Maybe, but hopefully we'd get someone better than Pete.
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I'm a member of the queer community and absolutely do not think this is a wise idea for this cycle. Maybe next time around Pete.
Pete is 100% but he is not the correct gay candidate. He needs time to grow.
100
No, 100 times from this one seems excessive.
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Yeah, but are we in the mood for a CIA spook to be vice president?
More than the asset as President.
ya but not you neolib scum
I've read this article twice and nowhere does he say the words "America is ready for a gay vice president." He says being gay has not been the detriment to his political career people assumed it would be. He's not going around telling reporters he thinks he should be VP. In the one quote that he is asked directly whether he would do it, he dodged the question.
Yep. Who the fuck cares about the right. They want the most morally represhisble person to be their king. Could give two shit what they think about it.
Edit: for all the nay sayer in this thread you are obviously oblivious to the type of pull Pete has. We need to double down on progress. Yes an aging astronaut might look good on paper but the most progressive ticket America has ever seen is also good.
#HarriButt2024!
Alright I wasn't in before but... I mean what a strong name to platform on.
I'm sold.
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Thank you.
Not that one tho.
But not him. He can't even do the job he currently has
Luckily, VP doesn't have to do much. And if you're right, better to get someone else in that role, right?
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Sure. Not him though.
As someone who was unfortunate enough to have grown up in Indiana, I'd rather Buttigeg stay there and keep trying to drag that state into the 20th* century.
*Not a typo, that state is just that far behind.
He's not there though. He's in DC as Secretary of Transportation.
Well then ask that bastard why my car broke down.
Doing a fuckall job of it, too. To hell with Pete, why settle for this guy for VP? Why is everyone so hung up on him?
In think it’s because he’s an excellent communicator and stays that way even going on Fox News and such. Like even if we don’t trust him deep down, the skills he has are conductive to winning the election which is basically all that matters.
I don’t know if that makes him the most winning choice, because bigots, but we’ll see what happens.
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