Pete Buttigieg SLAYS JD Vance

He’s not wrong.

This morning's fantasy is PB debating Trump - and with all that grace, wit, charm and speed, leaving him a babbling useless wreck with no means of recovery. It's obviously awful to contrast PB's high talent and youth with the serious problem at the top.

Dump would just bloviate and lie - same thing he always does. Same thing he did to Biden. And the idiot “moderators” would just nod and move on.

r2 Trump doesn't give a shit who's on the other debate podium, he does his signature Gish gallop of bullshit and that's that. And it fucking works, too.

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[bold] Pete won't go to a GAY PRIDE PARADE but he WILL go on Bill Mahers show. [/bold] If VANCE wins Pete is out of a job. He could have insulted Vance a week ago. A month ago. But he didn't. This is a pandering Hillbilly attacking another Hillbilly. Also---->> Vance studied law while Pete was learning French in college. Not exactly intellectual equals. Buttigieg has never done anything for the gay community.

Pete should be the first person of the millennial generation to be a VP nominee. Not Vance.

Desperate for the VEEP job. Tell us again how someone who couldn't afford a den "magically" affords a Mustang months later?

R8, at least Pete isn't Peter Thiel's little bottom bitch, kept on a short leash.

I would love to see Pete gut JD Vance like a little fish.

Anyone who can keep Bill Maher from talking for 2 minutes is presidential material 👍

Bill tried to interrupt Pete when he brought up that Vance compared Trump to Hitler in the past, but Pete effortlessly cut Bill off and kept on going. Amazing.

^ Yep, Pete doesn't even have to raise his voice to talk over someone he just continues on with what he has to say

Give Pete the '28 VP slot!

The guy is the antidote we need and will probably never get. The most cogent political speaker of the moment.

R15, but we can't run him because he's "gay."

For the next go-around, I'd rather take the chance of failing with someone intelligent, young, and inspiring, than maintain the same 'ol same 'ol.

R14, PB would be sadly wasted in the VP role. He needs to run for prez. He's brilliant.

R6, I'm scratching my head over your law vs. French comparison. As someone who has studied both, I can tell you they are about equally challenging, if in different ways. And neither law nor French is anywhere as challenging as, say, a STEM field.

Comparing JDV's and PB's intellects is unproductive, anyway, as they are entirely different on so many other levels as to be different species.

^ I would say that JD Vance and Pete's intelligence were on equal levels, but where Pete uses his for the good of the country, Vance's is used to be a sleazy opportunist making his intellect far more dangerous

The best part of OP's clip is that Bill Maher got in maybe two words.

And they were two too many.

Pete can be a fearless honey badger, unafraid to go on FOX News and take Republican bitches down on their own turf.

Pete really needs to be President one day. He's not perfect but seems to have all the right characteristics needed for the role of President.

There is no such thing as a perfect candidate. To err is human. I don't understand why so many miserable fucks are insistent on nitpicking and tearing down every viable Democrat. They are all light years better and more qualified than Shitler.

R24, true. I remember the naysayers here on DL claiming how 'unelectable' Obama was circa '07, '08.

you've got to be kidding 🤣

Bravo, Pete!

@r22, "Pete can be a fearless honey badger, unafraid to go on FOX News and take Republican bitches down on their own turf. "

I'm sure to Pete it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Pete has the ability to reduce Republican hysteria to simple, logical soundbites. Vance is supported by evil billionaires, therefore Vance is a puppet of evil billionaires

Simple

Once we crack the MAGAts wide open with Kamala, we can run Pete and he can win.

But first, the talibangelical bigots need to have their little minds blown by having a black woman President. (She has a better chance rn as it stands).

Magaret Brennan laughing it Petes face. And it ain't the first time either. EIGHT CHARGING STATIONS....EIGHT. He also fucked up East Palestine.

[quote] Pete won't go to a GAY PRIDE PARADE but he WILL go on Bill Mahers show.

He’s not a tranny and doesn’t hate Jews, why would he go?

R30, that was a whole lot of nothing. 2/10 for effort though!

^ r30 is a troll, just block it

Pete can't get elected Senator. ANYWHERE. He has no political future in any office after Biden leaves. Kamala isn't going to keep him in her Administration. She can't stand him.. He isn't going to be then next Governor of Michigan either. He can jibber jabber all he wants but as long as black voters go to the polls, he loses.

Why does Pete have to be monogamous when Trump is a child rapist and has affairs with porn stars?

I believe that Pete could win the presidency. I think he's so brilliant and such a likable and decent guy that he could overcome the prejudices of enough voters to win. Obama was able to do that for the same reasons and become the first black president. Pete is our Obama.

Obama was smart and likeable. Pete is snobby and insufferable. Also black people liked Obama.

Not just black people liked Obama. JFC.

[quote]The best part of OP's clip is that Bill Maher got in maybe two words.

It looked to me that it was because Bill must really like him. I think if it had been another Democrat, Bill would have pushed back on the suggestion that Republicans cater to the rich and Democrats don't. Also, I think Bill would have laughed at Pete saying that JD Vance said whatever he needed to say to get ahead, pointing out that Pete does that too.

[quote]Pete can't get elected Senator. ANYWHERE. He has no political future in any office after Biden leaves.

If he wants to get ahead, he's going to have to run for something. Being elected only as the mayor of South Bend + his bad record at DOT is not going to be enough. If he runs and wins, he has a future. If he runs and loses, he falls back into Beto territory.

When the Hooterville constituents call someone a liar to their face and his microphone backpack makes him look even stupider. I don't like Pete because he is fake. He left South Bend the first chance he got. He has done a mediocre job as Secretary of Transportation. He does nothing for the gay community but the occasional text.

That article was from 2019, r34.

Opinions can and do change in 5 years time!

I see my affect has rubbed off on here.

I think he will be our first gay president. Im thinking 28 or 32. I’m excited.

"We can't afford a den"

(months later)...."I got an electric Mustang!!"

R34 why the fuck would you post something from 2019. That’s a century in political timelines. You know what. In the beginning of 2008 black people were head over hills by a babe by the name of Hillary Clinton. About 4 months later they changed their mafuckin mind. And about 4 months after that we elected the first black President.

[quote]black people were head over hills

Damn, are you stupid!

A friend of mine ran a federal department for a couple of administrations and now makes a shit-ton money in the lobbyist racket. He couldn't care less about running for anything. PB should do the same thing.

ALL politicians say what they need to get ahead. ALL politicians are corrupt and look out for themselves and other rich people. The difference is that the democrats are the most disingenuous about this. They pretend they are the honest, ethical ones who give a shit about the middle class, meanwhile they are liars and grifters who don't give a fuck about the people.

R59 👠. I’m so used to stream of conscious writing that I sometimes type phonetically. I know weird.

R50^^

[quote]And anyone who is about to act like him, and Chassy are perfect little monogamous gays, should sit down

Smell Judgmental Judy @ r36.

R52 so therefore vote for anarchy and civil rights discrimination. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

R52 = Exactly. [bold] What if they are ALL getting gold bars? [/bold]

As God is my witness, I will never stop saying mafuckin!

R58 I don’t know why it would offend you so mafuckin much. Unless you have some type of personality disorder.

How very bothsides, r52!

[quote]Unless you have some type of personality disorder.

Such projection.

If Pete were debating JD Vance, JD would certainly mention that Pete worked for McKinsey & Company and have a lot of fun with that.

Offended, r59? It's hilarious!

[quote]Kamala isn't going to keep him in her Administration. She can't stand him.

For real? Why?

R64 She saw him checking out Doug’s ass. I don’t know it just seems like he has a fat ass lol.

[quote]If Pete were debating JD Vance, JD would certainly mention that Pete worked for McKinsey & Company and have a lot of fun with that.

I saw an opinion piece today from Rep. Seth Moulton that denigrated Vance's marine corps service for being just a "combat correspondent". However, I see that he kind of did the same to Buttigieg in 2019 for Pete being just a financial analyst in Afghanistan. I guess Moulton is just a prick.

Quit with the pious act Pete, you love your billionaires too.

R67 Bernie had time that day.

Quit with the pious act Vance, you love your billionaires too.

[quote]Quit with the pious act Pete, you love your billionaires too.

That always weird when people like Pete who are paid for by billionaires and millionaires start talking about someone else being the same.

Pete made a few good points. He didn't "slay" anyone. Pete is never going to make it far if tacky low brow homos such as OP insist on ghettoising him, like it's 1986 at the drag bar.

Grow the fuck up.

R70 There is a bit of a distinction. Billionaires may be funding him but he isn’t passing legislation to solely benefit them and that is what he is saying on Maher. Obviously because filthy rich people are funding both sides it deserves to be reviewed but… I digress. I think they stopped teaching critical thinking in grade school but then again you are probably than me.

@r71, it's with great pleasure I FF, block and delete your smelly ass

R73 OP demonstrating once again the rhetorical range of a Junior HS girl.

[quote]Billionaires may be funding him but he isn’t passing legislation to solely benefit them

You know that Pete is not in Congress and hasn't been part of any legislative body, don't you? Also, since JD Vance was only elected in 2022, he's never been in the majority, so any legislation he has ever "passed" would have had to have Democratic support.

@r72, r70 and r71 are the same person

R76 no we aren’t. Stop lying. What is your problem dude. What is your PROBLEM.

The image at r76 is how I picture the women Bidenistas of DL. I mean when they're not hysterical.

^ ???

You're drunk, aren't you?

I'd be curious to see how someone like Buttigieg would fare against Trump. We know Trump does nothing but lie and deflect, but I have a feeling Pete would corner him and get him to do something he's never done: slip and tell the truth.

I don’t know, Pete’s a chubby chaser…. He might be driven to distraction??

That clip was a thing of beauty.

Petes next husband is going to have a law degree and look a lot more like this and a lot less like Chasten.

You can tell how much Pete terrifies the right by the enormous amount of random, nonsensical criticism they spew at him.

[quote]You can tell how much Pete terrifies the right by the enormous amount of random, nonsensical criticism they spew at him.

I've only seen them list off all the transportation disasters that have happened under Pete's watch. What else do they spew at him?

Pete bails Vance. God he is good.

Nails

I now have a perverse need to watch a video called Pete Rails Vance.

[quote] Vance studied law while Pete was learning French in college. Not exactly intellectual equals.

R6 Are you serious? I'm not a fan of BG at all but studying law isn't a sign of intelligence per se. You have to be a bookworm and enjoy memorizing stuff, ideally. It also seems that disproportionately many aspiring politicians choose the profession, and if it's only to get a degree in, and never to actually practise law. Data: from 2019:

[quote] Forty percent of the current Congress attended law school—54 percent of senators and 37 percent of House members have a law degree. Thomas Lewis from Chambers Associate takes a look at what law schools they attended, including breakdowns by elite school attendance, party line differences, and state representation.

It's not that studying law gives you some great insight into the real world that enables you to be a good representative. You are not seriously believing that, right?

[quote]I think he will be our first gay president. Im thinking 28 or 32. I’m excited.

Aw, your optimism is cute, but I'm afraid there won't be a Democratic Party by then.

[quote] [R15], but we can't run him because he's "gay."

He's "gay" and still inexperienced as an executive leader. His only post was mayor of a small Indiana town and even then his reviews were mixed. He is obviously smart, polished and articulate but it's still unknown if he can deliver as an executive leader. I really like him and want him on the national stage but as a "first" he will be judged harshly so he needs to be super-prepared, like Obama.

[quote] [R6] Are you serious? I'm not a fan of BG at all but studying law isn't a sign of intelligence per se. You have to be a bookworm and enjoy memorizing stuff, ideally. It also seems that disproportionately many aspiring politicians choose the profession, and if it's only to get a degree in, and never to actually practise law. Data: from 2019:

I am a lawyer. I have encountered many lawyers who I could not describe as intellectuals.

R92 Thank you.

R34

Why does Kamala hate Pete? And how do you know that?

The articles explaining that he isn't popular because of "his positions" sound like thinly veiled bullshit. Actually they aren't even thinly veiled. They're poor excuses.

I'd like to see "his positions" compared to the "better positions." We're already being told support is waning for Joe Biden. Who are people going to support and vote for as an alternative?

I don't quite believe it at all, other than the deeply ingrained Baptist influence. And I'm a person that thinks Pete doesn't stand a chance in hell to be elected President. But it's not because of "his positions."

R94 on paper Pete is actually the most pro black candidate. Check the propositions he wants to implement. But some low vibrational black men are going Maga because of gay stuff. America is so fkin lame.

Pete manages a $140B department that affects every American every day they leave their home. Granted, that may not include Datalounge shut-ins. His leadership experience is more comprehensive than most other candidates.

That said, Michael Harriot pursued a vendetta against Pete in 2020 that deeply tarnished him with black voters. Since the white vote is the only demographic to go majority red, that’s a problem on top of whether Americans would vote for a gay man.

Pete Buttigieg marched with Austin mayor at Austin Pride Parade in 2019

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[quote]low vibrational black men

??

R95 low vibrational is a phrase used in young urban communities to signify someone with low moral values, ultra materialistic, or a sellout. It is related to being in the sunken place created and popularized in the film, Get Out.

For R99^^ I meant.

Thanks, R101. I never would have figured that out.

Kamala appeared with Pete yesterday in Provincetown for a fundraiser estimated to bring in $1M and ended up surpassing $2M.

Of course, Pete was there to appeal to the Provincetown crowd.

Is there anybody else in the Biden sphere that is gay and could have appealed to the same demographic? I'm still trying to get my head around why it's reported - if, in fact, it is the case - why Kamala wouldn't "like" one of the smartest and most erudite defenders of her administration?

R103 It’s a probably a fkin lie. A few on here are mentally ill and just make up shit about people they do not like. Many of us still participate in old fashion gossip so will post where we got our intro from or some explanation. But he has said nothing; it’s just probably a fkin lie.

Pete, Meghan Markle and the trans community always bring out the most despicable trolls on DL. Not sure of the connection except maybe just good old fashioned racist homo/transphobia, but one thing is for sure your arguments are weak, transparent and mostly just lies

Didn't Pete help Kamala with debate prep prior to her facing Mike Pence and his fly?

[quote] low vibrational is a phrase used in young urban communities

Kind of like "mafuckin"?

The guy who said Kamala doesn't like Pete pulled it out of his ass, so stop talking about it.

R107 No mafuckin is just the way southern blacks and DC area blacks say motherfucking.

I am glad Pete is not a Senator. Because, honestly, he is exactly the guy who would stay for 40 years. He might be okay as Transportation Secretary but I don't see any path forward for him in politics.

Pete and Vance are alike in the sense they are both political opportunists. Neither one is putting VOTERS first. And I never bought into the dutiful husband shtick with Pete. Someone posted a story online claiming they "met" Pete before Chasten. And I believed every word of it. It just rang true. How they met. Where they met. What they did. No exaggeration. It was before Pete was famous and had the makeover.. Also Pete has never proven he met Chasten on a dating site. Ever. Yes it's none of my business but that was a campaign bullshit story if there ever was one. Anyways I would vote for Pete before Trump.

[quote] Someone posted a story online claiming they "met" Pete before Chasten.

Did they “know” him, and how many times?

R111. Yes. And they didn't meet on Hinge. God forbid anyone ask Saint Pete if he ever got in his car to meet someone he met online for any reason other than dating.. Like I said. The story was detailed. I believe it. If someone was going to make up a story it would have been way more salacious.

^ "St. Pete"... I like that. It sure sounds better than your Orange Jesus

[quote] Anyways I would vote for Pete before Trump.

Sure Jan.

It’s hard to believe you when you spend so much effort drawing parallels between him and JD.

[quote] Didn't Pete help Kamala with debate prep prior to her facing Mike Pence and his fly?

Yeah he did, Pete brought the fly.

[quote] Also Pete has never proven he met Chasten on a dating site. Ever.

Didn't think this was essential information. Seriously, if this is a point of consideration for voting for a candidate then this country truly deserves all the crappy candidates it has in office right now. This is not a beauty pageant for chrissake. This entire thread is about Pete Buttigieg and not one post discusses his stance on any issue.

Because OP set the thread up like a ebonics sharting girleen.

Pete is desperate....Now the "South Bend Tribune" is hyping him up. Is Buttigieg calling his old contacts in Hooterville? This is the second obscure Indiana newspaper to come forward with a Pete crush. We can do better than Pete. I will NOT vote for any ticket with him on it.

^ Of course you won't, cupcake, you'd have to be a US citizen to vote for anyone. Here's a potato, now run along

Yeah, I wonder too why PB is such a hot button issue for trolls.

Buttigieg does nothing for the gay community. I will vote for Pete when he explains how he couldn't afford a den but months later bought an electric Mustang.

He’s becoming so funny looking.

Where are R6 and a few others getting that Pete majored in French? His Wiki says:

[quote] After graduating from St. Joseph High School, Buttigieg attended Harvard University, where he majored in history and literature.[25] He became president of the Student Advisory Committee of the Harvard Institute of Politics and worked on the institute's annual study of youth attitudes on politics.[26][27] He wrote his undergraduate thesis, titled The Quiet American's Errand into the Wilderness, on the influence of Puritanism on U.S. foreign policy as reflected in Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American.[28][29] He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2004, and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

[quote] Buttigieg was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford.[30][32] In 2007, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in philosophy, politics, and economics after studying at Pembroke College, Oxford.[33][34][35][36] At Oxford, he was an editor of the Oxford International Review,[37] and was a co-founder[37] and member of the Democratic Renaissance Project, an informal debate and discussion group of approximately a dozen Oxford students.[38][39]

Do you do anything other than troll, r118?

R123 = Pete is here!! Of course you would reference your own WIKI page. LINK----->> It wouldn't be the first time..

R125, you need to see a professional. There’s help for people with problems like yours.

I was in labor for 36 hours with those brats!

[quote]R125, you need to see a professional. There’s help for people with problems like yours.

There's no help for people with problems like r125's.

^ Have they even identified what r125 has. I mean, can only the subject of a Wki page read their own Wiki page? I don't even get that

[quote] Buttigieg does nothing for the gay community.

The thing is that there are other issues, too. And nowadays there are hundreds of open LGBTQ members serving or running for public office so that there are enough to focus on issues they feel close to. Personally, I think he is doing a pretty outstanding job being the 'best public servant who happens to be gay'. Isn't that what we all want - be openly gay without it being a noteworthy thing? And it's not that he is hiding it or under-selling it. It's always Chasten here, my kids there.

Well done.

The only thing that Pete slays is Chasten’s hole once a month.

^ So, one more time than any of your body parts

Jealous, bitch?

He's morphing into Rowan Atkinson.

Wow! They’ve got both Boris and Svetlana working this thread.

[quote] Pete and Vance are alike in the sense they are both political opportunists.

Which the fuck politicians [italic]aren't[/italic] opportunists?

[quote]Which the fuck politicians aren't opportunists?

I suppose that means that a politician would have to be an egregious opportunist to stand out and be called that.

Yall gon let Tim Walz be great. He probably never imagined he would become Vice President one day. He was always a lowkey politician until he became a unicorn. Midwestern, folksy dude who is a center left democrat.