when and which matters come to the floor for votes.
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | February 19, 2023 1:14 AM |
R158, He's a Walter Reed Military Hospital. No insurance. Honey, you & I aare paying that bill. How's that for you.?
PS.. He's now saying he's suffered with depression all his life. Handy, getting a paycheck from us to get free inpatient treatment for his life long depression & we get to pay for it!!
Since he's cute to some & a fanboy for weed & a troll to those hated conservatives, we get to pick up his tab! How lucky can we get?
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | February 19, 2023 2:26 AM |
R157 is butt-hurt that Conor Lamb didn’t win. Guess what? He still lost.
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | February 19, 2023 5:23 PM |
R 161 & 162, don't forget to send money for his care..poor depressive Johnny
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | February 19, 2023 7:04 PM |
R149, one could go hospital inpatient (psych) to avoid being bothered by police - for a while. But in a high profile case, the issue would have been brought up already by media or the police.
In 1994 a friend committed suicide in a mutual pact where the other party didn't go through with it. When my friend died, the other guy stole his credit cards, cash, and jewelry, and went on a pawn-shopping spree. When the po-po were looking for him, he conveniently checked into a psych hospital to give himself several days to find an attorney and to cook up a defense. He went to prison for a couple years anyway.
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | February 19, 2023 10:27 PM |
R134 kindly fuck off. Work on your English, too.
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | February 19, 2023 11:21 PM |
Did Giselle make it to DC to see her husband?
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | February 21, 2023 12:51 AM |
R167, the Daily Wire? Are you kidding? Also, John Fetterman is a grown man—probably an ambitious man. No one held a gun to his head to run. He wanted that seat.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | February 23, 2023 1:15 PM |
Is the Daily Wire on a par with the extreme far-right Daily Caller?
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | February 23, 2023 2:41 PM |
Yes r169. From Wikipedia:
The Daily Wire is an American conservative news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing.
| by Anonymous | reply 171 | February 23, 2023 3:38 PM |
Gisele + kids went to Canada vacay while John is in the hospital.
Something seems off…why isn’t she with her husband???
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 172 | February 26, 2023 10:33 AM |
Being freakishly tall must suck. Besides never being able to blend into a crowd, back problems, nothing is designed for you (cars, clothes, etc.). And on top of that, your life expectancy is a lot shorter than normal height people.
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | February 26, 2023 1:21 PM |
[quote] His biggest appeals, pre-stroke, were that he was very pro-marijuana legalization, and that he was a Democrat who was skilled at trolling opponents.
While I support the legalization of marijuana (and other drugs), I find his stroke interesting given that recent studies are proffering the opinion that a correlation exists between heavy pot-smoking and heart disease. Maybe it's all the munchies?
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | February 26, 2023 2:37 PM |
The thing is Gisele overshares on twitter about her personal life & attacks people when they disagree with her perception.
She could have taken this trip and no one would have known or even cared if she didn’t post about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | February 26, 2023 3:53 PM |
Look at her pose.
All of that space between them…they don’t have chemistry or passion. What an awkward “couple.”
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 177 | February 27, 2023 10:14 AM |
Why on earth did he want to go to Washington? As if he wasn't depressed enough back in Pa.. Politics, especially national politics, is the last arena someone who is clinically depressed should get involved in.
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | February 27, 2023 10:31 AM |
R178
Heard he doesn’t have much of a work ethic. Missed alot of days as LT. Governor. The Senate is not a job you just phone in.
Plus he “married” the biggest gold digger/social climber.
| by Anonymous | reply 179 | February 27, 2023 10:46 AM |
He needs to ditch the Uncle Fester act.
| by Anonymous | reply 180 | February 27, 2023 10:56 AM |
[quote]Heard he doesn’t have much of a work ethic. Missed alot of days as LT. Governor. The Senate is not a job you just phone in.
He flipped an R seat to D, giving Democrats a majority. That’s all that matters. Beyond campaigning, being a Senator is not rocket science.
| by Anonymous | reply 181 | February 27, 2023 11:54 AM |
[quote] Look at her pose.
I create space in the presence of large men. In case they fall in my direction.
| by Anonymous | reply 182 | February 27, 2023 2:18 PM |
[quote]Missed alot of days
Oh, DEAR!!
| by Anonymous | reply 183 | February 27, 2023 3:44 PM |
You can always spot the RWNJs in Fetterman threads because they can't stop themselves from attacking Gisele.
| by Anonymous | reply 184 | February 27, 2023 4:00 PM |
[quote]Something seems off…why isn’t she with her husband???
I agree that something seems off. She didn’t look her normal happy self at his swearing in.
| by Anonymous | reply 185 | February 27, 2023 4:08 PM |
Wonder if trouble in the marriage is part of his depression.. They've been together a long time (relationships often get old) and campaigns can be very stressful on partners especially when she is being attacked all the time by conservatives.
| by Anonymous | reply 186 | February 27, 2023 4:10 PM |
[quote] They've been together a long time (relationships often get old) and campaigns can be very stressful on partners especially when she is being attacked all the time by conservatives.
I don’t follow this closely. Are the attacks justified?
| by Anonymous | reply 187 | February 27, 2023 4:24 PM |
Are attacks on the spouse of a political candidate ever justified?
| by Anonymous | reply 188 | February 27, 2023 4:25 PM |
R188, go the Melania threads and pose the question to the OPs.
| by Anonymous | reply 189 | February 27, 2023 4:30 PM |
[quote]Are attacks on the spouse of a political candidate ever justified?
If you’re going to:put yourself out there like a package deal then, yes, attacks are justified.
| by Anonymous | reply 190 | February 27, 2023 4:30 PM |
Good point. Sometimes it is justified then. I wonder if Mrs. Fetterman also toured child detainment camps in a "I don't really care do you?" parka.
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | February 27, 2023 4:41 PM |
R191, it seems like people are saying she’s on that trajectory.
| by Anonymous | reply 192 | February 27, 2023 4:43 PM |
[quote]it seems like people are saying she’s on that trajectory.
Wtf, absolutely not.
This is just the typical RWNJ strategy, just keep constantly attacking certain people (Pelosi, Biden, AOC) for petty and scaremongering reasons. They just want a lightning rod for their hate.
| by Anonymous | reply 193 | February 27, 2023 4:48 PM |
[quote]This is just the typical RWNJ strategy, just keep constantly attacking certain people (Pelosi, Biden, AOC) for petty and scaremongering reasons. They just want a lightning rod for their hate.
Or…or…hear me out…some people open themselves up to legitimate criticism.
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | February 27, 2023 4:52 PM |
R194 It's more than that. They seem to pick certain people and make them out as if they're evil, the devil incarnate.
| by Anonymous | reply 195 | February 27, 2023 4:55 PM |
[quote] just keep constantly attacking certain people (Pelosi, Biden, AOC) for petty and scaremongering reasons.
Plus the significant and very legitimate reasons for criticizing them.
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | February 27, 2023 4:57 PM |
R191 Parka? Parka? Does the parka even exist on the high end designer couture runway? That’s like someone modeling slippers in Milan.
| by Anonymous | reply 197 | February 27, 2023 6:43 PM |
She asked for privacy and then announced on twitter ahe was on vacay with the kids.
The disconnect of wanting your cake and eating it too.
| by Anonymous | reply 198 | February 28, 2023 12:11 AM |
Must be nice to have only worked 1 week and get paid $173,000/yr.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 199 | March 2, 2023 10:46 AM |
Visiting with family daily? Didn't his wife and kids go off on vacation?
| by Anonymous | reply 200 | March 2, 2023 11:07 AM |
Yup Gisele left him high and dry.
She reminds me of a psycho ex-girlfriend.
All those Senator wives should be careful when she is around.
| by Anonymous | reply 201 | March 2, 2023 12:38 PM |
Pennsylvania schools usually always have a week off in February, or else a very long weekend around Presidents Day, it dates back to the energy crisis and was about the expense of heating schools during the deepest, coldest part of winter. It’s like Winter Break that most schools have in March. It’s a tradition like having the first day of Deer hunting season off that my friends from outside the state never could understood. Of course you always get the first day off, a quarter of the guys wouldn’t show up for school otherwise and it would be a wasted day. A trip to Canada was probably a chance for her to get the kids away from the American press for a few days and their relentless perusal of her for comments and was an easy drive fir just one parent. Perhaps Justin provided her sanctuary and she worked on some international alliances while there, or even had a hot affair with him.
| by Anonymous | reply 202 | March 2, 2023 1:08 PM |
How great that we get to pay not only his salary & his medical bills for his pre-existing MI. He said he has suffered with depression all his life.
Glad I don't live in PA. How humiliating. Getting to loose Another grifter politician on America.
| by Anonymous | reply 203 | March 2, 2023 2:00 PM |
[quote]Getting to loose Another grifter politician on America.
Oh, fucking dear!
| by Anonymous | reply 204 | March 2, 2023 2:26 PM |
^Thanks Nanny Scold AKA elder Spelling Teacher..for pointing out my typo.
I'll just sit in the corner now.
| by Anonymous | reply 205 | March 2, 2023 2:35 PM |
Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's what it was. It's always "a typo," never that you're just too fucking stupid to form a sentence.
And I suppose you mean your several typos?
| by Anonymous | reply 206 | March 2, 2023 2:42 PM |
Gisele’s plan didn’t work.
Those Senator wives probably can see right through her.
| by Anonymous | reply 207 | March 2, 2023 4:37 PM |
[quote]Pennsylvania schools usually always have a week off in February, or else a very long weekend around Presidents Day,
No they don’t. Spring break is in April and it doesn’t appear that President Day is a school holiday in Allegheny County.
| by Anonymous | reply 208 | March 2, 2023 6:02 PM |
[quote]Pennsylvania schools usually always have a week off in February, or else a very long weekend around Presidents Day,
Hi Dr. Oz.
| by Anonymous | reply 209 | March 2, 2023 9:56 PM |
I read this as deceased, and now I'm disappointed.
| by Anonymous | reply 211 | March 3, 2023 12:32 PM |
It's hilarious how many posts showed up after mine at R184 that proved my point.
You right wing nut jobs really can't control yourselves, can you? The misogyny, like the racism, always comes out. Always. Because you live in a little self-selected echo chamber and you think everyone else shares your derangement and hate.
| by Anonymous | reply 212 | March 3, 2023 12:45 PM |
R212 Absolutely - these people sound like they watch Fox News and take their stupid demonizing talking points straight from there.
| by Anonymous | reply 213 | March 3, 2023 7:15 PM |
No woman is ever responsible for her husband or children's health or well being. FEMINISM! YOU GO GIRL! She's just doing her boss babe thing ... as a catastrophically failing politician's political wife...
| by Anonymous | reply 214 | March 4, 2023 12:07 AM |
That’s one ugly little girl. Not all kids come out cute.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 215 | March 6, 2023 10:12 AM |
Approaching a month and still radio silence
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 216 | March 6, 2023 10:57 AM |
John Fetterman & Diane Feinstein are costing votes.
This guy has barely worked a day this year.
Something don’t fit right with this story.
| by Anonymous | reply 217 | March 6, 2023 12:36 PM |
^ Keep reaching into your pockets. We get to pay his salary & his treatment at Walter Reed. And he confirmed his depression is a lifelong condition.
Too bad more of the chronically MI can't get elected to Congress & then get free treatment. Oh wait..many are.
| by Anonymous | reply 218 | March 6, 2023 1:31 PM |
He lost a shit ton of weight.
Gisele always getting in some free press.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 219 | March 6, 2023 9:47 PM |
I need Conor Lamb inside me quite deeply
| by Anonymous | reply 220 | March 6, 2023 9:50 PM |
Spring break in PA is usually more in the week that we're in right now.
It used to be more of a 4 day weekend to give the Catholics another 4 day weekend whenever Easter was, but that changed a while back.
| by Anonymous | reply 221 | March 6, 2023 9:54 PM |
Those pictures and tweets are painfully a PR operation to show that Fetterman is 'still working' but I'm glad they've all done it. I hope John gets better soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 222 | March 6, 2023 10:06 PM |
[quote]Gisele always getting in some free press.
Why do you have to demonize her? She's a Democrat, helping the Dem cause. If she'd said nothing at all or something unsupportive, you'd have attacked her too. She just can't win.
| by Anonymous | reply 223 | March 6, 2023 10:09 PM |
R223, the people attacking Gisele are not Democrats. They're attacking Gisele BECAUSE she's a Democrat. They're RWNJs.
| by Anonymous | reply 224 | March 6, 2023 10:12 PM |
R224 You're absolutely right. I don't even know why I bothered. Although, for the record, I would personally expect the Republican wife of a Republican politician to be just as supportive so at least I'm not a hypocrite.
| by Anonymous | reply 225 | March 6, 2023 10:16 PM |
What kind of discussion is this even? If being a Senator doesn't require being present, doesn't require being able to understand spoken words well and if it pairs just fine with the disability to sense any positive emotion then what is this job? Why is it so well-paid and comes with such prestige then? I am very sorry for Fetterman and his health problems but he is the wrong man for the job. Any job. The US has millions of fantastic people, you cannot tell me that this is the best you could choose.
| by Anonymous | reply 226 | March 6, 2023 10:42 PM |
R226 A bit unfair given that his health problems started after he was selected. Biden, Trump and multiple senators on both sides are very old and much higher risk than people in their 30s or 40s. How would you police this kind of thing? An age cut-off? A health-check? All very controversial and rife with problems.
| by Anonymous | reply 227 | March 6, 2023 10:46 PM |
[quote] If being a Senator doesn't require being present, doesn't require being able to understand spoken words well and if it pairs just fine with the disability to sense any positive emotion then what is this job?
Mainly it requires a mass media's 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 to hide for and deny the plainly visible disabilities of their party's candidate.
| by Anonymous | reply 228 | March 7, 2023 12:20 AM |
He looks good in those photos. Lost weight, his coloring looks good, and if I didn't know better, got a bit of botox and some fillers. Hey, it could happen. Part of the self-care portion of his treatment. He doesn't have that touch of ogre. Though, weirdly, I always found that kind of sexy about him.
| by Anonymous | reply 229 | March 7, 2023 1:42 AM |
I don't believe the depression story. He's just not the type. It's just cover for a separation and whatever lies she tries to sell. She's probably become a Rethug operative.
| by Anonymous | reply 230 | March 7, 2023 1:51 AM |
The depression story is a cover up as to the fact that he cannot execute the job as a Senator.
| by Anonymous | reply 231 | March 7, 2023 2:30 AM |
The fuck is wrong with you people?
| by Anonymous | reply 232 | March 7, 2023 4:07 AM |
^What does how people fuck have to do with John boys depression??
| by Anonymous | reply 233 | March 7, 2023 4:21 AM |
I doubt he needs to be in the hospital. It may just be a way to excuse his absence from the Hill. Though it can be a way to monitor him.
But seriously if he is so ill that he needs hospitalization there is no way he should be bothered with work. Leave him alone and let him recover.
| by Anonymous | reply 234 | March 7, 2023 4:23 AM |
Are we sure he’s not on some special investigative senate committee looking at mental health resources in Veterans hospitals and he’s going to blow the whole thing wide open like some modern day Geraldo Rivera at Willowbrook?
| by Anonymous | reply 235 | March 7, 2023 5:13 AM |
The doctors have their work cut out for them
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 236 | March 7, 2023 5:22 AM |
[quote]I am very sorry for Fetterman and his health problems but he is the wrong man for the job. Any job.
Elderfrau is one of those cunts who thinks that anyone who is ill should just die in poverty. That's fun.
[quote]The US has millions of fantastic people
There are not millions of people in PA who want to be Senator AND who could win AND who are also qualified.
| by Anonymous | reply 237 | March 7, 2023 5:33 AM |
[quote]He lost a shit ton of weight.
He was already thinner in his official Senate photo, I noticed. It's hard to tell in the photos where the sunlight is too bright, but in the one where he's got his legs crossed, you can tell his color has definitely returned. I'm guessing he's had some much-needed physical therapy on top of mental health help.
| by Anonymous | reply 238 | March 7, 2023 5:36 AM |
I'm very much depressed, too bad I can't just walk into Walter Reed and get all better.
| by Anonymous | reply 239 | March 7, 2023 6:37 AM |
[quote] He lost a shit ton of weight.
Near death will do that to you.
| by Anonymous | reply 240 | March 7, 2023 1:00 PM |
R219 "So cute" Oh my god.
| by Anonymous | reply 241 | March 7, 2023 3:46 PM |
[quote]Spring break in PA is usually more in the week that we're in right now.
Every county sets its own calendar. Allegheny’s break is in April.
| by Anonymous | reply 242 | March 7, 2023 3:49 PM |
[quote]Those pictures and tweets are painfully a PR operation to show that Fetterman is 'still working'
Reminds me of the Trump Covid Hospitalization photos.
| by Anonymous | reply 243 | March 7, 2023 3:52 PM |
I have elderfrau blocked for some reason, probably Trumpism or the more vile forms pf transphobia. Most of the people attacking Fetterman anywhere online right now are conservatives or just straight up trolls. Very few are actual Pennsylvania voters, let alone Democrats.
| by Anonymous | reply 244 | March 7, 2023 4:00 PM |
R239, you're actually right. All of us should have access to the care we need at any tome, regardless of income or ability to pay. I hope you support universal healthcare such as Medicare for all and expanded access to mental health services.
John Fettermn supports both, like most Democrats. His opponent Mehmet Oz, an actual doctor, opposes both, like the rest of the Republican Party.
| by Anonymous | reply 245 | March 7, 2023 4:02 PM |
And we're still paying for his Hospital stay for his life long depression.
How many days & how many dollars??
| by Anonymous | reply 247 | March 7, 2023 11:07 PM |
[quote] Every county sets its own calendar. Allegheny’s break is in April.
Schools in Pennsylvania are organized by school district (many of which are tiny), not county.
Also, there's Pennsylvania and then there's Pennsylvania, and R202 is obviously talking about rural PA. I randomly checked a number of school districts in suburban Philadelphia, and all have spring break in the week after Easter. None close for hunting season opening day - an idea that would seem utterly bizarre here.
In the Bradford Area School District, spring break is April 15-22. There is no "opening of hunting season" holiday, but the Thanksgiving holiday in 2022 extended through the following Monday. Deer season opened on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, so that could be the reason for the extra day. Then again, they also close on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, before the season opens, so maybe they just like long Thanksgivings.
| by Anonymous | reply 249 | March 7, 2023 11:50 PM |
This is not about universal health care. He is abusing this for political reasons. We'll never get universal health care when so many selfish people abuse it for this and for cosmetic surgery to change your gendered appearance.
He is taking up a bed and hospital services unnecessarily.
| by Anonymous | reply 250 | March 7, 2023 11:51 PM |
R249…you realize that the conversation has to do with a specific part of Pennsylvania, right? Who cares what Philly does in context of what we’re talking about. Braddock is in Allegheny County.
| by Anonymous | reply 251 | March 8, 2023 12:36 AM |
He's a bullshitting con artist. We told you. Wake up, dummies. (And, yes, I voted for him and will always vote up and down blue- but this has to be the death knell of BS identity politics, please!)
| by Anonymous | reply 252 | March 8, 2023 12:50 AM |
[quote]He's a bullshitting con artist. We told you. Wake up, dummies.
Oh, but Dr. Fraud, I mean Dr. Oz, wasn’t??
| by Anonymous | reply 253 | March 8, 2023 12:52 AM |
R253, are you even a part of this conversation? This was about PA Dems: and if they ran McCormick, we'd be toast, possibly Shapiro too.
This isn't a fucking game.
| by Anonymous | reply 254 | March 8, 2023 12:57 AM |
[quote]possibly Shapiro too.
Nope. Shapiro has broad appeal. Not to mention that he ran against January 6 participant, Doug Mastriano. It wasn’t even a close race and it wouldn’t have been closer even if it were Fetterman/McCormick. If anything, Shapiro’s race was always expected to help Fetterman’s.
| by Anonymous | reply 255 | March 8, 2023 1:04 AM |
Oh JFC….but the dude posting this is on the payroll kissing the “wife’s” ass.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 256 | March 8, 2023 9:48 AM |
The sent her along,
As a surrogate band.
We're gonna find out where you fans really stand.
| by Anonymous | reply 257 | March 8, 2023 12:41 PM |
Court that press!
No other Senator Wives are this desperate for fame.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 258 | March 8, 2023 11:51 PM |
Hillary home opens another bottle of gin looks at that story and vows to destroy that damn Robbie Mook for not thinking to have her fight a fire first
| by Anonymous | reply 259 | March 9, 2023 12:08 AM |
I get Meghan Markle vibes from Gisele. She's grifting for something.
| by Anonymous | reply 260 | March 9, 2023 12:36 AM |
Conservatives want to fuck Gisele Fetterman like they want to fuck AOC, and this is very troubling to them
| by Anonymous | reply 261 | March 9, 2023 12:58 AM |
Troubling? Lurch has to be hospitalized. What a shock! God, who saw this coming?
Stay tuned here's the answer. Anybody With a Brain.
Hell, it's only been 29 days. What is the average stay in a psych. unit for depression..Any guesses? 15 days.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 262 | March 9, 2023 4:04 AM |
R261, if any hot white guys wanted to fuck Gisele or AOC, they would be with those hot white guys- not with with the men they are with.
Water finds its level, honey.
| by Anonymous | reply 263 | March 9, 2023 4:45 AM |
R263 I said conservatives, not hot white guys, dipshit
| by Anonymous | reply 264 | March 9, 2023 4:50 AM |
R264, alright. But they don't want to fuck Giselle Fetterman. Maybe AOC, MAYBE.
You're deeply confusing TRUE dislike and sexual attraction. (As am I, by reading "conservative men" as hot white guys.) This is dangerous and a fallacy. It's an immature, 12 year old boy, dead wrong, ego protection ideation.
It's not helping anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 265 | March 9, 2023 5:01 AM |
No, the coverage indicates they want to fuck her. And AOC. Sorry for you that you can't see it, hon.
| by Anonymous | reply 266 | March 9, 2023 5:05 AM |
[quote] Conservatives want to fuck Gisele Fetterman like they want to fuck AOC
Why? AOC, I can kind of understand, but Gisele looks like a drag queen and has those Groucho Marx eyebrows. She's hard looking.
| by Anonymous | reply 267 | March 9, 2023 5:11 AM |
[quote] Conservatives want to fuck Gisele Fetterman like they want to fuck AOC, and this is very troubling to them
So after seven years of wall to wall anti-Trump posts we now learn datalounge was all about lust for Trump ?
Speak for yourself John Henry
| by Anonymous | reply 269 | March 9, 2023 10:24 AM |
C'mon, admit it. You know you want Rump deeply, deeply inside you.
And no, for all our retired Nanny Scold Wanna be Spelling/Punctuation Teachers ..I meant to type Rump instead of Trump
PS. Its a joke sour Nanny Scolds.
| by Anonymous | reply 270 | March 9, 2023 3:20 PM |
Those kids are not attractive.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 271 | March 10, 2023 4:53 PM |
Gisele plays Weekend at Bernie's
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 272 | March 11, 2023 4:02 AM |
John Fetterman is in his sad girl era.
| by Anonymous | reply 273 | March 11, 2023 10:07 AM |
R273, uh oh. Does that mean he's on his journey of 300 Days of Being A Girl?
| by Anonymous | reply 274 | March 13, 2023 5:38 PM |
Did the depressed watch the Oscars together and have a contest to guess the winners?
| by Anonymous | reply 275 | March 13, 2023 5:42 PM |
So, now Lurch's depression is now being called 'severe'. So this the lifelong depression he said he has suffered with, Severe, not opsie I had a stroke dpression.
He has now been hospitalized for 31 days. The stay for inpatient psychiatric sevices. 15 Days. More than twice the average..
Oh, guess its cause he's tall.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 276 | March 14, 2023 3:45 PM |
This man does not want to do the job, they wanted the power.
| by Anonymous | reply 277 | March 14, 2023 10:13 PM |
I told you... what?
Now, so I didn't have to tell you later? No that's not it.
To take the Wizard's staff? No, not it either.
What could it be...
| by Anonymous | reply 278 | March 15, 2023 1:22 AM |
John Boy's docs need 2 more weeks to get his meds. right. So, in 32 days that have yet to stabilize his meds. Usual stay for a depressive 15 days. So, he is over 2x's the amount usually needed.
So, WTF meds can't they regulate in an extra 17 days?
WTF kind of MI does he really have that they can't regulate his meds in 32 days.
According to its site, Walter Reed does inpatient for ACUTE Psychiatric & Neuropsychiatric. So, which is it? Must be a bit more than being sad. Psychotic? Or is he in the Detox unit which is also inpatient?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 279 | March 15, 2023 11:28 PM |
R276 the fuck??? He had prior episodes of depression, the stroke caused another one. The same thing happened to me.
You sound like a sociopath.
| by Anonymous | reply 280 | March 16, 2023 1:13 AM |
R279 showing you are pig-ignorant about medications as well.
| by Anonymous | reply 281 | March 16, 2023 1:14 AM |
^ Let Walter Reed know where you live, so they can send you the bills for his extended stay. And since you are medical experts he can stay with you & you can figure out his meds.
| by Anonymous | reply 282 | March 16, 2023 2:19 AM |
Military hospitals only bill for food. When my dad had a 12 hours open heart surgery (7pm to 7am) at Walter Reed in the dark ages, his case was so serious that he had to stay in the hospital for a month after surgery. After he got home he got a bill for $88.00 for food.
Fetterman is there so he can have privacy and have an excuse not to go to the office or deal with work. No reporter can get to him. I doubt that he needs that level of care. it's a privilege of the elite. 2
| by Anonymous | reply 283 | March 16, 2023 2:29 AM |
