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The Atlantic, Vox, and more rally behind Fetterman, say stroke gives him ‘just-like-us’ appeal
Fox News ^ | 10/18/22 | Nikolas Lanum

Posted on 10/18/2022 3:47:38 PM PDT by conservative98

Liberal media outlets are rallying around Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman after an NBC News reporter said he had difficulty understanding their conversation during a sit-down interview.

On Monday, The Atlantic’s Elaine Godfrey wrote that despite his "relatively privileged upbringing," Fetterman has long been recognized as a "consummate everyman" and a straight talker.

Speaking with Fetterman supporters during the campaign trail, Godfrey reported that supporters of the stroke survivor appeared unfazed by the candidate’s recent health challenges, and that he has now become "more relatable than ever."

"Which is to say that Fetterman’s just-like-us appeal before his stroke may have only increased in its wake—that knowing what it’s like to go through a major health challenge, to live with a disability, and to navigate the thorny thicket of the American health-care system is actually an asset in voters’ minds, not a liability," Godfrey wrote.

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fender27368
1 hour ago
So all of these news organizations supporting Fetterman's "just like us appeal" have had brain-debilitating strokes. en mass? Well, well. That WOULD explain their lunacy.
1 posted on 10/18/2022 3:47:38 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

yep, brain damaged just like most liberals!


2 posted on 10/18/2022 3:48:13 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: conservative98

Do “us” want to flood the streets with criminals released early from prisons?


3 posted on 10/18/2022 3:48:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: conservative98

fellas, find a woman who won’t exploit you while you’re at your worst. what dr. jill and fetterman’s wife are pulling on these poor guys is a disgrace. https://t.co/WbWnMBXFra— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) October 15, 2022

Gisele Fetterman loves claiming that she’s the “brains of the operation.”

Maybe it’s time we believed her pic.twitter.com/2Lz7ypWjzd— John Hasson (@SonofHas) October 15, 2022


4 posted on 10/18/2022 3:50:09 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Hah hah, Fettermans mini metards.


5 posted on 10/18/2022 3:50:16 PM PDT by dforest
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To: conservative98

Democrats are after all brain damaged.


6 posted on 10/18/2022 3:50:45 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: conservative98

Tell them to take off the costumes and scary makeup.


7 posted on 10/18/2022 3:51:37 PM PDT by dforest
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To: BenLurkin

Power, By Any Means Necessary

Basement Biden and Brain-Damage Johnny are just the test cases to see if the DNC can get away with running cardboard cutouts without their "voters" squawking.
8 posted on 10/18/2022 3:51:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: conservative98

What common folk read these elite magazines? None at all.


9 posted on 10/18/2022 3:51:47 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: conservative98

Yes, all those stroke victim voters out there, finally have
a champion they can sit or lay behind.

Some may think that is disrespectful, but these are the
types of folks we’re talking about here.

It’s not funny what the Democrats are trying to push off
on the public here.

I know we have a vegetable in the White House, but are they
going to try to expand that on down the line?

I N S A N I T Y on display!


10 posted on 10/18/2022 3:53:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: conservative98

11 posted on 10/18/2022 3:53:49 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: conservative98

Okay...

5.56mm


12 posted on 10/18/2022 3:53:54 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Im predicting it now. Fetterman is gonna win.

I have zero respect for leftists. Actually i have no problem saying i hate them for what they have done to this country. When the system collapses, scores will be settled.


13 posted on 10/18/2022 3:54:01 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: conservative98

I don’t like her face. It looks weird to me.


14 posted on 10/18/2022 3:54:09 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: conservative98

Brain damage has worked so well for Biden the Democrat Party said “Let’s roll this out nationwide!”


15 posted on 10/18/2022 3:54:27 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: conservative98

Do you have dementia? Have you had a stroke? Have you ever
thought of running for office? This may be the time. Call
your local Democrat office today!


16 posted on 10/18/2022 3:55:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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These people are absolute frauds. There is NO doubt that if ANY conservative Republican showed similar symptoms they would be saying he was unfit for office. Remember how they were talking about the 25th Amendment just because Trump used two hands to pick up a full glass of water?


17 posted on 10/18/2022 3:57:05 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

18 posted on 10/18/2022 3:57:52 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: conservative98
That "just like us" doesn't necessarily work as Hubert Humphrey found out in 1960.

Kennedy campaigned in the West Virginia presidential primary in 1960 against Hubert Humphrey.

Kennedy brought his wife Jackie, Frank Sinatra, and other Hollywood stars into West Virginia to drum up support. Humphrey played the hillbilly with country music bands backing him up.

It turns out that the people of West Virginia were more interested in Frank Sinatra, the Hollywood Stars, and Jackie's glamour. Kennedy won easily.

Nobody want's to be a fat ugly loser like Fetterman. They would rather aspire to the success and celebrity of Dr. Oz

19 posted on 10/18/2022 3:58:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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David M. Perry,
Your stupid ass is getting called out, too.

A New York Times guest essay by David M. Perry titled "John Fetterman Is a Disabled American Who Needs Technology to Do His Job. So What?," was released last week. The essay's title was later changed to "Why That John Fetterman Interview Caused a Furor."

david
David M. Perry, idiot

20 posted on 10/18/2022 3:58:30 PM PDT by conservative98
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