Biden picks Pete Buttigieg, 38, as
transportation secretary-making him most
senior gay official confirmed by Senate
Reuters & Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
12/15/2020 4:56:32 PM
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pete Buttigieg, his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, to lead the U.S. Transportation Department, according to two people familiar with the matter. Buttigieg, 38, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who has never held federal office, would be the first LGBTQ person nominated to Biden's administration and, if confirmed, the first LGBTQ Cabinet secretary to be approved by the U.S. Senate. A spokesman for Biden's transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.(Snip) As Transportation secretary, he would put to use his background in urban affairs by overseeing a sprawling
Reply 1 - Posted by:
StrikingViking 12/15/2020 5:00:17 PM (No. 632821)
I foresee many federally-funded skate board parks in America's future.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
halfnorsk 12/15/2020 5:02:18 PM (No. 632822)
Of course, he’s qualified. He’s gay, isn’t he?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 12/15/2020 5:02:32 PM (No. 632823)
Great - he has the potential to screw up our transportation system worse than Normal Mineta.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Scottyboy 12/15/2020 5:03:57 PM (No. 632824)
So is he going to rename our interstate road transportation system “The Hersey Highways”?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
snapper451 12/15/2020 5:08:47 PM (No. 632826)
So what. If I appointed I might be the first heterosexual, overweight, Canadian American 70 year old male. Again, so what!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 12/15/2020 5:09:10 PM (No. 632827)
People who hate America going everywhere, in positions to further destroy the country.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ncva 12/15/2020 5:12:22 PM (No. 632832)
So Biden can check off the LGBTQ, African-American, woman, hispanic and old, rich white guy (Kerry) boxes. What's left? Maybe someone who's actually qualified based on experience rather than demographics.
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Diversity first! He's handing out Cabinet positions like they're ambassadorships. Rather telling, too, that neither camp will respond to requests for comment.
A "background in urban affairs" - leave it to the Mail.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Obviousity 12/15/2020 5:18:02 PM (No. 632835)
Does he have blocks attached to the soles of his shoes?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
columba 12/15/2020 5:22:42 PM (No. 632837)
Until the late 1970s homosexuality was classified as a mental illness. However as a responce to homosexual shouting and activism (not medicine, nid ou) the classification was removed. Thus, using the previously valid medical term, we will ave a cabinet memberwho is psychotic.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
IowaDad 12/15/2020 5:27:01 PM (No. 632840)
At last he will have a professional reason to hang around the toilets at Grand Central Station
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 12/15/2020 5:29:22 PM (No. 632842)
Sorry, this one's way too easy...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Vesicant 12/15/2020 5:33:44 PM (No. 632845)
His boyfriend identifies as an interstate highway, And probably is.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bubby 12/15/2020 5:34:04 PM (No. 632846)
My guess is he will stop building/repairing interstate highways to build more bike paths as the new green deal transitions transportation back to the 1880s! Buggy whips will be making a come back!
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Trump already has the first gay Cabinet member in Grenell, but was appointed. They had to put the Senate confirmation part to make Biden look historic.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/15/2020 5:35:30 PM (No. 632848)
Uh-oh. This was supposedly going to a Black Woman….. !!!!!
But Buttgig was supposedly going to China as ambassador. Someone put the brakes on that. Are the Communist Chinese big on gays?
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And is he qualified? Rump ranging isn’t a great resume enhancer oops, this could be a Democrat admin. He’s ok.
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Hey, all you naysayers:
I'll have you know that Buttigieg is an expert as transportation matters, having hung around many a bus station bathroom for hours on end. Rest stops, too!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Donna M 12/15/2020 5:39:09 PM (No. 632854)
Fits the Biden cabinet profile of terminally unqualified agency heads. Thank God he isn't SecDef; all he can do is screw up our highways, air transportation, trucking....
There is a joke here about being in the Cabinet and out of the closet, but ButtBoy isn't amusing.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Moritz55 12/15/2020 5:44:04 PM (No. 632856)
I’d like to know what the qualifications are for all of the appointees for Cabinet positions. If the Republicans retain the Senate, I expect that to come up. If the Democrats take the Senate... [crickets]
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
marbles 12/15/2020 5:45:25 PM (No. 632858)
Sorry, can't help it, his last name is butt.......
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Bogasso 12/15/2020 5:57:59 PM (No. 632866)
South Bend? Bailout for Studebaker in 3, 2, 1...
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
RCFLyer98 12/15/2020 5:59:09 PM (No. 632869)
Really great! A cabinet full of retread liars, cheats, miscreants of all types, and a buttplug to go along with it. Swell. It's gonna be quite a ride.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Jesse Jenkem 12/15/2020 5:59:13 PM (No. 632870)
It's going to be a long 4 years.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
jimincalif 12/15/2020 5:59:34 PM (No. 632871)
There have to be a really good jokes in here somewhere. This will give new meaning to "rear view mirrors"?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 12/15/2020 6:05:26 PM (No. 632874)
Many thanks for the laughs, guys! It sure beats crying....
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Safari Man 12/15/2020 6:08:47 PM (No. 632879)
He certainly knows about trains, at least pulling a train.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Historybuff 12/15/2020 6:09:28 PM (No. 632880)
Good choice! He knows how to pull a train!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/15/2020 6:15:04 PM (No. 632883)
The media has been reporting that Buttigieg was going to be appointed to be Ambassador to China. Maybe the Joseph the "Big Guy" Biden is saving that position for his son Hunter Biden after he slides out from under whatever federal investigations into his business dealings are ended by the "Big Guy"?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/15/2020 6:22:47 PM (No. 632889)
Uh, Rooters and AssPress, Buttie hasn't been confirmed. He is just a glint in the eye of the beholder, biden the cheater.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/15/2020 6:27:36 PM (No. 632893)
Yawn
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
davew 12/15/2020 6:28:05 PM (No. 632894)
Soooo. That's why he folded like a cheap suit in the primaries and kissed Biden's ring. When the fix is in, the fix is in.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 12/15/2020 6:30:34 PM (No. 632895)
Petey's qualifications for Transportation Secretary is an abandoned Studebaker plant in South Bend. I can't think of any other reason to appoint him.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
web 12/15/2020 6:36:59 PM (No. 632900)
So, is Pete the most senior, or the most gay? I'm confused. And so is he.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
woodenleg 12/15/2020 6:41:14 PM (No. 632907)
Out of his league......
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
JimBob 12/15/2020 6:48:53 PM (No. 632914)
Scottyboy (#4).....My thought exactly.......you said it first.
(I WAS going to say "You beat me to it", but given the context, it seemed that someone could give the phrase a completely different meaning.)
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
msjena 12/15/2020 6:54:13 PM (No. 632922)
Look at the lengths they go to to avoid having to mention Richard Grenell.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
red1066 12/15/2020 6:55:11 PM (No. 632923)
The good news is, he's not going to be able to take away anyone's guns in this position.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
ho72 12/15/2020 7:03:09 PM (No. 632930)
He sucks.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Rama41 12/15/2020 7:04:46 PM (No. 632933)
Rick Grenell was the first gay cabinet member, and a great one at that, but he was a Republican, so (as I told my lefty brother last year) that doesn't count.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 12/15/2020 7:12:30 PM (No. 632941)
This is why I'm going to have to give up politics. While it's a nice outlet to make fun of this kind of thing, I'd feel better not knowing it.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
dst4life 12/15/2020 7:31:25 PM (No. 632955)
#10, that's not correct. Having a mental disorder doesn't make someone psychotic. For example, there are people who have personality disorders (which used to be referred to as character disorders). Hitler was one of them, as he was more than likely a malignant narcissist or a psychopath. But he wasn't psychotic, unless his mind at times was altered by drug use. However, bad people can become paranoid because they do bad things to people, and are therefore, watching their backs. But you are correct that homosexuality was classified (until around 1973) as a behavioral disorder until an APA meeting was stormed by a group of homosexual activists who coerced the APA into removing homosexual behavior from the DSM.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Michaelus 12/15/2020 7:33:59 PM (No. 632957)
Should mean lots more men's restrooms open 24 hours in train and bus stations.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/15/2020 7:45:04 PM (No. 632965)
Transportation Secretary - Pete will take you for a ride you will never forget. Actually he's probably the highest IQ whacko in the Biden coven so far.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/15/2020 7:48:40 PM (No. 632968)
Sexual orientation is probably the least objectionable trait of this annoying little obnoxious twerp.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
smokincol 12/15/2020 8:09:39 PM (No. 632992)
who's gonna drive the clown car if these fools ever do pass the smell test.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Laotzu 12/15/2020 8:25:17 PM (No. 633002)
I know Jill Biden likes to be addressed as "Doctor." What is the proper form of address for "most senior gay official confirmed by the Senate"? I don't want to be mistakenly irreverent about his gay achievement.
I assume the adjective "most" modifies "senior" and not "gay". Pete was never that swish; can't imagine him getting recognized as "most gay," can you?
How do you think Reuters knows there has never been a gay Cabinet Secretary before Pete Buttigieg in the 250 or so years of American history? Is there a database of civil servants sexuality somewhere? Was that part of that Patriot Act funding?
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Scribelus 12/15/2020 8:29:52 PM (No. 633008)
Buddy Giggles. The beau ideal of Ol’ Joe Fraud’s satrapies.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Faithfully 12/15/2020 10:15:28 PM (No. 633087)
Ralph Kramden would be better qualified.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
seamusm 12/15/2020 11:33:32 PM (No. 633125)
I can see it. He'll be the cabinet official over the rapture of proctologic transport?
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Pete Stone 12/15/2020 11:51:22 PM (No. 633139)
Secretary of the Posterior?
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
DVC 12/16/2020 1:26:26 AM (No. 633176)
Disgusting.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
old dog 12/16/2020 2:42:31 AM (No. 633189)
well guess all the roadside pickel parks will all be ordered open now. pete will show them the way!
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
anniebc 12/16/2020 4:33:48 AM (No. 633216)
I'm shaking my head thinking of all the jokes that could be made about that headline. OMG!
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
paral04 12/16/2020 9:07:02 AM (No. 633452)
Hey! We all know gay guys are experts on transportation. Let him do his job.
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Urban affairs, you say? Also, "the most senior gay official confirmed by Senate" disrespects Secretary of State Hillary Rotten Clinton, and since we've already suffered a homosexual pResident and a transgender first kween, what difference does the LGBTQP status make?