Time to get rough, so here is the next Democratic President.

[multigraincracker]

Looks like a fighter to me.

[brooklynite]

1. Who?

Yes, I know who it is, but any average voter outside PA hasn’t got a clue.

[Butterflylady]

4. Oh yes they do.

My son in S. Carolina and her family in the south know of him and like him. He is a fighter and doesn't take no bull.

He was the guy that put up a gay pride flag outside his office window and the repugs would take it down. This went on for quite awhile. Every time he put one up, they would take it down. He said he didn't care how many times he would buy another flag because each time he would also make a donation.

[bluboid]

20. I live in nw Washington state & I recognized him right away...

just about the most brilliant politician of a generation...

[brooklynite]

29. And you'r here on a political blog...

The average voter is not.

[left-of-center2012]

25. Not true

I live in New Mexico and I have been posting stories about him for months.

[Bev54]

33. I am Canadian and I know who he is but then I follow the politics.

[SMC22307]

52. I first saw the Fettermans on an Anthony Bourdain show a couple of years ago.

What John and Gisele Fetterman ate and talked about with Anthony Bourdain
The Pittsburgh ‘Parts Unknown’ episode airs Sunday.
https://archive.theincline.com/2017/10/17/what-john-and-gisele-fetterman-ate-and-talked-about-with-anthony-bourdain/

He's pulling in big bucks from small donors all over the country -- he's not an unknown.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

57. I know about him and I would vote for him.

He's a no bullshit kind of guy and he would make a stellar president. Somebody ask him to run for us.

Btw I live in Maryland

[brooklynite]

58. Does the fact that you hang out on a political blog perhaps distinguish you from most voters?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

59. Yeah

But not on the Fetterman issue.

I learned about Fetterman from a segment on TV.
Than I found more stuff about him and wished he'd run for president.

Fetterman would be eviserating the fascists...

[brooklynite]

60. What segment on TV?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

67. It was a long time ago,when he was

Running for mayor I think.

He was running for some official position.

And they were commenting on his biker style,his sense of humor and such.

It was a good while ago. It was a blurb on my local station.
.

[brooklynite]

68. But that's my point.

A blurb on your local station wasn't seen by 99% of the nation's voters.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

2. He's running for the US Senate...

John Fetterman, currently Lt. Gov, PA

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. Pass. Nt

[leftstreet]

5. DURec

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Is he gonna pull a gun on a Black voter when out on the stump?

[orangecrush]

8. Where in the world

Does that come from?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It's an unpleasant fact but true. Google it

[orangecrush]

13. I did.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inquirer.com/politics/election/john-fetterman-2013-braddock-shotgun-incident-20210209.html%3foutputType=amp

And he still made Lt. Governor.

So the Pa. Party must have believed he did not act out of racial bias.

[SMC22307]

48. Man John Fetterman confronted with a shotgun says that should not stymie his Senate bid

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2021/04/02/Man-John-Fetterman-confronted-shotgun-should-not-stymie-Senate-bid-Christopher-Miyares/stories/202104020123

[bigtree]

36. .

Senate candidate John Fetterman addresses pulling gun on Black jogger in 2013
Fetterman maintained he initially had no idea of the race or gender of the jogger he stopped after reportedly hearing gunshots.

That man, Christopher Miyares, ended up just being a 28-year-old area resident who was simply jogging, reportedly wearing all-black running clothes at the time, with headphones atop his ears.
https://thegrio.com/2021/02/12/candidate-fetterman-black-jogger/

https://www.wonkette.com/its-time-we-talked-about-that-john-fetterman-shotgun-incident

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. That was a really bad look. That's all I will say.

I'm watching Eric Adam's. He put together an interesting coalition but it is NYC

[orangecrush]

7. John Fetterman

Pennsylvania's gift to the Democratic party.

The man does not play.

[myohmy2]

22. is he...

...Progressive?

...I'm tired of men who play...

...

[ancianita]

24. +1

[monkeyman1]

31. this guy don't take shit from nobody ! plus , damn good guy !

[SMC22307]

49. You can follow he and his lovely wife Gisele (SLOP - Second Lady of Pennsvylania) on Twitter.

You'll learn a lot about them. Follow Levi, too, First Dog of Pennsylvania... he's a delight.

[myohmy2]

54. thanks...

...

[Walleye]

11. I like him. We see him on the local Philly news stations here in Delaware. He sounds intelligent

[peggysue2]

12. I like him, too.

[Poiuyt]

14. I've heard him on the radio, and yes, he would be a fighter.

I never realized how big he was.

[Joinfortmill]

15. Works for me.

[hurple]

16. Running mate

Dave Bautista?

[NurseJackie]

17. No.

[leftstreet]

19. Why?

admittedly I don't know much about him, other than from following his Twitter feed

[NurseJackie]

26. Ask AA voters for a better explanation than I can give.

[leftstreet]

27. okay n/t

[multigraincracker]

38. If you ask "a Back Man"

you'll have asked A Blackman. Stop judging a group by one man or one incident. You might, just be asking a "Blacks for TFG" member.
My job is to open minds to multicultural ideas. No 2 people are exactly alike or think the same thing. So lets judge him or her the heart, not the group we has assign them. Was JFK perfect. You are a nurse, do judge all doctors the same. There really great ones and really bad one. Does anyone do something questionable? I've made mistakes and try to do better. I get judged by all time by different kinds of folks. My SO is a nurse and the best person on earth according to me. That doesn't mean there aren't some that are in the wrong job.
look at the big picture of him, this article does that and brings up a lot good things about his actions
https://thegrio.com/2021/02/12/candidate-fetterman-black-jogger/

I just think he is the person, at this time for the job. I've been wrong before. Everyone on both sides go after Biden. I think he is great, but I'm only one vote. Looks like it's time now a fighter, down in the dirt and mud fighter.
I hope you will support him if he is our choice.

[NurseJackie]

41. He does not have the demeanor or temperament. He won't be our choice.

Stop judging a group by one man or one incident.

Lord.

Words and stuff...

Sorry, I couldn't figure that out. I'll check back later to see if it makes sense to me after I've had a few cocktails. I found a great recipe that duplicate the "Winter White Cosmo" from Bonefish Grill.

I hope you will support him if he is our choice.

He does not have the demeanor or temperament. He won't be our choice.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

50. If the requirement is a tough guy I rather go with Eric Adams, the former cop .

[multigraincracker]

51. I'd take Val

Demings too. A tough woman would work.

[nini]

18. He's pissed of the Black voters

nope

Plus he just gives me a bad vibe.

[mvd]

21. I like him - witty and mostly progressive and does fight

I don’t know about how he’d do as a Presidential candidate, but I am really hoping he gets in the Senate (I like him even more than Commissioner Arkoosh). I feel he can help us with blue collar voters.

[jaxexpat]

23. What is his position on treason?

[ancianita]

28. So why don't people post information about him? Not everyone knows who we're talking about.

A Harvard degree is impressive -- not just his size and progressive attitude. The OP is provocative, true, but it could also provide his bona fides, since it's talking about the presidency.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/us/politics/john-fetterman-gun-black-jogger.html


It's great to get a presidential candidate from a battleground state. How about him running with Kamala Harris? East Coast -West Coast, male-female, black-white, and the fact that he would scare rethugs shitless at the thought the kind of president he'd be if they even thought of fighting Harris by their usual means.

[mvd]

30. I think we need to see how he does running for Senate..

..before putting him as a main Presidential candidate. I agree that him being VP first is also possible.

[multigraincracker]

40. Didn't Obama get the job without being VP first?

How about TFG, he got the job by having a tv show. Looks like not being VP can go both ways. I'll wait until we get closer and see what the polls say. A lot can happen in the mean time.

[mvd]

44. Oh, it can definitely happen without being VP first

It just might make sense for him to be VP depending on the circumstances.

[monkeyman1]

32. republican lap dog's would be saying " yes sir " instead of flapping their gum's !

[George II]

35. Not only did he pull a gun on an unarmed Black after chasing him down, but he violated the law....

....by even having the gun in his truck.

At least that's what they're saying in PA.

[multigraincracker]

47. I made a mistake once.

Re-Publicans would vote for him in enough numbers to get him across. He has along record of progressive support.

[TxGuitar]

34. Like there will be one in our lifetime

Sorry, I have no faith in our voters or our leaders anymore. I used to and was a Pollyanna even after 2016 but no more. I'll vote, encourage others to vote, all that, but I have zero faith that we aren't headed down a dark road. And many people in this country want it.

[JoeOtterbein]

37. K n R!!!

But we need him here for Senate in PA first!

[cojoel]

39. Would the real doctor Fetterman

please report to neurosurgery immediately!

-- Firesign Theatre

[BlackSkimmer]

42. Sorry but I have no idea who that is. nt

[FakeNoose]

53. He's John Fetterman, currently the Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania

... however he has just launched his campaign to run for Senator Pat Toomey's (R-PA) seat. Fetterman has a good chance of flipping the seat to D next year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman

I believe he's quite popular in western PA (where I live) but I don't know how he comes across to those in the eastern part of the state. As for running for POTUS, I've never heard that it's in his plans to do that. He'd make a damn good Governor some day though.

[soldierant]

43. Everything which gas been quoted from him I have liked,

not that' that's a whole lot. I would definitely like to see him in the Senate before considering any higher office. We could at least count on his vote, as opposed to some Senators i can think of.

[orangecrush]

70. +1

[Decoy of Fenris]

45. Aye, we need a few dozen more Dems like him at the fore. We'd get shit done. N/T

[DET]

46. Interesting...

He’s not what I would traditionally think of as a President, but I can see it during these times. Fetterman is intelligent, well spoken, down to earth, and has a great sense of humor. He also doesn’t put up with any crap. I think he could potentially win over the blue collar workers who haven’t completely gone around the bend, while not alienating (most) Democrats. One controversial incident should not rule him out.

[UTUSN]

55. K&R

[Meowmee]

56. No just no

[brooklynite]

61. So, a guy who "looks" tough is going to "get" tough?

How?

[leftstreet]

62. He's pretty "tough" sounding on Twitter

Sept 10 2021
"Stop apologizing for the space we take up as a party and ram some stuff through and get it done," Fetterman said in an interview with CNN. "As a Democrat, I would just hate to be in a position of only being able to accomplish what Mitch McConnell allows us to."

[brooklynite]

65. And did those Tweets change anything?

[leftstreet]

66. Well he's not in a position to change anything n/t

[Polybius]

63. He's take any Republican he goes up against

Well, anyone except Kane.

[DFW]

64. I want Jay Inslee, not Jesse Ventura

Fetterman is neither, of course, and definitely seems quite the individualist. But PA Senate is one thing. Facing up to Putin and a new rudder-less, Merkel-less Europe is quite another. For now, I'm happy with the Biden-Klobuchar style of leadership.

Nine years ago, I got to sit down with Barack Obama for an hour. We talked about health care costs, election integrity, Syria, Putin, even the Egyptian economy's ripple effect on its Arab neighbors. He was perfectly comfortable discussing those and other subjects--knowledgeably and coherently--without notes. I want THAT kind of president. We can always go for show when we can afford it. Right now, we can't.

[orangecrush]

69. Tom Wolf is a great Democrat

And is quite fond of Fetterman.

[DFW]

71. I'm sure I would be, too

I just don‘t think he would pull in more votes than a non-Trump Republican in a presidential race. The soccer moms of suburban Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee and Cleveland matter more than Tom Wolfe when it comes down to counting electoral votes. Even in 1995, Bill Clinton was asked who he was for in some sports event between a team from Arkansas and a team from California. He asked how anyone could be so cruel as to make him choose between the team that he loved and 54 electoral votes in the next election.

[orangecrush]

72. ...