Please donate to Pete Buttigieg for his stellar debate performance and keep him in the race

Team Warren!

i meant swing state*

I just donated.

Would that buy him some original ideas? In that case, I may consider it.

I'll donate to his going away party March 5.

He needs to shave.

I've donated -And I'm seeing him on Monday night at a local rally.

We need a president for the next 50 years, not the last 50. Pete is the only candidate who is not an outdated product of the past.

He is the only candidate who appeals to unity. The others are all mired in the same old gridlock and hate that gave us Donald Trump.

His ideas and policies are not only the most workable, his implementation plans are the only ones that include specific strategies to make them happen, instead of trying to ram them down the throats of legislators who will never go along with a Bernie or Warren or Biden initiative.

He is arguably the only one who can bring along a coalition of senators and House members to move Congress into a more cooperative era.

For more specifics, go to Pete4America.com.

Pete will come in 5th tomorrow. He's done next week.

Give him money if you want but it won't change things

R10, that's not very kind or on-topic of you to share an image of what your average Bernie troll's life and career look like.

He’s kind of condescendingly conservative for my taste.

Pete has his moments, but that was not a stellar debate performance.

Sorry.

I’ll donate!

Pete probably won't get the nomination outright, but I think he'd be a perfect VP for Elizabeth Warren.

She's progressive enough to partially pacify the Sandernistas, without his pro-Castro baggage in Florida. She also knows the limits of what she could achieve without Congress & the Senate on board... but will still scold Wall Street as necessary.

Pete adds a touch of tasteful diversity, while still being reassuringly male & centrist. Being VP would be kind of like an internship for him.

Biden needs to retire. He's like Reagan during Reagan's second term... he'd never last two terms. I'm sure Liz & Pete will regularly have him over for dinner & will respect him as the elder statesmen he is... but Trump would *destroy* him mentally & physically.

The only people I know who are enthused about Bloomberg are journalists & pundits. I know of *nobody* who's "Burning for Bloomberg".

Elizabeth Warren is 4th in delegates, Pete is in second. Pete is also generally polling better than her. Why do you think she'll be top of the ticket again, R15?

All very nice r15. I like Warren too. But she would never pick Pete!?!

Besides Bernie is going to win. Everywhere.

[quote]Elizabeth Warren is 4th in delegates, Pete is in second.

This is true after three states.

[quote]Pete is also generally polling better than her. Why do you think she'll be top of the ticket again,

But this is false and pretty easy to look up. She's polling better than he is right now.

This is a perfect example of why primaries should use Condorcet rules.

Under Condorcet rules, Bernie might be more people's first choice (but fewer than 50%), but almost nobody's second choice (due to his pro-Castro baggage that will utterly destroy him in Florida). Liz might be few people's first choice, but almost everyone's second or third choice.

Pete has lots of support, but has a serious "black ceiling" problem that's ultimately going to keep him from getting the nomination for president... but he's a genuinely nice, likeable guy who'll mostly be an asset as VP. And he's young enough to have plenty of time to be President after 8 years of being VP.

Bernie won't be allowed to win by the DNC. He'll cause Democrats in Florida to lose, and ultimately lose to Trump.

There's actually a lawsuit in progress to get Bernie removed from the ballot in Florida since he's technically not a registered Democrat... and Sunday's gaffe has suddenly made support for that lawsuit a mainstream Democratic cause here, as every elected Democrat in Miami scrambles to distance themselves from him for their own safety.

[quote] Bernie won't be allowed to win by the DNC.

No matter how often someone says this here, the DNC has no power to block Bernie from winning the nomination and no plans to try. I doubt the leadership there wants to see Bernie as the nominee, but he’ll get the same shot as everyone else and if he captures the most delegates, guess what? If anything, the DNC is bending over backward to support Bernie’s campaign, to avoid the bullshit that happened in2016.

It's not a question of the most delegates, but of having a majority of delegates. Sanders is unlikely to have those, which means a brokered convention. He'll have to hope that Liz Warren gets enough to put him over. She's gone light on Bernie and I think it's because she's angling for his VP spot.

However if he can't get Warren's delegates or enough of them, then the combination of Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Steyer votes will got to a moderate candidate--probably Biden, but possibly someone else--including someone who isn't running.

Sanders would be toxic in the general election--not only would he lose, he'd take down other Democrats with him. He's bad news.

let's go!!

No. He’s done.

When he barked at Bernie like that, I just wanted to smack him. Respect your elders, Pete!

Iowa isn’t a swing state anymore.

The DNC basically has no choice but to nominate Sanders. His supporters would riot. On the other hand, I don’t believe Sanders will beat Trump.

I like Pete and he has a shot at becoming POTUS one day, but he won’t get the nomination this time. He’ll be out after Super Tuesday.

I don't think he was good last night. On the wane. He was sputtery and boring and had sweat on his upper lip. Same old drone like he was demonstrating a blue-light special at Kmart.

I think he has peaked, people. Sorry you wasted your money.

A gay man made it to Super Tuesday has won delegates, honorably ran his campaign and you think that is waste?

Pete’s candidacy did more to advance gay rights than Bernie has done in 30 years as a Senator.

Pete co-opted the Hope, Change, Vision-thang from Obama too late in the race. But he didn't have the testosterone to push it.

I'm getting so tired of all of them: Steyer's frantic head-bobbing; Bernie's flailing fingers; Warren's campy mock sincerity; Amy's trembly self-righteousness; Joe's sputtery search for words.

Bloomberg is a fresh new face but he needs to flatten Warren. Say he's done more in a year than she's done in her whole Town & Country life.

I donated $10 this morning. He was great last night the only unfortunate thing is that Biden is being declared the “winner” essentially ... Not that I think Biden did terribly but the bar is so low with him getting exaggerated praise.

Pete was much more of an effective counter puncher against Bernie.

Thanks OP. I just donated. Keep the momentum going! This guy is the real deal.

I donated twice already to Mayor Buttigieg's campaign. However, I think he should consider running for the Senate to represent the State of Indiana and flip the Senate.

Okay, OP—you’ve convinced me to donate to Pete for the first time.

Keep fighting!

I donated to Pete when he first got in the race, but I am not wasting another dime for any these people to fight it out with other Democrats. Trump will have around a billion dollars to spend come the general election, they reported yesterday that the Democratic Party has a reserve of $10 million.

Once the Democrats have a nominee I will donate to the Presidential candidate and or Democratic Senate and congressional campaigns.

But Bernie won’t accept money from Bloomberg. Proof right there that Bernie is too much of an ideologue to get anything accomplished.

The Warren supporters are kidding themselves if they think she has a shot.

[quote] However, I think he should consider running for the Senate to represent the State of Indiana and flip the Senate.

I live in Indiana and Indiana, the state that brought you Mike Pence, isn't going to elect any gay man to the Senate, anyway there isn't an open Senate seat to run for this year in Indiana, the soonest would be in 2022. While the South Bend congressional district use to elect Democrats, the Republican legislature gerrymandered enough Democrats out of the district that electing any Democrat in this district is next to impossible.

For Pete to have any chance of being in the Senate or House he would have to move to another state, and then he would be labeled a carpetbagger.

Warren is a cardiac event away from having the progressive wing of the party to herself. Stay in as long as you can, Liz. Bernie could go at any time.

Pete has no path to the nomination, and his continued presence is splitting the 'moderate/centrist' vote allowing Bernie to squeak into 'wins' with a minority of votes.

The centrist/moderate candidates need to unite around one person to take out Bernie so that we can have any hope of winning in November.

Both Pete and Amy (whom I like) need to drop out and endorse Joe Biden (who isn't my first or even top three choice, but it's clear he's the consensus candidate that can win against Trump in the Electoral college).

Sadly, I think egos aren't going to let this happen, and the result will be 4 more years of Trump.

His Wall Street buddies are coming up short??

The media's praise of Biden is funny. Does anyone remember when Pete singlehandedly ended Warren's candidacy back in the October debate yet the pundits declared her the winner afterwards? lol. Anything to not give Pete praise. they hate his guts,

Biden is DOA. Eight more months of stumbling around and he will have used up all the goodwill he has and still lose to Trump. Biden is in no condition to ramp up his campaigning efforts. No STAMINA!

I donate as much as I can, when I can. I support Pete. Not only is he smart and capable, but he's also fearless. While woman have had success winning elections, they also had Hillary pave the way for Elizabeth and Amy to run for President. Who has Pete had? He's not hiding that he's gay and married to another man. Think about what kind of strong and confident person he is to be able to be who he is in the hateful climate we are in today. He is everything I long for in a leader. Strong, honest, intelligent, compassionate, steady and ready for the challenge. I believe in him with my heart and soul.

Biden and Pete are the only two centrists I can support. I still adore Bernie too. Bloomberg is an absolute FUCK NO!!!

Biden and Amy need to drop out and consolidate behind Pete. Bloomberg needs to drop out and throw his money behind Pete.

Yes, I said it bitch.

I’m still waiting for Pete to take his shirt off.

Pete's path upwards (besides president/vp) is blocked in Indiana... but I want him to stick around long enough to do really, really well in Florida... esp. south Florida.

He'd almost certainly be an instant shoo-in for the new mayor of Wilton Manors if he wanted it... and could quickly leverage that to mayor of Broward County (probably unopposed by Democrats, and no credible Republican opponent) if this fall's referendum to make it a strong elected office wins as expected. Mayor of a Brooklyn-like county in the 2.5th-largest state is a definite step up from South Bend, even if Wilton were just a temp job.

From there, he has a fairly easy path to beat Rick Scott for US Senate... and possibly 'persuade' Marco Rubio to forge a closer (ahem) working relationship (we'll know it's working if Marco suddenly loses 25 pounds & starts spending 2 hours/day at the gym).

I know people like Pete. They are smart, opportunistic in their own way and decidely unburnished.

Run for another office, Pete, like Senate or House; earn your stripes and take your lumps.

Where, R48? In Indiana? That's like running for Senate as a Dem in Kentucky. He should move to another state.

Indiana isn’t going to elect a Democrat to the Senate. He’d have to move to another state, but I disagree that he’d be labeled a “carpetbagger.” I don’t think that’s a meaningful term to most people anymore. Politics is increasingly national and fewer people are staying in one place for their entire lives.

R19: He can't be a registered Democrat, they don't have partisan registration in Vermont. WE don't have it in Illinois either so Obamas is not now, never was and never will be a registered Democrat either. Neither of the Clintons were registered Democrats until they moved to New York. The people filing that lawsuit should be and will be laughed out of court. The Morons.

Pete will be done soon. Sorry. He needs to run for Congress and get some experience. He is still young.

I donated to him and convinced my parents and some friends to vote for him. My dad calls him 'that young guy', lol.

He’s horrible. You’re all wasting your money. He bemoaned the politics of the 60s-like the civil rights movement-in SOUTH CAROLINA. He’s an idiot.

In order to entice voters away from a decent status quo (economy) you have to promise them improvement: "The current leader said he'd do This, and he lied- he failed! I'll do it, I'll fix it, I can get it done... and here's how!".

But you can't scare them to death or make outrageous promises or bore them to sleep.

Otherwise, why would the mostly heterosexual Christian whites want to change horses?

i sent Pete $200.20 last night because of how well I thought he did in the debate.

I've also come to realize that the things I like about him--that he's smart, rational and seeks common sense solutions to problems--come across as smug or condescending to other DLers and likely to other voters as well.

can't wat until he fades back into obscurity where he belongs

R57= Amy Klobuchar

Once the moderate candidate emerges, the others need to get out of the way and fast to avoid giving the election to Sanders in the same way that the Rethugs did with Trump n 2015/2016. This many candidates is just not good.

R43

"he's also fearless."

omfg. He came out like 3 years ago.

"Fearless" indeed. What a shining example of bravery and integrity this self-interested little corporate toady is.

R60 And still braver than Bernie's gang of internet troll losers.

R61

Okay, boomer.

bump How many of you are on Pete's subreddit ?

The brainiac should figure out how to manage without begging for money.

ActBlue, who handles Mayor Pete’s contributions, accepts ApplePay. But when I try to contribute it never goes through—I think their attempt to add a “tip” to to total after I authorize the ApplePay payment is putting the kybosh on the transaction. I’ve used my ApplePay other places recently and the is nothing wrong with it. I wonder if Pete knows he’s losing a lot of money because of ActBlue’s incompetent, buggy web site.

R65 You have to select no tip, and then confirm for it to go through.

I donated again last night after the debate. I thought he did a great job - especially since he was sick.

I’m voting for Pete on Super Tuesday, but my partner is voting for Biden. He thinks that Biden has a better shot of beating Trump. I wish that Biden would’ve run in the last presidential election. He seems to have aged 20 years in 5. He just doesn’t seem as mentally sharp as he once was, and it scares me.

R66, I select “no tip” and it still doesn’t go through.

I would be willing to donate to Pete Buttigieg if the donation was for the purpose of him dropping out.

I donated again today as well. MARY ahead:

I’ve been somewhat reflective about his campaign this past week with everything coming up. It’s like a car driving along a cliff and it’s either going to accelerate right off the edge or maybe, possibly, there will be some kind of miracle.

I don’t know but I truly see him as the leader this country needs at this incredibly dangerous moment. Not in 2024, not in 2028 - but right now. Fresh blood, deep intelligence, emotional discipline, executive and military experience.... I think it would do wonders to revitalize this country in the eyes of the world. It seems so obvious to me but I also know this country is just too profoundly broken and fucked up to allow it to happen ...

R68 Are you using an iPhone? I just made another donation - just to test for you, cos I'm nice like that. I chose my dollar amount, selected just this once, then hit pay with ApplePay.

I confirmed with FaceID, and it asked me to tip. I selected No Tip, and Continue and I received a notification of the donation from my wallet.

Maybe you could melt down this stapler and sell it for scrap, motherfuckers!

I donated to Pete and I am not a Democrat. I'm an eldergay who hates Bernie.

Is there a tote bag? A panda that will be adopted in my name? Anything??

I found 60 cents and some lint down the back of my sofa. They are euro cents however.

FUCK OFF, OP . . . He's nothing but a goddamn Republican, and a Christian one at that, wrapped up in a rainbow flag.

Aw shoot. I liked Pete and think he's intelligent. But if DL isn't behind him, I don't want to vote for anyone. He seems like a Democrat who presents as a Republican. I don't think he could be any worse than Trump.

I would vote for Bloomberg over Bernie in a heart beat. And I hate Bloomberg. But he'd be an infinitely better candidate and President than old man Bernie.

[quote]He's nothing but a goddamn Republican

Not everyone who is to the right of Leon Trotsky is a Republican.

R67, your boyfriend is WAY smarter than you are.

If we don't unite behind Biden, then Bernie can 'win' with a minority and that would be an utter disaster.

Biden wins the Electoral College against Trump, but Pete? Bernie? No way.

[quote] Not everyone who is to the right of Leon Trotsky is a Republican.

Stupid DLers can't tell the difference between communism and socialism, do you think they can go as far as understanding the distinction between Leninism and Trotskyism R80? Most idiots here think Sanders is in the radical left, they're as clueless about politics as they are about their personal anal hygiene.

Okay, R70. He told me that if you donate, he'll eventually drop out. So go ahead.

You seem like a really nice person, R82.

[quote]do you think they can go as far as understanding the distinction between Leninism and Trotskyism [R80]?

I certainly can.

Democrats do not win with longtime career politicians with tons of baggage. Biden has no chance.

I don't believe that after the debate and his downhill. He's a formidable candidate.

Super Tuesday might be his swan song.

Thank you, r72. I’ll send him $50 right now if I can get it to work.

AFTER PETE INSULTED THE VERY PEOPLE (PROTESTERS FROM THE 60S) WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT TODAY, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM.

When he was trying to weakly insult Bernie (who I can't stand) he insulted civil rights protesters and anti war protesters from the 60s which I found offensive. He is not nearly as smart as I had given him credit for. Bye gurl !

I donated.

R90 relax Mary, Pete wasn't referring to Stonewall, he was referring to dictators.

R90 is too goddamn stupid to live.

bump

R90 may be stupid but he's also twisting his meaning to prop up Bernie. The Bernie Bro way.

Can I send a donation in the form of Chick-Fil-A coupons?

I don't even know why I'm in any way surprised people have tried to twist his "revolutionary politics of the 1960s" into him 'dissing' the Civil Rights Movement or fucking Stonewall. But it's an absolute flat out lie. The context was literally Bernie's oft expressed "soft spot" for socialist authoritarian regimes like Castro's Cuba, USSR, Nicaragua, etc. Pete's entire point was that democrats cannot risk running a candidate in the general election who even has the appearance of nostalgia for Cold War era socialist politics. It would be an absolute disaster.

R86, Biden is the ONLY chance we have.

He's not "scary". He's safe. He will earn the votes of all those "Never Trumpers" who want to get rid of Trump. Those people will NOT vote for Bernie.

If you donate to a political candidate, does your name and contact info get sold to every list buyer willing to pay for it like it does when you donate to charities?

ow Pete still stays in the race is beyond me. Kamala was a FAR, FAR, FAR better candidate. She was AG of the largest, wealthiest, most important state in the union. She is also a SENATOR. Pete wants to graduate high school and then become a brain surgeon. It just doesn't pass muster. No one dislikes Pete but he has nothing to run on. In 4 years, he might be another Kennedy. Currently....nope. Just because Trump is a 2 brain cell moron does not mean that Petey is a great candidate. I LIKE PETE, but please listen loud and clear - PETE, run for Congress and have a fucking resume before running for the highest role in the nation. Get a grip. You have run a tiny, nothing town of 100,000. That's a community college. We love you and you are appealing, but pay your dues. Here is why.... The House and Senate will spit on him and laugh him out of the room at every fucking moment that they can. You have NO credibility and you will loose to the HOG that currently occupies the office.

R100: Hint, racism & sexism are stronger than homophobia.

Sad but very true R101.

Why is the Democratic nominee required to be moderate, while the Republican nominee can be a far right lunatic?

[quote]He's not "scary". He's safe. He will earn the votes of all those "Never Trumpers" who want to get rid of Trump. Those people will NOT vote for Bernie.

He's not safe. He loses his train of thought and that will only get worse. (I still don't believe he waited until 77 to reveal that he has a stuttering problem.) He doesn't energize anyone to vote. He's far too willing to work with a group of people who have proven that they simply will stonewall Democrats at every turn.

Bernie will encourage people to vote who wouldn't normally vote just as Biden may encourage some "Never Trumpers." However, if you are truly a "Never Trumper" then you will vote for whoever is nominated.

What we're seeing is a growing irritation to the hangers-on who don't have a chance this year: Steyer, Buttigieg, Klobuchar and (yes) Warren. I'm sorry, please exit the stage and thanks for playing.

It's time to whittle it down and work with what we have. And that apparently is Biden, Sanders and Bloomberg. Good luck, guys.

Biden has underperformed in every state so far including Nevada. Black people alone will not win this election for him.

No chance for him.

R106 - just wait and see. Nothing matters until Super Tuesday. Pete will never be the nominee. Sanders, Biden or Bloomberg (unless someone new happens and FAST) are the possibilities. The others need to drop out.

Pete has the personality of a garden gnome. He is so boring that I can't even imagine him topping Chasten or getting flip fucked. Secret Service must be appalled.

^^single issue voter

Pete's political obituary will be written on March 3rd.

I heard on CNN that Pete thinks he can win more states AFTER Super Tuesday.

I think I heard something about Utah?

Utah is on Super Tuesday and there is no public polling information that would support that belief.

R111, Pete's got a lock on the gay Mormon vote.

No. Never.

Pete is very smart, no doubt about that, but he is unqualified for the highest job in the land. If what we have now is unqualified, why change for another? He will be ready in about 12 years.

Calling someone unqualified and unready is just older people's code for trying to keep a monopoly on power.

R116 - the next time you need to undergo a surgery, please find the nearest high school wrestler with a butter knife and have a blast. Wow, you sure are cognitive.

R117, I am mainly talking politics here, and yes, the current consolidation of power by people in their late seventies, eighties, even threatening to go into their nineties (Hi Dianne Feinstein) is a problem, IMO.

Well, I do somewhat agree with you there R118. Thank you for the explanation.

R119, I do understand the valid concern about Pete's lack of experience. Still, he would be lite years better than Trump because I trust that he would choose an excellent cabinet and would surround himself with knowledgeable and informed people.

I could get behind the idea of him as a VP first to one of the other Dems too.

Not that it'll ever actually happen, but I wonder what Pete and Chasten's secret service codenames would be?

Dangermouse and Penfold? Bert and Ernie?| Pinky and the Brain?

R121, the Maltese Falcon.

Oh, for God's sake... it'll be Top and Bottom. Jeez, don't overthink it.

I can get behind the idea of Biden/Harris 2020. They can hire Pete for a cabinet position. Or he could....hmmm? Run for Congress? That might help.

I had been using my iPad Pro. With my iPhone the donation worked fine. I don’t know why it hung up doing it from the iPad.

Come to think of it, shouldn't Op be posting a running total of Pete donations like the Jill Stein troll who was hounding us for contributions to her election recount?

Pete and Chasten are the most boring couple I have seen in a while. We need recovery from trauma after Trump and these two would bring more trauma to millions which mean it is not the right time for a gay President and First Gent.

I sent him money but I don't agree with him. He's also such a predictable white Episcopalian type of gay man.

Imagine the White House state dinners that FGOTUS Chasten will plan.

FGOTUS sounds like one of those sounds Chris Cuomo makes up.

Pete is on "live" with Joy Reid NOW.

She’s playing a bunch of clips of black voters saying they don’t like him.

Of course she is, R132. They don't show clips of black voters who do like him - it doesn't suit their narrative.

What's up with Joy's macrame hair the past few weeks?

Chasten's inspiration is Donna Reed

I'm sure Pete is weighing a bunch of job offers now- none of them POTUS, though.

Chasten is probably secretly meeting with a realtor to dump their old life in South Podunk. They ain't staying put.

R136, You just know ABC is trying to land one of them for the next "Dancing With the Stars".

How do you think OP is coping?

I'm actually pretty bummed out. I really would have loved to have seen buttigieg debate trump. it would be david and goliath but pete is a very hard-knuckles fighter as we saw with the last debates. that his message was for unity I sincerely appreciate, russian bots want chaos and discord.

This is shaping up to be very similar to 2016 (the leftist progressive Sanders vs. the moderate Hillary). Now we’ll have the leftist progressive Sanders vs. the moderate Biden. Sanders has a strong core of rabid Bernie Bro supporters and a somewhat larger group of others this go-around, but still a minority of Democrats. Bernie may get over the threshold with Democrats this time, but still would not gain enough trust in a general election to beat Trump (some poll results notwithstanding). More likely Biden will get the nomination, to the great consternation of Bernie Bro Brats who will again help spoil the victory of the Democratic candidate, along with Russian intervention and Republican dirty tricks. This could be a replay of 2016. It might depend on just how fed up voters are with the big blowhard in the White House. It’s bound to be a difficult, messy struggle this year.

Pete, if you read the DL, just don’t.

[quote]More likely Biden will get the nomination, to the great consternation of Bernie Bro Brats who will again help spoil the victory of the Democratic candidate, along with Russian intervention and Republican dirty tricks.

If not an outright run as an independent as well.

Fucking cunts

It's horrible to say, but pray for Bernie to die (or otherwise become incapacitated), because it's the only way a Democrat (Liz) will beat Trump.

If Bernie loses the primary to Biden, he'll run as independent & get Trump re-elected by taking votes from Biden.

If Bernie wins the primary, every single Repubiican will turn out to "save America from socialism", and give Trump Republican supermajorities in the House & Senate to boot.

If Bernie can't run, his supporters can feel good about supporting Liz... and so can Democrats in general, especially if she runs with Joe as her VP.

For every Trump-hating Republican Bloombers gains, he'll lose 2 Democrats to indifference.

Biden can't win, because Bernie will shit on the Democrats & be a "Party Pooper" if Biden gets the nomination.

This is why Liz *must* stay in the race to the bitter end. Sanders being removed from the equation is her only path to victory... but it's also probably the only path to beating Trump for the DEMOCRATS.

[quote] If Bernie wins the primary, every single Repubiican will turn out to "save America from socialism", and give Trump Republican supermajorities in the House & Senate to boot.

This simply can’t be emphasized enough.

I donated to Pete, Elizabeth and Bernie but the leaders of the DNC didn't like any of them and now we're stuck with a sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, hateful, divisive gangster for four years.

R140, in my opinion, just my perspective, Hillary wasn't a stellar and clean candidate, nor did she run a positive cohesive inclusive campaign.

Okay, now tell mw what a ignorant troll I am for not celebrating Hillary.