Things are beginning to get interesting folks….
And cut throat …
For Pete’s sake, what’s happening? Why are Bernie Sanders and President Trump attacking the mayor of South Bend?
Why did right-wing conspiracy activists fake that the mayor assaulted a college student? Why is his signature achievement of fixing up or tearing down 1,000 vacant and deteriorating old houses in 1,000 days portrayed as a failure because it didn’t eliminate crime, wipe out poverty and cure cancer?
Easy answer: Because South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has come out of nowhere — national political types regard South Bend as nowhere — to become a top-tier contender for the Democratic nomination for president.
OK, he’s a star in the major leagues in his rookie season. But that doesn’t mean he will win the World Series. It’s a long season in baseball. The presidential selection season is even longer.
So, why did the Sanders campaign attack Mayor Pete for likening Sanders to Trump?
Actually, Buttigieg never said that Sanders, like Trump, is a stubborn promiser of the impossible. Nothing like that. He just said both appealed in 2016 to voters wanting to blow up the establishment, though the two had radically different philosophies. While the Sanders campaign knows that’s true about many ’16 voters, the remark provided an opening to hit Buttigieg, a rival for some of the younger voters that Bernie wants to keep as his own….
I regard this campaign as more of a warmup by Buttigieg for a future campaign.
It’s interesting though that they are taking potshots at a guy who,while creating a stir,still is at single digits in polling.
And LGBTQ… activists like the Human Rights Campaign wouldn’t be happy at the established front-runners ganging up on one of the few candidates to declare publicly that he’s gay.
That’s hardly the motivation of either Sanders or Biden (weighed down also by, I think, supporting the Defense of Marriage Act, although partially redeemed by being the biggest force in getting Obama to repeal Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell); but it sure might not look that way to those whose single issue is LGBTQ… rights..
Yeah unless lightning strikes I don’t see Buttigieg at the top of the ticket. He could be a good VP pick for Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren.
I peruse the right wing Facebook pages from time to time and as you might guess, many of the commenters can’t stop themselves from tbe homophobic “jokes” about his last name.
Sanders has long supported same sex marriage. Biden traditionally did not.
It was just a few years ago that Biden introduced an audience to an old friend whom he referred to as an old “butt buddy.” Oh, that wacky Uncle Joe!
With Donald Trump as President?
Joe Biden looks like the soul of uprightness.
So would Lori Loughlin
Who is that?Is she running for President?
Aunt Becky from Full House.
Potentially headed to the Big House.
I guess james doesn’t cover enough celebrity news on here.
What has that idiot done over in Britain today?
I’m sure the “ conservative “ press is lapping it up.
That’s the one good thing Trump has done.He has made the term “ conservative values’ a late night comedy cliche.
He said he always preferred Herman’s Hermits over Manfred Mann.
Boo!
Manfred Mann for sure.
By “conservative”, Jack, are you referring to the members of the National Union of Conservative & Unionist Associations (or Tory Party) or to Americans who sympathize with Nigel Farage (Brexit Party, formerly leader of the UK Independence Party) ??
Neither.