An Oaf Is Still An Oaf!

The oaf was always a moderate.

I would have preferred Conor Lamb as the U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, but they voted for John Fetterman, the former lieutenant governor to be their senator.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is the 51st U.S. Senator. With Democrats in modest control of the Senate, things aren't getting done. With the distractions of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stalling President Joe Biden's agenda as well, the last thing we need is another one.

Pat Toomey got fed up with the Senate and the lack of an agenda from Republicans. He retired. MAGA thought it would be a good time to win. 

When Fetterman had a stroke, many hoped he would step down and the Democrats would nominate a better candidate. He stuck in there.

When the Republicans nominated a carpet bagger named Mehmet Oz over Black Republican Kathy Barnette, it made Fetterman use every shock tactic to defeat him.

Many Democrats thought he was annoying, uncouth, sloppy and utterly out of touch with Pennsylvania voters.

Even the fact, he chased a Black jogger with a firearm when he was the mayor of Braddock, Malcolm Kenyatta and Conor Lamb failed to use this to defeat him.

Fetterman ran in 2016 but was eliminated from the ballot. Katie McGinty, a former aide to then governor Tom Wolf became the nominee. Thanks to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his supporters who voted for Jill Stein and Donald J. Trump, Pat Toomey won his reelection.

Fetterman ran like a populist. He ended up winning because Oz was too polarizing and Pennsylvania voters did not want a celebrity lawmaker. They already have Trump. Tom McClintock would have trounced Fetterman if he was the nominee.

Fetterman did poorly in Pittsburgh, Scranton and Philadelphia with Black voters. 

Still we carried this oaf to victory and yet he managed to betray the very voters who fought for his victory.

So Israel.

“I’m not a progressive,” Fetterman told NBC News. “I just think I’m a Democrat that is very committed to choice and other things. But with Israel, I’m going to be on the right side of that. And immigration is something near and dear to me, and I think we do have to effectively address it as well.”

“I’m not a progressive, I'm just a regular Democrat.” https://t.co/M1OER4beUI

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 18, 2023

Fetterman is a staunch supporter of Israel. He was eating a local bar in Pittsburgh when a Jewish Voice for Peace activist confronted him over Israel's genocide against Gazans.

A Fetterman staffer shoved him out the bar.

Fetterman started his immature trolling. When protesters confronted him in Washington, DC, he mocked them and waved the two small Israeli flags at them and stuck his tongue out at them.

When protesters were at his office in Pittsburgh, they called upon him to come outside.

His staffers said the senator was busy and they have to make an appointment.

Fetterman has now decided to abandon his populist views.

Fetterman calls for Democrats to engage on tougher immigration laws, disappointing some on the left as he shows an independent streak.

He’s also continually scolding Democrats for not pushing Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) out of office after he was indicted on federal charges of taking bribes and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt, which the New Jersey Democrat denies.

Fetterman is opposed to a longtime steel manufacturer being sold to a Japanese company.

US Steel has agreed to be bought by Nippon Steel, the largest steelmaker in Japan in a $14 billion deal. It is the latest step in a gradual decline for the iconic 122-year-old company, which was once the largest company on the planet.

Under the terms of the deal, US Steel's operations will retain the name and will continue to have a U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh.

However, the sale agreement could face opposition.

The United Steelworkers Union vowed back in the summer to only support a proposed purchase offer from Cleveland Cliffs, another unionized American steel company.