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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was painful to watch.

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It was no where near as bad as these people on twitter are making it out to be
Yes he stumbled a little more than the average politician during a debate but all things considered having had a stroke not long ago he did really well

Nonetheless no I wouldn’t vote for him at this time. Having a stroke has physical and cognitive side effects. It is possible that with the passage of time both improve but it’s not a given. There is also quite a bit of follow up medical appts and monitoring. And once a person has a stroke they are far more likely to suffer another. He needs to put time and effort into healing and that is where his energy will eventually be needed. He can continue to push himself but he will likely burn out it worse suffer another stroke. I know someone who struggled with aphasia after a stroke. It took a few months to get back to a level where he didn’t have to struggle for the most common words and about a year out, he only struggled if he became very tired. It didn’t go away completely it just improved.

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Members of Congress get cancer and go out for months for treatment & recovery….including multiple bouts of cancer. Steve Scalise was shot and out of commission for months. Tons of members of congress have serious medical conditions that require ongoing care, including Senator McConnell.

[b]Fetterman will be fine and improve with time. He will have doctors in both DC and PA helping with ongoing speech therapy.[/b]

This is truly a nothingburger. The guy isn’t a vegetable, he can think and write. Debate and speech is mostly dead in the Senate. [/quote]

There is no way to know today if that is true. Even his doctors aren't going to tell him that for sure. It's not a definite. He might not improve and all the speech therapy in the world won't make a difference.

It's definitely not a nothingburger. It is a real issue. [/quote]

It's not a "speech therapy" issue. It is severe cognitive impairment, as a result of the stroke. All I can say is that Mrs. Fetterman is another Mrs. Biden - power hungry women who will literally throw their husbands to the wolves, just for a chance to be in power.[/quote]

Aphasia is not a "severe cognitive impairment," you shameless liar.[/quote]

And that is so offensive. I had a stroke when I was 35 (35!). My speech was, yeah, it was bad for awhile, but my cognitive functioning remained the same. This whole thread is kind of disgusting and full of misinformation. Makes me sad.[/quote]

Then, you - of all people - should know that strokes affect different people differently.  
We have no idea if his cognitive functioning remains unaffected.  He has not released his medical records and the only information he has released is from a single doctor who claims he is able to serve.  Perhaps physically this is true, but voters want to know if he will be able to engage in rigorous debate, make decisions on votes independently, and work with other Senators to get work done.  Or, as another poster stated, will he simply be able to "press the button he's told to press."  That is NOT what being a Senator means.

Democratic voters in PA should be pissed.  The Fetterman campaign withheld the seriousness of his condition DURING THE PRIMARY.  They knew voters would not want to send a candidate whose cognitive condition is unknown to the Senate.  So, they kept his condition secret and didn't disclose the seriousness of his health until they were essentially forced to.  
If this is what we can expect from a "Senator Fetterman," then voters in PA should reject him.  [/quote]

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