Fetterman exposes America's divide
How does a great country elect decidedly un-great politicians?
1. Choosing politics over people
As I watched Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman chair a subcommittee hearing yesterday after a two-month-long absence due to depression and a stroke, one thing was clear: he’s not better.
On a personal level, it was heartbreaking to see. On a national level, it was a wake-up call.
It’s easy to blame the media, which did its best to cover for Fetterman’s medical issues. Some even outright lied. But his health issues were laid bare in a much-watched debate. Pennsylvania voters knew.
While it’s easy to blame those voters, if I were a Democrat there, I would’ve done the same.
And you? Be honest. Flip the parties, then think about it.
If you’re a conservative, how disastrous would your candidate have to be to pull the lever and elect Sen. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Or President Pelosi?
Personally, I’d vote for a potted plant over an articulate candidate who would push gun control, minimize the First Amendment, and confirm judges like Sonia Sotomayor.
Part of that is the job itself. Unlike a governor or an executive, senators don’t run an organization that actually operates something. They don’t build roads or run schools, they determine the rules we live by. We hire them for their values and judgment, not their executive abilities.
To pile on, many believe the parties are further apart and the stakes are higher than they’ve been in decades.
When critics raised General Grant’s drinking problems to President Lincoln, he reportedly responded that if he could find out Grant’s whiskey brand, he’d send a barrel of it to all his commanders. Whether that story’s true or early fake news, the point remains: when the stakes are high enough, our other ideals are cast aside.
Like many, I was shocked that Bill Clinton was diddling around with Monica Lewinski in the Oval Office. Yet now I find myself defending Donald Trump’s falsely reported hush money payments to a porn bimbo. How did that happen?
And to my liberal readers, don’t get too smug. You elected a president clearly in the early stages of dementia. In a non-crazy year, even his habit of sniffing and nuzzling children would’ve been a disqualifier.
Both sides are aghast at the terrible people the other party seems to have elected, but there’s not an end in the near future.
The political divide grows wider with each passing election, and we all need to ask ourselves how many candidate flaws we can overlook for the proper political agenda. There’s no easy answer.
2. BuzzFeed News shuts down
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti told staff in a memo that the company is restructuring. BuzzFeed News will be gone, and 15% of the BuzzFeed workforce will be laid off.
3. House Dem threatens journalist with prison time
Journalist Matt Taibbi is being threatened with prison time by Del. Stacey Plaskett (D – V.I.) over testimony he gave about his reporting on the Twitter Files. Plaskett alleges that Taibbi made an erroneous statement, which he later corrected, about a federal agency involved in the Twitter Files. Specifically, she says he “intentionally alter[ed] the acronym CIS” to CISA.
4. Lindell Loses $5M Challenge
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was ordered by a panel of arbitrators to pay $5 million to the winner of a “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge.” Robert Zeidman, a software expert and Trump voter, was the only participant in the contest. His analysis found that the data provided did not prove voter fraud or have any connection to the 2020 election, although Lindell may challenge it in court. This comes amid a $1.3 billion defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.
Fetterman shows 1/2 nation has no morals etc thus the Biden Fetterman show
Guy cant lead or take charge
Have yet to see a RINO in the mix
Besides I love the comedy that Fetterman & Biden etc provide
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