• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Future medical researchers will write entire textbook chapters on this guy, and the impact of strokes on the foundational aspects of a person’s socio/political identity.

    Or…it will eventually be revealed at some point, that he simply sold out to AIPAC, and this had nothing to do with his brain at all.

  • _chris@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He left the day he was elected, he just neglected to make a big announcement about it.

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    I feel bad for his constituents. Pennsylvania disserves better representation and not the medication or stoke induced thing they have going on now. I’m curious if they feel represented by this damaged brain.

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        Just a another example of why every State needs a way to recall their representatives.

        Even if that is just removing them. At those rates it seems Pennsylvanians would rather have no representative than Fetterman.

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          Exactly. The choice was between Fetterman and Dr. fucking Oz. At th3 time, Fetterman was obviously the lesser of two evils, although it’s obvious now that it was a losing situation all around.

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        Just like the name suggests, in a “representative” democracy, elected politicians are expected to “represent” their constituents. (A Senator is a type of representative for that definition.)

        That means that it is in your best interests as a constituent to elect a person who has the same political beliefs as you do, because you can’t predict all of the things that are going to happen, so you want somebody who is like you, so that it’s likely that they’ll do whatever you would have wanted them to do in any given situation.

        But when that doesn’t happen, as is obviously the case with Fetterman, it is then the representative’s job to figure out what their constituents in aggregate want and to vote that way, regardless. Otherwise, they’re not representing their constituents.

        Yes, there are obviously exceptions due to things like trading favors, but essentially, a representative should be able to say, “Look, I didn’t do what I think you wanted me to do, but here’s why, if you were in the same situation, you’d have made the same choice as me.”

        My point is that you can’t poll that low and even pretend that you’re doing your job as a representative. If you poll that low, you should just resign on the spot.

  • Folstar@lemmus.org
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    It makes it very difficult to believe the Democratic party isn’t just controlled opposition when they tolerate the Manchins and Fettermans of the world. Bending over backwards to appease someone who clearly hates you so you can have an on paper advantage with absolutely no real world application is… actually, having listened to Democratic Strategists speak, that checks out. My bad.

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    Makes sense. He lied about his allegiances from the gitgo. He should move across the floor and be with his own people. John! Take a stand!

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      In terms of party and caucus headcount, yes, he was elected on the DNC ticket in PA and betrayed his conatituents.

      In terms of actual policy, no, he pretty muck spits on the platform at every turn.