Fetterman CLOWNS Dopey Journos For Overreacting To Gaetz Withdrawal

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Whatever they did for Fetterman when he took that mental health break, they need to bottle it and give some to the rest of his party. He came back a changed man.

He’ll probably never flip to become a rock-ribbed Republican. Might never become an actual centrist. But the biggest irony is that — unlike so many others in his party — he has managed to find his own voice.

Fetterman may be a reliable party-line voter on most policy issues, but he is NOT one to regurgitate all of the talking points.

He read the mood of the electorate in his swing state better than most ‘professional pollsters’. He had a sense of how Trump was connecting with Keystone State voters. And he is way ahead of his peers in terms of being internet-savvy. He understands the role of trolling in political gamesmanship.

Whether or not Trump truly believed Matt Gaetz would be confirmed in a Senate where McConnell and a few rinos hold a balance of power, he was nominated. But Trump always has contingency plans. Matt served as a lightning rod for public outrage, giving cover to the other candidates, and making it harder to oppose any second nominee without the objectors looking like they were playing petty games.

Fetterman, better than most, seemed to understand the long game Trump may have been playing.

He even had some helpful advice for anyone who’s intent on hyperventilating over every little decision Trump makes. “You’d better pace yourself, though.”

Even Axios picked up on this attitude in a surprisingly relevant selection of quotes from ‘Art of The Deal’ just as he was being inaugurated in his first term.

On flexibility: “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach. For starters, I keep a lot of balls in the air, because most deals fall out, no matter how promising they seem at first.” — Axios

And another really relevant quote from that same story:

On exaggeration: “The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration, and a very effective form of promotion.”

A self-aware statement like that in his own words sure takes the teeth out of the he’s-a-no-good-dirty-liar narrative a hostile press has been peddling since it became clear he would emerge as Hillary’s opponent, now, doesn’t it?

 

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