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What’s Behind Buttigieg’s Iowa Surge?
National Review ^ | November 20, 2019 6:30 AM | JONATHAN S. TOBIN

Posted on 11/20/2019 5:34:06 AM PST by conservative98

Perhaps what Democrats really want is a presidential temperament

He’s the least qualified of the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates, and the one who most clearly lacks a compelling reason for running. Yet Pete Buttigieg has somehow maintained his hold on fourth place in the 2020 nomination contest while other more heralded candidates have faded or folded altogether. And now that he has surged to the top of the polls in Iowa, it may be time to start taking his unlikely campaign seriously — and asking what exactly it is about the mild-mannered mayor of South Bend, Ind., that has endeared him to so many of his fellow Democrats.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2020; alfredeneuman; bootyjudge; buttgag; buttgiggity; buttigieg; homosexualagenda; needsavomitalert; sodomandgomorrah
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I don't know and I don't want to find out.


1 posted on 11/20/2019 5:34:06 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

All the gays got behind him and pushed.


2 posted on 11/20/2019 5:35:59 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: conservative98

They really liked the way he dipped that corndog in fudge.


3 posted on 11/20/2019 5:37:10 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: conservative98

ACK!

Why you do this!?


4 posted on 11/20/2019 5:38:16 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: humblegunner

like I said, if he wins there isn’t enough Jack Daniels in the world to numb me enough.


5 posted on 11/20/2019 5:38:59 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Yes. The Homosexual Mafia decided to push him.


6 posted on 11/20/2019 5:39:21 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE
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To: conservative98

The headline must have been written in San Francisco.


7 posted on 11/20/2019 5:40:45 AM PST by ptsal
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To: dp0622

Peter Buttgag.


8 posted on 11/20/2019 5:42:03 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: conservative98

I hear Iowa is full of contrarians.

So, what the heck, you’re welcome
Glad to have you with us
Even though we may not ever mention it again
— Meredith Wison, The Music Man


9 posted on 11/20/2019 5:42:11 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: conservative98

Relative to the other candidates, he’s not insane.


10 posted on 11/20/2019 5:44:19 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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What’s Behind Buttigieg’s Iowa Surge?

Perhaps he is just "surging" as a percentage of Democrat voters. People are deserting the Democrat Party by the gazillions, leaving only the twinkies and other freaks who can't possibly fit in with any group of humans.

11 posted on 11/20/2019 5:44:23 AM PST by meadsjn
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What’s Behind Buttigieg’s Iowa Surge?

Other men with their pants down?


12 posted on 11/20/2019 5:45:15 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: conservative98

Iowa is really bending over for Buttgig in his latest surge.


13 posted on 11/20/2019 5:47:38 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Let’s see if we can drive this home.


14 posted on 11/20/2019 5:50:01 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: conservative98

1st female president? Watch your back Peter. Hillary’s behind you and she’s packing.


15 posted on 11/20/2019 5:52:04 AM PST by PGalt
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To: central_va

Before the Supremes invented Sodomite marriage by judicial fiat, Iowa was “Little Sodom on the Prairie” by local legislation.


16 posted on 11/20/2019 5:52:40 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

He got a big Reach Around.


17 posted on 11/20/2019 5:53:15 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Lots of fudge?


18 posted on 11/20/2019 5:56:14 AM PST by Rodm
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To: conservative98

The news media produces the polls. If they want Biden to be ahead, they adjust the numbers. So this is simply telling us that the want Pete B and that Biden is probably going to be a liability. Simple.


19 posted on 11/20/2019 5:58:05 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (Congress is not made up of leaders however they are representatives of their voters.)
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To: ctdonath2

Relative to the other candidates, he’s not insane.

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... and he speaks like a high school teacher. Even if he has the least experience of all candidates, and if he will alienate a lot of voters, when he is on screen or in front of people, he pulls off sounding intelligent and thoughtful.

Remember, democrats are desperately seeking a more than just a fling, with that one player that can be their saving champion of the orange man and his beastly stage presence. I think they think he will evoke sympathy. Big NY tycoon who blurts phrases versus little shirt-and-tie substitute teacher who makes run-on sentences seem informative.


20 posted on 11/20/2019 5:59:50 AM PST by z3n
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