Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumPete Buttigieg: Why we can wait
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. published a book titled Why We Cant Wait. In the book, he detailed the reasons why African-American people could not just wait out the horrible Jim Crow rules which burdened us as people. The book was very convincing. Soon, President Lyndon Johnson signed civil rights bills that would undo unfair discrimination against African-American people.
Years later, Johnson announced that he would not seek a second full term in the White House. His signing of the Civil Rights Bill brought us Richard Nixon and his Southern Plan, rolling back all of the concessions to African-Americans that we had gained under Johnson.
Fast-forward to 2019. The rising star of the coming presidential election season is Pete Buttigieg, a Harvard grad, Rhodes Scholar, young mayor of South Bend, Ind. and a deeply Christian married man, who seems unable to do any wrong. He is the first Democratic presidential candidate to take the Bill Maher challenge and go on Fox News.
I watched his interview a few Sundays ago on Fox Sunday with Chris Wallace and was mighty impressed by what I saw. Chris Wallace seemed to just gush with hope that Buttigieg would become the Democratic nominee for 2020. When Wallace joined his panel of guest pundits those panelists were just as gushingly complementary of the Indiana Wonder Boy.
Read more: https://www.dallasvoice.com/pete-buttigieg-why-we-can-wait/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
murielm99
(30,745 posts)about that article.
What's your take, TT?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)Pete should seize the day and not worry about his detractors think or say (particularly the Republicans).
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
True Dough
(17,311 posts)and with great success so far. There's still a long, long road ahead. But at 37, he has the energy, the personality and the message to keep building on the incredible momentum he's built so far.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)name calling was unnecessary.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden