Ike wrote:Angus Jung wrote:After Gaza Slaughter, Buttigieg Praised Israeli Security Responses as ˜Moving and Faulted Democrats for Easy JudgmentLast May, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg went to Israel with the American Jewish Committee and two weeks later discussed his trip with that organization. At the time Israel was killing Palestinian protesters at the Gaza fence “ 60 on one day within days of Buttigieg s visit, getting global attention ” yet Buttigieg repeatedly praised Israel s security arrangements as œmoving and œclear-eyed , said the U.S. could learn something from them, and blamed Palestinians and Hamas for the œmisery in Gaza. Okay. That's fucked up. Awful and fucked up.Even Vox reports that Butt-edge-edge is way to the right of the other Democratic front-runners on Israel/Palestine: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293545/p ... -palestine

Liked him at first, but since then he s been bending over backwards to appease Trump supporters and alt-righters. Fuck that noise. 2/3rds of the US doesn t vote and most of them are in demographics that left-wing policies would help most and be popular with, and he s trying to cater to those assholes instead.

Right-winger. CRAP.

MJongo wrote:Liked him at first, but since then he s been bending over backwards to appease Trump supporters and alt-righters. Fuck that noise. 2/3rds of the US doesn t vote and most of them are in demographics that left-wing policies would help most and be popular with, and he s trying to cater to those assholes instead.I agree with part of this. When I was at work the day after Trump was elected, I was sitting in the warehouse with a bunch of people celebrating in one breath and saying that college should be free in the other. I don t even think most of them voted if I remember correctly. We need clearly articulated, universal policies. I don t actually find it that hard to believe that working class people who aren t very deep into politics would swing one way or another in a given election if you gave them something to go out and vote for.

Angus Jung wrote:Here's Mayor Pete, excited to talk to Ben Shapiro.Mayor Pete is really, really smart, so he should know exactly what Ben Shapiro is all about.Yeah, should note that I am not talking about engaging with alt-right figureheads upthread. That being said, I don t think Bernie appearing on Fox News is a big deal, but my bias is probably clear!

Angus Jung wrote:Here's Mayor Pete, excited to talk to Ben Shapiro.Mayor Pete is really, really smart, so he should know exactly what Ben Shapiro is all about.Don't mock Buttigieg. He's trying to court that elusive, ever-coveted demographic of... PragerU-obsessed swing voters!

Angus Jung wrote:(If it's Trump vs. Biden I'm leaving that shit blank).YES!