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DeSmet

(257 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 06:06 AM Aug 2022

Fetterman has a guardian angel...

slash pitbull in Kyla in the 'burgh. Wow what a thread she composed. Great read.


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Fetterman has a guardian angel... (Original Post) DeSmet Aug 2022 OP
It sounds to me that Fetterman is a guardian angel. Arkansas Granny Aug 2022 #1
def rec reading it. i knew he did some of these things mopinko Aug 2022 #2
The Freestore is still running too unweird Aug 2022 #3
Yes, that blew me away PatSeg Aug 2022 #14
Full (amazing) thread unrolled: femmedem Aug 2022 #4
Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #5
You're welcome! femmedem Aug 2022 #28
Damn, Skippy The Magistrate Aug 2022 #8
Wow!!!! That is fantatstic! Great to read this thread! msfiddlestix Aug 2022 #10
What a great read! calimary Aug 2022 #16
Thanks for unrolling. WOW! No wonder so many from PA talk highly of Fetterman. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #27
You're welcome! femmedem Aug 2022 #30
Yep...Fetterman is what we all should hope for in our elected officials .... nebby70 Aug 2022 #6
When Oz won, I felt good. gab13by13 Aug 2022 #15
Kinda reminds me of during his first term, pres Obama paid home mortgages childfreebychoice Aug 2022 #7
What a man! Botany Aug 2022 #9
Wonderful, true blue, smart and compassionate man - Alice Kramden Aug 2022 #11
Well fuck. That ain't nuthin'. Droz developed a pill that helped a lot of people lose weight. 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #12
You never know, gab13by13 Aug 2022 #17
Well, I do know. 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #18
There should be a rule created, gab13by13 Aug 2022 #23
That is not right. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #22
And GAVE them away free to anyone who needed them! Right? That's what it would take..... usaf-vet Aug 2022 #25
Kick and recommend. Thanks for posting! bronxiteforever Aug 2022 #13
K&R and thanks for posting Jarqui Aug 2022 #19
Fetterman is pointing the way Doc Sportello Aug 2022 #20
This one made me cry. While Oz was ripping women off with fake diet pills, Fetterman Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #21
Man, I am so pumped I cannot wait to Vote for John Fetterman Tommymac Aug 2022 #24
I wonder if there is a Congressional District... DeSmet Aug 2022 #26
K&R SMC22307 Aug 2022 #29

mopinko

(73,330 posts)
2. def rec reading it. i knew he did some of these things
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 06:22 AM
Aug 2022

had no idea he was using his own money.

unweird

(3,277 posts)
3. The Freestore is still running too
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 06:24 AM
Aug 2022

Saw Gisele there last weekend myself. They are good people, those Fettermans.

femmedem

(8,539 posts)
4. Full (amazing) thread unrolled:
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 06:32 AM
Aug 2022

Mehmet Oz likes to pretend that Fetterman used family money his entire life. Although not true, let's pretend it is. What did John do in PA with all his money, you ask?

I'll fill you in, but with the amount of things he has done for Pennsylvanians, I'll have to start a thread.

He saw dilapidated buildings that were falling apart in his community, so he fixed them up, and gave people who were struggling a free place to live.

John & his wife, Gisele, knew that many Pennsylvanians were struggling with food insecurity & might not have had any food at all. So, they created @412FoodRescue, that has now saved over 25 MILLION pounds of food for those in need. John often drove the trucks of food himself.

John & Gisele also saw many people struggling to afford things most people take for granted. So, they created a "free store" (@15104FreeStore) where people can go to get everything from diapers, food, toys, surprise birthday bags & even flowers to make their homes beautiful.


John used his own money to build basketballs courts in his community & often watched the kids shoot hoops. They referred to John as "the only person who gives us hope."

Fetterman was also the "big brother" in a program to an 8 year old boy who lost both parents to AIDS. Before his mother passed, John promised her that he would see him through college & make sure he graduated. 15 years later, John was at his college graduation.

When John became Lt. Governor of PA, he was given the free mansion that comes with the position. This deal included a private chef & an enormous swimming pool. John declined, gave the property to benefit Veterans & opened the pool for less fortunate kids who never got to swim.

When times were tough for those in his community, he would often help people keep the electricity running & the gas flowing to heat their homes, even if it meant he bargained with the companies demanding payments.

Sometimes, you could find John throwing on a traffic vest to help out during an accident, or see him in the background at a crime scene doing whatever he could to help.

He saved a falling apart church from demolition & turned it into a community center, where the focus is on kids. It houses the Braddock Youth Project that he created to help at-risk youth. The center also serves as a cooling place, where people can go to relax on hot days.

John Fetterman has spent his entire life serving the people of Pennsylvania.

John IS Pennsylvania & that's why we will elect him to represent PA in the US Senate.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555612419346546692.html

calimary

(89,136 posts)
16. What a great read!
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:17 AM
Aug 2022

What a great man!

I already liked him, but Lordy Lordy, this info is MIND-BLOWING.

He’s gonna go straight up to Heaven when he dies.

nebby70

(491 posts)
6. Yep...Fetterman is what we all should hope for in our elected officials ....
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 07:00 AM
Aug 2022

...lucky for us in PA, we don't have to hope for these qualities; we can just VOTE for someone with them....

...Oz is toast here in PA - we tend to be territorial - in the eastern PA don't 'do well' Jersey-ites...

...but I'm not calm about the election yet...

...I'll only calm down when Shapiro is ahead by 20 points though...

gab13by13

(31,351 posts)
15. When Oz won, I felt good.
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:15 AM
Aug 2022

Rick Santorum got the boot when he used Pa. money to home school his kids in another state.

Dark money is rallying around Mastriano, the focus needs to be in getting Shapiro elected. I have only seen 1 Oz sign but have seen a lot of Mastriano signs.

Wife and I can't wait to vote for Fetterman and Shapiro.

childfreebychoice

(476 posts)
7. Kinda reminds me of during his first term, pres Obama paid home mortgages
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 07:09 AM
Aug 2022

Out of his own pocket, for some facing foreclosure. Pres Obama, Fetterman, and Pres Biden, good people

Botany

(76,463 posts)
9. What a man!
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 07:11 AM
Aug 2022

Kyla in the Burgh 🏴‍☠️🔥
@KylaInTheBurgh
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18h
Fetterman was also the "big brother" in a program to an 8 year old boy who lost both parents to AIDS. Before his mother passed, John promised her that he would see him through college & make sure he graduated. 15 years later, John was at his college graduation.

Alice Kramden

(2,880 posts)
11. Wonderful, true blue, smart and compassionate man -
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 07:54 AM
Aug 2022

This thread fills me with hope! Go, Pennsylvania!

3Hotdogs

(15,057 posts)
12. Well fuck. That ain't nuthin'. Droz developed a pill that helped a lot of people lose weight.
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 07:56 AM
Aug 2022

.























Yes, Martha, its sarcasm.

gab13by13

(31,351 posts)
17. You never know,
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:17 AM
Aug 2022

I fucked up by not using the sarcasm thingy when I said that Oz was a military man, the Turkish military. I actually got alerted on for that.

3Hotdogs

(15,057 posts)
18. Well, I do know.
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:22 AM
Aug 2022

--- the amount of shit I've been alerter on. About once every 2 or 3 months. Many posts are removed. Most of them have been restored because I take time to document in my appeals.

My favorite --- I had a post removed. My "appeal" pointed out that the post was based on a N.Y. Post (I know) article, WABC news broadcast and Google.

The post was restored.

gab13by13

(31,351 posts)
23. There should be a rule created,
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:43 AM
Aug 2022

If someone gets 3 of his/her alerts rejected they can't alert for 6 months, or something to that effect. I have never alerted on anyone.

I was also alerted on because I had the audacity to question whether the Democratic party should have spent money getting the radical Mastriano the nomination for governor in Pa. There are a hell of a lot of high ranking Democrats who are questioning whether the Democratic party should be doing this. I'm just low ranking, I guess.

usaf-vet

(7,760 posts)
25. And GAVE them away free to anyone who needed them! Right? That's what it would take.....
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 09:31 AM
Aug 2022

... to match the record of Fetterman and his wife. Right?


Am I right, free pills! Right?


Yea that's what I thought!!!!


It was Oz's drifting scheme. Getting rich no matter how low you have to go.


RIGHT?



Jarqui

(10,836 posts)
19. K&R and thanks for posting
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:29 AM
Aug 2022

I was not aware.
What a wonderful man and family.

If Congress had been full of people like Fetterman, there would be far fewer problems to address because a number of these problems would have already been taken care of.

Doc Sportello

(7,964 posts)
20. Fetterman is pointing the way
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:30 AM
Aug 2022

Do things that actually help the people who need it, especially on a boots on the ground level like he does. I know he will take those principles to the Senate where he can do even more good.

Demsrule86

(71,499 posts)
21. This one made me cry. While Oz was ripping women off with fake diet pills, Fetterman
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:35 AM
Aug 2022

befriended a young boy who had lost both parents. My husband has a friend who had a big brother like Fetterman who became his big brother when he was nine and helped him all the way through college. J's father was dead. His big brother stayed in his life well forever. And just last month, J's big brother sat at the family table when J's daughter was married. He has been in J's life for 50 years.


Tommymac

(7,334 posts)
24. Man, I am so pumped I cannot wait to Vote for John Fetterman
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:55 AM
Aug 2022


I'm just loving PA's newest Senator.

It is so nice to know I've been putting it all out for a good man and the winning candidate in 2022. Fer Sure. No doubts.

And no worries, Lt. Gov Fetterman (and us supporters) will be putting the petal to the metal right up until Nov 8th. I personally want him to get at least 70% of the vote.



#GOTV2022
#VOTEBLUE2022
#VOTEBLUEPA

DeSmet

(257 posts)
26. I wonder if there is a Congressional District...
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 09:36 AM
Aug 2022

in Southwest Pa. that has gone red. Giselle could, one day, represent the antithesis of the likes on Boebert, Greene and Gaetz.

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