2020 Democratic presidential primary

So uh what are Buttigieg's actual politics like relative to other candidates

A gay man is not being nominated in 2020.

A shame that black man in 2008 never stood a chance!

Buttigieg won't be the nominee for reasons that have nought to do with whom he tops or bottoms.

if those didn't exist, he would not be nominated.

He answered the hot dog question like the questions they give during McKinsey interviews.

The Associated Press reports:

Representatives for Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams say that rumors the former vice president planned to choose the onetime Georgia gubernatorial candidate as his 2020 running mate are “false” and that there was “no grand plan hatched.”

Biden spokesman Bill Russo tweeted Friday that the ex-vice president “has an enormous amount of respect for” Abrams, noting Biden endorsed her in the gubernatorial race. “But,” Russo tweeted, “these rumors about discussions on a pre-cooked ticket are false, plain and simple.”

Regardless of whether Biden was really giving it serious thought, or is it was just his advisors giving it serious thought, he has surrounded himself with a terrible thought team that also leaked their terrible serious thoughts to the press. Not a good sign for his campaign (which is a good thing for everyone else)

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He answered the hot dog question like the questions they give during McKinsey interviews.

Buttigieg is canvassing w Tina Belge, a young state senate candidate here. A group of girls just walked by and asked why cameras were following: “Oh, we thought it was a prom-posal video.” pic.twitter.com/Z9mEIC0WPi

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 23, 2019

what is a prom-posal video? do i want to know?

also, sorry to sound like a fanboy, but i think buttegieg threads this needle very well here:

Interesting @PeteButtigieg answer on whether Mueller findings could end the Trump presidency. Short answer: Not really! pic.twitter.com/bWehHeq1GS

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 23, 2019

this is basically what some of my friends have been saying, but less diplomatically

he's maybe being too diplomatic (i'm not convinced that most of those who pulled the level for trump had "economic anxiety" or whatever; there were 100,000s of well-off professionals who decided to vote for a racist scumbag because hating black people and latinos feels good, man) but he's a politician

most = many

xxxps to crut: no, but i was born and lived in the vicinity for my first 25 years and visit often

Buttigieg/Belge in 2020.

we're a year out but at least this is not a national primary poll.

1. buttmentum. 2. klobuchar needs to do well in IA more than most. wouldn't want to be on her team right now (or ever).

Now this'll get people talking...new Emerson poll of Iowa:

• Biden - 25%
• Sanders - 24%
• Buttigieg - 11%
• Harris - 10%
• Warren - 9%
...https://t.co/o4WHsyetvl

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) March 24, 2019

lmfao

almost too dank for human viewing pic.twitter.com/nGt3G65VlW

— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 24, 2019

lollllllllll top 3 dem candidates are white men

Iowa's a pretty white state.

lollllllllll top 3 dem candidates are white men

almost too dank for human viewing pic.twitter.com/nGt3G65VlW
— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 24, 2019

the shtick was mildly funny when you could sustain (barely) the idea that a 90something former senator was relentlessly shitposting on twitter, but they went too far and gave the same away. now it's just another set of chapo-watching smart alecs who happen to be mike gravel's grand newphews or whatever.

*game

"I also think our party should be focussing on the issues that made his presidency possible in the first place" = good to hear buttigieg is a socialist

i just listened to 2 minutes straight of julian castro talking about the implications of the mueller stuff today, and i can 100% scientifically guarantee that he will not win

i don't even disagree with what he's saying, he's just too boring

I forgot about Julian Castro. Is he still running?

Apparently Buttigieg hasn’t actually declared his candidacy so who knows who’s running

nor has Biden, let's not forget

no the gravel thing is still funny sry

I agree tbh. also:

Sen. Gravel is planning to announce his official candidacy for president on April 8, 2019. He's aiming to qualify for the debates, expose elite rule and imperialism, and then drop out. If you want to get involved, please fill out the form below:https://t.co/APhDnm6GmO

— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 25, 2019

He's aiming to qualify for the debates, expose elite rule and imperialism, and then drop out.

He can go fuck himself then.

given his advanced age, i sincerely doubt that

what's wrong with trying to get a platform and say some true shit on national TV

he's no more of a lost cause than 3/4 of the people "seriously" running tbh

Glad someone's stepping up to this cycle's gabbneb role.

If you don't want to be president, don't run for president.

exactly, that's what I think Trump did and look where we are

Whatever you think about Gravel, he is pretty obviously not a Trump analogue. His "run" is harmless and amusing (to me, anyway), and we all need amusement in these dark times. If and when it ceases to be harmless I will retract my "support".

lol expose imperialism

Gravel is 88. He may not physically make it to 2020, so don't worry about him too much.

great so everyone's gonna say he was killed by the clintons

I did not carry an assault weapon around a foreign country so I could come home and see them used to massacre my countrymen.

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 2, 2017

why *did* you carry an assault weapon around a foreign country my dude

probably helping a dude with a broken arm

also wtf does this mean

As for the ethics of soldiering: as the Afghans say, "a lamb will be hung up by its own legs, and a goat by its own."

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 2, 2017

he has kinky habits

also wtf does this mean

Everyone is responsible for his own actions.

just look at the state of this, smdh

A great day to be outside. Thank you, Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/7YdvRnMFkL

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 24, 2019