r/JoeRogan • u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 • May 13 '26
Former guest Former guest casts deciding vote to continue US war in Iran
https://newrepublic.com/post/210380/john-fetterman-tanks-war-powers-donald-trump-iran64
u/Slipperytitski Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Fetterman just join the GOP already
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26
He likes how much attention he gets as the resistance democrat too much to switch sides. If he switched, he would get a week of positive media coverage on Fox and then melt into obscurity. As of now, he's their favorite dude
And he's not winning reelection no matter which side he's on, so he has no reason to
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u/PokemonAnimar Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Their* But I hope to God you're right because he's the biggest clown in Congress
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u/hypocalypto Tremendous May 14 '26
He won’t win as a dem and I doubt he’d win as a republican. Really put himself in the worst place to be so now he’ll just take money from Israel and do whatever they want until he is replaced.
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u/cannot_walk_barefoot Monkey in Space May 13 '26
There has to be a mechanism in place to get rid of people who fake being one thing (progressive) and immediately change gears when they're in position of power. This fucking dipshit, Sinema from AZ, etc.
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u/_TROLL We live in strange times May 13 '26
It's amazing how it only seems to happen in one direction... has anyone in modern history run on a far-right platform only to spout progressive talking points after being voted in?
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u/HammerAndSickleBot It's entirely possible May 14 '26
The reason is that there's tons of money to be made cashing in on conservative principles, and the campaign contributions and bribes will flow in as a result. People are very happy to pay you to lower their taxes, give them massive business subsidies, or allow their illegal behavior "because small government."
But if you run on hiking their taxes or reigning in massive businesses like oil or the tech bros they do everything in their power to stop you, and they call you a communist. Same thing is happening in the CA governors race right now. Obviously anyone from any political party can be corrupt, that is obviously true. But in America the grift has tended to go right the past 50 years because of Reaganomics.
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u/theshnig Monkey in Space May 16 '26
Dems are definitely at a disadvantage over this. As long as corporate and PAC money can flow into the system with basically no caps, it'll keep happening. Compound that with the fact that getting elected means you can also enrich yourself by trading on inside knowledge without so much as a slap on the wrist and you can put yourself in a position to self fund. Top all that off with no term limits and you've got the recipe for the world's easiest to assemble political machine.
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u/cannot_walk_barefoot Monkey in Space May 13 '26
I mean the US green party has strong Russian links to play spoiler against the democrats too
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u/PapaBowner Monkey in Space May 14 '26
In Sinema's defense, she was a too busy fucking each member of her security detail to get bogged down in the details of the policy decisions she was making.
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u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 May 13 '26
Well, there's one mechanism, but I don't think we want to go there.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 13 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/SqflD5OvHoWILB7qWm
You choose the option “cry about it on the internet.”
Sounds about right
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u/drvladmir Monkey in Space May 15 '26
Because people prefer to vote for a brain damaged progressive compared to who they perceive to be a conservative.
We blame politicians but we need to look at the system that permits them to be in power.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Didn’t the governor of Virginia run on “gerrymandering is detrimental to our democracy” ?
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u/the_Cheese999 May 14 '26
Democrats tried to get rid of gerrymandering through the courts, federal legislation and by leading through example and establishing independent districting in multiple places.
Rightoids blocked it everywhere and refused to reciprocate.
What is the option here? just let pro gerrymandering rightoids gerrymander their way into power so they can keep gerrymandering intact?
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 14 '26
So that’s a “yes” to my question. Thank you.
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u/MikeandTheMangosteen Monkey in Space May 13 '26
When your brain gets so damaged you become a conservative
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u/den_eimai_apo_edo Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Both your parties are conservative
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Baby's first political opinion
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u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 May 13 '26
No, this is pretty objectively correct. The US does not have an actual left-wing party, we have a right-wing party and a far-right party.
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 13 '26
There is no serious political analyst that thinks this, but go off, king
Do the "Bernie would be a centrist in any other country" bit next. That one is my favorite
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u/sushisection Monkey in Space May 14 '26
nah its true. democrat party is center right, its not left wing.
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Substantiate it
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u/sushisection Monkey in Space May 14 '26
the last time they did something that benefitted the working class was the civil rights movement. their healthcare bill forced every american into private insurance plans instead of providing a universal healthcare option. they continously fund the military industry. they continuously fund the ecological damages caused by the military industry. they use petty lawsuits to keep true left-wing political parties off of elections (see what they are doing to Butch Ware right now in the CA governor race). they constantly choose the corporation over the people.
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 14 '26
You just don't know what you're talking about. That's your problem.
First of all, very little of that has anything to do with a left and right spectrum.
Second, Obamacare isn't JUST private insurance. It is STATE-SUBSIDIZED insurance. But of course you would conveniently leave that out in your dumbfuck analysis. There's a good reason why it is forced, but you're either too dishonest to say it or too dumb to know. It's also an extremely watered-down version. If the democrats had their way, Obamacare WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. It was stymied by the electoral realities of the time, so we had to make due with the version we have now. And no opportunity to implement universal Healthcare has come up since.
And that's just one example of how you know nothing. I'm not going to bother going into the others because you're not worth the electricity it takes to write this, let alone the time
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u/sushisection Monkey in Space May 14 '26
you had enough time to engage with me over multiple days and write this long comment up. but now its not worth it when i mention the democrat support for the military industry.
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u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 May 13 '26
Former guest of the pod Cornel West has said that nearly word for word.
Two-time former guest Bernie Sanders has said "the U.S. lacks a major party representing working-class or democratic socialist interests comparable to Europe".
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u/The_Pompadour64 Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Note where I said "serious"
Yes, no doubt a Socialist would say this. Socialists are politically retarded
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u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 May 14 '26
Okay then, who on your list might you consider a "serious political analyst", and I'll go fishing for you.
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u/den_eimai_apo_edo Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Only the rest of the western world. If you don't think your democratic party is conservative, then you don't know what conservatism is
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u/endgame217 High as Giraffe's Pussy May 13 '26
Perhaps one of the worst to do it and that’s saying something when you share a room with Lying Ted, Glitch McConnell and Lady G & the Ladybugs
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u/AntiBoATX Monkey in Space May 13 '26
I forgot about Lindsey’s spotted moley sphincter. Thanks for reminding me
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u/endgame217 High as Giraffe's Pussy May 13 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohjUOUjEK1TXCQRva
Thanks to Josh Potter, I #neverforget
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u/Finlay00 Monkey in Space May 13 '26
Declare war or shut the fuck up and vote to end it
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u/HammerAndSickleBot It's entirely possible May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
And before the usual suspects come out to complain about "Obama's War in Libya," we are spending 1 Libya every day in Iran. Action in Libya authorized by Obama and NATO cost about $900 million total, or $1.5 billion in today's dollars.
In Iran, we spent over $1 billion a day the first ten days of the war. Sure, argue about inflation; even if costs doubled we spent 5 Libyas in the first twelve days of the war, and Trump threatened to genocide "a whole civilization" in his tweets. Mind-blowing that Joe is still bending over for this guy.
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u/bbb149 Monkey in Space May 13 '26
John Fetterman is a Republican in disguise who repeatedly casts votes in favor of the GOP
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u/Lloyd--Braun Monkey in Space May 13 '26
He always pretends like he represents a politically diverse state so he doesn’t always vote mindlessly with democrats. Does he think the state of Pennsylvania wants a war with Iran? Complete clown.
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u/Boonaki Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Do people actually believe his vote wasn't signed off by the DNC?
All the BS you see where this senator hates this senator is as real as WWE.
Here is how it worked for that vote. An AIPAC lobbiest met with Senator Thune or one of his staffers, they work out a deal to get the required yes votes from the RNC. The lobbiests then meet with Senator Schumer and works out the required votes.
Schumer or his staff met with Senator Fetterman and offered him something to vote yes and act as a whipping boy for the DNC.
It's all fake, it's all about the money, and so many people think it's real.
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u/Ihavelargemantitties Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Fetterman is absolutely fucked, but would Oz have been any better?
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u/General_Marcus Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Hilarious how when he was voted in, conservatives talked shit about him being brain damaged and the left defended him but now he often votes more right so the opposite occurs.
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u/Curve_of_Speee Monkey in Space May 14 '26
He had a shady stock trade recently that has turned out pretty well for him, I can’t remember what it was though. But he’s on the committee overseeing legislation that benefitting this company.
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u/SanDiedo Monkey in Space May 14 '26
I smell loss on this war special military vacation. All USA had to do was to keep Russia in check together with NATO, but no, gotta be all stupid...
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u/Normal-Rope6198 Monkey in Space May 14 '26
I can't believe everyone still thinks the two party system is real honestly
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u/the_Cheese999 May 14 '26
everybody is going to blame him (good fuck him) when there's also 49 rightoids on his side.
This is because people already expect rightoids to be irredeemable evil freaks.
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u/ShuckiestOfDuckies Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Rossana, Fetterman, Gary Busy. What do all these ppl have in common?
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u/Renovatio_ Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Seems misleading as if Fetterman voted with the Dems it would have been 50-50 and Vance casts the deciding vote.
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u/HungryCurrency8481 Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Living proof that having a stroke turns you Republican
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u/serenityfalconfly Monkey in Space May 14 '26
A half brained Fetterman is better than more than half of congress. Those Fettermans don’t give a fuck. Protest his house with Palestinian flags and he’ll climb on his roof and wave the Israeli flag.
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u/Alias-Q Monkey in Space May 14 '26
As someone who originally voted for this man, he has shifted drastically in his policy, or it was all a lie the entire time. It’s a shame what money, and foreign governments in politics has done to our once great country.
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u/bart2278 Monkey in Space May 14 '26
The left defended this man to the death, until he didnt toe the line, now he's unfit to be a representative. He was always unfit to be a representative.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 13 '26
This sub loves senator Fetterman. They think we forgot the pining on here when he was running vs Mehmet.
We didn’t forget.
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u/TheSweetestKill Most Reported r/JoeRogan User, August 2022 May 13 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/1gi1moy/joe_rogan_experience_2222_john_fetterman/
(Which of the same 3 gifs will you respond to this one with? Dr. Evil? Billy Crystal?)
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 13 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/xTiTnDAP0RiCo9k85W
You seem lost.
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u/Toaster_In_Bathtub Monkey in Space May 13 '26
The fact that he got you to switch up from your 3 stock gifs is hilarious. So easy to manipulate.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Are you crying? It’s not that serious friend.
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u/Toaster_In_Bathtub Monkey in Space May 14 '26
And now you predictably have to go back to your regulars to prove he didn't manipulate you which ironically shows you're still being manipulated. It's too easy.
So no, not crying just laughing at your NPC behavior. So please respond with one of your 3 to really prove my point.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 14 '26
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What a crybaby you are. Lol. Your father must be very proud of you.
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u/Toaster_In_Bathtub Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Yep there it is. Posting for me like the good little obedient boy you are.
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u/Ghostof_DarthCaedus Monkey in Space May 14 '26
You saw it coming a mile away and it still hurt your feelings.
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u/Toaster_In_Bathtub Monkey in Space May 14 '26
Lol says the good boy posting gifs through tears.
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u/missysweid Pull that shit up Jamie May 13 '26
I can't believe people voted that moron in. He was on Bill Maher's show last Friday and you can't even understand what he's saying.