Fetterman's growing on me

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@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.

And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.

We could start by offering immediate citizenship to the staff and families of Taiwan-based TSMC - heck, pay relocation expenses.

[LuFins Dad]

That would be way too smart.

[Mik]

It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.

[George K]

Not sure if it's legal, but...

[Copper]

Why take the land back?

It’s not going anywhere.

[George K]

[Jolly]

The stock bill has a lot of cosponsors. It's good legislation and needs to be passed.

[Mik]

It does indeed. Way, way too much temptation.

Should we really look at it, I wonder how many examples we would see on Congresscritters who 'got lucky' om office.

[Jolly]

The Pelosi Effect.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.

LOL

[George K]

Who is this man?

Watch to the end when he talks about genocide, and references South Africa.

[George K]

[Mik]

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Fetterman gets a gold bar star from me.

[George K]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Fetterman gets a gold bar star from me.

The surprising thing is that he's saying out loud. He's forcing Schumer's hand.

[Doctor Phibes]

I wonder if his health issues made him decide to speak up about what he really believes? A major scare can push people to re-evaluate their lives.

[Horace]

It would be disappointing if it turns out that it was always this easy to sound sane as a politician.

[taiwan_girl]

An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday backed a statement reiterating U.S. support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The only two Democratic senators who did not sign onto the amendment were John Fetterman and Joe Manchin.
Fetterman has long supported a two-state solution, but he believed the measure should include language stipulating the destruction of Hamas as a precondition to peace, an aide said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/nearly-all-us-senate-democrats-back-two-state-solution-israel-palestinians-2024-01-24/

[Jolly]

Or maybe...Manchin has occupied a fairly unique place in closely divided Senate. It has given him a bit more power than he normally would have had. Maybe Fetterman or somebody on his staff came up with the idea of occupying that same political space, since Manchin is retiring.

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

Fetterman has long supported a two-state solution, but he believed the measure should include language stipulating the destruction of Hamas as a precondition to peace, an aide said.

A sensible policy position to take. Hamas must not be in any way a part of any future Palestinian identity or state.