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re: How did Pete Buttigieg go from being the mayor of a small city to running for president?

Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:25 am to
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:25 am to
Its Her Turn!
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
140509 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:26 am to
Same way a Junior Senator from Illinois did, the media. At least Obama had made a DNC speech prior so people knew who he was.
Posted by hawkeye007
Member since Feb 2010
5983 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:28 am to
did you ask yourself this same question when a reality TV host became president of the US?
Posted by MexicanTiger97
Member since May 2018
998 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:29 am to
quote:

The polls seem to favor him. Doesn't suck as much as the others.


Too much fodder here!

The polls seem to favor him. And he seems to favor the poles.

Doesn’t suck as much as the others. Wanna bet?
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
61028 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:29 am to
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How did Pete Buttigieg go from being the mayor of a small city to running for president?


He’s a mover and a shaker!
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
43876 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:31 am to
The truth?

Gay privilege.

Minority privilege is very real in the democrat party.
Posted by tommy2tone1999
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2008
7404 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:38 am to
Identity politics
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
30561 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:41 am to
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How did Pete Buttigieg go from being the mayor of a small city to running for president?



Is there some requirement that small city mayors can’t run? I’d much rather a veteran and small time mayor be elected than some DC bigwig that doesn’t understand the rest of the country.

You realize Trump never held an elected office before being elected president too right..?
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79593 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:45 am to
How did Obama go from Community Activist to being President?
Posted by TexasTiger90
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Jul 2014
3576 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:59 am to
You say this with a straight face while the host of The Apprentice, with ZERO political experience prior to mounting his campaign is the current POTUS?
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
19190 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:13 pm to
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He is a smart, ambitious guy with a great resume.


How does this dimocratix so-called “superstar” manage to get pummeled in elections for Treasurer for the state of Indiana, and head of the DNC?
Posted by LookSquirrel
Old Millville
Member since Oct 2019
7519 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:24 pm to
I believe POTUS has/had quite a bit more than the TV gig going for him. It ain't like he is Shelby Stanga, (the swamp man), or anything. Who, the last time I saw him was wearing nothing but a bobcat skin, for under wear, with the fur on the inside. Don't get me started on that.
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
27695 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:58 pm to
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You say this with a straight face while the host of The Apprentice, with ZERO political experience prior to mounting his campaign is the current POTUS?
Every one of you who tried to make this point are either stupid or being disingenuous.

Donald Trump was a household name when he decided to run. Everybody knew him. Plus he’s super rich.

You need money to run a campaign. Trump, like Bloomberg, spent his own money to get his campaign off the ground.


Pete Buttigieg, however, was a broke mayor of a random town in Indiana. Nobody knew him nationally. He didn’t have any money. He didn’t have some large campaign staff.

How in the world did the nobody mayor of South Bend, Indidna even decide to run for President and actually have the means to do it?

Where did he get the money?

I’m just really curious as to how he launched his presidential campaign and why it didn’t flame out before it started?
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
11707 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:12 pm to
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How did Pete Buttigieg go from being the mayor of a small city to running for president?


He even bypassed the community organizer role.
Posted by Palm Beach Tiger
Orlando, Florida
Member since Jan 2007
29999 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:23 pm to
Donald Trump winning the last election opened some doors for who we are going to see running for POTUS from here on out. I am as republican as it gets, but that is going to be a reality.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
52110 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:25 pm to
Same way a "community organizer" made it to POTUS.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
59061 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:26 pm to
Gay and can deliver a speech.

Like Obama but sub black w gay
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:33 pm to
His family are rich as Croesus. Family friends are billionaires.
His campaign has been supported by fifteen (15) billionaires.

Hes well spoken and good looking.

The president of Calcasieu parish could run for president if he wanted to.

Lots of nobodies run. They dont have unlimited resources though so they cant buy a project team and all that goes with it.

If he wasnt gay he'd probably win the nomination.
Today NBC endorsed Sen Amy Klobuchar as slightly first choice and Biden 2nd choice.

Moderately lib and moderately lib.

This post was edited on 2/13/20 at 1:37 pm
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