Fetterman "confused"

[ShazzieB]

18. That's my impression, too, that the stroke messed him up.

I don't follow him closely, being from a different part of the country and all, but I remember the wave of enthusiasm I saw here at DU when he threw his hat in the ring for the Dem senatorial nomination. What people were saying about him then doesn't match up with how he's behaved since the stroke AT ALL. I know brain damage can change someone's personality, and that points to the stroke being the culprit.

While I HATE the way he's been voting in the Senate, as well as other things he's been saying and doing, I can't help but feel sorry for him. Before anyone comes at me, let me explain further. I think he is genuinely confused. I believe the stroke really did scramble his brain, in ways he's not fully aware of, and I don't think he realizes how drastically his behavior has changed. I think he knows something is wrong and that his constituents and other Democrats are upset with him, but he can't work out what the problem is. The man is non compos mentis.

Of course, I can't prove any of this, but that's what I think, and IF I'm right about what he's experiencing, it sounds like a nightmare to me. That's what I mean when I say I feel sorry for him. I also think he needs to resign from the Senate and give Pennsylvania a chance to elect a Democrat who's fully functional to fill that seat, but I don't know what it's going to take to get him to realize that, or if it's even possible.