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Title: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: mystery-ak on February 20, 2023, 07:10:31 pm
Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month

Jacob Bliss20 Feb 2023Washington, DC145
3:23

Newly minted Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) could reportedly stay in the hospital for a lengthy period of time after checking himself in to receive treatment for “clinical depression” last week.

After speaking to a Fetterman senior aide, the Wall Street Journal reported:

    […]His office said that Mr. Fetterman has experienced depression off and on throughout his life and that the senator voluntarily entered the hospital after consulting with the attending physician for Congress, Dr. Brian P. Monahan.

    A senior aide to Mr. Fetterman said in an interview late Friday that the senator will remain hospitalized as doctors try out new medications and dosages to test their efficacy. Mr. Fetterman will also engage in talk therapy, the aide said, meeting with a professional therapist to discuss the experiences he has had, including the challenges of campaigning for office.

    The hospital stay could range from weeks to more than a month, but likely less than two months, the aide said, citing the time frame the doctors are focusing on.


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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/20/report-democrat-john-fetterman-could-remain-hospital-month/
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: rustynail on February 20, 2023, 07:22:12 pm
They put him in the Hotel California?
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Timber Rattler on February 20, 2023, 07:29:00 pm
That actually kind of helps us in Pennsylvania since he can't vote if he's in the hospital.  I don't think the Senate allows proxy voting.

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/absent-senators-pairs-proxies-and-procedure/
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Hoodat on February 20, 2023, 07:30:10 pm
That's one less Senate vote the Dems will have.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Wingnut on February 20, 2023, 08:02:12 pm
That's one less Senate vote the Dems will have.

The longer he lingers the better. 
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: mountaineer on February 20, 2023, 08:16:56 pm
I don't think the Senate allows proxy voting.
That's my understanding.
That's a shame.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Timber Rattler on February 20, 2023, 08:18:36 pm
That's my understanding.
That's a shame.

That has to be driving Schumer crazy.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: mountaineer on February 20, 2023, 08:19:15 pm
That has to be driving Schumer crazy.
Kamala's eyes are bugging out of her head. "Am I supposed to do something? What happens next?"
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: berdie on February 20, 2023, 09:35:41 pm
One of the biggest things that bother me is that we have an electorate running this country that are mentally incapacitated in one way or another.

Wasn't there a Pub candidate several years ago that was disqualified due to a nervous breakdown in his previous life? I can see his face but can't remember his name.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Cyber Liberty on February 20, 2023, 10:05:07 pm
Is it too soon to start a dead pool?
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: sneakypete on February 20, 2023, 10:29:39 pm
Is the hospital located in "The Twilight Zone"?

If it is,he is home.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Wingnut on February 20, 2023, 10:44:33 pm
Is it too soon to start a dead pool?

It is never too soon.  Unless it was about  RBG.  Then it is/was too early. 
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: Hoodat on February 21, 2023, 01:00:18 am
I don't think the Senate allows proxy voting.

They don't.  Which is why it was so crucial for the GOP to maintain 50 seats in the Senate with the Georgia race.  If the GOP had 50 seats now, they would control the Senate, and there wouldn't be a damn thing Kamala Harris could do about it.  But then this is the GOP we're talking about.
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: DB on February 21, 2023, 01:04:45 am
Is it too soon to start a dead pool?

It is never too soon. But it can be too late...
Title: Re: Report: Democrat John Fetterman Could Remain in Hospital for over a Month
Post by: corbe on February 21, 2023, 01:37:36 am
   bidet being from there is not why we lost Pennsylvania in 2020.  The cheating, which Trump was well aware of, was not it either.

   It was because we had such a weak Candidate, like most the times before.