Our Peter Hits The Funt, Says Voters Value Action over Race/Orientation

Uh, voters are stupid. That's why Trump is president now

Our Pete is very naive and can't see beyond his privilege. He was closeted for most of his life for a reason. He will NOT have an easy time campaigning for President.

Pete is liked at the moment, much like Hillary was liked when she was Secretary of State. Then the reich wing propaganda machine got turned on and she was considered a monster (even by the left). It'll be the same for Pete.

Democrats need a straight, middle aged white guy from the south or Midwest IMO. No women, gays, or people of color at the moment. Winning is more important and we have to win over independents and swing voters. It's unfortunate but that's our reality.

Why is saying identity politics is a political loser wrong?

They voted on white supremacy. Trump offered them nothing else of substance.

Why are we now calling him Peter instead of Pete?

Trump’s ideas were actually progressive ones—lower prices on groceries, education, housing, etc.

All of it bullshit of course but he knew what people wanted to hear.

If the Dems would embrace its progressive roots instead of “we’re moderate,” we could win again

"Our Peter" (🤢🤮🤮🤡 youre a fucking lexical clown, OP) is very thin skinned.

What the hell are you talking about?

I don't think we've ever had a good measure of Pete's national appeal. His highest elected office was mayor.

Peter has become more of a celebrity than a politician

R6: it's what his spouse calls him (NOT Pete!)

Pete isn’t a “GAY CANDIDATE.” He is a candidate who is also gay.

Just as Barack Obama wasn’t a “BLACK CANDIDATE,” but a candidate who happened to be Black. He wasn’t Jesse Jackson or Carol Moseley Braun or Shirley Chisholm.

Those of you who are paranoid about identity politics are getting your ancient balls in a twist for no reason. Pete isn’t an identity politician. He doesn’t start every speech with a trope about “As a gay man…” He talks to people like a regular person, and devotes his speeches not to his background but to their future.

That’s why he will go farther than you think.

R13 Be that as it may, but in politics, perception is reality.

You can talk till you're blue in face about how wonderful Pete is....but what will campaigning for President going to be like for a gay man, small in stature, married with two adopted children, who's only claim to fame is mayor of a small shitty city and working in the BIDEN administration?

You think America is going to vote for that?

No way.

I like him in general, but, seriously, Harris won multiple statewide races in the most populous state. He won the mayor's office in Gary, Indiana. He should be taking tips on how to win an election from her.

[quote]He won the mayor's office in Gary, Indiana.

Not even.

Pete was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Home of Studebaker.

Harsh, but accurate.

R15 Pete isn’t from Gary.

And it’s easy to win statewide races as a Democrat in a blue state.

Kamala also lost every swing state last year, including Nevada. She fucking almost lost New Jersey. How the hell do you let that happen?

[quote]They vote on ideas and plans, not on skin color or sex lives.

This is Pollyanna thinking. Skin color and sex lives tip the balance for many voters who are uninformed or undecided about ideas and plans.

Of course they wouldn't necessarily be uninformed or undecided if the candidate was better.

[quote]They vote on ideas and plans, not on skin color or sex lives.

Which is pretty hilarious considering that so many Democrats blame Kamala's failure on the fact that she's a woman and black.

[quote] She fucking almost lost New Jersey. How the hell do you let that happen?

I don't know how she "let it happen", but New Jersey is not as reliably blue as you think. They've elected several Republican governors. Large swaths are Trump country.

[quote]And it’s easy to win statewide races as a Democrat in a blue state.

God-the idiocy. Tens of millions of people are eligible to run for office in California. Do you think all a person has to do to win one of California's two senate seats is to register as a democrat?

R21 Joe and Hillary carried it safely when they were running against Trump.

[quote] Joe and Hillary carried it safely when they were running against Trump.

And Bill Clinton won it by an even smaller margin than Kamala Harris did. Your point doesn't stand.

[quote]Pete was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

"South Bend! It sounds like dancing!"

, , , Katharine Hepburn, "The Philadelphia Story"

Love Pete, but he can’t win a presidential election, especially now when gays are under attack. He’s wasting everybody’s time by running.

People who are heavily invested in politics cannot see outside of their own world.

If you go back to 2018-2019 when mainstream was still heavily leaning hard into what we’ll simply call “woke culture”, he STILL didn’t make a splash being the first openly gay man to run for President.

People didn’t care he was gay because they didn’t care about him. Even back then, the average person didn’t know who he was.

He was competing with bigger personalities who had bigger viral campaigns whether good or bad. The only thing I can remember was the horrific “High Hopes” dance his campaign made that everyone made fun of.

And he had a negative standing with the black vote because of his time as Mayor in a black populated city.

Kamala would have never been in the running against Trump if the public had voted. She lost last time, she lost this time.

You can’t accuse people of bigotry, especially on the left, because we have a shitty group of people to chose from.

People who live in politics forget how casual voters actually think.

Back in 2018–2019, when “woke politics” was peaking, Pete Buttigieg still didn’t make a splash even as the first openly gay man to run for president. People didn’t care he was gay because they didn’t care about him. Most had no idea who he was.

He was up against bigger names with national followings—Biden, Sanders, Warren. His only viral moment was the embarrassing “High Hopes” dance. And his record as mayor in a majority-Black city killed his chances with Black voters, which made him a nonstarter in key states.

Meanwhile, Biden had name recognition and deep ties to Black voters that Buttigieg couldn’t touch. That’s why Pete flamed out after Iowa and New Hampshire.

As for Kamala lol, if the public had chosen the nominee, she wouldn’t have made it. She lost last time, and she lost again.

It’s not about bigotry. It’s that the Democratic bench has been weak. It’s just like people don’t hate women, Hillary and Kamala were weak candidates. So was Pete.

Oh shit I didn’t delete my first draft cause I didn’t want to get “oh deared” haha

But in my R28 post, people on the left have to stop blaming the left for being bigots and just understand Democrats have made bad choices.

R7 Uh no, Trump’s ideas weren’t progressive. They were straight-up populist anger.

It’s the same trick as cold reading. A psychic says you’ve got love life drama and money problems. It’s broad, obvious, and just enough to make people nod along.

The Democrats’ problem is they come off elite. Wealthy, college-educated, the rich old ladies who do “charity work” to look like good people while it’s really just a tax write-off for their husbands. Doesn’t matter if it’s true, that’s the perception.

And when you’ve got Pete or Kamala droning in circles with DC-speak, it doesn’t land. Normal people listen and go, what the fuck are they even talking about?

Trump’s an idiot, sure. Everyone laughs that he talks at a 3rd grade level, but that’s exactly why he connected and got elected twice.

Pete has grown a beard though. At least he's trying.

Here’s the thing. Everyone knows Americans are idiots. Republicans talk like idiots and Democrats treat Americans like idiots. That’s the key difference.

You watch Kamala’s Oprah interview and she knows she can talk to everyone like their dumb asses and get an applause. Trump gets an applause cause he talks like a dumb ass which connects to his dumb ass fanbase.

Obama and Bernie are examples of being able to be intellectual and explaining things to idiots.

[quote]Trump’s an idiot, sure. Everyone laughs that he talks at a 3rd grade level, but that’s exactly why he connected and got elected twice.

Sad indictment of our educational system and national intellect. We are a country of fucking morons. Trump is so fucking illiterate that those of us who are educated and intelligent find his words incomprehensible.

Yes, Americans are stupid and our culture is designed to shelter us.

[quote] As for Kamala lol, if the public had chosen the nominee, she wouldn’t have made it. She lost last time, and she lost again.

So did Biden and trump.

Trump was lucky that Clinton had more baggage than a Vuitton warehouse. Biden was lucky that Trump's first term was enough of a failure for him to win.

Had there been a 2024 primary season, Harris would've been the nominee due to incumbency, establishment rallying around her.

All of these tidbits from Kamala’s book show what a clown car her campaign was and what a disastrous choice she was . The results speak for themselves.

[quote]Trump was lucky that Clinton had more baggage than a Vuitton warehouse.

Most of it manufactured by Fox News and believed by gullible people like you.

R37. No. Really it doesn’t. Just, really, no.

If you have any doubt about the degree to which the criticisms of Harris are driven by sexism, just look at the almost unimaginable stupidity oozing out of most of the posts accusing her of incompetence or stupidity. For example, claiming that it is easy to win a US senate seat in California provided you are running as a democrat. Someone criticizing Harris' competence not only thought that but took the time to type it out. It goes to show that a man, no matter how stupid, has an automatic right to criticize the competence of a woman.

R13, back when Obama stood, he was a candidate who happened to be black, not a candidate who happened to be Black. Turning black people into Black people (with all the ideology behind that) is part of the reason as to why the Democrats lost and Trump won.

Dear God. I hadn't realized that we lost our civilization over a capitalization issue. Is it too late to reverse that decision?

This is a legitimate question, if anyone can help: What does "hits the funt" mean?

What's a funt?

[quote]If you have any doubt about the degree to which the criticisms of Harris are driven by sexism, just look at the almost unimaginable stupidity oozing out of most of the posts accusing her of incompetence or stupidity.

Sexism, no doubt.

This never gets old:

R44. You are a marvel of ingenuity and intelligence, are you not?!!! Pretty much case closed I guess on Harris. Thanks!!

If you want more evidence that most of the criticisms of Harris' intellect and competence are driven by male stupidity and arrogance, R44 is an excellent example. Obviously, virtually all of us are already aware of all of the statements in the video. We are so aware of them because she has made relatively few stupid statements in public,so the same ones get played over and over. And, unless you are as limited as R45 it does get old after a while. Yes, she sounds pretty stupid there. Does she sound stupid 99% of the time? No. Did she give one of the best debate performances of modern memory? Yes.

And, of course, that is only the smallest part of the argument. The biggest argument is that we have elected many, many presidents who rarely opened their mouths without saying something stupid. If you were to put a highlights reel of the stupidity of Biden, Trump, the two Bushes, or even Reagan, the would probably run close to an hour. What is really weird, and a sign of pretty significant stupidity, is the aggressive stupidity of so many of our male leaders never registers on his tiny diseased brain.

[quote]If you want more evidence that most of the criticisms of Harris' intellect and competence are driven by male stupidity and arrogance

Oh hon , please. Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Trump was/is mercilessly mocked constantly and rightfully so. As are most politicians. Chuckle-head Harris won’t be immune just because she’s a woman.

[quote]What does "hits the funt" mean?

It means to attack the operator of a hidden camera.

[qjuote]Oh hon , please. Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Trump was/is mercilessly mocked constantly and rightfully so. As are most politicians. Chuckle-head Harris won’t be immune just because she’s a woman.

First off, congrats, hon, on the use of Chucklehead. It is both novel and an indication of a high level of wit and intelligence. Bravo!

You may not realize this, but Trump's level of stupidity is so far beyond anything you could remotely accuse Harris of that the fact that Trump gets some comment for being stupid gives no grounds for calling Harris the same.

R49 Anyway, none of this matters. After blowing through a billion dollars, pissing off donors and now pissing off every other Democratic politician with her new book, Chucklehead doesn't have much of a future. And there's no surprise there.

"Kamala Harris’ new book befuddles Dems: ‘If there’s a political strategy here, it’s a bad one.’"

"From coast to coast, according to interviews with more than 15 Democratic operatives, the tome has landed with a thud."

If Kamala's book has landed with a thud, maybe it's because people aren't terribly interested in reliving the 2024 election, given the daily horror show to which it led.

R50. Keep up with the Chucklehead thing! It's honestly the funniest thing ever !!

[quote]R6 Why are we now calling him Peter instead of Pete?

Um, because the distancing has begun.

The Funt is Kamala's nickname, as coined by SNL.

Because she's the fun aunt. The Funt. She'll give you weed, and then have you arrested for having weed.

R50 gives the cesspool of misogyny that is Politico way too much credit.