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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 164 points 1 week ago (151 children)

Buttigieg is one of the best politicians America has right now.

Him growing a beard is a completely different thing from known bitch Ted Cruz growing one.

[–] whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (8 children)

And a politician he is, willing to be bought in exchange for political capital.

Stealing from my comment in a different thread:

I’m still upset with Buttigieg for his pre-Super-Tuesday drop out. He joined the establishment to rally against Sanders. In doing so, he became part of what’s wrong with the party.

While I don’t think poorly of him as a person per se, he is also just another politician.

In contrast, I see folks like Sanders and AOC as real agents of change.

[–] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

bought in exchange for political capital

That's a very uncharitable assumption of his motivations.

Dropping out of an (FPTP) primary is like awkward manual runoff voting. Once you clearly aren't winning, you drop out so those votes can flow to the next preferred candidate.

People voting for Buttigieg switched to Biden because he was the most similar candidate. Of course Buttigieg would support the candidate that best matches his policy preferences -- and the preferences of voters.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You're trying to make sense to people who want their preferred candidate to win and if they don't they throw a fit and won't accept anyone else.

Hence all the people in these comments STILL crying about Bernie.

I voted for Buttigieg. When it was clear he wasn't going to get it, he dropped to let his votes go to someone else, like he should have. Then I went with Biden. The next most realistic, progressive option.

A lot of people in these comments do not grasp how American politics function.

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