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wagsman t1_iw01wbq wrote

Reply to comment by James19991 in Analysts entirely misread the Fetterman-Oz debate. These graphs show how wrong they were by immigrantpatriot

I be honest. I went from emphatically voting for Fetterman to voting against Oz.

In my mind, if Fetterman couldnt recover substantially enough, it all hinged on Shapiro winning and appointing a replacement that was still better than Oz.

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James19991 t1_iw02obj wrote

I saw it that way too. Either Fetterman will recover and the stroke won't be an issue in 6 years, or another Democrat will be running for it then.

Hell, that seat being empty would be an upgrade over Toomey and Oz if it came down to that.

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klauskervin t1_iw09wwk wrote

Toomey is a massive piece of shit for the antics he played over the veterans health bill this year so I completely agree.

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tabboulehmafia t1_iw27nn8 wrote

Toomey is a massive piece of shit period. I can’t believe he served as long as he did being as useless as he was.

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BackmarkerLife t1_iw10gxm wrote

If it's mostly aphasia, Fetterman is fine. Hopefully a full recovery will happen, but it's only been 6 months. And I don't think Fetterman hasn't it that bad at the moment (not to say it wasn't worse before)

I went into cardiac arrest and spent a week in a medically induced coma on ECMO not expected to live. Came out of it worried about how I was mentally and it was mostly like I had a bad concussion without the brain slamming against my skull. "pump head" is what my doctors called it.

Anyway, for about 4-5 months I dealt with aphasia. I could write out what I wanted to say and even read it with no problem. Talking on the fly, was easy. Thinking about a question and giving a response was a different story. That was confusing for family to deal with: "But you just.... it doesn't make sense!"

I couldn't simply ask for a "a bottle of water". It was "cup of fluid" or even in Spanish, "necessito agua." And it was always with the simple words. It wasn't like I was struggling with complex words or phrases. Ironically, I probably had less trouble with them.

So maybe for the first year, Fetterman is not giving unprepared speeches, or talking off the cuff in the Senate Chamber.

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Difficult-Ad-52 t1_iw0rcln wrote

Exactly my stance also. I met Fetterman before his stroke. Had my vote solidified. Oz being the opposition only further solidified. But I was both perplexed and disappointed by the lack of transparency following the stroke. As a health professional, I know that what’s being portrayed is not the actual reality of his health predicament. His neurological damage is profound. But here’s hoping there’s improvement ahead.

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Brick656 t1_iw2qwfz wrote

Having a mindset of voting against somebody is dangerous. Always vote for a candidate, not against another. Voting against Hilary Clinton usually meant they voted for Trump.

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wagsman t1_iw4e1f6 wrote

Another way to look at it is voting for the lesser of two evils.

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