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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:16AM (#21312492)
I'd also like to point out it's not just "the DNC". Seems like whenever a candidate presents more centrist positions these days, it is only "the evil establishment" that supports them, and not "the true people".

While I like a lot of the policy positions of Warren and Sanders, there are a lot of positions of theirs I just plain disagree with and I believe will be damaging to this country.

There just happen to be a lot of people who are strongly anti-Trump and want more progressive taxation, but who think things like the 2% wealth tax and blanket cancellation of student loan debt is a bad idea. I'm kind of sick of this false idea that the only reason people don't support "bold policies" is we think they're too bold. Sometimes we just think they're wrong.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by dawg- on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:28AM (#21312634)
True, I wasn't trying to say the DNC is evil or that real people don't support "establishment" candidates - of course they do. Just saying that whoever the DNC throws their weight behind will get a really big boost. And since it probably won't be Warren or Sanders, I think it could be Buttigieg.

Buttigieg is less progressive than he was originally presented as but I don't think that's necessarily a terrible thing. It's just a thing. And now that it's been acknowledged that he's actually pretty moderate, we can start talking about whether he's a better moderate candidate than Biden.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Has Quietly Advised Pete Buttigieg on Cam... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:57AM (#21312980)
When it comes to Buttigieg, though, I don't see how anyone can win the Democratic nomination without African-American support, and Buttigieg basically has none (IMO a result of the racial issues in his hometown, and the fact that African-Americans at large have shown much more reticence to supporting gay candidates and issues): https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/10/can-mayor-petes-cash-pil...
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