Fetterman will not become a Republican
He says so. And I believe him. He has few commonalities with GOP policies. But what he does have is some sort of integrity of the sort Democrats used to have long ago when I was a child. He doesn’t name-call Republicans, and he often says common-sense things.
That does not mean he has any intention of switching parties. His stance also is a way to keep favor with voters in Pennsylvania, which – unlike so many large states – is not blue.
I wonder if Fetterman is thinking ahead to a day when Democrats swing back towards the center.
It could happen… 🙂
If so, Fetterman will be well-positioned for a national role.
That’s a good thought, huxley, although at this time the Democrats are swinging farther and farther left.
Fetterman has said some of the words we like to hear. He has not performed any actions to back any of those words up.
Did he stand, or sit, with the other Dems at the SOTU? That’s not really a meaningful action but which did he do?
Niketas:
I read that he didn’t stand for everything, but he stood more often than the other Democrats.
@neo:I read that he didn’t stand for everything
Is there a list of which things they were, that you might link to?
Niketas:
Fetterman said this about the SOTU speech:
Fetterman also wore a suit for the occasion. Here are some other remarks on the SOTU from Fetterman, who also shook Trump’s hand.
Fetterman said he stood during the speech for these things:
I want Sen. Fetterman to remain a Democrat and retake that party back from the Marxists.
@neo: Thanks for the list, but I’m afraid it’s not much. He’s apparently with the Dems on illegals and childhood gender transitions. It’s great that he can be moderately civil and put on a suit once in a while, but he’s still bad for America on net, and it’s really not close.
I don’t agree with many of John Fetterman’s political positions and votes in the Senate. But I know his family, and have spoken with John himself on several occasions, and he is a good man.
He’s unconventional, and his parents and brother are more like old school Republicans, but like them he is a decent human being with a good heart. Even though a lot of his policy choices don’t display the best judgment in my estimation, he loves this country and truly values real working people, the military, and those who are trying to better themselves and their families.
I’m especially encouraged by his disdain for Josh Shapiro, who he recognizes as a self-promoting careerist rather than a man of conviction. Shapiro was a county commissioner, state Attorney General, and now Governor, and in each job he was focused mainly on achieving his next job. He’s been a weak and vacillating Governor mostly trying to position himself for a presidential campaign instead of leading the Commonwealth and working with the State house and senate.
John Fetterman has his number, and they basically don’t speak to one another.