What is it about him that in your opinion disqualifies him? Be careful how you answer. He's a Rhodes scholar, regularly wipes the floor with the idiots on Fox News, is my age (I'm 42), and has some (admittedly not a lot) of executive experience. - ThreadSky

feverspell.bsky.social • 220 days ago

What is it about him that in your opinion disqualifies him? Be careful how you answer. He's a Rhodes scholar, regularly wipes the floor with the idiots on Fox News, is my age (I'm 42), and has some (admittedly not a lot) of executive experience.

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stephenthen.bsky.social•220 days ago

McKinsey?

pteridoid.bsky.social•218 days ago

I didn't know about this, so I googled it. In case anybody's curious, here's what Mayor Pete had to say about his time at Wolfram & Hart:
https://medium.com/the-moment-by-pete-for-america/my-time-at-mckinsey-466f058e9401

misterjayem.bsky.social•220 days ago

☝️

bennettelder.net•220 days ago

And honestly, we need him to stay at Secretary of transportation because he will take care of EV stuff

roosefella.bsky.social•220 days ago

he seems to like it and be good at it

roosefella.bsky.social•220 days ago

and he's a very pro transit sec. of transportation.

grim-aeonaut.bsky.social•219 days ago

I'd prefer someone who doesn't buy into the bullshit lie that Republicans are good on the economy or the deficit.

Pete is a Republican who is smart enough to realize there is no place for him in that party as it exists. We can do better.

justthisjoseph.bsky.social•212 days ago

Honestly? It is because he has a husband. There are a lot of closet homophobes that wouldn’t vote for a ticket he was on just because of that. It doesn’t matter what his policy is, how well spoken he is, or how good his performance has been. It is sad.

feverishbadger.bsky.social•220 days ago

He sure talks very well but doesn’t have a great record outside of that

wishanem.bsky.social•220 days ago

There are few additional voters who would turn out to vote because Pete Buttigieg was on the ticket. A VP who shores up a perceived weakness and helps more in a swing state is the usual tactic.

The boldest and funniest choice would be an anti-Trump Republican...

What's Mike Pence up to these days?

infinite-loopy.bsky.social•220 days ago

in what world does "choose a republican running mate" make sense? it would be neither bold nor funny.

wishanem.bsky.social•220 days ago

The last successful unity ticket was Lincoln/Johnson. It makes sense if you want to appeal to disenchanted people on the other side, or those who dislike the usual way politics go.

Who do you think would be a funny nomination? A reality TV star to counterbalance Trump?

simongwynn.bsky.social•220 days ago

Kyle Gass

feverspell.bsky.social•220 days ago

Kim Kardashian. Two giant asses.

lizajae.bsky.social•220 days ago

It is a great way to motivate assassination attempts, as normally if you killed the president you would still have one of the same party, but if the candidate is "bold" enough to pick a Republican running mate you could flip the White House. It would be a remarkably stupid choice.

lizajae.bsky.social•220 days ago

Also, how come no one EVER suggests the Republican candidate pick a Dem running mate for unity? Dems are the only ones expected to hamstring themselves for the other party. Just stupid shit.

wishanem.bsky.social•219 days ago

John McCain had publicly talked about selecting a Democrat as a running mate, but he's the most recent viable Republican who did that I am aware of.

lizajae.bsky.social•219 days ago

That is a candidate talking about the idea themselves, which is different from someone else suggesting they do it.

rainsurname.bsky.social•220 days ago

One of the Dems's biggest weaknesses is messaging, & Pete is better at running rings around conservatives & flipping the media scripts than anyone else. Every Fox appearance is a bloodbath. So is an ideal surrogate in that regard

He moved to Michigan for family reasons, you cynical bastards, lol

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