Fetterman ‘much worse’ than predicted, says reporter who lowered expectations before debate – IOTW Report

Fetterman ‘much worse’ than predicted, says reporter who lowered expectations before debate

WaEX: The debate performance by Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for Senate, was “much worse” than expected, according to a journalist who said she recently spoke with him.

Charlotte Alter, a senior correspondent for TIME, sent a now-viral tweet critiquing Fetterman after he faced off against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, using closed captioning to help him understand questions as he is still recovering from a stroke in May and questions swirl about his overall health. He struggled at times, with awkward pauses and stumbles over his words.

“I spoke to Fetterman recently, and I expected him to be very bad tonight. But he was much much worse than I expected (and much worse than in our one-on-one conversation.),” Alter said Tuesday night.

Earlier, the journalist posted a thread tamping down expectations for Fetterman’s performance, noting that he was never a “masterful orator” like former President Barack Obama or Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and insisting that the Democrat’s “strength has always been in his ability to talk like a normal person” versus Oz, a longtime TV celebrity. more

18 Comments on Fetterman ‘much worse’ than predicted, says reporter who lowered expectations before debate

  1. I LIKE it!

    This just makes it that much more delicious when I…um, “voters”, I mean…make him a boss of you!

    Even BETTER and MORE obvious than that Joe fellow! Maybe run HIM for President in 2024!

    *giggle!*

    Seems like you’ll just take who we…I mean, Democrats…tell you “won”.

    And that makes MY job much easier!

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  2. I thought he was very convincing. Fetterman unfettered was a sight to behold. If this human wreckage gets into the United States Senate, it will be conclusive proof that the American Republic has become a failed Democracy. Throw enough money into a political race, hide away in a basement, and turn out the low information, functionally illiterate slum dwellers and practically anyone can get elected these days with a little help from the ballot stuffers.

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  3. Things have to be pretty bad if a TIME correspondent has to go against her orders and admit Fetterman’s got a serious problem. The CCP is not going to be happy with her.

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  4. …just to be clear…You -MUST- surrender your medical privacy when you have no signs or symptoms of ANY illness on the off chance you may have a mysteriously invisible illness to be able to be a firefighter in Philly, but you can keep all the secrets you want about your VERY obvious physical abnormalities and mental deficits and still be ITS SENATOR?

    https://www.phila.gov/2022-05-26-city-releases-update-on-its-workforce-vaccine-mandate-2/

    …I had to take a pre-employment physical for EVERY FREAKING JOB I’VE EVER HAD ABOVE THE RANK OF DUSHWASHER, and NONE of them would have hired me had I refused to disclose the results.

    Mrs. Fetterman’s husband is coming to the people of PA for a job.

    Seems to me he needs to submit the results of his OWN pre-employment physical to receive any further consideration.

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  5. @BillyTwoKnives October 26, 2022 at 8:08 am

    > This nation doesn’t need another Left-Wing Loon in the Senate.

    The idea that “this nation” survives, let alone “needs” a Senate, is Fetterman grade loony.

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