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Thursday, February 22, 2024

"I don't know what's in it for you to do that whether you're just chasing clout or you want to make it in the news or anything like that," Sen. Fetterman said. "But if you're not willing to just support the president now and say these kinds of things, you might as well just get your MAGA hat, because you now are helping Trump with this."

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"John Fetterman: Dems Criticizing Biden Might as Well be MAGA"

I feel like Fetterman is discounting the voters who will be doing their part to prevent a Trump 2.0 presidency by voting for

Jill Stein 2024!

Just like they did in 2016.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-22 01:50 PM | Reply

If I had a nickel for every time he name dropped

Jill Stein

I'd have about four thousand rubles.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-22 02:06 PM | Reply

What a schmuck he is.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-02-22 02:12 PM | Reply

What a schmuck he is. #3 | Posted by LauraMohr

I hope Jill Stein can count on your vote!

That Trump SCOTUS needs a couple more votes to really enact their Talibaptist agenda. Can't wait to see what their God tells them to do with the trans folks.

Jill Stein 2024!

#4 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-22 03:16 PM | Reply

Laura would proudly wear a yellow star and march into the gas chamber.

BECAUSE HER EMAILS

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-02-22 03:56 PM | Reply

Laura would proudly wear a yellow star and march into the gas chamber.
BECAUSE HER EMAILS

POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD AT 2024-02-22 03:56 PM | REPLY

KMA

#6 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-02-22 04:01 PM | Reply

Mmmm ... buttery males ...

#7 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-22 04:16 PM | Reply

John Fetterman enables Genocide.

It is unfortunate that broken Democrats like him are so keen on putting Trump back in the White House.

#8 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-02-22 04:45 PM | Reply

Islamaphobe. Genocide Enabler. Bigot. Apologist for land theft and ethnic cleansing.

None of it exactly a good look.

If it's Biden vs. Trump, I'm staying home,...a Pox on both their houses.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-02-23 02:41 AM | Reply

Trump would have sent the American military in to snuff out every last Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-02-23 04:17 AM | Reply

Fetterman's words simply prove that, at this point in time, the main difference between Republicans and Democrats is that the former argues in favor of wars, militarism and oppression using right-wing language, while the latter argues in support of wars, militarism and oppression using left-wing language.

#11 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-02-23 09:38 AM | Reply

Differences are things like abortion and basic human rights.

But hey if you're a single issue voter on Palestine you've never had anyone to vote for since maybe Carter.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-23 09:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I never had considered myself a single issue voter until enabling Genocide became part of the platform for both political parties.

#13 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-02-23 09:58 AM | Reply

But I am speaking from the viewpoint of a 43 year-old who has been greatly influenced by the younger voices of those who perhaps have a greater portion of their lifespan at stake.

#14 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-02-23 10:02 AM | Reply

So many try to make this complicated, but it isn't.

Interesting (but obvious) fact: America does not, and has not ever, supported Hamas. The same cannot be said for Israel.

Nevertheless, America is the only country (except, perhaps, some lukewarm and shrinking support from England) that arms and finances and diplomatically shields Israel from all repercussions from their 3/4 century long reign of terror in the region. And now it is allowing and abetting Israel in its perpetration of wholesale murder and Genocide.

It is this one decision by the Biden administration that disgusts and infuriates a politically key block of voters, and most of them are not Muslim, Arab, or even Palestinian.

None of these voters think that factoring in Hamas' most recent violent resistance to a decades-long oppression makes Israel's complete destruction of Gaza, or American support of it, legally or morally justifiable.

The only perspective that matters is that of the voters in swing states (like Michigan) who care deeply enough about something to stay home or vote for another party, and right now that thing is not supporting Israel's Genocide against the Palestinians.

If Biden doesn't figure that out he'll loose this election. HE WILL LOSE. "Trump is worse" doesn't work when you think the current situation is a genocide and Biden is bankrolling it and sending weapons to enable it. People will take their chances with a hypothetical future rather than support the continuation of a unfathomably despicable present.

#15 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-02-23 11:31 AM | Reply

It's intriguing to me that folks on here are debating with a literal jihadist. The guy thinks that the infidels will be wiped away by the wrath of Allah and some of the especially naive posters here believe that discussion with him serves some purpose.

And by some strange coincidence, these are the same people who think that the Israelis must join with Hamas/Palestinians and sing the Coca-Cola Song while Hamas/Palestinians finish raping and murdering Israel's women and children.

It appears that these posters have opened their minds so much that their brains fell out.

#16 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-23 07:37 PM | Reply

@#1 ... feel like Fetterman is discounting the voters who will be doing their part to prevent a Trump 2.0 presidency by voting for

Jill Stein 2024! ...

Oh please.

She has about as much of a chance at winning the vote as Ross Perot did. But I would debate whether she might even receive the level of votes that Mr Perot did.

She's a distraction. One who will eventually wind up supporting one of the other candidates. And which one of the two do you think she might support?

Yeah, the early stuff in an election year is interesting to watch. Much like a sitcom on TV ....

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-23 07:57 PM | Reply

@#9 ... If it's Biden vs. Trump, I'm staying home,...a Pox on both their houses. ...

Why don't I believe your current alias.

It seems to be just a propaganda outlet for Pres Putin.

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-23 07:58 PM | Reply

@#15 ... So many try to make this complicated, but it isn't. ...

The only perspective that matters is that of the voters in swing states (like Michigan) who care deeply enough about something to stay home or vote for another party, and right now that thing is not supporting Israel's Genocide against the Palestinians. ...

The only perspective that matters?

Really?

Do you have any polling data that shows that to be "the only perspective that matters?"

From what I've seen, abortion rights may be a big issue (possibly, The Big Issue), much to the dismay of the Republicans who put certain Judges into policy-making positions.


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-23 08:04 PM | Reply

Just keep doing what you're doing.

Assuming people will fall in line to vote for the "lesser evil", they won't in the numbers you need them to. How'd that work out 2016?

Michigan is in play and alienating the Muslim population there by enabling mass murder of civilians by Israel could lose the state by suppressing democratic turnout.

All the enthusiasm is in the Repuke side in this election. Biden inspires boredom or disgust depending on your worldview. He's too OLD, too in the pocket of Netanyahu and too prone to saying stupid things.

This looks a lot like 2016 to me. The Dems are being really stupid again.

If they really want to protect American democracy the Democrats should have an OPEN convention and pick anyone but Biden to be the candidate.

He probably won't win against Trump or anyone else.

#20 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-02-24 07:45 AM | Reply

He (biden) probably won't win against Trump or anyone else.

#20 | POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER

Because 170 million Americans will magically lose their hatred of Trump and Putin?

Easy to see how that works.

#21 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-24 08:11 AM | Reply

This looks a lot like 2016 to me.

#20 | POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER

With all the Russian sabotage and MAGA Putinists?

I agree.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-24 08:12 AM | Reply

Assuming people will fall in line to vote for the "lesser evil", they won't in the numbers you need them to

#20 | POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER

That cuts both ways, doesn't it?

If the idea has truth to it then it's going to hurt Trump as well.

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-24 08:19 AM | Reply

No,I was thinking more about how the Dems take half of their coalition for granted. They deliberately snub the left thinking they will vote dem no matter what. Even though this arrogant approach has cost them winnable elections many times before.

Do violent and destructive things that alienate key voting blocs.

Refuse to acknowledge the utter vacuity of the candidates they nominate especially given the weakness of the democratic coalition to begin with.

Trump is beatable. Biden could win. So could Elizabeth Warren or Bernie if he was younger,an open convention could bring out new voices and younger candidates. Why does everyone running have to be 75+ years old?

Israel influences our elections far more than Russia has ever. They do so openly,AIPAC doesn't even have to register as a foreign lobbying group.

Why is Russian influence so feared?

Why is Israeli influence denied and openly sought?

Both parties kiss Netanyahu's Ass. The last time he spoke to Congress I thought they were going to give him anything he wanted.

And they did.

#24 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-02-24 08:32 AM | Reply

"They deliberately snub the left thinking they will vote dem no matter what"

Oh, this election we all do vote Democratic no matter what. Many of us reasonably suspect that Trump will ruin us one way of another. After the anti-Christ is safely buried we can talk about all of those relatively more trivial matters.

#25 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-24 09:05 AM | Reply

Why is Russian influence so feared?

#24 | POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER

Sometimes I just sit and shake my head.

You can't be serious?

#26 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-24 09:06 AM | Reply

Now do Israel Zed. You seem to be ignoring that issue. Israel deeply influences our politics and foreign policy.

Many Americans,myself included, think the Israeli influence is more pernicious than the Russian.

Why do we fund human rights violations without Any conditions?

Why do we Arm self proclaimed Genocidal Zealots who kill many thousands of people in civilian attacks with our weapons?

Why is criticism of obvious collective punishment and massive war crimes called "anti-Semitism" and suppressed by firing people in academia and industry?

Why are American rights to free speech suppressed to protect the interests of killers of innocent people?

When Russia kills ten people in a bombing attack,it's called an unacceptable crime.

When Israel kills ten thousand,it's called Self Defense even when the ten thousand killed are Children.

Russia gets sanctioned and war.

Israel gets praised and rewarded.

What am I to make morally of this jarring hypocrisy?

If Russia is wrong and I assert that they are.

What is Israel?

#27 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-02-24 09:30 AM | Reply

Hey, look everyone! The "liberal" guy who voted for Trump in 2016 is letting us know to watch out for a repeat.
Clearly someone of impeccable judgment. Who could have seen that coming?

It's like the fool is the living incarnation of Russian propaganda.

#28 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-24 10:16 AM | Reply

#28 I don't support the collective punishment of people not guilty of anything but being inconvenient.

I don't support foreign influence on American politics. By anyone.

I don't consider people I disagree with to be scum.

I make an exception for you. You Are Scum. You celebrate ethnic murder and collective Punishment. You think legitimate resistance is an acceptable reason to slaughter civilians. And it's all based on racist and imperialist beliefs.

Move to Israel.you would fit in perfectly. If you're not Jewish,as I suspect,you may feel less enthusiastic about them once you really get a good sense of where you are.

But you can cheer the deaths of strangers there as easily as here, so there is that, at least.

Cheers.

#29 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-02-24 11:13 AM | Reply

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