• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’d caution against Pete specifically. Given the meme-state of modern politics and sheer stupidity of the average voter, it’d be a terrible idea to run a gay man whose name looks like ‘buttplug’.

    …and I’m not making a joke right now - collectively we’re 100% dumb enough to throw an election over that.

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      3 months ago

      Lest we forget this exists

      I know posting ben garrison is cheating, but this was years ago. They’d definitely latch on to the name as a tool to degrade him.

      Hell, they’ve been trying to make the word “kamala” derogatory. Sorry Pete, even though you’d be as good a candidate as any, you’ve got butt in your name

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      3 months ago

      I actually think he would make a better POTUS candidate balanced by a Mark Kelly or something in the future. I think as a VP candidate, his value-add isn’t substantive enough to outweigh the bigotry against a gay-brown-black-woman ticket. (Sadly.)

      I do think Buttigieg is an excellent communicator and is very competent at going toe-to-toe against any mouth-froth republican, which is a real asset. Despite being a prosecuter, Kamala isn’t as good at it. It’s not a court room, no one is is under oath in political combat sports, and she too often thinks being right and factual will prevail. Pete is right and factual but also knows how to knife fight despite seeming milquetoast.