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Pete Buttigieg dropping out smells a lot like quid pro quo
NOQ Report ^ | March 1, 2020 | JD Rucker

Posted on 03/01/2020 4:22:46 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Somebody made a deal. Was it the DNC? Mike Bloomberg? Perhaps even Joe Biden? Pete Buttigieg, the young Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who won the Iowa Caucus and performed better than expected in the New Hampshire primary and Nevada caucus (and arguably the South Carolina primary where he came in fourth), has inexplicably dropped out of the race two days before Super Tuesday.

Like I said, somebody made a deal.

Timing of the Buttigieg drop out is more than a little unusual.

Maybe he secured some sort of deal … a “quid pro quo,” we might say.

— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) March 1, 2020

While his chances of winning the nomination were low at this stage, leaving ahead of Super Tuesday, especially following a strong debate performance and over-performing in all four contests to date, it appears to be nothing short of some sort of exchange that pushed him to the decision. Perhaps the DNC told him they would back his run in 2024 if the Democrats lose or 2028 if they win. Maybe Bloomberg and/or Biden offered him a nice cabinet position; it’s almost certain the VP tap is going to a woman regardless of who gets the nomination. Whatever happened, it’s highly unlikely Buttigieg would have dropped out willingly with no assurances. He had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by waiting until after Super Tuesday.

Unlike Cory Booker, Julian Castro, and others who dropped out relatively early, Buttigieg had plenty of cash on hand. While it’s true he will now be able to apply that money to future campaigns, it still seems like a waste considering his age. As the youngest candidate with arguably the brightest future going, there will be plenty of time to raise campaign funds for his next endeavors...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics
KEYWORDS: biden; buttigieg; conspiracy
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To: IndyTiger

Pelosi, Moochelee or Oprah.


61 posted on 03/01/2020 5:10:11 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Brilliant

How quickly we forget Biden’s Ukraine corruption


62 posted on 03/01/2020 5:10:18 PM PST by RonnG (')
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To: sheehan

Sleepy senile joe biden having a cash crunch (he only has 1 office in CA), even with the win in SC he’s falling behind badly Crazy Bernie and the fake squaw in $$$

having buttplug pull out frees up all the fag’s Wall Street donors to support Creepy Joe fully....


63 posted on 03/01/2020 5:12:07 PM PST by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I had just read the news and remarked to Mrs. BN that “Bloomberg must have offered him $3 million to drop out!”

(”Great minds, same rut...”)


64 posted on 03/01/2020 5:13:32 PM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
But where did you find the yellow dog tissue dispenser?

The Internet! Where else? :)

65 posted on 03/01/2020 5:16:02 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: conservative98

President Trump doing what he does so well, Trolling the Dems and getting them to rip each other apart.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1234263037110083587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


66 posted on 03/01/2020 5:17:16 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Welcome to Mass Quarantinofornia !!!.. Sanctuary State in rapid decline!!!.. Norm's Revenge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I believe somebody from the DNC offered Buttigieg a clear path to the Democrat nomination for Todd Young’s Indiana senate seat in 2022 for him to drop out before Super Tuesday. He should have dropped out 1 day after Super Tuesday.


67 posted on 03/01/2020 5:19:31 PM PST by convoter2016
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If he quits he doesn’t get to keep his delegates. If he stays in, in name alone, he gets to keep his delegates until the first vote at the convention. Being that delegates are proportional rather than winner take all, he could have got more delegates. Small amounts that could have affected the outcome of the convention. There can’t be a brokered convention with two candidates. Just food for thought. He could have waited until after Super Tuesday, and announced this Wednesday, but someone promised him something.


68 posted on 03/01/2020 5:19:55 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: Bon mots

Well, if you have a link for it, like on Amazon, I think I might have a decorative spot for it.


69 posted on 03/01/2020 5:20:36 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sleepy Joe: Pete, you don’t stand a chance. Drop out and I will make you my running mate.
Maywhore Pete (thinking): Joe is 78 and is showing his brain is shot. He won’t last but about two years.
Maywhore Pete: Okay, I will drop out and endorse you.


70 posted on 03/01/2020 5:22:24 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Has anyone seen RBG recently?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...Pete Buttigieg dropping out...”

Take a hike you left wing freak.


71 posted on 03/01/2020 5:24:44 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Vaquero; Sarah Barracuda

“say I’m not gonna type it, not gonna type it, but sometimes I Just blurt it out LOL!”

A whole lot of us were tempted here. Thanks for posting our feelings, also.


72 posted on 03/01/2020 5:25:13 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Welcome to Mass Quarantinofornia !!!.. Sanctuary State in rapid decline!!!.. Norm's Revenge)
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To: fella

Or a prolapsed rectum from all that rough stuff with Chasten.


73 posted on 03/01/2020 5:28:14 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Portcall24

Probably let him stroke his floating hairs in the bathtub


74 posted on 03/01/2020 5:28:32 PM PST by shotgun
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To: political1

Interesting.


75 posted on 03/01/2020 5:36:56 PM PST by caww
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To: montag813

Klubfoot, the total cipher, was out before she started but was too stupid to even realize it. If ever there was a nobody she’s it. Good job Minnesota.


76 posted on 03/01/2020 5:37:20 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fox headlined it “Pete Buttigieg Backs Out.”
Tee hee.


77 posted on 03/01/2020 6:08:24 PM PST by mumblypeg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

...or Skunk Cabbage made him an ‘offer’ he couldn’t refuse.


78 posted on 03/01/2020 6:08:53 PM PST by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just wondering who she is quid pro quoing with now .... husband might get his panties in a twist.


79 posted on 03/01/2020 6:32:50 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Buttijuice

Ambassador to Sodom and Gamorrah?

80 posted on 03/01/2020 6:38:26 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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