John Fetterman...

[Slap Shot]

I’m impressed by what he’s doing so soon after a stroke. He can obviously do the job while still having difficulty communicating.

A blind, deaf, or mute person could do the job of US Senator. No reason to think Fetterman couldn’t do the job much better than a quack TV doctor.

That's all well and good but can he play a mean pinball?

[OJ Mayo Guy]

I’m impressed by what he’s doing so soon after a stroke. He can obviously do the job while still having difficulty communicating.

A blind, deaf, or mute person could do the job of US Senator. No reason to think Fetterman couldn’t do the job much better than a quack TV doctor.

He has trouble processing written or spoken words, and trouble speaking.

Yeah, he’s doing great. Can’t imagine that would affect his ability to do the job.

He could do the job without being able to speak or even hear and doctors agree that he’s progressing well.

Stephen Hawking could only communicate via computer and he would have been a far-superior Senator than the quack nutball running.

You wouldn’t be very good at it either as you also obviously have trouble processing what you read.

Do you think being able to process what you read and hear is important to being a governor?

Not quite the same thing as “speaking or even hearing”, but you seem to have difficulty with the “processing” part also, so you probably can’t even understand the difference.

[Night Train]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

[Slap Shot]

He has trouble processing written or spoken words, and trouble speaking.

Yeah, he’s doing great. Can’t imagine that would affect his ability to do the job.

He could do the job without being able to speak or even hear and doctors agree that he’s progressing well.

Stephen Hawking could only communicate via computer and he would have been a far-superior Senator than the quack nutball running.

You wouldn’t be very good at it either as you also obviously have trouble processing what you read.

Do you think being able to process what you read and hear is important to being a governor?

Not quite the same thing as “speaking or even hearing”, but you seem to have difficulty with the “processing” part also, so you probably can’t even understand the difference.

How do you know Fetterman can't process what he reads?

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/26/for ... le-moment/

Experts in stroke and speech, though, stressed that issues with language skills following a stroke are often separate from any potential impact on someone’s cognitive abilities.

Troubles with language “may affect how people perceive a person’s intelligence, but in many instances, the way a person sounds is not indicative of what their cognitive capability is,” said Adena Dacy, a speech language pathologist and the associate director of health care services at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “Even if someone is having trouble retrieving words or names, a person’s intelligence can still be intact.”

It’s fair for people to ask whether someone can work in a role as demanding as a U.S. senator after he has a stroke, said Borna Bonakdarpour, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. But Bonakdarpour said he didn’t think language issues should be the barrier that precludes that, noting that a third to half of people who have strokes have language problems.

“I don’t think intellectually he has any issues,” Bonakdarpour said. “That’s a very important distinction.”

“Fetterman may not be good at delivering a speech” for now and might need to find alternate ways to communicate more effectively, Bonakdarpour said. “The question is, how will the public accept that?”

The experts STAT spoke with noted they were not Fetterman’s clinicians and were either talking generally or relying on what has been reported publicly about his condition. Some have pointed to the fact that Fetterman is back to campaigning — with rallies and fundraisers — and that he can read, understand, and respond to debate and interview questions that way as indications of his apparent cognitive function.

Alexandre Carter, a neurorehabilitation expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said that 50 years ago, the thinking was that someone couldn’t really recover after a stroke. But both because of better acute care and rehabilitation improvements, significant advances have been made. Other parts of the brain can compensate for the area that’s damaged during a stroke by making new connections or taking on new roles, and it’s possible that the brain can generate new neurons to restore some functions after an injury (though experts debate whether that is occurring or contributing to recovery).

Let's see if you an read and process all of that.

[OJ Mayo Guy]

He could do the job without being able to speak or even hear and doctors agree that he’s progressing well.

Stephen Hawking could only communicate via computer and he would have been a far-superior Senator than the quack nutball running.

You wouldn’t be very good at it either as you also obviously have trouble processing what you read.

Do you think being able to process what you read and hear is important to being a governor?

Not quite the same thing as “speaking or even hearing”, but you seem to have difficulty with the “processing” part also, so you probably can’t even understand the difference.

How do you know Fetterman can't process what he reads?

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/26/for ... le-moment/

Experts in stroke and speech, though, stressed that issues with language skills following a stroke are often separate from any potential impact on someone’s cognitive abilities.

Troubles with language “may affect how people perceive a person’s intelligence, but in many instances, the way a person sounds is not indicative of what their cognitive capability is,” said Adena Dacy, a speech language pathologist and the associate director of health care services at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “Even if someone is having trouble retrieving words or names, a person’s intelligence can still be intact.”

It’s fair for people to ask whether someone can work in a role as demanding as a U.S. senator after he has a stroke, said Borna Bonakdarpour, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. But Bonakdarpour said he didn’t think language issues should be the barrier that precludes that, noting that a third to half of people who have strokes have language problems.

“I don’t think intellectually he has any issues,” Bonakdarpour said. “That’s a very important distinction.”

“Fetterman may not be good at delivering a speech” for now and might need to find alternate ways to communicate more effectively, Bonakdarpour said. “The question is, how will the public accept that?”

The experts STAT spoke with noted they were not Fetterman’s clinicians and were either talking generally or relying on what has been reported publicly about his condition. Some have pointed to the fact that Fetterman is back to campaigning — with rallies and fundraisers — and that he can read, understand, and respond to debate and interview questions that way as indications of his apparent cognitive function.

Alexandre Carter, a neurorehabilitation expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said that 50 years ago, the thinking was that someone couldn’t really recover after a stroke. But both because of better acute care and rehabilitation improvements, significant advances have been made. Other parts of the brain can compensate for the area that’s damaged during a stroke by making new connections or taking on new roles, and it’s possible that the brain can generate new neurons to restore some functions after an injury (though experts debate whether that is occurring or contributing to recovery).

Let's see if you an read and process all of that.

Well, I was able to process that part…..I’ll find the source that said he’s having trouble this evening when I have a little more time.

[ForCaleb]

qUAcK nUtBaLl

[OJ Mayo Guy]

Looney Tunes.

Is there anything left for liberals to scream racism over? Calm down…rhetorical….

[Riley91]

I don't see how Oz can win this race after getting his ass whipped like that. Is he named after the damn movie with Dorothy and Toto?

[Drizzay]

Why is it cool to call inanimate objects or processes "racist"? How does that benefit someone?

Roads are racist
Swimming is racist
Having two parents is racist
Feet are racist

[DonaldDouchebag]

He has trouble processing written or spoken words, and trouble speaking.

Yeah, he’s doing great. Can’t imagine that would affect his ability to do the job.

He could do the job without being able to speak or even hear and doctors agree that he’s progressing well.

Stephen Hawking could only communicate via computer and he would have been a far-superior Senator than the quack nutball running.

You wouldn’t be very good at it either as you also obviously have trouble processing what you read.

Do you think being able to process what you read and hear is important to being a governor?

Not quite the same thing as “speaking or even hearing”, but you seem to have difficulty with the “processing” part also, so you probably can’t even understand the difference.

He’s running for Senator… so…

Yes, understanding verbal and written language is important to the job. He’ll have adaptations to help him in that regard. Again, he does not have cognitive impairment.

[PurpleFloyd]

You can tell how badly she doesn’t want to answer those questions.

So I don’t really know anything about this Fetterman. Is he seriously the lieutenant governor or some shit like that?

Edit-
Holy fuck! I looked it up and he is seriously the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Good god man- this is the state that turned the tide in the civil war and defeated the confederacy ( of course it wouldn’t have happened if the Minnesota troops weren’t there to save the day and the Union). But still- holy fuck. The Democrats really have some stupid fuckers in high ranking positions

Stroke victims are stupid fuckers…..

Wow!

If he isn’t fit to debate and answer to the voters he should withdraw and get therapy to recover. And if he is not able to campaign and prove he is fit for the job the Democrats should have him step down and they should put a candidate in there who is.

[ForCaleb]

Looney Tunes.

Is there anything left for liberals to scream racism over? Calm down…rhetorical….

That’s like something Kathy/WWP/LandofIceamdSnow would say……The Rachel Dolezal’s of froobchat

[Slap Shot]

You wouldn’t be very good at it either as you also obviously have trouble processing what you read.

Do you think being able to process what you read and hear is important to being a governor?

Not quite the same thing as “speaking or even hearing”, but you seem to have difficulty with the “processing” part also, so you probably can’t even understand the difference.

How do you know Fetterman can't process what he reads?

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/26/for ... le-moment/

Experts in stroke and speech, though, stressed that issues with language skills following a stroke are often separate from any potential impact on someone’s cognitive abilities.

Troubles with language “may affect how people perceive a person’s intelligence, but in many instances, the way a person sounds is not indicative of what their cognitive capability is,” said Adena Dacy, a speech language pathologist and the associate director of health care services at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “Even if someone is having trouble retrieving words or names, a person’s intelligence can still be intact.”

It’s fair for people to ask whether someone can work in a role as demanding as a U.S. senator after he has a stroke, said Borna Bonakdarpour, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. But Bonakdarpour said he didn’t think language issues should be the barrier that precludes that, noting that a third to half of people who have strokes have language problems.

“I don’t think intellectually he has any issues,” Bonakdarpour said. “That’s a very important distinction.”

“Fetterman may not be good at delivering a speech” for now and might need to find alternate ways to communicate more effectively, Bonakdarpour said. “The question is, how will the public accept that?”

The experts STAT spoke with noted they were not Fetterman’s clinicians and were either talking generally or relying on what has been reported publicly about his condition. Some have pointed to the fact that Fetterman is back to campaigning — with rallies and fundraisers — and that he can read, understand, and respond to debate and interview questions that way as indications of his apparent cognitive function.

Alexandre Carter, a neurorehabilitation expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said that 50 years ago, the thinking was that someone couldn’t really recover after a stroke. But both because of better acute care and rehabilitation improvements, significant advances have been made. Other parts of the brain can compensate for the area that’s damaged during a stroke by making new connections or taking on new roles, and it’s possible that the brain can generate new neurons to restore some functions after an injury (though experts debate whether that is occurring or contributing to recovery).

Let's see if you an read and process all of that.

Well, I was able to process that part…..I’ll find the source that said he’s having trouble this evening when I have a little more time.

Everything I've seen has to do with his ability to hear and speak but nothing to do with reading nor comprehension.

[NonprovincialMNFan]

How bad must Oz be as a candidate when I recent stroke victim is a better choice.....

.....as far as his "activist" wife is concerned, I'm still waiting to hear back from Ginny Thomas on this this topic.

[ForCaleb]

How bad must Oz be as a candidate when I recent stroke victim is a better choice.....

.....as far as his "activist" wife is concerned, I'm still waiting to hear back from Ginny Thomas on this this topic.

False equivalency

[Night Train]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

[DonaldDouchebag]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

[Beef Supreme]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

100%.

My best friend's dad growing up had a stroke. He didn't lose an ounce of cognitive ability, but it really affected his ability to speak clearly and at a normal pace. You could tell he was frustrated because communication became tough for him. It got better over time, but it never got back to where it was before the stroke. He could still write just like before; no problem. But the part of his brain that converted thoughts into speech was damaged.


Now, if you want to argue that communication skills are crucial to being a politician, then I think there's reason to question Fetterman. But I don't think communication skills are as important as cognitive ability, integrity, and values. Of which he is >>>>>>> Dr. Oz.

[ForCaleb]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

[ForCaleb]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

100%.

My best friend's dad growing up had a stroke. He didn't lose an ounce of cognitive ability, but it really affected his ability to speak clearly and at a normal pace. You could tell he was frustrated because communication became tough for him. It got better over time, but it never got back to where it was before the stroke. He could still write just like before; no problem. But the part of his brain that converted thoughts into speech was damaged.


Now, if you want to argue that communication skills are crucial to being a politician, then I think there's reason to question Fetterman. But I don't think communication skills are as important as cognitive ability, integrity, and values. Of which he is >>>>>>> Dr. Oz.

Great values.....like as chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, Fetterman "voted to release more than a dozen killers serving life sentences on first-degree murder charges, including one man who pleaded guilty in order to avoid the death penalty."

[Riley91]

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

100%.

My best friend's dad growing up had a stroke. He didn't lose an ounce of cognitive ability, but it really affected his ability to speak clearly and at a normal pace. You could tell he was frustrated because communication became tough for him. It got better over time, but it never got back to where it was before the stroke. He could still write just like before; no problem. But the part of his brain that converted thoughts into speech was damaged.


Now, if you want to argue that communication skills are crucial to being a politician, then I think there's reason to question Fetterman. But I don't think communication skills are as important as cognitive ability, integrity, and values. Of which he is >>>>>>> Dr. Oz.

Great values.....like as chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, Fetterman "voted to release more than a dozen killers serving life sentences on first-degree murder charges, including one man who pleaded guilty in order to avoid the death penalty."

Look Caleb, I agree with 99% of your posts but you're wrong on Fetterman. Fetterman is just the kind of person we need in Congress. "John Everyman" should be his name.

[OJ Mayo Guy]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

Fetterman currently suffers auditory processing issues. That is certainly a mental impairment. And his duties will suffer unless you think having difficulty comprehending what people are saying isn’t vital to his job.

I suppose he can just expect everybody to whip out a notebook and write out their thoughts because that would be handy.

[Riley91]

Jesus Christ, the bending over backwards of Donniedumbfuck today is astounding. He'd vote for a bag of shit if it had a D next to it's name.

That's what we need, more mentally impaired politicians. You tell them Donnie, stand tall and proud on that.

He's not mentally impaired. Mental impairment mens he has an intellectual disability which he does not.

Stop with the weird lies, bud.

Fetterman currently suffers auditory processing issues. That is certainly a mental impairment. And his duties will suffer unless you think having difficulty comprehending what people are saying isn’t vital to his job.

I suppose he can just expect everybody to whip out a notebook and write out their thoughts because that would be handy.

Look, OJ Mayo Guy, you and I go way back. We usually agree but you are dead wrong on Fetterman here.

[Ask Not]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

Is that Don Lemon or Don Lemon's son? How much surgery has that guy had?

[ForCaleb]

This just is….the left still can’t meme

[mlhouse]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

Fetterman's campaing manager should have been fired for letting him debate. He should have just taken the political hit of avoiding the debate and depend on the Democrats friends in the media to cover for him to mitigate.

And it is astounding in such a large state this is the best they can do for a candidate.

[Martyball]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

Fetterman's campaing manager should have been fired for letting him debate. He should have just taken the political hit of avoiding the debate and depend on the Democrats friends in the media to cover for him to mitigate.

And it is astounding in such a large state this is the best they can do for a candidate.

"Goodnight everybody"

[Martyball]

Do democrats even care about this guy's health? They should already be ashamed what they've done to Biden and now they're actively supporting another guy that can barely utter a coherent sentence. They need to give Fetterman whatever the hell they give Biden to make him lucid.

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

Fetterman's campaing manager should have been fired for letting him debate. He should have just taken the political hit of avoiding the debate and depend on the Democrats friends in the media to cover for him to mitigate.

And it is astounding in such a large state this is the best they can do for a candidate.

It's a shithole state. Might as well call it North Virgina.

[PurpleFloyd]

Yikes, that's awful. Pretty sad democrats couldn't do better and shame on his family for putting him through that.

Fetterman's campaing manager should have been fired for letting him debate. He should have just taken the political hit of avoiding the debate and depend on the Democrats friends in the media to cover for him to mitigate.

And it is astounding in such a large state this is the best they can do for a candidate.

It's a shithole state. Might as well call it North Virgina.

We should move the liberty bell to South Dakota where they understand it and give Pennsylvania back to the British.

[Riley91]

Oprah endorses John Fetterman!!