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Oh, honeyā¦
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My feeling was this was him laying the groundwork in case of a Pence run for president in 2020. Because if thereās a weaselly, pandering, disingenuous chance of Pence running, the weasel will run.
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I donāt want to go any further, but hahahaha
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The nice (?) thing is that, if so, that will come out early in the primary campaign. Weāll know well before making a final choice whether Buttigieg has an issue with black voters. And vice versa.
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I know I do!
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Not sure how it would relate to the national stage but Mayor Pete was re-elected with 80 percent of the vote. South Bend is 46 percent minority.
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Really good point. Heās number #2 for now. After two terms of ___________(fill in the blank, preferably a woman), he can take his shot.
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You are like cadet bone spurs: here is my black
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Heād be good with any of the women running. Except Tulsi Gabbard who is anathema.
I donāt have a problem with his taking on the religious right at all - I hope itās effective.
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Whatās not to love! 
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Washington, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Minnesota will no longer caucus and will instead hold primaries for 2020. This change is likely to have a big impact on voting.
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I donāt want to say itās just you, but, you know, it may be just you.
Which isnāt to say your feelings arenāt valid. Sometimes, though, we bring things to the table that maybe lose sight of the big picture. He may give off an exclusionary āvibeā to you, but Mike Pence instituted exclusionary policies that directly attacked Buttigiegās legal and social rights. If religion keeps being brought up as an issue with him, itās in large part because the words and actions of Governor Mike Pence made damn sure it was.
And none of that is ancient history or irrelevant for a gay man living in Indiana.
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No. I have nothing against POC either. In that case I actually have something FOR them, as some have greatly assisted me. Now, homosexual people may have also helped me, but as it is difficult to identify them, I really wouldnāt know.
Oh, we all could tell storiesā¦
Starting with, I dunno, hows about Roger Stone?
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That you donāt know is on you.
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Thanks for the link. I donāt get what makes people gaga about himāeven when I agree with him that, for instance, the Green New Deal is a loose set of benchmarks, not a plan, and offering a buy-in to some kind of public healthcare rather than abolishing private health insurance altogether is necessary, at least in the interim. I disagree with him vehemently that the party abandoned the midwest. Remember the auto bailout? Buttigieg apparently has. And remember HRCās green economy focused on midwestern, manufacturing states? Buttigieg apparently has. What strikes me most when I listen to him is his preening self-regard. He may say it in a calm voice, but it is still breathtakingly arrogant to refer to oneās own candidacy as, āThis is what America needs.ā Iām not buying what heās selling.
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I donāt have a credit-debit sheet on him but my impression, at least from what Iāve heard, is that a lot of these supposed skeletons are out-of-context things from more nuanced arguments, the decontextualizing having been done by people who do not have his best interests at heart. I know, crazy, right? Like when has that ever happened? Some of these candidates are well-known quantities and others we barely know, but I think if you go looking for similarities to Trump in Buttigieg you have your work cut out for you.
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Well, arenāt you special??
In recent polling, 68% of voters said theyād vote for a gay candidate.
Itās time for you to sit all the way down and hush up.
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Whereas a black President was a concept whose time had obviously come in 2008.
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