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This is a man I could get behind now to start his campaign for the presidency. (literally and figuratively)
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE for Mayor Pete to become PRESIDENT of the USA! I also know the reality that unless many see his balanced demeanor and understand "planning for the future", for a better future than what we now have, many will blithely dismiss him as somebody who goes against religious teachings for his "gayness". Plain and simple. As most of the rest of the world would totally embrace him for his mind rather than his choice of bed partner.
ReplyDeleteAMERICA needs to lead! Not to be the first to get to Fascism, but to a better total world. Which Mayor Pete could lead us into! A world which makes PROGRESS rather than RECESSING itno economic mediocrity and some "dreams" of how things might have been, which were totally bad for some segments of society, as "the rich" were in their own little gilded world.
Ultimately, "the gays" would be demonized, quietly, by the Rs just as Obama was demonized by those who were more racist in orientation. BUT it does not matter which Democrat might win, the Rs will always demonize that person, for whatever reason. NOT admitting how really bad many Rs really are in the process!
Rs have not fixed anything! Just create "emergencies" which only THEY can fix, as they know how they started them. Unfortunately, they have seemed to forget how easy that ought to be! A "big, beautiful healthcare bill to replace the ACA? Where is it, after how many years?
Rs will never admit anybody but them is ever "right" about anything! How many promises to "not touch Medicaid and Medicare" have been made? Yet the BBBill does otherwise! Oh, T told them not to do that and they did not obey? YEt HE is still "in charge"?
Pete Buttigieg for President? Not in 2028, not in the near future. Discussing this issue with Mark @voenixrising the other day, we both came to the same conclusion that if this country, at this time when the Repugs are very much in control of everything, couldn't elect two ably more qualified women than their candidate, we certainly won't be electing a gay man to the Presidency anytime soon. When Pete is presented with that possibility, I think he will also tell us that this is not the right time. He knows. If we choose a strong candidate for the nomination in 2028, and if we still are allowed to vote in a free election, he may be ably qualified to take on the mantle of the Vice President, but that still presents the problem with ascendancy in the event of the death of our candidate. Mayor Pete will find a way to serve us in some other supportive capacity and he will be a political force in the future.
ReplyDeleteIt breaks my heart to say this, but even though the man is a brilliant pragmatist; educated, moral, ethical, level-headed, a calming persona, none of that will matter to a Repugs electorate. They will demonize the one talking point which holds no validity-he is gay, therefore has anal sex with another man, is a pedophile with small children, and everything else they believe that has been force-fed to them for many years. Those old, antiquated beliefs of what it is to be gay will die hard. The GOP have always had a hang-up concerning sex, the puritans, christians, evangelicals within the party beat their breasts and proclaim loudly the religious virtues of sex and procreation of the family unit, but disregard that many, many of the people caught in the net of sexual vice are of their own. The fact that many straight couples have anal sex for sexual fulfillment and a means of birth control and straight men are starting to explore gay sex as an alternative will never be discussed or acknowledged. If I were publishing a new dictionary, I would definitely define the word hypocrite and illustrate it with a picture of a red, white and gray elephant with tRUMP's smirking face protruding from its asshole.
Pete, we love ya man, we know you'll do us proud. Keep fighting!
(When the ICE agents run out of immigrants to harass and imprison, and start the purge of the unfaithful Americans who do not support their leader, here I am, one of the resistance.)