Pete Buttigieg's youth and optimism
is winning over older Iowans
ABC News,
by
Justin Gomez
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
11/7/2019 8:55:18 AM
Mixed in among the hundreds, sometimes thousands, of Iowans who attend a single Pete Buttigieg rally is an important voting bloc in the state that could help the South Bend, Indiana, mayor keep his momentum and produce a solid finish next year: older voters.
Young, intellectual, honest, authentic and disciplined are all terms those voters have used to describe Buttigieg at events during his most recent bus tour through northern Iowa. The millennial candidate is tuning the message of his campaign to a vision towards the future, building on themes, such as, unity, belonging and to "launch the era that
Reply 1 - Posted by:
JonR 11/7/2019 9:07:34 AM (No. 229097)
Evidently, old and wise no longer coincide in Iowa! Supporting this evil man is truly insane!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 11/7/2019 9:09:57 AM (No. 229102)
The MFM's daily propaganda is getting to be laughable. Hey, ABC "News," there's some story about somebody named "Epstein" apparently floating around out there. Interested?
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For some reason Iowa is pretty liberal. Must be all those Scandinavians that migrated there.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 11/7/2019 9:18:07 AM (No. 229110)
How much older do they mean by "older"? My mother in law is 95 and can't remember her grandchildren's names or ages anymore. Iowans are nobody's fools, and unless Justin Gomez is speaking to the mentally infirm and those no longer competent to care for themselves, he'll see the 2020 electon results backfiring in his liberal face like a loaded cigar.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Sanguine 11/7/2019 9:20:01 AM (No. 229113)
Iowan voters also thought Obama was a fresh start. Their “caucuses” resemble a living room coffee-klatsch. Not terribly impressed with the Iowa voter mindset when it comes to presidential candidates.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
spacer 11/7/2019 9:22:21 AM (No. 229117)
# 5 Iowa, went strong for President Trump.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
janjan 11/7/2019 9:31:08 AM (No. 229131)
All this tells you is that the the Democrats have no good choices. Settle for the white guy who is under 70.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pinger 11/7/2019 9:33:54 AM (No. 229134)
Hey, Iowans...if your doctor screwed up setting your broken arm, would you trust him with your open heart surgery? Why would you even consider hiring a failed major to preside over the most important country in the world? How romantic would it really be to have a homo sexual in the White House? Hope your alarms go off and awakens you before caucus day and at the same time it awakens you to ask yourself "how could I want ANY Democrat to lead our government and bring this country to it's socialist knees?"
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
qr4j 11/7/2019 9:36:09 AM (No. 229139)
Most Midwesterners do not care one way or the other about the man's gayness, I believe. I am a Midwesterner from Illinois whose parents came here from Missouri and Ohio. Even small-town folks whom many believe are awful and closed-minded (I don't) have gotten used to gayness (they have members of their families who have come out the cupboard and nothing has exploded as a result). Midwesterners like JOBS and NO WARS and SAFETY and LOW TAX RATES. Mr. Trump continues to deliver on all counts. Gay or bi or tri or fly, Mayor Pete won't. And Midwesterners will send him back to South Bend where he belongs.
Bottom Line: The White House is in no danger of being transformed into Downton Abbey!!! LOL
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/7/2019 9:37:10 AM (No. 229142)
Justin Gomez of ABC News is merely following the company line. Gomez doesn't know any more about Iowa than the average east or west coast Democrat. Unfortunately for the other 49 states, Iowa gets the first serving of election ice cream while it is still cold.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 11/7/2019 9:40:22 AM (No. 229147)
Yeah, he'll win fourth or fifth place. Ooooo, so impressive. Not. Pete is a media and leftist darling. That's all. He has NOT caught on with the general public.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
sailannapolis 11/7/2019 9:53:02 AM (No. 229158)
Come on, who trusts ABC.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/7/2019 9:53:37 AM (No. 229162)
It doesn’t sound as though those older Iowans are all that bright… All they care about is youth and optimism? That’s enough to be President of the United States?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
seamusm 11/7/2019 9:58:30 AM (No. 229167)
And as soon as Iowans visualize what Petey does in bed with his 'husband/wife' that'll end any infatuation. He is a pervert and voting for him says 'I am happy if my child or grandchild ends up perverted, too.'
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Italiano 11/7/2019 10:37:35 AM (No. 229210)
Right, and in the secrecy of the voting booth, they'll think "If that *** thinks that I'm voting for him, he's nuts."
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Foont 11/7/2019 10:46:16 AM (No. 229217)
I can hardly wait for viagra parties in the Lincoln bedroom to get started. Lots of boy's choirs and scout troops invited to stay the night. Fisting festivals every Halloween. And just imagine the fabulous decor the "gay" couple will introduce into that stodgy old building.
Homosexuals are obsessed with their deviancy. It rules their lives. Put them in positions of power and will rule yours as well.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
jacksin5 11/7/2019 11:00:06 AM (No. 229239)
The college-age kids love Mayor Pete. They really believe that supporting him is a vote for the new minority that are being denied their Civil Rights, namely Gays. They find it exciting to be part of a movement that is bigger than they are.
The fact that Pete Buttigieg was able to be elected Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and is now being considered as a Presidential Candidate, blows their whole sexual discrimination argument apart, doesn't seem to register.
Electing societal minorities just because they are minorities leads to Bad Governance.
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So they like his gayness. That's sort of creepy.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
hotcorner 11/7/2019 11:25:04 AM (No. 229267)
Trump has proven we never want to elect a life long politician as President again. Butt Edge edge has little experience and South Bend is no great gig to run for President on. The Russians and Chinese would eat him alive just like they did to Obama.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 11/7/2019 11:45:20 AM (No. 229289)
How can anyone support his proposed policies? And his mental illness and perversion?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Digger 11/7/2019 12:17:13 PM (No. 229319)
Mayor Pete is the fallback candidate from a flock of losers - Biden, too old, too foolish, too much baggage; Sanders, too unhinged, too out of the mainstream, too sick; Warren, too whack-a-doo, a serial liar; the rest of the pack are unelectable. Is that the best you can do?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 11/7/2019 12:46:51 PM (No. 229341)
The daily drumbeat....
Bang the drum for the deviant
Mock and ridicule we normals...
Ain’t workin anymore ab..f’n c!
Veterans for Trump 2020
HE represents ME!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/7/2019 1:10:11 PM (No. 229355)
Somehow I can't picture a tall, gray-haired, suntanned Iowa farmer giving a positive nod to a gay little twerp who has a husband. It just does not compute.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Vesicant 11/7/2019 1:42:11 PM (No. 229378)
Somebody's been smoking the corn tassels.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
columba 11/7/2019 4:14:30 PM (No. 229483)
Is this article supposed to make think that older voters are in favor anal sex and child murder?
Get real.
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Pure propaganda.
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Granny thinks Biden is too old and Warren too crazy. That doesn't leave many other options except the gay man with a fresh haircut.