Pete Buttigieg for president

[destriero]

Mr. Bootyjudge does a lot of calculated things when he talks.

First, he almost never gets into specifics, which is good. Trump never gets into specifics and uses specifics to bash people. Remember things like healthcare his specifics was to rid of the lines around states. Never the costs, expected coverage gains etc etc.

Second, he speaks in values. He constantly refers to his Christian faith and kitchen table issues.

Third, he’s selective with his words, he uses the word “hope” repeatedly as opposed to “fight” which he almost never says.

Fourth, he punches up. Currently, Pence is his punching bag and he pulls Pence to answer his challenges. And he punches in a respectful way. Never nasty.

Fourth, he understands politics does not have to pervade every aspect of your life. He had a good take on chic-fil-a, that he disagrees with their politics but approves of their chicken.

Bootyjudge is a real contender. Don’t expect him to pull away though. We are almost certain to have a brokered Democratic convention.

He has exactly zero chance. Smart dude. Well spoken. The upside ends there.

South Bend? His dude joking about grindr? Pitchers and catchers in the WH? Thanks, butt no.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

First, he almost never gets into specifics, which is good.

He waivered from that when he flopped out his absolute, nightmarish, rube goldberg plan as to how he would modify the structure of the Supreme Court. Wow, what a;n embarassing nightmare that is.

So, there is good reason why he might not want to get into specifics given his propensity to go behind just being intelligent and start spewing cerebral diarrhea.

And of course we are in the phase of the campaign cycle where candidates can get away with just doing meet and greets and saying that they hate Trump more than the other candidates. As the cycle progresses though, that bit about "almost never gets into speecifics, which is good" as you say..........turns into LET'S HEAR SOME SPECIFICS OR GO AWAY.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Whatever. Please give me someone that I can vote for other than Trump. Don't make me do it twice.

 

[UsualName]

He waivered from that when he flopped out his absolute, nightmarish, rube goldberg plan as to how he would modify the structure of the Supreme Court. Wow, what a;n embarassing nightmare that is.

So, there is good reason why he might not want to get into specifics given his propensity to go behind just being intelligent and start spewing cerebral diarrhea.

And of course we are in the phase of the campaign cycle where candidates can get away with just doing meet and greets and saying that they hate Trump more than the other candidates. As the cycle progresses though, that bit about "almost never gets into speecifics, which is good" as you say..........turns into LET'S HEAR SOME SPECIFICS OR GO AWAY.

Yeah, right. I don’t see specifics being of any benefit to any democrat candidate considering their ultimate goal is to beat Trump. If they’re stupid, they’ll put out specifics. If they’re smart, they will make big promises very light on specifics.

Their fight is with a man that claimed he would build a wall from coast to coast that was 30 feet high and Mexico would pay for it.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

Don’t expect him to pull away though.

He has exactly zero chance. Smart dude. Well spoken. The upside ends there.

I suspect you're right. But he has conducted himself very well thus far. Who knows how far the pendulum will swing the other way in response to Trump's presidency. And who would have predicted Trump's prospects in the early days? It was a running joke.

I wouldn't bet money that Buttigieg gets the nomination. But I'd like to see him go far because he is indeed smart and well spoken, and his heart is in the right place.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Yeah, right. I don’t see specifics being of any benefit to any democrat candidate considering their ultimate goal is to beat Trump. If they’re stupid, they’ll put out specifics. If they’re smart, they will make big promises very light on specifics.

Their fight is with a man that claimed he would build a wall from coast to coast that was 30 feet high and Mexico would pay for it.

That may be their hope and strategy- ie. just lay low on the specifics and run against Trump.

Good luck getting through the primary with that approach though.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

That may be their hope and strategy- ie. just lay low on the specifics and run against Trump.

Good luck getting through the primary with that approach though.

A Trumper demanding specifics. Now that's rich.

 

[UsualName]

That may be their hope and strategy- ie. just lay low on the specifics and run against Trump.

Good luck getting through the primary with that approach though.

It will be a lot easier getting through the primary just by making broad promises that are too good to be true.

You’re hoping that democrat voters are more scrutinizing than Republican voters. Good luck with that.

Next stop is free cable tv Canada will pay for.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

It will be a lot easier getting through the primary just by making broad promises that are too good to be true.

You’re hoping that democrat voters are more scrutinizing than Republican voters. Good luck with that.

Next stop is free cable tv Canada will pay for.

Your mind is not able to handle mutlple factors.

It is a given that any successful dem nonimee will be making broad promises that are too good to be true. That is a given.

Where we disagree is that you think that that therefore will head off any viscous hand to hand combat between the candidates to distinguish themselves from the others and to nail them down and take them apart. The fact that that phase does not come until primary voting comes does not mean that it will not.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Whatever. Please give me someone that I can vote for other than Trump. Don't make me do it twice.

Which is more important to you? Retaining the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment or sending a message that you dislike Trump?

I'm beyond furious at Trump for presiding over an open border and massive illegal and legal immigration, after he promised the exact opposite. That said, I'm certainly not voting for some weirdo leftwing mayor of a small town because he has a glib delivery and sounds smart.