It’s “ablist” of a reporter to discuss John Fetterman’s health problems, says his wife
John Fetterman is running for the Senate, but he and the left are trying to make his disability – or handicap, or whatever you want to call it – off-limits by definition. His wife compares discussion of his health problems to a teacher criticizing a disabled child, even if it’s a member of the press discussing it:
NBC News’s Dasha Burns earlier this month conducted an interview with John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke in May, in which he discussed the effects it had on his auditory process. John Fetterman used closed captioning during the interview, and Burns commented on his comprehension during an appearance on the network promoting the conversation.
“During some of those conversations before the closed captioning was rolling, it wasn’t clear he could understand what we were saying,” Burns said on NBC…
“I would love to see an apology towards the disability community from her and from her network for the damage they have caused,” Gisele Fetterman told The Independent.
She told the news organization that the NBC interview, which sparked a firestorm online, may cause damage to those with disabilities, citing messages from disabled voters expressing frustration.
“If this happened in a school, if this was a child that was ableist towards another child or a teacher, there would’ve been issues stated,” Gisele Fetterman told The Independent.
“There would have been new training done,” she continued. “What is being done at the media after a reporter came out so openly ableist towards a person? I think shocked and appalled, but sadly not surprised. I know there’s still so much to do, but it would be great to see some accountability, to actually see real change.”
Send that reporter to the re-education camps! How dare she even mention such a thing!
That is what identity politics has come to. The goal is to place the leftist candidate beyond criticism. You know that the same rules would never be applied if such a candidate were on the right. Nor, of course, should they be applied to anyone, because Senate candidates are not children in need of support. They are engaged in deciding important questions for the entire nation. Gisele Fetterman’s analogy and outrage are completely misplaced.
If Fetterman’s disability had to do with walking – if he were paralyzed, let’s say – it would have little to no relevance to his Senate candidacy . However, if he were paralyzed and wanted to be a firefighter, it would be highly relevant. Fetterman’s cognitive abilities are very relevant to being a senator.
Or are they? Perhaps at this point, only very minimal abilities are needed – in Fetterman’s case, the ability to cast a vote on every issue in a manner aligned with the Democratic leadership. Not much thinking or auditory processing or even understanding is required. Just vote “yes” or “no” as you’re told, and as nearly every single Democrat senator – even supposed “moderates” – does every single time.
This business of not criticizing a Democrat politician because of some identity politics designation began with Obama. At least, that’s when I noticed it coming to the fore. All criticism of Obama was labeled racism, and was not allowed. There could be no neutral, objective, non-bigoted way to say that Obama wasn’t a perfect candidate. Even the words “skinny” or “socialist” were supposedly racist – remember? If not, refresh your memory here and here.
It’s ageist to indulge summary judgment, socially distant labels, and affirmative discrimination, baby. Lose your [Pro-Choice] ethical religion, then let’s talk, honey.
I wonder if John Fetterman had a COVID booster shot some time shortly prior to his stroke. Maybe I’m just hyper-sensitive these days, but I’m seeing more strokes and heart attacks by otherwise healthy people. I’m assuming Fetterman was otherwise healthy when he decided to run for the Senate, and the stroke took him by surprise.
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I’m assuming Fetterman was otherwise healthy when he decided to run for the Senate, and the stroke took him by surprise.
No, he’d ignored warnings and remediation plans offered by his doctors in past years.
The cards they have are on the bottom of the deck.
Fetterman’s a sick little puppy in more ways than one.
Wish him excellent health, certainly, but electing him will be doing no one any favors; and if Pennsylvanians—I guess that would mean the Philly-Pittsburgh bloc—should somehow succeed in electing him, they’re even nuttier than one might already believe.
OTOH, one must assume that the Democratic Party “Turn-out-/Pump-up-the-Vote” brigades will be doing their utmost—write-in ballots and deceased voters at the ready—to carry their man past the finish line (and they know all the tricks in the book) but that would be simply pathetic.
It is abel-ist. It goes to the fact that he is not really able to represent the state of Pennsylvania
Intellectually bankrupt, all she has is playing the victim card in a futile attempt to conceal the truth. Holding cheap, the selling of her soul.
90+% of politicians appear to be opportunistic narcissists.
If I were applying for a job as an auto mechanic I would want to successfully repair automobiles. If part of the hiring process was a group test with all the candidates, and another candidate did better than I, I would recommend the auto shop hire him or her rather than me.
These people claim they want to serve and help the public. It that’s true, they should be cheering that the best candidate win. Someone truly interested in service would want the process to produce the person most capable of serving the constituents, their fellow countrymen. The democrat’s gubernatorial candidate in Arizona is hiding and lying to avoid a debate with Kari Lake. Fetterman is doing it. It’s become commonplace.
When I played sports and I saw a great play by the opposing team I gave them credit. I wanted to do my absolute best, and was disappointed in myself if I did not do as well as I could, but if I did do my best and someone beat me or my team by playing better; well that’s a good thing!
These people are self-centered and shallow. “What profit a man who gain the world yet lose his mortal soul?”
We are seeing the very embodiment of this with Joe Biden. It’s Shakespearean. He has become so desiccated through a lifetime of shallow opportunism he is degenerating before us and the world.
To prove that they are truly against “ableism,” perhaps the Democrats should search nursing homes for stroke victims to nominate for elective office- the more severe the stroke, the better. Better yet, nominate those in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s. “Show you are against ‘ableism’ by voting for XXX, stroke victim, for Governor/Senator/Congressman/dog catcher.”
To show that it is against “ableism,” perhaps Harvard should reserve 10% of the freshman class slots for those with mental retardation.
My sister had a mild stroke last year. I am unable to detect any loss in her functioning. Which is why Democrats should nominate only victims of severe stroke for elective office.
When the Democrats start running deceased canidates what will their defense be? Mortalist? You’re discriminating against those of the Norweigan Blue affinity?
They already have no problem with Norweigan Blue voters.
there was an old story, by neal stephenson* interface, about a gubernatorial chase, that had a computer chip in him,
*under a pseudonym
I was reminded when mark kirk who was always more capable that mongo the circus freak, was forced out of office, when he had his stroke
he was running for president,
https://www.amazon.com/Interface-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0553383434
he was on to this a month ago,
https://jeffgoldstein.substack.com/p/john-fetterman-and-the-decay-of-a
Fetterman, a bizarre former mayor of a Pittsburgh suburb [Braddock] supports marijuana legislation, a minimum wage hike, prison reform and Medicare for All. He also has gained notoriety for pushing back against former President Trump’s stolen election claims.
But Mr. Fetterman proved to be less progressive on other fronts. He opposed efforts to ban fracking, abolish the Electoral College and pack the Supreme Court.
He will prove to be useless as friend or foe should he win the election against Oz. But no one who doubts the 2020 election was fraud should be elected as Senator. Of course he is a Dem, and they do fraud all the time.
This bizarre creature got 54% of the primary vote per the NY Post. It proves my point that Dems are fools, corrupt, evil or a combination thereof.
Cicero–
Has anyone yet explained the cause of the strange-looking growth on the back of Fetterman’s neck? I’ve seen guesses ranging from a lipoma, a damaged cervical vertebra, or the side effect of a stroke to (tongue-in-cheek, of course) a baby space alien trying to hatch.
The democrat’s gubernatorial candidate in Arizona is hiding and lying to avoid a debate with Kari Lake. Fetterman is doing it. It’s become commonplace.
Rufus T. Firefly;
True.
They won’t debate anything anywhere. It’s usually the smart move. They keep getting clobbered in open debates, so…
I first noticed this with climate change.
I’m assuming Fetterman was otherwise healthy when he decided to run for the Senate, and the stroke took him by surprise.
No, he was diagnosed with atrial fib 5 years ago and anti-coagulation was recommended but he did nothing. Cerebral emboli from fibrillating left atria are a common problem with strokes. My brother-in-law had one 20 years ago and was a burden on my sister until he died last summer. He was unsophisticated and not running for office, so he was not at fault. Fetterman knew better but ignored it.
Has anyone yet explained the cause of the strange-looking growth on the back of Fetterman’s neck?
PA+Cat:
When I saw that lump I immediately thought of this black comedy with Richard E. Grant as an advertising executive who develops a second head at the base of his neck. The title?
–“How to Get Ahead in Advertising” (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpfQ_6iL1rg&t=96s
The link takes you right to the scene of the second head.
I fell in love with Grant after seeing him in “Withnail & I,” a cult Brit film little known in America, but absolutely worth a view.
If you do, let me know.
I fell in love with Grant after seeing him in “Withnail & I,” a cult Brit film little known in America, but absolutely worth a view.
Withnail & I is the most soporific film I’ve ever seen.
Art Deco:
Your mileage may vary. Quite a few fans have seen it dozens of times and can quote large blocks of dialog from memory. I’m not quite in that category, but close.
Americans I have shown Withnail have enjoyed it.
Of course, you are Pope Deco and your strong suit is making pronouncements about how worthless most things outside your exceedingly narrow range of taste are.
Of course, you are Pope Deco and your strong suit is making pronouncements about how worthless most things outside your exceedingly narrow range of taste are.
1. Stop using Grecian Formula.
2. Peggy Lee rules.
That said, it’s something of a mystery to me why “Withnail & I” works. Which is why I’m curious to hear from others (not Art Deco whose judgment I could have predicted while under general anesthesia).
None of the characters are appealing, least of all Withnail (played by Richard E. Grant) who is a broke, bitter, alcoholic, out-of-work young actor. His nameless flatmate does the voice-over and is somewhat normal, but largely puts up with and to some extent colludes with the craziness around him.
Bruce Robinson, the writer/director, based the film on a quite colorful, weird companion. He boiled down several months of life with his friend into a single week, so some of the film’s power comes from compression.
Because the film was based unflinchingly on real life at a particularly odd cultural juncture (1969), the audience finds itself outside comfortable film stereotypes, though closer to what it may remember from that time.
Robinson’s writing is wonderful and his direction was creative. A classic early scene shows Withnail, out of wine and desperate for booze, taking a squirt of lighter fluid into his mouth. The actor, Grant, didn’t know, but Robinson had substituted vinegar into the lighter fluid tin, so Grant’s surprised reaction was genuine.
–“Withnail And I – Lighter Fluid”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5EmCKbWS6c
Then Grant raises the stakes and demands anti-freeze. The Nameless Narrator responds:
You bloody fool. You should never mix your drinks.
Well. If that doesn’t convince the Gentle Reader this is a must-see film, I don’t know what will!
Grant just oozes smarm most recently in the last skywalker but hitmans bidyguard the iron lady where he played heseltine all the way back to hudson hawk
I did not know he had been diagnosed that way he had that no work job she should have had it treated
Hudson hawk where he played a very broad caricature of trump along with john glover in the gremlins sequel (but that one wasnt mean)
Guess if we don’t like “Biden”‘s policies, we’re “ablist”, too….
If so, we’re all ablist now?
Deplorables….
Insurrectionists….
Racists…
Enemies of the people…
Well, you get the idea…
(On the other hand, what’s not to like…?
“Forget Oil, The Real Crisis Is Diesel Inventories: The US Has Just 25 Days Left”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/forget-oil-real-crisis-diesel-inventories-us-has-just-25-days-left )
Opening graf:
‘For all the drama surrounding Biden’s latest Strategic Petroleum Reserve fiasco and his admin’s ridiculous idea to “stimulate” US energy producers to pump more oil because, you see, Biden promises to buy oil at some unknown point in the future (he may or may not, but right now he is certainly draining a million barrels of emergency US energy lifeblood just to buy a few midterm votes, assuring energy producers have zero incentive to produce more), the real crisis is not oil or gas, but diesel….’
Gosh, maybe the Venezuelans’ll help us out!
Not that the Dems have a clue…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/we-peaked-little-early-democrats-hope-turning-despair
“When in that House MPs divide
If they’ve got a brain and cerebellum too,
They’ve got to leave that brain outside
And vote just as their leaders tell ’em to.”
—W.S.Gilbert
Well…maybe one or two DO in fact get it…but only, it seems, AFTER the horse has bolted… (funny how that happens…—snake-oil salesman’s remorse? Or, more likely, S@&T, I GOT CAUGHT!!)
“Top Democratic Senator Admits Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Fiscal Package Was Too Big”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-democratic-senator-admits-bidens-19-trillion-fiscal-package-was-too-big
File under: Ya think?
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And (OT?) a little something for Leonard Cohen afficionados/nadas…maybe…
“Leonard Cohen’s lost novel shows the artist’s surprisingly vulgar and violent side;
“The songwriter wrote the novel ‘A Ballet of Lepers’ in his early 20s, but didn’t publish it in his lifetime”—
https://forward.com/culture/521804/a-new-novel-shows-leonard-cohens-surprisingly-violent-side/
“45 Years Later, the Documentary Leonard Cohen Didn’t Want You To See”—
https://forward.com/culture/359689/45-years-later-the-documentary-leonard-cohen-didnt-want-you-to-see/
Grandpa Gropes told Gisele today that she’ll be “a great, great lady in the Senate”.
This was at a joint appearance in Pittsburgh, at which the actual candidate did not speak.
I have much the same problem with auditory comprehension because of hearing loss. As a result, I have lost jobs, resigned from other jobs and also resigned from certain committees and organizations. A large part of living normally depends on being able to communicate. Intellectually, I can still function, but processing verbal communication is a problem. I recognize this and totally accept it. Mr. Fetterman’s willingness to accept an elected position, assuming that he wins, shows his refusal to accept that he is probably not up to the job. He’s certainly not up to performing the job at a level worthy of being elected to do it.
Yep, here’s Dementia Joe giving the plan away.
See https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2022/10/20/fetterman-stays-quiet-while-biden-says-gisele-will-be-a-great-lady-in-the-senate-n1638703