Not defending mayor Pete. And, honestly, I could not spell his last name if you put a gun to my head. Nor do I care. But what does it say about the twenty-some odd other miscreants vying for the Democrat nomination if supposedly has the most impressive raw political talent?
No argument there at all, but giving any real consideration to a dyed-in-the-wool, lifetime-indoctrinated communist because he’s glib and polished is, in my opinion, just plain nuts. Apply any amount of spit and polish you like to a turd, it’s still a turd.
And, lest you think I’m just being a McCarthyite, his parents were no-shit, card-carrying Marxists:
“Buttigieg (the father) was also a translator and was especially interested in the works of Antonio Gramsci, an Italian philosopher and political activist with communist leanings. [Gramsci had more than communist “leanings”, he was considered a very influential neo-Marxist.] He was originally from Sardinia and died in Rome in 1937 at age 46. Buttigieg edited and translated Gramsci’s “Prison Notebooks.” Buttigieg’s translations, of which there were three volumes, were published between 1992 and 2007 by the Columbia University Press.”
“Buttigieg also wrote multiple articles on Gramsci which were then translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese, according to his bio on the University of Notre Dame website. Buttigieg even founded the International Gramsci Society and served as its president. The society is described on its website as a “non-profit organization whose aim is to facilitate the communication and exchange of information among the very large number of individuals from around the world who are interested in the life and work of Antonio Gramsci.”