The gay former transportation secretary says the GOP’s Epstein shutdown should dominate headlines, just like Republicans made trans athletes their obsession.
Exactly. He doesn’t “believe” anything per se. He’s a cypher. Believes are fungible; having a belief is a transaction for him.
It’s the fundamental difference between authentic politicians who have a belief and then seek the power to make that belief a reality, versus wanting power and then adopting whatever beliefs it takes to get you there.
Yeah, my distaste for Buttigieg stemmed not from him being a centrist, but because he doesn’t seem to stand for anything. Like Harris he started the primary in a vague progressive lane and then realized that he wasn’t going to complete with Bernie or Warren and decided Biden was weak in the moderate path and shifted there. If there was a communist revolution, Pete would speak the theory and throw his hat into the ring for Chairman.
He’s the epitomy of the view that politics is mostly about finely crafting a message and winning the spin game, not policy or action. He may even be right, but I don’t trust him to be anything more than a spokesman.
Exactly. He doesn’t “believe” anything per se. He’s a cypher. Believes are fungible; having a belief is a transaction for him.
It’s the fundamental difference between authentic politicians who have a belief and then seek the power to make that belief a reality, versus wanting power and then adopting whatever beliefs it takes to get you there.
Yeah, my distaste for Buttigieg stemmed not from him being a centrist, but because he doesn’t seem to stand for anything. Like Harris he started the primary in a vague progressive lane and then realized that he wasn’t going to complete with Bernie or Warren and decided Biden was weak in the moderate path and shifted there. If there was a communist revolution, Pete would speak the theory and throw his hat into the ring for Chairman.
He’s the epitomy of the view that politics is mostly about finely crafting a message and winning the spin game, not policy or action. He may even be right, but I don’t trust him to be anything more than a spokesman.