That part is just jerky. It shows lack of empathy. It's especially notable from you, a person who has significant health issues that have impacted their life, but manages it well with assistance from others and accommodations from their place of employment.
Oh, so in your opinion ... A lack of empathy ? It was a good news / bad news thing. The bad news was that he had been hospitalized, the good news (for people who don't like his political positions) was the he is not able to vote since he cannot be present when it is time to vote.
Are you going to pretend that no one from your side of the aisle thinks the same about McConnell ? The situations are identical. Do you have any empathy for good old Mitch ? I don't. But I wish, and have said, that McConnell should have left when Boehner did. I'm no fanboy of Mitch.
Here's the hypocritical part: kurtster wrote:
He should have withdrawn his candidacy due to his medical conditions, for his own good, not to mention the good of the people of Pennsylvania.
This is likely not a position you would take for a Republican. *
The disingenuous part is where you act like you don't know this already and expect other people to explain it to you in detail even though you don't really care.
* Say's who ? You ? You know this for a fact or are you just speculating because you think you know me so well ? Or are you just lumping me in with other republican / conservative types in general ?
You then look up little factoids thinking that because you don't know, then neither do I. I call that projection.
. But he can still fulfill a majority of his job, and appears to be doing so:
in 2012, Mark Kirk had a stroke (https://www.npr.org/2014/03/09/288108181/a-senators-long-and-patient-recovery-from-stroke https://www.npr.org/2014/03/09...) so I'm sure you can point to where you are out here calling for his resignation right? No, because he's on 'your team', and that's all you really care about.
So pardon me, but I will continue to call you out on your hypocrisy and your disingenuousness as long as you continue to present it.
I see. Yes, I did know before I wrote my statement that the only thing affected was his ability to vote. The / his Senate office continues to function as normal, constituents are still being served. The only thing affected is his ability to vote. Now if you had taken Civics, you would already know this and not have to look it up. The Senate unlike the House under Pelosi did not allow remote voting and still does not. Nor did the Senate require masking on the Floor during the pandemic as did the House under Pelosi.
So you have also insulted my intelligence based upon your own shortcomings.
Then you double down and try to equate the event of a sitting Senator with someone running for office. They are different situations, at least to me. People get sick and fall ill. It is when that matters as far as the point you are trying to make. It is also a failed attempt of whataboutism.
I am against anyone with a debilitating medical condition that affects cognitive abilities running for office. Rehab and a clear bill of health, then run for office. You clearly have different standards on this, too, based upon your statements.
. You go through all this just to justify calling me an asshole. Well, if nothing else you have helped to prove the old axiom ... It takes one to know one ...
Ah. I see nothing has changed. Same old, same old. Oh well.
Not to make it exclusively personal but, I didn't say it was easy. You're going to pass from this world one day. We all are. Don't waste your time in vain. Change comes in the heart first. Let the chips fall where they may. Fear and its prodigy hatred are no match for courage, humility and mercy. Please consider it, all who hear this.
That part is just jerky. It shows lack of empathy. It's especially notable from you, a person who has significant health issues that have impacted their life, but manages it well with assistance from others and accommodations from their place of employment.
Here's the hypocritical part: kurtster wrote:
He should have withdrawn his candidacy due to his medical conditions, for his own good, not to mention the good of the people of Pennsylvania.
This is likely not a position you would take for a Republican.
The disingenuous part is where you act like you don't know this already and expect other people to explain it to you in detail even though you don't really care.
You're not an idiot. You've got some genuine grievances. But your anger is directed at the wrong places, and you actions are targeted at the wrong people.
You should take up soccer, that's a world class dive right there.
Well since you insist on keeping this going ...
I - slander wrote:
Mr. would imply respect.
... So pardon me, but I will continue to call you out on your hypocrisy and your disingenuousness as long as you continue to present it.
So please tell me why this is hypocritical:
kurtster wrote:
And now he has taken up residence in Walter Reid being treated for depression. The good news is that as long as he is there, he ain't voting on anything.
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So that is your justification for making it nasty with your personal attacks ? Instead of just disagreeing and saying why ?
I don't see you going after anyone else like this. You must feel entitled or have special privileges here in order to throw around personal attacks and insults without any fears of censure or sanctions.
You're not going to push my buttons and get me to go off the rails and get booted like you have many others.
You avoid hypocrisy by not taking any positions on anything, just lording over this place and making pronouncements as you see fit or your mood suits you. You are in essence stalking me just trying to push my buttons as I do not start any interactions with you. You need to start punching up, instead of punching down, which is what a bully does because they are afraid to take on people of the same or greater stature than their own or without any substance. I'm an easy target because I am held in low regard here in the first place, so no one minds when people take swings at me. As evidenced by SFW's post right below. But you take it to different level by insisting on making it personal instead of just disagreeing. And it seems to please others when you do.
You're an arrogant, elitist SOB. Try being a man and go pick on someone your own size for a change.
You should take up soccer, that's a world class dive right there.
That's just not true, Kurt. You like to take your shots. Not a thing wrong with that. You've paid some dues getting through. Silence from other folks actively on the forum needn't be construed as anything other than contemplation. The rightness or wrongness of anything is mostly a side show. What's really going on is the need to feel like something matters. Well it all does matter. What matters is found in contemplation within one's self. Who am I? Where am I? Where have I been? Where am I going? How can I find peace of mind and still feel relevant? Still feel alive?
This quote or a similar one has been repeated many times by many people over the years. Life is 1% about what happens to you, and 99% how you react. No one should feel pushed around or ganged up on without being able to fight back, but the real fight is for us to learn how to accept what is often unacceptable. If we can work with those dark corners of dissonance then we all become artists from the inside out. This is to say, in the grand scheme, to be a reactionary is to be late to the opportunity. I know. Sounds good on paper. One part pipe dream. One part courage. One part undeterred. No wish to offend anyone. I've been saying the same thing since I first came to Radio Paradise. How we treat each other in this world; that's a biggie. It's naïve. It's idealistic. It has always been that way. Sorry. I never grew up...
So pardon me, but I will continue to call you out on your hypocrisy and your disingenuousness as long as you continue to present it.
So that is your justification for making it nasty with your personal attacks ? Instead of just disagreeing and saying why ?
I don't see you going after anyone else like this. You must feel entitled or have special privileges here in order to throw around personal attacks and insults without any fears of censure or sanctions.
You're not going to push my buttons and get me to go off the rails and get booted like you have many others.
You avoid hypocrisy by not taking any positions on anything, just lording over this place and making pronouncements as you see fit or your mood suits you. You are in essence stalking me just trying to push my buttons as I do not start any interactions with you. You need to start punching up, instead of punching down, which is what a bully does because they are afraid to take on people of the same or greater stature than their own or without any substance. I'm an easy target because I am held in low regard here in the first place, so no one minds when people take swings at me. As evidenced by SFW's post right below. But you take it to different level by insisting on making it personal instead of just disagreeing. And it seems to please others when you do.
You're an arrogant, elitist SOB. Try being a man and go pick on someone your own size for a change.
Can you possibly make a point without a personal attack ? No, you can't because you are mean by nature and a first class bully as you demonstrate over and over again. You need help. STAT ! !
I have wished no ill will on him, unlike you towards me.
He should have withdrawn his candidacy due to his medical conditions, for his own good, not to mention the good of the people of Pennsylvania.
But instead, he pushed ahead and set himself up for this latest health crisis. It demonstrates a lack of self respect. He has no one to blame but himself.
Mr. would imply respect.
I like how you've tried to twist this all around, but the point was you of all people should understand how a health issue can have all sorts of impacts on your life, professional, personal and beyond. But you chose to make a snide remark about him not voting and now saying he should have withdrawn. But he can still fulfill a majority of his job, and appears to be doing so:
in 2012, Mark Kirk had a stroke (https://www.npr.org/2014/03/09/288108181/a-senators-long-and-patient-recovery-from-stroke https://www.npr.org/2014/03/09...) so I'm sure you can point to where you are out here calling for his resignation right? No, because he's on 'your team', and that's all you really care about.
So pardon me, but I will continue to call you out on your hypocrisy and your disingenuousness as long as you continue to present it.
When Mr. Fetterman checked himself into the hospital on Feb. 15, the lead doctor told him that his case was treatable and guaranteed he would get back to his old self. Post-stroke depression, doctors said, affects one in three people and can be very serious, but is also highly treatable.
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The strict regimen may be working. People around Mr. Fetterman said they have noticed a palpable difference in him in recent days: His sense of humor has returned and he is more sociable, sharing with the nurses some of the sweets that have been sent to him by fellow senators.
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Since Mr. Fetterman checked in to the hospital, he has co-sponsored a bipartisan bill designed to help prevent future train derailment disasters, opened new district offices across Pennsylvania and hired four new staff members. On Wednesday, Mr. Fetterman sent a letter to the agriculture secretary, pressing the administration to deploy resources to the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to help farmers concerned about chemical release threatening the viability of their farms and livestock. East Palestine is near the Pennsylvania border.
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It is not unusual for lawmakers to be told by members of their staff, sometimes after the fact, what bills they are co-sponsoring. With the exception of calls to cabinet officials or meetings with the chief executives of companies that are important to their states, there are few meetings that cannot be handled by senior staff.
âAny lobbyist will tell you that if you get as high as the chief of staff, and that chief makes a promise to you that the senator will do something, that will be accepted,â said Ross Baker, professor of political science at Rutgers University and a former aide to Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada. âIt will be as if the senator himself gave the OK.â
Mr. Baker added that even with a senator sidelined, âa Senate office, particularly under an experienced chief of staff, would run pretty much in a normal way.â
Fetterman was a terrible candidate who had a stroke...and STILL WON! He's smarter than he looks, but he really shouldn't have been the Dem candidate last year (Connor Lamb would have probably crushed Oz).
The really good news is that his not voting is still better than having Dr. Oz on the floor.
Australia has an interesting tradition when a member is unable to vote for health or other reasons, the opposing party will designate a member to abstain from voting to keep the balance. Since voting is almost invariably on party lines it is pretty fair and surprisingly polite.
Can you possibly make a point without a personal attack ? No, you can't because you are mean by nature and a first class bully as you demonstrate over and over again. You need help. STAT ! !
I have wished no ill will on him, unlike you towards me.
He should have withdrawn his candidacy due to his medical conditions, for his own good, not to mention the good of the people of Pennsylvania.
But instead, he pushed ahead and set himself up for this latest health crisis. It demonstrates a lack of self respect. He has no one to blame but himself.
He saved the state of Pennsylvania from a right-wing liar whose ambition superseded truth and fairness.
Wow, you're such an asshole. You more so than most should understand the depression that would come from loss of function due to medical condition.
That's Mr. Asshole to you, punk.
Can you possibly make a point without a personal attack ? No, you can't because you are mean by nature and a first class bully as you demonstrate over and over again. You need help. STAT ! !
I have wished no ill will on him, unlike you towards me.
He should have withdrawn his candidacy due to his medical conditions, for his own good, not to mention the good of the people of Pennsylvania.
But instead, he pushed ahead and set himself up for this latest health crisis. It demonstrates a lack of self respect. He has no one to blame but himself.
And now he has taken up residence in Walter Reid being treated for depression. The good news is that as long as he is there, he ain't voting on anything.
Wow, you're such an asshole. You more so than most should understand the depression that would come from loss of function due to medical condition.
And now he has taken up residence in Walter Reid being treated for depression. The good news is that as long as he is there, he ain't voting on anything.
Mitch decided that was unfair, and joined him.
Fetterman was a terrible candidate who had a stroke...and STILL WON! He's smarter than he looks, but he really shouldn't have been the Dem candidate last year (Connor Lamb would have probably crushed Oz).
The really good news is that his not voting is still better than having Dr. Oz on the floor.
The neighbors have a really big, goofy dog that I have named Fetterman. You should not make fun of the mentally disabled who have lost cognitive function due to a stroke, you know what else you shouldn't do???
Elect them to the Senate and start floating Presidential aspirations for them. smh
And now he has taken up residence in Walter Reid being treated for depression. The good news is that as long as he is there, he ain't voting on anything.
:thumbsup:
