A speech-impaired John Fetterman is better than a fast-talking Mehmet Oz [View all]
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Many unkind things were said about Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman after the debate last week with his Republican opponent, Mehmet Oz.
Some pundits wondered whether the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor's uneven performance would hurt Democrats chances of maintaining control in the Senate, a fair question. Then there were the ghouls like Donald Trump Jr., who cruelly and obnoxiously tweeted that Fetterman seemed brain dead.
Five months out from a stroke that has affected his ability to put his thoughts into words, Fetterman at times spoke haltingly and in circles. Sometimes, he was perfectly articulate; other times, he struggled. Clearly, he was a man who had a serious brain injury.
His speech patterns were a stark contrast to those of Oz, the heart surgeon and celebrity TV doctor who sounds, by comparison, like a fast-talking salesman who sticks his foot in your door and refuses to leave till you buy a set of encyclopedias. The thing about Fetterman, though, was that regardless of his difficulties, he had no trouble communicating what he believes: He supports the reproductive rights that were enshrined in Roe vs. Wade; he supports raising the minimum wage; and he now supports fracking, a politically fraught subject in Pennsylvania.