Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Pete Buttigieg is for real

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 4/22/19 | Ruben Navarrette

[madprof98]

I confess that it took me awhile to convert to the Church of Pete. But now, I’m listening to the sermons. And I’m becoming a believer.

This is not to say that the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind. — who recently entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination — is my choice. It’s too early to pick a horse in this race. All are playing to their strengths. But the weaknesses have yet to be revealed; the likable candidate might not be very smart, and the smart one might prove to be not very likable.

All I know is that I’m in the market for a Democrat who can save the country by defeating Donald Trump.

[madprof98]

Notice how this gushy nonsense begins: THE CHURCH OF PETE. The mayor of South Bend is not selling a political vision. He's peddling a RELIGION, one favored by media elites like this Harvard-educated fool (who gets a byline because he's Latino). It's the usual virtue-signaling cloaked in Christianity, and the media are eating it up.

Will rank-and-file Dems be equally receptive?

[jospehm20]

Buttplug

[robowombat]

Is Rueben a queer?

[JonPreston]

He’s real and so is his husband.

[PeterPrinciple]

save the country by defeating Donald Trump.

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That is their running platform.

[ronnie raygun]

I’m in the market for a Democrat who can save the country, puked in my hand

[Ancient Man]

So is Richard Simmons.

[EMI_Guy]

“Will rank-and-file Dems be equally receptive?”
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Difficult to say. Bootygag is probably VERY “receptive”.

[Flintlock]

He’s a queer, a socialist/communist, and wants to confiscate YOUR guns.

What could possibly go wrong?

[Rodm]

666

[jdsteel]

He’s real, all right. He says really dumb stuff in a way that Dems eat it up; so he’s got that going for him. He’s real gay which they love. He’s a real Marxist. But he’s also real white so that is a negative.

The search for another Obama continues.

[ilgipper]

They made a douchebag like Obama into a god-like figure. They want to do it again.

[from occupied ga]

My instinctive reaction to this tripe

Since the average IQ of the Democrat rank and file voter appears to be somewhat lower than a turnip I suspect that they will support him if he manages to get the nomination. After all they are all for taking from those who earned it and giving the plunder to those who feel entitled to it (after the politicians take a significant chunk of the loot for themselves.)

[Buckeye McFrog]

Is Rueben a queer?

Just being who he has to be to maintain an audience here in Bill Peduto's San Francisco East.

[Travis McGee]

Peto Buttplug.

[Vigilanteman]

A real Sodomite?

[Buckeye McFrog]

He is Mayor of a city 1/3 the size of Toledo, Ohio.
Watching Democrats make the argument for how well-qualified he is ought to be amusing.

Unlike Obama, his GOP opponent is not going to let ridiculous claims on his qualifications go unchallenged.

[fieldmarshaldj]

BUTTGIGGITY !

[NTHockey]

And kill more babies.