Pete Buttigieg 2020 campaign megathread

[Crumpets]

I like that he's bringing up God and Scripture, and I like his family values.  He and his husband present an image of a red state American gay couple that is very appealing.  I also think its important that he has military experience since very few of the other candidates have it.

Isn't it about time we left religion out of consideration for which candidate to vote and look at the policies they propose because that's what truly matters? Anyway, he's not playing identity politics at all, so his sexuality shouldn't hurt him that much. His apparent moderation and generic platform probably will though.

Religion was my #1 consideration in supporting a candidate. Policies are completely meaningless, especially for the office of President. The Senate will still be Republican so it won't matter. We need a president who has the best values and brings people to God.

By that, do you mean you judge people by their piety, or which religion they ascribe to, regardless of how devout they are? For example, who would you vote for between a Christmas-and-Easter Christian and an extremely devout neopagan or an OT VIII Scientologist?

[Crumpets]

LOL

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1121137511538069504

Ugh. Why do my top two favorite candidates have to be endorsed by Carolyn Maloney and Gwenyth Paltrow? Am I secretly a science hater? At least she was good in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

[Crumpets]

Does anybody outside of the BLM Twittersphere or Atlas care about this? I have seen literally zero mainstream coverage of this, although admittedly I haven't been watching cable news much recently.

[Crumpets]

Even if Buttigieg doesn't have a path to the presidency without the black vote, he has no reason to drop out yet, and I think he'd make a fine VP for any of the candidates polling above him.

[Crumpets]

Can I just say, for all the attention the Bernie Bros, the Harris fanboys, and the Yang Gang get, there are some weird sycophantic Buttigieg supporters out there. And I really like Pete.

[Crumpets]

Buttigieg just hit 8% for the first time since May on the RCP national average.