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Pete Buttigieg is more electable than Bernie Sanders — and more progressive than you think
Vox ^ | February 4, 2020 | Dylan Matthews

Posted on 02/05/2020 7:15:33 AM PST by C19fan

The case for Pete Buttigieg is simple: The Democratic Party wins when it nominates young, charismatic leaders who are able to convince people outside the party’s base that Democratic values are their own.

It is a model that drove Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and John F. Kennedy to the presidency. And it could be the model that puts Pete Buttigieg there.

As the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he’s not the most experienced candidate running. And while he would probably be the most left-wing nominee since at least Walter Mondale, he is hardly the leftmost candidate in this primary, and he’s worked hard to differentiate himself from the maximalist platforms of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

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Anybody paying attention and with half a brain realized this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
1 posted on 02/05/2020 7:15:33 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

This is Phase II of the Iowa indirection campaign.


2 posted on 02/05/2020 7:16:47 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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To: C19fan

ButtGiggityGiggityGoo’s Dad was a Commie Prof.

BGGG didn’t fall far from the tree.


3 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:08 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: C19fan

Unfortunately I agree with the premise of the headline.


4 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:12 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: C19fan

Especially given that most of stupid American women do not know he’s gay.


5 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:22 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Prayers for Rush)
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To: C19fan

Whoever thought this Clown (as in Clown Intelligence Agency) wasn’t hard left?


6 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:25 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: C19fan

I’m actually a little concerned about how this is all going and what antics the Dems are gonna pull to manipulate and jeopardize the electoral process. There’s just too much time between now and November ugh.


7 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:39 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: C19fan

No one wants a Mayor to be president.
He was a bad mayor.
He was a mayor of a heavily segregated city that failed blacks.
He’s homosexual.
He’s more progressive than we think.

Translation: He not electable.


8 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:52 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: C19fan

Pretty sure he can’t win because the Black vote is not supporting him, in fact, they protest him.


9 posted on 02/05/2020 7:17:56 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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Well, if he wants to win the nomination, he'll have to come from behind.

Uhhh, perhaps I should rephrase that.

10 posted on 02/05/2020 7:18:39 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’ll let the black voter be the judge of what the rectum is for.


11 posted on 02/05/2020 7:18:42 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: miss marmelstein

I can just picture that woman at the Iowa Caucuses who initially voted for him, then wanted to take her vote back, thinking, “He seems like such a nice, clean-cut young man.”


12 posted on 02/05/2020 7:18:59 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Everything to the right of McGovern is the extreme Right to these DNC loons.


13 posted on 02/05/2020 7:19:02 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: C19fan

He is also a queer. They are all malignant narcissists. For that reason alone I would vote against him. I refuse to accept the “lesser of two evils”. Evil is evil. No more Dems!


14 posted on 02/05/2020 7:19:06 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: C19fan

Yup

A spook with military experience and foreign language abilities who is gay, a pol anyway, and claims to be a Christian-even when misquoting the Holy Bible.

He’s not just the dark horse. He’s ALWAYS been the one wanted, even before the “wine cave.” That’s why he got that gig in the 1st place.


15 posted on 02/05/2020 7:19:08 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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Buttplug is the Stealth Candidate just like Obama.
Pretending to be a moderate but the radical side of the Gay Mafia is funding him and working for him.
Frankly I suspect VJ and Obama are backing him.


16 posted on 02/05/2020 7:19:10 AM PST by Zathras
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To: C19fan

The Anybody But Bernie campaign starts in earnest.


17 posted on 02/05/2020 7:20:05 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Paladin2

By definition, if one (Buttplug) chooses the homo lifestyle it means one has a severe mental disorder and should be disqualified from the Presidency.


18 posted on 02/05/2020 7:20:09 AM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Exactly! That was exactly my thought. She has no idea...


19 posted on 02/05/2020 7:20:38 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Prayers for Rush)
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To: ClearCase_guy
He’s homosexual.

So is Obama, and he was elected twice.

20 posted on 02/05/2020 7:20:58 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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