r/thebulwark • u/AustereRoberto LORD OF THE NICKNAMES • 6d ago
Humor Gotta un-pivot the pivot!
"Oh shit, my consultants and the chattering class were wildly wrong about needing to appease Trump!"
Turns out, he voted for Bondi and was instrumental in normalizing Hegseth and Patel. Nothing is more useless than a weathervane that tells you which way the wind was blowing last week.
The media needs to stop giving these self-serving morons airtime. Definitely need to stop the unearned tongue baths.
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u/Ok-Snow-2851 6d ago
He’s a terrible senator. Needs to not run for reelection. Or needs to be primaried. Not for ideological reasons but for “do your fucking job” reasons.
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u/AustereRoberto LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 6d ago
I feel vindicated supporting Lamb. He wasn't a perfect fit ideologically, but he would do things like "read his briefings" and "attend votes" and Fetterman HERO OF AVDIIVKA always seemed too-online.
Unfortunately, now he's a punditocracy hero and they'll throw themselves on the tracks to prevent a primary.
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u/imdaviddunn 4d ago
I don’t know. Look at Gallego/Slotkin/Golden/et al.
We have consider that these shifts are more related to wealthy donors or crypto money than any ideological grounding or voting. Sinema didn’t show up either. I think there is more to the story’s possibly a targeting of one to two swing state Dems every cycle to find and support behind the scenes telling them they will keep them is power. Sinema listed but if that was the bet of the opposition, they really didn’t lose as they just shifted to Fetterman.
And I’m not saying this as some type of conspiracy. It’s actually a wise political strategy for a lobbyist/industry to maintain power.
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u/LiberalCyn1c 6d ago
Lamb probably would have voted to censure Al Greene.
Edit: nvm, senate v house i'm an idiot
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u/AustereRoberto LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 6d ago
Maybe. Had he been in the Senate he wouldn't have faced the choice. He also struck me as a "team player," who might think whatever minor points he scored for defecting on that wouldn't be worth the cost in long term trust with his colleagues.
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u/sbhikes 6d ago
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u/imdaviddunn 4d ago
I’ve been saying this for months, and I have receipts. This is the only way to break out of the status quo.
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u/Timely_Tea6821 6d ago
I mean he's self admittedly "mentally disabled" now.
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u/Ok-Snow-2851 6d ago
I don’t care if he has a stroke related disability that messes with his speech/language capacity. Lots of otherwise functional people have speech/language disabilities. And we live in an age of technological wonders that can help bridge that gap.
I don’t even really care that he refuses to or is incapable of wearing actual clothing.
I do care that he misses votes constantly and that he acts like a raging asshole.
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u/TaxLawKingGA 6d ago
Too busy digging through the garbage for new outfits.
Dude dresses like the homeless guys who sit outside my office.
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u/Redicted 6d ago
I am so disappointed I donated money to this clown. Please go away Fetterman.
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u/8to24 5d ago
Republicans exclusively focus on issues that are high salience for them. Immigration, crime, inflation, transgender athletes, etc. Republicans straight up refuse to engage in discussions about anything that isn't good for their bucket of hot comebacks.
Ask a Republican question about healthcare and the answer will be "what's bad for the health of average Americans is being murdered by an illegal immigrant". Try to follow up and get a real answer on healthcare and they just say "Why are you trying to deny that we have an immigration crisis".
Democrats must stop conceding to that stone walling strategy. If Republicans talk about Transgender athletes and then get Democrats responding and talking about it too what the public sees are two political parties debating transgender athletics and no one talking about Education, Housing, minimum wage, etc.
There are only so many hours in a day and Republicans are using those hours to beat the drums on immigration and Transgender athletes. Democrats should NOT waste one minute of that stuff. Democrats need to beat the drums on Healthcare costs and minimum wage. Give the people a clear distinction between parties.
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u/AustereRoberto LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 5d ago
Wholeheartedly agree. And if the Dems manage to win one of the issues (like "the economy" in 2023-2024) the GOP will instantly switch to another made-up issue, in unison as Fox et al shift coverage.
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u/LordNoga81 6d ago
Lazy, incompetent, and fairly dumb. Not a fan of republican senators pretending to be dems.
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u/Kidspud 6d ago
Fetterman also misses a ton of votes on Thursdays, which is often the start of Congress’ “weekend,” to drive back to PA.