Posted on 04/08/2019 10:24:20 PM PDT by aquila48
Pete Buttigieg is many things.
At just 37, he is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. He is a military veteran and a deeply religious gay man who is married but also enjoys sandwiches from (anti-gay marriage) Chick-fil-A. He is a Harvard-educated Rhodes scholar who speaks eight languages. He is the first-ever millennial candidate for president and, so far, the only Democratic hopeful to appear on the “Fox News Sunday” show.
“I’m all of those things,” said Buttigieg — pronounced “Boot-edge-edge” — in an interview with The Post. But “I try not to have any kind of attribute … be totally defining.”
Critics say these attributes are the very reasons why he can’t beat Donald Trump. His supporters say they are the very reasons he can.
Mayor Pete, as he likes to be called, strikes a tone that is kinder and less combative than the insult-driven politics of Trump and the Democratic Party’s far-left members. His boyish good looks, intelligence and military background are undoubtedly appealing, as is his faith.
“Scripture tells us to look after the least among us, that it also counsels humility and teaches us about what’s bigger than ourselves,” said Buttigieg, a devout Episcopalian. “It points the way toward an inclusive and unselfish politics that I strive to practice, whether I’m talking about my faith on the stump or not.”
Mayor Pete’s politics are already gaining traction. Since launching his exploratory committee to run for president on Jan. 23, Buttigieg has already raised $7 million for his campaign. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 4 percent of Democrats would vote for him — the same number that supports Elizabeth Warren, who has been a US senator for six years.
The fact he is born and bred in the American Rust Belt is possibly his biggest asset.
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Buttplug looks truly evil in that photo.
How ButtGadget Could Hurt Trump In His Rump
Gee like a Lib would allow an ex military member who eats at Chick-fil-A to become the Democrat President nominee. Nice try MSM!
He’s just out with the little wo(man).
Salena Zito is a pretty decent reporter/editorialist.
I hate to see this highly speculative piece under her byline.
Still, this is a deranged culture we’re living in. It’s not hard to imagine millions of voters backing Buttigieg based on the same faulty reasoning — driven by identity politics — that twice catapulted Obama to victory.
“Vote for Obama or you’re a racist” can easily morph into “vote for Buttigieg or you’re a homophobe.”
For millions of low-information voters, virtue signaling prevails over minor issues like fidelity to our Constitution.
The writer of this article has no idea what ‘deeply religious’ is, .. this guy is not one.. “you will know them by their fruits” and he produces rotten comments, he’s full of angst..and judgmental judge and jury. Plus he’s anti Christian
Promoting an ideology that institutionalizes abortion, euthanasia, sexual deviancy, racism, anti-Semitism, atheism and anti-Americanism could never beat President Trunp. But, I am grateful they’re showing their hand.
Hurt Trump with workers in the Rust Belt? By joining the “reparations” bandwagon? Taking hard-working Americans’ wages and redistributing them along racial lines.. yeah, that’s a winner in the Rust Belt... go with that.
Buttigieg could hurt Trump in the Rust Belt
Iowa was a Union State. We dont want these g*d damn dems coming up in here from Missoura
some say Boot ta edge
I hear “gay loser “
Buttigieg sounds like “Dukakis” .... loser
The kinder gentler devious rat trickster put in place
The only blue collar and union guys who are going to vote for buttplug are the ones in the Rusty Trombone Union.
Makes McCauliffe's entry look more "reasonable". (With Michelle Obama as VP).
As someone who is passible in English and can kind of mangle five other languages at a minimal level, I applaud your post—and I’m also guessing your father was also an absolute genius or you yourself are on the older side. In the 1920’s good high schools would still give people the rigorous background they needed to take on such a task, but things declined steeply over the next 40 years.
But he is still the Great Gay WHITE Hope. He doesn’t match the paint by numbers chart enough. Only Minnesota will vote for him I predict. That state has weird voting choices and I think they like their reputation
What religion?
Can you imagine President Buttigieg sitting down for a one-on-one with Putin? I doubt that it would end well...
Gay mayor of a shitbird town to VP or President status, Right.
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