I never liked John Fetterman. He was too far to the left, or so I thought. Too weird. Too much of a narcissist who did things the way that he did them to attract attention, without respecting tradition, or sartorial expectations.

I also never liked Marjorie Taylor Greene. She was too far to the right, or so I thought. Too weird. Too much of a narcissist, who did things the way that she did them to attract attention, without respecting tradition, or sartorial expectations.

Admiring them both as profiles in courage, limited as that courage is, was not on my Bingo card for 2025. And yet, here we are.

Fetterman has shown himself to be a maverick, beholden to neither Biden or Trump, and willing to poke a finger in the eye of progressives who for some bizarre reason think that they own him. I had a conversation with one fellow who told me the people who voted for him expected him to be as far left as they were, and are both shocked and disgusted that he has sliced a middle course through the political landscape, guided primarily by his own values.

The fact that in some cases, those values do not........

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