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AStern

(709 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:13 PM 7 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 7 hrs ago OP
...... bluestarone 7 hrs ago #1
I am so glad I don't watch CBS and I don't open johnnyfins 7 hrs ago #2
Now why would you insult the mountain trolls like that? niyad 7 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 7 hrs ago #3
Fetterman's check cleared. n/t flvegan 7 hrs ago #4
It seems there is always somebody that likes to betray their constituents. walkingman 7 hrs ago #5
It is an absurd idea. sop 7 hrs ago #6
Did the stroke edhopper 7 hrs ago #7
Yes, you know it did. mr715 7 hrs ago #11
Better idea is new smarter people in Washington Johonny 7 hrs ago #8
I think West Virginia should decide to acquire Fetterman's hometown of Braddock, PA RockCreek 7 hrs ago #9
He would be a better fit for WV with his Brain Ars Longa 7 hrs ago #16
Same illness bigmonk 7 hrs ago #10
Was RFK JR, for christ sake Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #29
The only thing I watch on CBS is The Price is Right Danmel 7 hrs ago #12
I still try to watch 'Face The Nation' with Margaret Brennan on Sunday mornings--- Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #33
Doukopil is Bari Weiss' brainless parrot dalton99a 7 hrs ago #13
And katy tur's husband, if I remember correctly. niyad 7 hrs ago #15
Just shut up and resign, john. You are an embarrassment to all of us. niyad 7 hrs ago #14
If Tony Dokoupil was a food, he would be a bowl of white grits sans salt & butter. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 6 hrs ago #18
It's not a bad idea to try to acquire Greenland biophile 6 hrs ago #19
I don't care for Fetterman biocube 6 hrs ago #20
His senate career will end with this single term Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #21
That stroke blew out his brain, didn't it? Just WOW. NotHardly 6 hrs ago #22
Damn Fetterman and his hoodie.. & WTF. Cha 6 hrs ago #23
Yes Senator, it IS an absurd idea, and delusional as well. ms liberty 6 hrs ago #24
What part of 85% of Greenlanders don't want to be part of the US doesn't he get?? Stargleamer 5 hrs ago #25
None of it,, ne obviously doesn't Cha 4 hrs ago #30
2026 Fetterman is an advanced level dumbass... wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #26
CBS news - Morons on Parade. mdbl 5 hrs ago #27
Absurd? How about totally bonkers? Dave Bowman 5 hrs ago #28
It's not merely absurd. It's batshit fucking lunacy! Initech 4 hrs ago #31
I think Fetterman should kacekwl 4 hrs ago #32
I can't say anything good... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #34
This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja 3 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
7 hrs ago

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

Baitball Blogger

(51,780 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
7 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
7 hrs ago

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

RockCreek

(1,393 posts)
9. I think West Virginia should decide to acquire Fetterman's hometown of Braddock, PA
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:28 PM
7 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
4 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
7 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
4 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

(129,824 posts)
14. Just shut up and resign, john. You are an embarrassment to all of us.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:51 PM
7 hrs ago

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

biophile

(1,225 posts)
19. It's not a bad idea to try to acquire Greenland
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:04 PM
6 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
6 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

(22,197 posts)
21. His senate career will end with this single term
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:18 PM
6 hrs ago

I sure hope Shapiro primaries him in 2028.

Cha

(317,170 posts)
23. Damn Fetterman and his hoodie.. & WTF.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:20 PM
6 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

(2,633 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
5 hrs ago

What an embarrassment to the people of Pennsylvania.

Initech

(107,612 posts)
31. It's not merely absurd. It's batshit fucking lunacy!
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:23 PM
4 hrs ago

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

This madness needs to stop.

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