Posted on 04/04/2019 9:06:11 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg appeared on Good Morning America Thursday morning and addressed the “socialist” label in the frank and candid manner that has given rise to his upstart campaign. The focus of the conversation? Is the label “socialist” a liability in today’s political landscape?
George Stephanopoulos asked the South Bend Mayor about an essay he wrote in High School that ostensibly praised Bernie Sanders self-identifying as a “socialist” in context of the term being used by the right to vilify progressive candidates on the left. Buttigieg corrected the GMA anchor and said that the focus of his award-winning essay was for being honest for what he believed.
Buttigieg then pivoted to the term “socialist” calling out the right for unfairly using it to vilify political opponents. He then mentioned how President Donald Trump is “adopting a tactic that takes us baaing to the darkest days of the ’50s when you could use the word socialist to kill somebody’s career or to kill an idea” comparing it to the Boy Who Cried Wolf tale.
He then cited the example of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which has been oft-derided as a socialist program. The roots of ACA were developed in conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation before first being rolled out by the then-Republican governor of Massachusettes Mitt Romney.
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Full title: Pete Buttigieg Says Crying ‘Socialism’ is Tired: Obamacare Was a Conservative Idea…Which They Called ‘Socialist’
A conservative idea that the Dems voted for unanimously and not a single Pubbie did? LOL
This Buttleak guy needs a straight jacket.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=6wjbTruO4Ko
Mayor Buttplugs.
Hillary Clinton was the first to push healthcare reform when she was First Lady.
South Bend’s shame
Stick your opinions up your....never mind.
This garden gnome of a candidate is the son of a Communist professor who used his position to brainwash the Millenials now supporting Socialism/Communism. He Is no more trustworthy than the Muslims in Congress who are working against our country.
And who the hell ever considered Romney a conservative? This guy is a nut.
Whatever we thought about Humphrey, scoop Jackson, jack Kennedy, Stevenson, Truman —- they were sane. Today’s D party sure ain’t the D party of our parents’ generation!
Who is funding this guy? Who is backing him? Why is he suddenly one of top Democrat candidates now?
Governor Palin was raked over the coals for being a Mayor of a small town. Never mind the fact that when she was chosen for VP, she was a Governor of the largest state in the country that bordered two foreign countries, and was a state regulator.
This guy reminds me of POSObama. He’s a snake in the grass.
“Who is funding this guy? Who is backing him? Why is he suddenly one of top Democrat candidates now”?
As I said on an earlier post, he reminds me of Obama. Snakes in the grass.
It was a conservative idea. It took the great conservative constitutional scholar John Roberts to figure out how it was so conservative it was constitutional.
Buttigieg-Greek word meaning a man that enjoys rectum cranial insertion.
It matters not the individual, the concept is a socialist concept.
We are reaping masive ignorance of people because schools do not teach proper history anymore. On purpose. So these people will be ignorant and redo the past mistakes.
He’s an idiot, Romney is NOT a conservative. He’s a basic elitist asshole that lies to everyone.
And yes, I did not vote for him in 2012. So all you whiney FReepers back then that called me a “traitor” and “wanting Obama to win” can go F yourselves again.
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