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AStern

(709 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:13 PM 21 hrs ago

Fetterman says it's "not an absurd idea" to try and acquite Greenland, and Doukopil responds "not at all."

Fetterman says it's "not an absurd idea" to try and acquite Greenland, and Doukopil responds "not at all."

No questions from Doukopil about the illegality of trying to take it by force or the European/allied backlash to the US.

This is what state TV looks like.


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Fetterman says it's "not an absurd idea" to try and acquite Greenland, and Doukopil responds "not at all." (Original Post) AStern 21 hrs ago OP
...... bluestarone 21 hrs ago #1
I am so glad I don't watch CBS and I don't open johnnyfins 21 hrs ago #2
Now why would you insult the mountain trolls like that? niyad 20 hrs ago #17
None of them are even thinking that they are the ones who will have to take responsibility if this stupid Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #3
Fetterman's check cleared. n/t flvegan 21 hrs ago #4
It seems there is always somebody that likes to betray their constituents. walkingman 21 hrs ago #5
It is an absurd idea. sop 21 hrs ago #6
Did the stroke edhopper 21 hrs ago #7
Yes, you know it did. mr715 21 hrs ago #11
Better idea is new smarter people in Washington Johonny 21 hrs ago #8
I think West Virginia should decide to acquire Fetterman's hometown of Braddock, PA RockCreek 21 hrs ago #9
He would be a better fit for WV with his Brain Ars Longa 21 hrs ago #16
Same illness bigmonk 21 hrs ago #10
Was RFK JR, for christ sake Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #29
The only thing I watch on CBS is The Price is Right Danmel 21 hrs ago #12
I still try to watch 'Face The Nation' with Margaret Brennan on Sunday mornings--- Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #33
Doukopil is Bari Weiss' brainless parrot dalton99a 21 hrs ago #13
And katy tur's husband, if I remember correctly. niyad 21 hrs ago #15
Just shut up and resign, john. You are an embarrassment to all of us. niyad 21 hrs ago #14
If Tony Dokoupil was a food, he would be a bowl of white grits sans salt & butter. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 20 hrs ago #18
It's not a bad idea to try to acquire Greenland biophile 20 hrs ago #19
I don't care for Fetterman biocube 20 hrs ago #20
His senate career will end with this single term Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #21
That stroke blew out his brain, didn't it? Just WOW. NotHardly 20 hrs ago #22
Damn Fetterman and his hoodie.. & WTF. Cha 20 hrs ago #23
Yes Senator, it IS an absurd idea, and delusional as well. ms liberty 19 hrs ago #24
What part of 85% of Greenlanders don't want to be part of the US doesn't he get?? Stargleamer 19 hrs ago #25
None of it,, ne obviously doesn't Cha 18 hrs ago #30
2026 Fetterman is an advanced level dumbass... wcmagumba 19 hrs ago #26
CBS news - Morons on Parade. mdbl 19 hrs ago #27
Absurd? How about totally bonkers? Dave Bowman 19 hrs ago #28
It's not merely absurd. It's batshit fucking lunacy! Initech 18 hrs ago #31
I think Fetterman should kacekwl 18 hrs ago #32
I can't say anything good... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #34
This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja 17 hrs ago #35

johnnyfins

(3,492 posts)
2. I am so glad I don't watch CBS and I don't open
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:15 PM
21 hrs ago

Links that involve the Harry Potter Mountain Troll that is Fetterman.

Baitball Blogger

(51,784 posts)
3. None of them are even thinking that they are the ones who will have to take responsibility if this stupid
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:16 PM
21 hrs ago

idea results in blowing up the American economy, or takes lives.

walkingman

(10,388 posts)
5. It seems there is always somebody that likes to betray their constituents.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:16 PM
21 hrs ago

In most cases it is about money but in this case I think it might just be attention.

RockCreek

(1,396 posts)
9. I think West Virginia should decide to acquire Fetterman's hometown of Braddock, PA
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:28 PM
21 hrs ago

And they can take Fetterman as part of the bargain.

Jack Valentino

(4,451 posts)
29. Was RFK JR, for christ sake
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:17 PM
18 hrs ago

John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash in 1999---
which was a very sad event for me--- since I had some hopes that
he would finally enter the political arena actively---

Instead we ended up with a Louisiana Republican named 'John Kennedy'
who is now a US Senator from that state...



Danmel

(5,698 posts)
12. The only thing I watch on CBS is The Price is Right
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:45 PM
21 hrs ago

Unlike trump they know the real price of groceries.

Jack Valentino

(4,451 posts)
33. I still try to watch 'Face The Nation' with Margaret Brennan on Sunday mornings---
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:26 PM
18 hrs ago

and she still attempts to ask some hard questions from Republicans,
who mostly won't give any answers, and last weekend she repeated the questions
while still getting no honest answers...

but unfortunately she probably realizes that she can only go so far and keep her job
under the new fascist ownership of CBS!


I admired her work in the presidential debates of 2024....


but of course, that new CBS evening anchor
is nothing more than a good looking but bumbling tool


"I knew Walter Cronkite. Walter Cronkite was a friend of mine.
YOU ARE NO WALTER CRONKITE!"
~ Jack Valentino, that's ME! lol

(paraphrased from Lloyd Bentsen in his 1988 VP election debate against Dan Quayle)

niyad

(129,836 posts)
14. Just shut up and resign, john. You are an embarrassment to all of us.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:51 PM
21 hrs ago

I no longer have any compassion for whatever damage the stroke might have done.

biophile

(1,228 posts)
19. It's not a bad idea to try to acquire Greenland
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:04 PM
20 hrs ago

If you make an honest offer or deal to the people of Denmark and Greenland. If they say no, then you walk away. You tried, no harm in that.
If you try to take it by force or threats or coercion, then it is a very bad idea.
I don’t think Fetterman made that distinction, though. I didn’t watch the clip, just read the title of the post.

biocube

(179 posts)
20. I don't care for Fetterman
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:07 PM
20 hrs ago

But there's zero chance he thinks it's okay to just roll landing craft with tanks and infantry on the shores of Greenland.

It's fine to criticize him on the Israeli Palestine issue (I sure do) but that doesn't make him Stephen Miller.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,207 posts)
21. His senate career will end with this single term
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:18 PM
20 hrs ago

I sure hope Shapiro primaries him in 2028.

Cha

(317,184 posts)
23. Damn Fetterman and his hoodie.. & WTF.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:20 PM
20 hrs ago

Greenland is the country I'm most worried about now.. They Don't Want to be "Acquired", Fetterman.. get a GD Clue.. GD DINO.

Oh and Fu Doukopil

Stargleamer

(2,634 posts)
25. What part of 85% of Greenlanders don't want to be part of the US doesn't he get??
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:33 PM
19 hrs ago

What an embarrassment to the people of Pennsylvania.

Initech

(107,617 posts)
31. It's not merely absurd. It's batshit fucking lunacy!
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:23 PM
18 hrs ago

And it would only benefit a small number of criminally insane billionaires.

This madness needs to stop.

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