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Pete Buttigieg says it's "almost certain" we've had gay presidents
axios.com ^ | 6/16/19 | Mike Allen

Posted on 06/17/2019 8:03:24 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Pete Buttigieg told "Axios on HBO" that "we've probably had excellent presidents who were gay — we just didn't know which ones."

Why it matters: Buttigieg, who is rising in polls and would be the first openly gay nominee of either party, talks easily about his sexual orientation when asked. This comment is a new window into his thinking.

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"Axios on HBO:" "Republicans claimed that John Kerry was a traitor in Vietnam. That Barack Obama was a Muslim. If you were to win the nomination, they'll say you're too young, too liberal, too gay to be commander-in-chief. You are young. You are a liberal. You are gay. How will you respond?"

Pete Buttigieg: "I'll respond by explaining where I want to lead this country. People will elect the person who will make the best president. And we have had excellent presidents who have been young. We have had excellent presidents who have been liberal. I would imagine we've probably had excellent presidents who were gay — we just didn't know which ones."

"Axios on HBO:" "You believe that we've had a gay commander-in-chief?"

Pete Buttigieg: "I mean, statistically, it's almost certain."

"Axios on HBO:" "In your reading of history, do you believe you know who they were?"

Pete Buttigieg: "My gaydar even doesn't work that well in the present, let alone retroactively. But one can only assume that's the case."

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020demprimary; buttgiggity; buttigieg; gayness; homosexualagenda; obama; postedseveraltimes; presidency; presidents
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1 posted on 06/17/2019 8:03:24 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease

We had a homosexual usurper from 2009-2017.


2 posted on 06/17/2019 8:04:47 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: a little elbow grease

A gay president and a tranny first “lady”.


3 posted on 06/17/2019 8:07:09 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: a little elbow grease

Axios.


4 posted on 06/17/2019 8:07:12 AM PDT by skimbell
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"Pete Buttigieg told "Axios on HBO" that "we've probably had excellent presidents who were gay — we just didn't know which ones.""

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The little, always glib Petey should begin by NAMING the "excellent Presidents"...... then, he can tell us which ones set off his gaydar.

5 posted on 06/17/2019 8:07:21 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: a little elbow grease

James J. Buchanan, Lincoln’s predecessor, and often considered our worst president....was almost certainly homosexual.

Was made fun of for his effeminate mannerisms, and lived with one man for many years. Never married, or seemed available.


6 posted on 06/17/2019 8:07:42 AM PDT by AnalogReigns (Real life is ANALOG!!!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

LOL ...... bath house Barry.


7 posted on 06/17/2019 8:08:47 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: a little elbow grease

Statistically, we almost certainly have had a homosexual president? Really?

I believe President James Buchanan was a bachelor. So was he homosexual?

Any others married to women who were “beards” for them? What is this guy really saying?


8 posted on 06/17/2019 8:09:32 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: a little elbow grease

He could be right. People like Pete have accurate gaydars.


9 posted on 06/17/2019 8:10:50 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: a little elbow grease

10 posted on 06/17/2019 8:13:19 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: a little elbow grease
Pete Buttigieg: "My gaydar even doesn't work that well in the present, let alone retroactively. But one can only assume that's the case."

Not surprising. Even many gays don't have it...................

11 posted on 06/17/2019 8:13:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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“My gaydar even doesn’t work that well in the present, let alone retroactively.”

Where do these idiots cum frum?


12 posted on 06/17/2019 8:14:16 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Buchanan was the only one where the rumors might have some merit.

This was insinuated in my Civil War history class from 1978, James I Robertson was the prof. No slouch on the Civil War, and certainly no flaming liberal (At least it didn’t seem so!). Though probably an old style Southern Democrat.

http://www.history.vt.edu/Robertson/index.html

Seems to be still active.


13 posted on 06/17/2019 8:15:30 AM PDT by Reily
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To: plain talk

I have mentioned ‘gaydar’ to some gay co-workers and they say some have it some don’t. Seems like more heteros have it than gays...................


14 posted on 06/17/2019 8:15:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Joan Rivers deserves a medal and a postage stamp.


15 posted on 06/17/2019 8:15:45 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: a little elbow grease

He’s queer...... that’s all that’s there.


16 posted on 06/17/2019 8:17:14 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
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To: AnalogReigns
James J. Buchanan, Lincoln’s predecessor, and often considered our worst president....was almost certainly homosexual.

Yes, right before the destruction and murder of the Civil War. Chaos and corruption seem to follow homosexuals like flies.

17 posted on 06/17/2019 8:18:43 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: a little elbow grease

That might be true but least then they were ashamed of their perverted life style and didn’t brag about it.


18 posted on 06/17/2019 8:24:22 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (yawn)
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To: AnalogReigns

Only James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln would know for sure what was in their hearts, And they’re not talking, but it’s most likely that the homosexuality rumors are nothing more than that, and the interest in casting one or the other of them as gay is just a selective reading of historical documents using a modern filter of a sexualized society.

Folks back then didn’t think or talk about sex nearly as openly, a lot of concepts would be foreign to them and probably most importantly due to grooming, bathing, and living arrangement circumstances, sex was generally not thought about in those terms.


19 posted on 06/17/2019 8:27:02 AM PDT by jz638
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To: Reily

There was a time when “confirmed bachelor” meant privately gay I think....


20 posted on 06/17/2019 8:27:42 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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