I hope this ghoul gets primaried into oblivion the next time he's up for reelection.
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This is why a very minimum requirement for an actual democracy includes recall voting.
Dude just straight up decided to betray his constituents and nothing can be done to remove him.
Luigi time!
Reminder not to joke about encouraging people to do incredibly cool and sexy crimes, the FBI are not required to show context when they're showing your and other peoples posts to a judge for getting a warrent.
And if you want to stay under the radar, you can just type Looweegee
I came here to mention this. Glad I'm not alone. I do not understand why we can't recall or impeach Congress members by vote.
I do not understand why we can’t recall or impeach Congress members by vote
Because then the people might recall them and put in politicians who do what they want. And that's bad for the people who don't want what the people want; the capitalist class whom finances their campaigns.
Democracy bad.
Bourgeois democracy is designed to defend the interests of the bourgeoisie over other classes. This isn't a flaw inherent to democracy, this is a flaw inherent to capitalism.
Are you going to replace them with the republican candidate?
Why does everything have to be so unequivocal or binary? He's not who they voted for now. Should they have to endure it?
elected under false pretenses
Was he? Or did brain damage turn him republican? Because it seems like there is something mentally wrong with most republicans.
I would also add "no confidence" recall voting and a two term limit, so politicians can't form these decades-long relationships with their billionaire owners.
I don't know, man. I'm a Democrat because I support policies like marijuana legalization and free healthcare. The conflict in Iran is pretty low on my agenda. I wouldn't feel particularly betrayed if he was my elected official.
I never understood bipartisanship. My opinions and beliefs span the entire political spectrum. It feels like people think that anything supported by Republicans must be anti-Democrat.
Damn, a self aware person plainly stating their own selfishness. Don't see that every day.
Bizarre.
It's akin to saying "I understand slavery is bad, I just don't care. Mr Jeeves is a pretty good slave."
Fucker should go to the front line himself.
Wouldn't the more a accurate headline be "Fetterman is the only pro-Iran-War senator to claim to be a democrat?"
Vote Fetterman's useless ass out of office. WTF, Fetterman, if there is a politician who should be vocal about socialized medicine, it should be you, because that is what saved your useless ass. Instead the fuck throws money at a damn war.
Seriously. I've got a FF plugin that automatically replaces "Fetterman" with "A Bag of Dicks Wearing a Hoodie"
It's a real time saver...
Why not just draft a bill that is a formal declaration of war or immediate cease and desist of war activities of it doesn't pass? Force the Republicans to formally stain themselves with war.
or immediate cease and desist of war activities of it doesn’t pass
That's not a thing, you can't make a law that has effects if it doesn't pass.
Well they ought to be able to. Make it like a vote of confidence in the war. Either we're at war or the process to continue trumps aggression fails.
So there is the War Powers Resolution act, which requires the president get congressional approval within 60 days of hostilities. Obama's admin made up some bullshit why it didn't apply to his wars, and Trump will probably ignore it all together.
Obama's admin made up some bullshit why it didn't apply to his wars, and Trump will probably ignore it all together.
How bloody convenient, eh?
I don't get why the hell people appear to be progressive one moment and then become regressive the next.
Fetterman is not a democrat.
He is at best impaired mentally and at worst a GOP plant
Fetterman is NOT a Democrat. He just plays one on TV. Because brain damage.
This is more like, "Fetterman is only Democrat to be seriously primaried for again rejecting effort to halt Iran war."
There's no need for congress to pass this. The constitution already requires it. But of course the courts are captured so they won't enforce it.
Fetterman has brain damage.
Fetterman hasn’t been a Democrat in quite a while now.
What party is he a member of?
Well he was elected as a Democrat and then suffered brain damage and started voting as a Republican. So DINO.
The party of a good paycheck, free insurance.
There's always at least one.
... and THIS is how Ds show their compliance when the minority.
... and THIS is how Rs show their compliance when the minority.
BoTh PaRtIeS can stop this "supermajority" nonsense at ANY TIME. But, from their point of view, that makes popular legislation too easy to pass, and they don't want that, do they?
Instead, they ¯\(ツ)/¯
If memory serves this "supermajority filibuster" circus started in the 1970s. This is a parliamentary rule ONLY. It's not law. It's not in the constitution. It requires only a simple majority vote to erase. They pass legislation they really want without it all of the time, by making it an "exception" to the parliamentary rule (also done through simple majority vote). There are hundreds of "exceptions" to the super majority rule. This is what they want to pass.
So, this is a fucking circus that they can stop at any time. For example, Democrats could have decided "enough is enough" when Biden was in office after the monstrosity that was Trump, and used the "nuclear option" (that's what they call it) to revert to simple majority vote to pass laws. Then, they could have passed lots of very popular legislation, a new New Deal, so to speak; 70% of American voters want universal healthcare, for example... 90% of Democrats want this.
What did the Democrats do for their own voters?
¯\(ツ)/¯
Couldn't even pass higher minimum wage.
I don't understand this dude...he's all over the place....in otherwords...Loose cannon....nope!
Vote blue no matter who! 🤪
Though he was still better than Oz. But not much.

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