Me too, Imagine backing someone or respecting someone that is pulling in single digits with minorities ( and for good reason). 90% of the white cis gays on my Facebook feed are weeping rn
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Pete Buttigieg dropping from the presidential race [up: plans to endorse Joe Biden]
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Me too, Imagine backing someone or respecting someone that is pulling in single digits with minorities ( and for good reason). 90% of the white cis gays on my Facebook feed are weeping rn
Pete always felt like he was running just to make a name for himself and accidentally ended up with a national following. this probably hurts Bernie since he went pretty hard at him.
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Trump laying it out more clearly than PoliEra could ever.
What a world.
I'm not going to say all of the mean things that I could and normally would say about the problems with Pete, but two things I liked about him:
1: He spoke about faith while arguing to protect the separation between church and state. I get why this annoyed people - it annoyed the hell out of me - but a lot of people are still religious in the midwest. Smart play to authentically try to win that vote for the first time since Carter.
2: He's smart and well-spoken, and despite my opinion of him or yours, I think the probably made Democrats look better as a whole in debates. It's good to have a bench, and any independent or Republican who watched a debate probably views him as at least competent. Trump? I doubt it.
Plus, I think the historical piece is amazing. Six years after marriage equality and he's in 3rd heading into super tuesday? That piece of society sure has changed for the better.
1: He spoke about faith while arguing to protect the separation between church and state. I get why this annoyed people - it annoyed the hell out of me - but a lot of people are still religious in the midwest. Smart play to authentically try to win that vote for the first time since Carter.
2: He's smart and well-spoken, and despite my opinion of him or yours, I think the probably made Democrats look better as a whole in debates. It's good to have a bench, and any independent or Republican who watched a debate probably views him as at least competent. Trump? I doubt it.
Plus, I think the historical piece is amazing. Six years after marriage equality and he's in 3rd heading into super tuesday? That piece of society sure has changed for the better.
lol a rat all the way until the end
farewell Pete, see in 8 years when you tell AOC on stage that her plan to give everyone healthcare is too radical
farewell Pete, see in 8 years when you tell AOC on stage that her plan to give everyone healthcare is too radical
Pretty sure you can vote for anyone who registered, regardless of if they're still "running" or not.
We don't have to have one.
Just give the nomination to the person with the most votes.
Anything else is sure to lose us the election.
Wow, I'm surprised. I got a fundraising text just a little bit ago. (I donated very early in 2019)
A historic campaign for many reasons and he should be commended for making it this far. Obviously I thought this vision of his candidacy in early 2019 was much more appealing than the more moderate approach he took down the stretch, but still I'm glad he was in the race.
A historic campaign for many reasons and he should be commended for making it this far. Obviously I thought this vision of his candidacy in early 2019 was much more appealing than the more moderate approach he took down the stretch, but still I'm glad he was in the race.
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Or the Democratic establishment is trying to "rig" the primary and we can leave Trump out of it.
Bernie will lead by a decent amount in votes and delegates but it won't be enough. Gonna be a shitshow
So it's possible he could still siphon a not insignificant number of votes from the other moderates.
Yeah, this thread and the lack of moderation about it has definitely left me resigned to the fact a bunch of straight people have some homophobic shit they clearly still haven't worked out.
Please do keep using personal insults about the gay candidate that you would never use about any of the rest of the field and insisting it doesn't mean anything. It's a great look.
Please do keep using personal insults about the gay candidate that you would never use about any of the rest of the field and insisting it doesn't mean anything. It's a great look.
Pete's hoping to be VP... for Biden or Warren or Bloomberg. Unlikely he'd be picked for Bernie, though not completely impossible.
It's funny to think of Pete & Pence on the same stage. They look the same, like a FaceApp old filter. They're politically like dark mirror versions of each other; homophobe vs out and married gay man whose also a veteran. It's like a checkmate on Pence inherently. The Battle of the Indiana Nice Boys.
It's funny to think of Pete & Pence on the same stage. They look the same, like a FaceApp old filter. They're politically like dark mirror versions of each other; homophobe vs out and married gay man whose also a veteran. It's like a checkmate on Pence inherently. The Battle of the Indiana Nice Boys.
yeah it doesn't have to be some russian conspiracy with trump and putin pulling everyone's strings when the DNC is out there mask off
Pete certainly wasn't one of my favorites in this race. Only candidates I liked less than him were Bloomberg and Gabbard. But the amount of people calling him "rat boy" or similar here and other places just don't know the damage they are doing to their preferred candidate. Obviously, Pete's campaign resonated with a significant amount of people and they are likely extremely bummed out at this moment. With a race as close as it is and how polling and everything can shift in a second - "spiking the football" and shitting all over their favorite certainly isn't endearing them to your campaign.
I'm just going to say I really hope the next Gay candidate we have isn't as much of a fraud as he turned out to be. You don't get brownie points for me just for being gay, sorry.
honestly gay folks deserved a better candidate. If an enby showed up on stage and started to dismiss latin american coups you bet your ass i would be throwing virtual tomatoes at them
Is your point here that he looks like he is eating food when he is eating food? The list of legit criticism of Buttigieg is a mile long, you don't ever need to stoop to schoolyard bullying to oppose him.
I literally do not know a single lgbt person on or offline that has an opinion of pete anything higher then great dislike. LGBT people deserve a better candidate then some McKinsey fuck bulldozing all the black neighborhoods in his city
It's not weird at all. They both think they can still be relive the to the conversation by staying in, or choosing aneither moment to drop out.
Again, this is the system working as primaries do. It's not weird, corrupt, or strange.
I pulled so hard for Warren. I really wanted her to win this thing. Sexism is apparently still insurmountable.
Even so, I still think it would be strategically advantageous for her to drop tomorrow and endorse Sanders.
She fucking despises Biden and Sanders is closest to her on policy.
Even so, I still think it would be strategically advantageous for her to drop tomorrow and endorse Sanders.
She fucking despises Biden and Sanders is closest to her on policy.
On the other hand, Pete as VP for Bernie makes sense, too... he had the letter he wrote admiring Bernie, early in his career. Whereas Bernie is old, Pete is young. Both of them were mayors. They can both appeal to a "small town sensibility" to beat Trump in battleground states like PA.
And Pete actually makes more sense than Warren or another senator because the Democrats need those seats, and the vacancy will be filled in the meantime by a Republican governor.
The major mismatch with Pete is his willingness to court billionaires versus Bernie's clear opposition, but I feel like that could be spinned as Pete being like, he's going to be the moderator/translator between the moneyed interests and Bernie's agenda.
And Pete actually makes more sense than Warren or another senator because the Democrats need those seats, and the vacancy will be filled in the meantime by a Republican governor.
The major mismatch with Pete is his willingness to court billionaires versus Bernie's clear opposition, but I feel like that could be spinned as Pete being like, he's going to be the moderator/translator between the moneyed interests and Bernie's agenda.
Wasn't expecting Pete to go before Klobuchar and Warren, but it's clear he had no pathway to the nomination. If you can't crack 10% in the Southern primaries, you're a goner. I think Klobuchar and Warren might hang in until Super Tuesday, since their home state primaries are on, but not after that.
It's pretty obvious this is now a three way race - Sanders vs Biden vs Bloomberg.
It's pretty obvious this is now a three way race - Sanders vs Biden vs Bloomberg.
Most people going into the voting booths Tuesday will probably already know and adjust accordingly. Outside of early/absentee votes, any votes Pete gets will be insignificant.
So it's okay that polls say Bernie will beat Trump, but the same polls say Biden will too but they are wrong?
All the LGBT people that I know who like him are all West Hollywood white, privileged gay people. Also, for whatever it's worth I am not offended in the least buy any personal insults thrown at him . FOH with them being homophobic, they're not, he just sucks
I'm really bummed. Not because I like Pete but because I wanted him to help siphon votes from Biden on ST. Figures that he would choose to peace out at the worst time.
I think all 20 candidates who ran for president for the Dems other than Biden, Bernie, and Bloomberg have never hit 10% with non-white people fwiw.
Warren has somehow managed to do worse with non-white people than Pete.
Exactly, there's so much to hammer Biden with that is seen as wholly negative by both the left and right and he's establishment as they get. I'm not convinced people hate Trump for the policies but rather his personality and conduct.
While sexism is no doubt a factor, she started tanking when she unveiled her plans and started making clear politically convenient moves.
Her political instincts are woeful.
The difference was we had his run as mayor in South Bend as a huge red flag as to why. A lot of people for some reason ignored that when people tried to remind of his record as mayor ( not saying you did )