Pete Buttigieg in a debate

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Anonymous wrote:Do Pete and his husband plan on birthing any more children? I don’t want a President who takes 3 months off for paternity leave

HAHAHAHHAHA

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Anonymous wrote:Bridges are racist. Remember that? I wouldn't put him in charge of taking out the trash.

The policies that constructed the bridges were racist. If the choice was to go through a white neighborhood or black/non-white one, it was the black/non-white one every time even if it was more expensive, even if it was indirect, even if it was a longer route. And neighborhoods back then were segregated so don't you dare start spouting some nonsense about how there weren't white and black parts of town. For Christ's sake, cemeteries used to be segregated.

"After Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal in November 2021, a reporter asked Buttigieg about correcting the racist design of some roadways. He responded that "if a highway was built for the purpose of dividing a white and a Black neighborhood, or if an underpass was constructed such that a bus carrying mostly Black and Puerto Rican kids to a beach – or that would have been – in New York was designed too low for it to pass by, that obviously reflects racism that went into those design choices."

Buttigieg, who launched a $1 billion pilot program in June 2022 to offer aid to reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, has made multiple media appearances in the aftermath of the collapse. But he didn't suggest in any of those that any component of the structure's design was racist."

Ehhhhhhhhh, Noooooo. Oh I just saw that, a reporter assumed that. Who was it?

Is there a question in your response? Are you saying no to the explanation that was provided or what?

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg may not be what the country is ready for, Presidential-candidacy wise. But I love his ability to argue, persuade, debate and reassure. I want someone with that skill set in the job…not Biden. I don’t want to be afraid my candidate is about to die when he’s in a debate or making a speech. And I’m so grateful we’ve had 4 years of Biden. He’s not been perfect, but he’s made us a recognizable USA again. But it’s time to find someone great to replace him.

Anyone think maybe it IS time for President Buttigieg?

Maybe when he has built 100+ EV charging stations.

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg may not be what the country is ready for, Presidential-candidacy wise. But I love his ability to argue, persuade, debate and reassure. I want someone with that skill set in the job…not Biden. I don’t want to be afraid my candidate is about to die when he’s in a debate or making a speech. And I’m so grateful we’ve had 4 years of Biden. He’s not been perfect, but he’s made us a recognizable USA again. But it’s time to find someone great to replace him.

Anyone think maybe it IS time for President Buttigieg?

Press Secretary next term. Or Harris-Buttigieg ticket if Biden decides to exit.

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg may not be what the country is ready for, Presidential-candidacy wise. But I love his ability to argue, persuade, debate and reassure. I want someone with that skill set in the job…not Biden. I don’t want to be afraid my candidate is about to die when he’s in a debate or making a speech. And I’m so grateful we’ve had 4 years of Biden. He’s not been perfect, but he’s made us a recognizable USA again. But it’s time to find someone great to replace him.

Anyone think maybe it IS time for President Buttigieg?

Worst Transportation Secretary ever but he is gay so to Dems that makes him qualified.

Why is he the worst ever? Can you articulate?

DP. The performative I’m taking paternity leave as an inspiration for people at my agency is one. Tons of stuff heads of agencies do that doesn’t empower the little people to do as well. They don’t even go through the same vetting process.

He was not reassuring on the rail disasters or on the port backlog issues, that's for sure. Most of that is forgotten at this point. Truthfully, the Department of Transportation is an agency that most people don't think much about when it's working. He also performs stupid stunts like pretending to ride his bike to work.

We don’t talk about the ports, because it got sorted …under his leadership.
Oh were you sad he didn’t give you reassurance during the train derailment?
Well I guess that’s too bad republicans keep pushing for deregulations that cause train derailments. Cry more because Buttigieg can’t fix every problem created by conservatives.

But what can he do? He has no record of anything but stunts and excuses. Fire the first black fire chief as mayor of south bend? Excuse. “Riding bike to work” stunt. Do a crappy job at an agency no one cares about but somehow is enough for him to be a viable presidential contender? Excuses. Rinse and repeat.

He also has no real record of getting people to vote for him but sure he s entitled to be the next president. Because he worked at McKinsey!

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You honestly think PB would make any headway against the demented orangeman? No one can debate someone who aggressively deflects, attacks, lies, refuses to answer any question and lives in an alternate universe in his head. It's a total farce that the great bloviator "debates" anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg may not be what the country is ready for, Presidential-candidacy wise. But I love his ability to argue, persuade, debate and reassure. I want someone with that skill set in the job…not Biden. I don’t want to be afraid my candidate is about to die when he’s in a debate or making a speech. And I’m so grateful we’ve had 4 years of Biden. He’s not been perfect, but he’s made us a recognizable USA again. But it’s time to find someone great to replace him.

Anyone think maybe it IS time for President Buttigieg?

I’ve been there since 2020, friend.

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Anonymous wrote:You honestly think PB would make any headway against the demented orangeman?

By “demented orangeman” do you mean Biden during his speech the other day?

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Anonymous wrote:He’s been perfectly great at his current job.
The ports were a mess and he got them sorted
95 literally melted down and he a Shapiro got it fixed in record time.
The bridge collapse will take years to correct but the port was functioning again quickly.
Airlines have to pay us what they owe us.
WTF did Coco Chao ever do besides grift for her shipping magnate family?
He’s wildly competent and headed an agency that has had more success than we’ve seen in decades.

PERIOD. 👏🏽👏🏽

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Look, I like Buttigieg, but his talents would be better as Press Secretary than as POTUS. I don't see him as being particularly capable at large scale organization that you would need for a job like POTUS. He was a small town mayor and then the secretary of one department of the government. He needs more experience to be a viable candidate. He can go home and run for governor, or he can work at a larger position in the federal government to try and get more experience, but we need someone who is much more experienced for the office.

Additionally, Buttigieg is a non-starter for the Democratic Party. You have a candidate that simply because of his demographics (white gay male) will polarize the party and the country. The country is not ready to elect a gay man as President yet and those who think that he can garner more than 40% support are truly deceiving themselves. We've come a long way by having Obama as President and Harris as Vice President, but we aren't there yet. And this would be a big resounding defeat for the Democratic Party.

Personally, I think that if the Biden is going to step down, there needs to be big party pressure on Andy Beshear to give up his governorship and take on the mantle. He would be much more of a uniter than a divider that just about any other candidate that the Democrats have to offer. He is a popular Democratic candidate that has verifiable liberal bonafides, but comes from a very conservative state and background. He understands how to be a liberal in a conservative domain and how to work with a legislature that is bicamerally solidly on the other side of the aisle.

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Anonymous wrote:Pete Buttigieg may not be what the country is ready for, Presidential-candidacy wise. But I love his ability to argue, persuade, debate and reassure. I want someone with that skill set in the job…not Biden. I don’t want to be afraid my candidate is about to die when he’s in a debate or making a speech. And I’m so grateful we’ve had 4 years of Biden. He’s not been perfect, but he’s made us a recognizable USA again. But it’s time to find someone great to replace him.

Anyone think maybe it IS time for President Buttigieg?

So you want a BD type for president? No thanks. I was a fan until he took over aviation. What a mess. He’s your typical BD colleague who is all talk & can’t execute a damn thing. Revered in DC, i know!

BD?

DP
Same question.

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I am so sick of glib and slick and bullshit. Give me some candidates with years of demonstrated ability to make wise decisions. No more identity plays, smooth talkers or any of the current crop of idiots. Enough.

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Anonymous wrote:He is good with platitudes and catch phrases. He is horrible with actual policy.
If all you want is an articulate speaker, he’s your guy.
If you want someone with ideas, a vision, ability to govern, and leadership - he’s a hard pass.

So you want more of an LBJ than a Kennedy?

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Anonymous wrote:Look, I like Buttigieg, but his talents would be better as Press Secretary than as POTUS. I don't see him as being particularly capable at large scale organization that you would need for a job like POTUS. He was a small town mayor and then the secretary of one department of the government. He needs more experience to be a viable candidate. He can go home and run for governor, or he can work at a larger position in the federal government to try and get more experience, but we need someone who is much more experienced for the office.

Additionally, Buttigieg is a non-starter for the Democratic Party. You have a candidate that simply because of his demographics (white gay male) will polarize the party and the country. The country is not ready to elect a gay man as President yet and those who think that he can garner more than 40% support are truly deceiving themselves. We've come a long way by having Obama as President and Harris as Vice President, but we aren't there yet. And this would be a big resounding defeat for the Democratic Party.

Personally, I think that if the Biden is going to step down, there needs to be big party pressure on Andy Beshear to give up his governorship and take on the mantle. He would be much more of a uniter than a divider that just about any other candidate that the Democrats have to offer. He is a popular Democratic candidate that has verifiable liberal bonafides, but comes from a very conservative state and background. He understands how to be a liberal in a conservative domain and how to work with a legislature that is bicamerally solidly on the other side of the aisle.

A lot of the obvious choices like Harris won't inspire people. They're just business as usual corporate dems.

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