Mayor Pete.

Considering that Pete had no social life, I doubt they'll find anything.

Republicans have discovered that it isn't necessary to dig up dirt, they just make up lies and the Trump followers believe what ever they say. It is impossible to prove something didn't happen.

Thanks, obsessive OP. There's been a shortage of threads about this guy.

I think they'll attack his military service. Seriously. They attacked Kerry and his combat medals: his Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. If you think that Trump isn't the right messenger for that attack, the hypocrisy doesn't matter to Republicans. Consider that there was credible evidence suggesting that Bush may have been a deserter during the time Kerry was swift-boated.

Oppo research is currently being done by Dem competitors, not the GOP, so as to save on resources. The GOP oppo will come out later as the picture around the frontrunner becomes clearer.

And yes, they'll go DEEP. If there was a jerkoff buddy in his military past, they'll sure as hell find him. Question is, will he talk and for how much?

I would hope he has a past. Being a virgin until you are married in your 30s sounds grim.

R6. I hope he wasn't completely a virgin until the age of 33. I have to believe there were some connections or exploration. I have been watching many interviews and he is so well spoken and soft spoken and thoughtful. I have seen many interviews now and I am a little worried he uses the same sound bites over and over. He has been able to speak in fluffy, appeasing sound bites but that will get tested more concretely at some point. I am so jaded though and know not to get excited.

When he was 21, it was still illegal for him to have sex with a guy in Indiana. So we should be praying he didn't have sex before he turned 21, or else he was breaking the law. Not that that stopped Trump from getting elected...

r6 Doesn't sound grim to me at all. Have you [italic]seen[/italic] porn these days? Beats the real stuff, hands down.

Sometimes I wonder if the spammer OP is actually a right-winger.

Of course, and as R5 correctly states, it's being done by his opponents in the Democratic primaries, not the GOP--GOP has no reason to shit on him until he's the nominee or close to it.

No idea what they will find or if anyone will care.

[quote]he is so well spoken and soft spoken and thoughtful.

MARY!

There will almost certainly be some sleazy hookup story. Bareback fucking. Golden showers. Anonymous anal. Maybe he liked calling bottoms faggot in bed. Be prepared. It may be lurid and true. Worst of all of it involves underage guys or specific fetishes.

A reporter asked him this morning if he found the heckling offense (Sodom and Gomorrah crap) and he said when you're in politics you need to expect the good, the bad, the ugly and the peculiar. If he responds like this he should do fine.

Offensive, that is.

R8, that is incorrect, if the sex was consensual.

He's not our guy. He has no positions.

[quote]a jerkoff buddy in his military past

Pics please!

[quote]He has no positions.

Biting my tongue til it....ah fuck it.

Well he’s gotta be either top or bottom.

Trump wants to run against someone his age or older. That’s why he’s pulling for Biden and Sanders.

Go mayor Pete!

Trump can rape a baby on live TV, but if Pete has so much as a C- back in 3rd grade- it will be a dealbreaker.

yeah working for one of the worst consultancies in the world for 3-years of his adult life (McKinsey) without a hint of self-awareness about why this is problematic is just the same as a C- in 3rd grade.

"problematic...."

R21, he says he was working on supermarket pricing. That’s not much political content to that.

I think his husband Chastity has a lurid past

The right needs no facts, just scream fag and 30% will not vote for him.

R24, a friend dated him in college. Said he was super sweet and that they are still friends.

He was whipping Jesus in Iowa today! With Satan!!

Wait till they find out he likes fudge.

I feel bad for him for having worked at McKinsey. I feel bad for anyone who works at McKinsey.

R20 I think his academic record will be one thing that can't be touched. Pete is not just extremely intelligent but more academically accomplished and high-achieving than anyone else running.

[quote]He has no positions.

Um, see the site. He has positions on everything, dummy.

I think the whole "Mayor Pete" things is not going to help him if he is aiming for the presidency

Peter is a flash in the pan and will be forgotten by Independence Day.

^^^ Say the Russian trolls.

This is all I need to pick my candidate. Who polls best against Trump?

That’s a pretty biased “poll,” r35. It offers two candidates.

[quote]He was whipping Jesus in Iowa today! With Satan!!

on a Wednesday? isn't that supposed to happen on friday?

[quote]I feel bad for him for having worked at McKinsey. I feel bad for anyone who works at McKinsey.

can someone explain this for me? I'm just a dumb dumb who doesn't know what this is

You’re not alone, r38.

McKinsey is the "Goldman Sachs" of consulting companies. Business / management consulting. They hire out of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford, for the most part. It is elite academics who chose consulting rather than Inv Banking -- in part, because they fancy themselves more academic. Pete spent most of his time analyzing supermarket customer data. Likely for Yucaipa (a private equity firm that owns tons of supermarkets and a huge McKinsey client). McKinsey and its Board are populated w elite academic types who make a lot of money (not as much as Inv Bankers though).

sounds like big business, but nothing strange

Can't you read? They MAKE A LOT OF MONEY and FANCY THEMSELVES ACADEMICS!

did he make a lot of money? we just found out that bernie just did, did petey also make a million?

Not at the level he was. No. First three years in consulting is about $125K per year.

Thanks r40.

So nice to block Bernie-bro R21 and R35. Your guy will never be the nominee. Pete may not get it either, but you can write off Bernie right now. He's loathed by many people.

They are digging furiously don't you worry. He's Obama V2.0 - why do you think tweety hasn't said a word?

What makes this guy special besides been gay. Eye roll.

DLEGs will turn on him because he is not campy enough for them. Fortunately they are a small minority.

Sort of like how some blacks thought Obama wasn't black enough, but most did not care.

People have told you more than once but, what’s so special about this guy?

He’s smart. He’s well read. He’s talented. He served in the military, unlike the draft dodger in office now. He’s multilingual. He didn’t have rich parents to buy his degree for him, he actually earned it. He earned everything he got.

They give out 32 Rhodes Scholarships per year in the United States. Half are women. So he’s one of 16 men in the United States who got one his year. It’s the most exclusive and hard to get award academically. They do not give them out to rich dummies. Just having one automatically opens doors for you. People tend to take you seriously. Bill Clinton has one.

As far as people saying he has no policies, he talks nothing but policy. People just make up shit because they don’t want yet another white man, no matter what. We can’t elect people on looks or how much of a famewhore they are. Look what’s in the White House.

R50. OP here. Well said. I would add that he has a very temperate demeanor. He seems to listen. Engage. He is present when he is with others. Unless I am missing something here (and fuck knows that could be the case), he seems to be a much needed dose of sanity and decency and, for lack of a better word, manners. I'm sure he will be crucified though and forgotten in a year. Which makes me sad.

Re: McKinsey:

(1) It's a notorious sweatshop, where junior employees are expected to work 80-100 hour weeks and travel constantly, uprooting themselves to live in whatever city their client is in for months or even years at a stretch. At first that sounds glamorous--you get to live in say, Geneva or Buenos Aires for a year on the company dime, but friends who did it say it's hard to make friends and maintain relationships when you are being uprooted every six months.

(2) McKinsey, Bain (Mitt Romney) and BCG have mixed reputations. Many find them to be full of smart people who know nothing about the industry they are consulting on and offer generic advice, telling the people who just paid them $5MM things they already knew. Worse still, they offer no solutions in their first round reports--it's just "here's what we found. Here's what your problems are ... if you want to know how we would fix these problems, you need to hire us for Round Two. That's another $5 million."

(3) Chelsea Clinton's first job was at McKinsey too

(4) It's a good first job in that it's considered great experience for pretty much anything you want to do afterwards.

People seem to discount that he didn’t make a lifelong career there and instead ran for mayor. He probably had college loans to pay. He went to Harvard. Then Oxford. Even with scholarships that had to cost something. His parents are not rich.

R49 this EG has just donated to him for 6th time! I find him positively charming

And just how many come to Jesus moments do we have to listen to from mayor Pete's mouth? He is alienating many nonbelievers.

He's an antidote to the last few years of increasing insanity. I'm old enough to remember when I was able to respect politicians, even when I didn't agree with them. That feels like ancient history. It's wonderful to have someone polite and civil running for office.

He is so polished and well spoken. I have been home sick this week from work and I have watched pretty much all of his interviews. He has a rote repertoire of responses however they are intelligent and well thought out. This will sound odd, but I want one interviewer to ask him an "off" question to see how he responds to something he has not scripted. I don't know... like "would you open the Area 51 / alien files?" or "have you ever indulged in alcohol or marijuana?"

r57 in this era of "gothca' moments, he cant go too far off script at this point . One minor slip and its over(see: Dean's scream). Its actually quite unfortunate but I am sure he will loosen up with continued climb. He was able to respond "off the cuff" quite well to Notre Dame fire in FRENCH

R58. True. True. I like him so much. I am trying to brace myself for the inevitable "fuck that's over" moment. I hope not. I do. He is a breath of fresh air. It is interesting to watch the little things he hasn't "worked out" yet. For instance, he doesn't know how to hold his arms and hands in a relaxed manner when he is standing. Stupid. Petty. I know. I am so invested in his potential success that I have watched too many videos.

He answers anything he's asked. Reporters often ask the same questions, so he has to be consistent. But I've seen plenty of off-the-cuff questions.

He was very open and engaging in speaking about his first date w his husband. It was an interview w NY Times reporter Frank Bruni. It made me love him more.

[quote]populated w elite academic types

Correction: populated with graduates of elite universities. Elite academics have PhDs and tenure. Whoring oneself out to business is very common.

Why is he acting as if his first date with his husband was his first time? Even Mary Tyler Moore didn't pretend she was a virgin.

I thought that as well r63. If it was his first time "holding a man's hand" then that is worrying. He seems to imply that when he recounts it. He implies that Chasten was the first man he ever dated. Hmmm

r64 someone in this thread or another one stated they knew someone who date him in college and they remain friends, so call off the dogs on this one.

[quote] "gothca' moments

Can we make this a thing?

If he dated in college why is he acting as if his husband was the first? When he talked about coming out on Rachel at 33 was he saying that was the age he became open to the world or the age he first had sex?

Provided generic consulting services.

Analyzed customer supermarket data.

Seven years experience as mayor of a small city -- population 100,000.

Yes, he's qualified to be President of the United States.

He didn't say it's the first time he had sex, just the first time he truly dated with a long-term relationship in mind. He keeps mentioning that he's never been in love before that but said nothing else.

R67 for me personally , I had homosex at 15(regularly with a fellow closet case) in 1973 but don't consider myself as having COME Out until 22 yrs old or so.

So his version of out was when he let the world know?

His version of out is when he let people in his life know. Apparently he came out to friends in his late 20s, and to his parents and publicly in his early 30s.

Was he sucking dick at 12 like the rest of us then?

Done care r73, I want him to lead the country not give sex tips.

R65. That reference you mention was to Chasten. Not Pete. I'm pretty sure.

Well, he seems to be the definition a good boy citizen. Lots of nervous gay boys took that path back in the day. A picture of him having a cum facial might actually help his reputation.

The big question is cut or uncut? His father was from Malta. He might have a stank sleeve.

I used to ask my mother if we could go out for a Manila Malta.. I was just a goofy nerd kid

R12 calling it now he’ll be connected to some gay porn star or Instagram model. Porn guys are celebrities and on par in the gay community . Plus precedence has been set with Stormy Daniels. Prepare for some popular website model to go mainstream

R79. You might be correct. Actually, though, I think he was just feverishly masturbating with thoughts of buff men all these years. I might be wrong.

Is it just me, or is Mayor Pete's rising popularity coming at Beto's expense?

Who is Beto?

Yup, r81. And now he's sort of being blamed for Cory Booker's decline.

Do you think Pete has hear about Aaron Schock sucking massive dick at Coachella as we speak ?

^ heard

Is Mayor Pete a size queen?

I think he's more into cuddling.

R65, I agree that I think that person was talking about dating Chasten. If that’s any pictures out there, they are Chasten pictures.

The thing is, there are some qualifications you want, and some that you have to have. Is Cory Booker going to be the nominee? No. We already know that. He’s actually held several offices and there no reason to say he’s technically under qualified. But will he win? No.

Beto is pretty light on qualifications too. Will he win the nomination? Probably not, but he could be picked as VP, if the nominee thinks Texas will help them. Being from a certain state or region is a qualification, even if you’re just a doorstop. That’s why JFK picked LBJ, even though he hated him. He was from one end of the country, LBJ was from the other.

If you look at it from the regional point of view alone, Kamala/Pete makes sense. Kamala might be able to get the coasts, but if she doesn’t put a midwestern white guy on the ticket, that could be a mistake. Hillary lost that region.

If Pete somehow gets the nom, a black woman on the bottom half of the ticket would be good, but maybe not Kamala because that would alienate black voters, ironically. “How dare that white man be on the top of the ticket over our queen” type thinking. Somebody who’s less haughty and more down to earth. Pete is too modest to have such a snobby woman, the chemistry isn’t right. She doesn’t fit his message of humility.

But the things you *have* to have to be on the top of the ticket are, the ability to keep your foot out of your mouth, the ability to seem authentic to the voters, the ability to be disciplined and stay on message. The ability to frame your message in a few short, simple words that are understandable to all. The ability to seem likable. Having a nice family that aren’t crazy helps but isn’t a dealbreaker. But a crazy family can fuck you up too. Above all, the ability to speak off the cuff and rebut bad stories quickly. Bill Clinton had that.

Look at the Bill Clinton campaign for a good model of how to run a campaign. Simple message: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Quick response team fighting back against bimbo eruptions. Wife that fought like a dog and helped run the campaign. She didn’t just lie there like a dead fish. Likable, common man candidate. Liked Mcdonalds and doughnuts. Smart as a whip, and a smooth talker. Clinton talked about his religious beliefs a bit too, people knew about them.

Okay, who is that this year?

r88 Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete

Middle Americans and the Westboro Baptist Church will protest.

I think that guy could have been Biden twenty years ago, except he absolutely cannot keep his foot out of his mouth. That’s in the top three of qualifications. Maybe number one. We can’t sit there for two years holding our breath waiting for the other shoe to drop, knowing it will. If somebody can’t shut up, they definitely can’t shut up for two years with a camera on them every minute of the night and day. That’s why Biden’s not President now. Has he changed? No.

Pete’s going to get a lot of homophobic attacks. So far he’s handling it ok. Obama was good at handling hecklers, and he got a lot of them. He handled them so well, people respected his graciousness. He made the assholes look bad.

Pete is gracious too, but there comes a time when you need a snappy, but not mean comeback. Can he do it? I don’t know. He does say he’s used to it and I bet he is, judging from the nasty comments in the Indiana newspapers.

Trump had no experience and Pres Obama was considered light on being qualified, experience really mattered to me in the past on who I supported but no one was more qualified than Hillary but that didn't help her when the nation chose a fool with zero experience. I will take someone who has to learn on the job over a second term for Trump. Experience really doesn't matter anymore. Intelligence, good decision making, and sanity matter to me now.

The main thing is get someone who CAN learn on the job. Trump hasn’t learned a damn thing this whole time. If he was smart, he’d have learned a lot by now and might be ok. But he’s an idiot, and will never get better.

The other thing that’s really important, as we have all learned, is to get someone who understands the cabinet has to be the best of the best, the most highly trained and technical, the bureaucrats that know the minutiae of governance.

Mayor Pete might actually have an advantage some others don’t: that he’s run a city, and has filled tons of job openings and run an organization. Considering the new President is going to have to find all the people that were fired from the Obama and other previous Democratic administrations, and hire them back to clean up the mess, that could be an advantage.

R52, you just described every consulting firm on the planet. They all have sweatshop work hours and make you live out of a suitcase.

R50. For the millionth time just stop. He is special to you it does not mean he is special to someone else. I still believe his so called achievements is exaggerated. Every supporter think their candidate is the best since slice bread but it does not make it true. So stop.

[quote]He is special to you it does not mean he is special to someone else.

fuck off, cunt. it IS special. just because you're blind, ignorant or just fool doesn't mean it isn't so. people like you make american politics a circus, "i've got an opinion and so THERE!"

R96 I agree. I feel the same way. In fact I am going off the DL until after the election. Now that Pete threw his name in the hat the DL is going to quickly turn into a "Promote Mayor Pete" site. Every other thread will be about Mayor Pete. We already see an obsession with him forming.

I was being sarcastic when I posted R68. Those, like myself, who don't think he's a strong candidate (many here only support him because he's gay) are going to get F&F and Blocked so I figure I might as well leave now. They are going to post constant threads and use the DL to endlessly promote him. Going forward that's all we'll see here is Mayor Pete threads. They'll F&F / Block anyone who dares disagree about Mayor Pete and dares not to support his candidacy so, I'm outta here. It was nice. For the past ten years.

Of course they are. I noticed 2 or 3 threads pop up here the other day the exact time that Pete's interview on MSNBC was starting. Then lots of agreement that "he's done" BS. It was obviously orchestrated either by Repugs or Friends of Repugs AKA Russians. One of them was a fake "i'v had him" troll. Of course no pics or facts just negative lies Trump style.

Most Repugs are pretty confident no white gay man with an ugly husband is going to get elected president, so there is no need to dig up any dirt.

What nickname will Trump come up for him?

[quote]The big question is cut or uncut? He might have a stank sleeve.

Now we’re getting down to brass tacks. This is important in a candidate. I cannot see myself in good conscience voting for someone with a stank sleeve. It can’t happen.

R100, you deserve trump then, cunt

Throughout Pete Buttigieg's candidacy, and particularly over the next year, no doubt the DL is going to go through some major changes and for one become divided by those who want him as their next president versus those who don't. Gay/LGBT and Anti-Trump united us here for years. Except for a small percentage of DLers the DL is anti-Trump. Now we're going to be be divided by Pete Buttigieg's candidacy; those who support him VS those who don't think he's ready to be POTUS.

Dems divided. Dems against each other. Hating on our own. We'll be an online community of Dems against each other. It's already happening. You can already see the hatred, anger and rage from DLers who fully support PB towards those who aren't convinced he'd be the right person for our next president and aren't convinced he's currently a strong enough candidate. No respect for others' opinions. Those who support PB are viciously attacking those who don't; Dems against Dems. Gays against gays. United we stand, divided we fall....

Pete is getting the attention he is because he’s doing well right now. When Biden announces, some of the field will consolidate and people’s choices will firm up.

If the front runner ends up being Kamala or Beto, people will consolidate around that person. It’s a very broad field right now and several of these people that everyone thought were going to do well aren’t. Several of the women are just not catching on and eventually they’ll run out of money. People will go to their second choice.

Right now Pete’s getting money, so is Bernie and Kamala and Beto. But I bet most of the others aren’t, so that’s probably your real field right here. I’ve even heard Biden is not getting money from anybody but large corporate donors. If that’s true, he isn’t going anywhere.

Wait another three months.

It's more that McKinsey has a reputation for having an insanely stressful, cutthroat work environment (think spreadsheets all day every day, followed by work trips almost weekly holed up in motels in anonymous small midwestern towns).The job can be taxing. Turnover is very high, which I think is definitely due to the fact that a lot of young hires out of these elite schools look at it as a resume builder for B-school applications. Most do want to be i-bankers, but, even coming from elite schools, the majority can't get those jobs right away. So McKinsey, while impressive, is also a concession for requisite experience in the corporate world.

Maybe, its my background in PR, but is anyone else suspicious of all this attention Pete is receiving from the media? What special interests are behind him?

And, yeah, he is way too perfect.

McKinsey sucks for more reasons than being a sweatshop. They advise terrible governments all over the globe. They advise clients on how best to fire thousands of employees.

This is who Mayor Pete decided to go work for when he entered the private sector. No thanks. Bad judgment.

From NY Times:

McKinsey’s clients include sovereign wealth funds worth more than a trillion dollars, as well as what one marketing brochure describes as “defense ministries, military forces, police forces and justice ministries in 15 countries,” where the company consults on such matters as the maintenance and support of “armored personnel carriers; minesweepers, destroyers and submarines; and fast jets and transport aircraft.”

McKinsey “is a hidden, unaccountable power that has a prestigious face,” said Janine R. Wedel, a professor at George Mason University who has written extensively on what she calls “the shadow elite.” She added, “Think of them as a repository of the most intimate information that governments and others have, from what they are investing in to who wields influence.”

No, r107. He caught people's attention on a CNN town hall. People started getting interested and he immediately got a bump in the polls. According to Nate Silver, the media interest lagged behind the organic interest. Obviously, he makes himself available to be interviewed everywhere. He's interesting so they keep booking him. Not that hard to figure out.

[quote]Maybe, its my background in PR, but is anyone else suspicious of all this attention Pete is receiving from the media? What special interests are behind him?

the media have given him time because he's answered their requests, more established candidates haven't had the interest or time to go to TMZ for an interview. He's young, and like him his audience like diverse media in order to be informed.

He's on Seth Meyers tonight.

Clinton did the same thing. Nobody ever heard of some guy from Arkansas, so he went on Arsenio Hall’s show and other venues Presidential candidates didn’t go to back then. Once people saw his personality, they liked him and he got more coverage. People liked the idea of a young cool President after Mr Stuffy Stick Up His Ass Bush.

I think Pete’s getting some of that sentiment. Pete vs The Fat Orange Cheeto. They’re totally opposite.

Yup, and Clinton is also a left-handed Rhodes Scholar.

I was over at the ever lovely DL paper of record The Daily M(F)ail and the Trump supporters were leaving comments saying Pete doesn't have a chance. They were the same people mocking Dems and other Repubs who kept saying Trump didn't have a chance. I don't know why they refuse to see the momentum building for this guy just as it did for Trump in 2016.

Don't worry about it, r114. It's good that they don't see him as a threat (but I suspect they're lying). He'll be in stealth mode.

Sneaky

Is he a top or bottom? I can't tell.

It'll be Swift Boat 2.0. Mark my words.

It's the Karl Rove playbook - attack your enemy's strengths.

R118. I am worried about that also. However, Pete doesn't seem to be claiming medals/awards/acclaim from what he has described as pretty humble service. He calls his job in Afghanistan, basically, "uber"/ driving around people outside "the line".

Sizemeat verficatia?

What R119 said

Half nerd. Half hot military dude...

Mayor Pete gets a little too emotional in this early draft of the Victory Fund speech, makes his feelings about Mike Pence very clear.

Jesus, his taste in clothes is wretched.

R123. Wow. Thank you. Ok, so I have been stuck in the hospital for six days with acute bronchitis and I have been binging on all of Pete's interviews and speeches. He has floored me and I like him a lot. A whole lot. THIS, however, was the first time I saw a little "off". A little disingenuous. A little too polished. I have pretty much memorized his speeches and his turns of phrase by now. This was a regurgitation of every speech he has given thus far. I so want him to be real, viable, and "as advertised". For the first time, he didn't seem his normal humble self in that speech. I dunno. Different from before. (And yeah, please just get a basic black Brooks Brothers tuxedo).

R124, wanna be his wardrobe analyst?

R125, I like it. It’s very good oratory style.

R125, yes, I have watched also every one of Petes' speeches to. And he pretty much sticks to the same speech. But then I have to remember that he is introducing himself over and over to new audiences. There are many people who hasn't heard him yet. He needs to give his same speech to them. I trust he will switch it up at some point.

[quote]I have watched also every one of Petes' speeches to.

To who? You left that part out.

[quote]Petes’

Oh, dear!

[quote]There are many people who hasn't heard him yet.

Oh, DEAR!

Great letter!

R128 exactly..otherwise it would be "well ,over here you said this... and now over here you are saying this.. what gives"?

It can be frustrating if you are a fan so I am stepping back for awhile. I continue to donate and can always change my mind later. He just has that ability to communicate and articulate so well that it is mesmerizing

[quote] Is he a top or bottom? I can't tell.

judging by the looks of his husband Pete is definitely a top.

Chasten seems like a bottom

I can't see Pete doing anal. Must be more mutual masturbation and some oral. He seems like it would skeeve him out.

Just because you can't see doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Petey joins picketers!!

R134, I see him into kinky bdsm

Still waters run deep. He could be a pig bottom.

I love people who think they can predict who's the pitcher and who's the catcher.

Any practicing homosexual knows that expectations don't always match reality.

He’s got to be into spanking, I just know it

[quote]Any practicing homosexual

Oh, I don’t have to practice it, I’m pretty good at it.

I'm sure Chasten calls him Mr. President during sex. That's probably how this all got started.

I thought that too 142

Probably depends on the position

it probably depends on the voter

Doing the math, Pete came out in late 2014. Started dating Chasten in 2015. Did Pete have any other dates? I wonder if he jumped too quickly in w Chasten after coming out?

I'm sure he had other dates but probably liked Chasten the best. I think he wanted someone who wasn't too ambitious and could just be a supportive partner (and later spouse).

dog daddy

Do you think he and Chasten had premarital sex?

Well, they lived together for over 2 years before they got married. No, definitely saved themselves.

Have they ever seen each other's pee pees?

every friday night, but with the lights off

r102 His father is a Maltese immigrant, so his father is likely uncut. This makes Pete likely to be uncut.

CBS Sunday Morning did him. This means he's starting to be taken as a serious contender for the presidency by those who previously might have thought otherwise.

Cutie.

Geek boy

Nate Silver: Bernie campaign's shading of Pete advances "an extremely weird narrative"

Nate Silver has been a low-key Pete fangirl for sometime . I like it.

And he's absolutely right about Bernie's (or his surrogates') intentional misrepresentation of Pete's words.

I agree

I didn't find Pete very attractive at first, but after listening to him and watching his interviews I now find him kinda sexy.

Same 160. He grows on you. His tranquil calm demeanor and intelligence are attractive as hell.

He sounds magisterial

You in danger, gurl

He’s tough

does he wear a thong the beach?

I wonder if he rims on the first date?

If I'm doing the math correctly, he was only out and single (pre Chasten) for about five months. Doesn't seem like a long time to play the field, date, enjoy being out before getting engaged. His marriage seems solid. I just hope he didn't jump in too quick w Chasten (who came out at 18).

me too, they seem super sweet together

Pete’s website answering policy questions is up now.

Tap on the topic, then tap on the individual question and it sends you to a video where he discusses that topic.

[quote]Pete’s website answering policy questions is up now.

It's been up for two months.

The only dirt they could only find on him possibly would be through extended relatives. He had no social life and did everything that was expected of him. I wouldn't be surprised if Chasten is his first relationship.

Does he work out? I noticed that he seemed to have a nice body on last night's CNN event, especially around his thighs and ass.

R171 The "dirt" I'm concerned with is why he decided to demote the first black police chief because white police officers were recorded saying racist things. I also worry that Pete did nothing to improve the lives of black and brown people in South Bend while Mayor.

R172, he jogs.

R173, they’re covering this on CNN today.

Here’s what happened: the Police chief was bugging some white officers and found out that they were using racial slurs against him. This was illegal because in their state you cannot bug people without telling them. I don’t know how the FBI found out, but they did, and they came and told Pete the police chief was illegally bugging these cops. Then, according to local law, no one was allowed to listen to the tapes because they were obtained illegally. They weren’t allowable as evidence either because they were illegal.

Pete fired the police chief. He couldn’t do anything to the white cops because for legal reasons he could not even listen to the tapes. So the white cops stayed on and the police chief was fired.

So now the black community thinks Pete is an evil white supremacist who hates all blacks. To make matters worse, he replaced the black police chief with a white police chief. Meanwhile, the police chief sues to release the tapes, which Pete cannot do because they’re illegal. Everybody sues everybody else. The white cops sued or countersued too, because there’s no evidence they did anything and they claim they didn’t.

Meanwhile, the judge in charge of this case had got a request from the white cops’ attorney to dismiss the case (standard procedure). The judge says no, let it go forward, but no date is set. On May 1 he is having a private conference with the attorneys. My guess is he’s going to try to settle it out of court.

This is how the black community is taking this: Pete is an evil card carrying black hating KKK member. Of course he can release a tape it’s illegal for him to release. He’s evil because he doesn’t want to be charged with releasing it although it’s a crime to release it. He should just do whatever they want and not care what happens to himself. The only one that can release the tapes legally is the judge and he hasn’t even considered it yet. But according to them, a mayor can make a judge do whatever the public wants right away.

Meanwhile, the black police chief was re-hired after much protest into a demoted position.

That’s a sticky wicket

I think what it really tells you is the very poor black community in S.B. are hicks and they have no understanding of standard legal procedure and don’t want to know either. And that people who live outside the community are jumping all over it and don’t understand what going on either, or don’t care, they just want to smear Pete and here’s their chance.

The ideal solution would be for the judge to settle it but he’s in no hurry. Sounded like he was delaying on purpose to smear Pete, because after the CNN Town Hall, people were asking about it and miraculously, it started moving again.

It’s really obvious that the judge is in the driver’s seat, this is not the mayor’s office. So people that are blaming Pete are either ignorant, fans of other candidates fervently looking for any dirt they can find, or Trumpers.

Did warren trump him?

Is Mayor Pete fit? Hard to tell under all those frumpy sweaters. Did anyone see him nude during his Navy days?

he never wears anything but a white shirt, and yes, he's fit

He wears pullovers. It must still be cold there. He and Chasten dress like it’s still winter.

Do you have a webcam? I only see his campaign speeches and then he’s only wearing a white shirt and tie

For you, R182.

and for you

With the same clothes all the time and the high level of intelligence), is he a little "spectrum-y"?

I wonder where Chasten and he went in their honeymoon?

Maybe the big smoke of Indianapolis!

maybe not

Wishing him all the best in these upcoming trying times.

Anyone who believes that the same shitheads who elected Trump in 2016 will elect an openly gay man in 2020 are delusional. Period.

A minority of the US voted or him, so what is the big deal?

I’m more worried that R184 thinks that’s a white shirt.

Looks white enough for me

In r184?!

That’s a powder blue shirt.

Power top

his hubbie is adorable

R195 You think Chasten is the bottom? Or are they Vers? I'd wager Chasten is circumcised. 50/50 for Pete being cut given European dad.

They're American, probably both circumcised. Chasten seems like a bottom, but they're probably vers.

R198 Pete's dad is a European born man, so likely he was uncut--hard to say if he let his son remain intact. I'm sure Indiana Medicaid pays for routine circumcision, so Chasten was likely clipped.

I'd vote VERS for both too with Pete being Top/Vers.

Do they both have hairy chests?

I assume Pete has a hairy chest if this photo is anything to go by.

R200 Only Chasten's chest seems visible. Looks like Pete's got hairy legs but smooth arms? Shaved?

Are Maltese men typically hairy?

Would it hurt Pete's chances if it became known that he was the bottom?

He's not so it's not a problem, R203.

The whole Mayor Pete is a great gimmick ... it makes him seem like he's from a folksy Americana place that most Americans have a warm feeling about

He could have stepped right out of Murder She Wrote or Steel Magnolias

Who?

[quote]He could have stepped right out of Murder She Wrote

Hopefully he would’ve made it out alive. I see that Jessica bitch near my house and I’m moving!

Pete in uniform?