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[–] [email protected] 175 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Fetterman really is a mixed bag, and to be honest, I kind of like that. Life should be full of nuanced characters, I shouldn't have to decide between the same cookie cutter pieces of shit we have every election.

He's a piece of shit for supporting Israel so staunchly, don't get me wrong, but there's also plenty to like about him.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago

When I worked for Allegheny county I ended up in a number of meetings with him, and have spent time speaking with him casually. What he did in Braddock was top notch governance. He pushed a very progressive agenda, and fought with everyone in the local government over it, but he mostly got his way, and stopped Braddock from being a food desert, increased the graduation rates, and a number of other major QOL metrics. He is very pro-labor, and pro-labor organization.

He did support Israel, but he admitted that a lot of what was happening there left a bad taste in his mouth. I don't if it was the stroke, or he sold out to AIPAC, but he has turned hard line on that, apparently. I

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Even a stopped clock can be right twice a day.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Its more like, even a decent clock goes off during daylight savings. Or something idk

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If a clock was a muscle car, and the american election was the engine, the minute hand would be the bumper stickers and the hour hand would be a bald eagle

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want you to understand just how much reading this hurt my brain in ways I am scarsely able to verbalize .

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And we call it: the aristocrats!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Welcome to Costco! I love you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's still blinking 12:00 after a power outage and needs reset.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

And a clock running backwards even 4 times a day

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes even a calculator is a clock.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Mine just says 58008 weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

A taste of a multi party system