Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forum
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
It Mattered That He Showed Up: On Pete Buttigieg's "Shortest Way Home"
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/it-mattered-that-he-showed-up-on-pete-buttigiegs-shortest-way-home/#!It Mattered That He Showed Up: On Pete Buttigiegs Shortest Way Home
By Harrison Hill
MAY 28, 2019
snip//
Having just barely attained to the Age of thirty five Years, the threshold mandated in the Constitution, Buttigieg has now turned his ambitions to the White House. The results have been promising: a May 9 Monmouth poll puts Buttigieg third in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, behind only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Nationally, too, Mayor Pete is building momentum as of last week, Quinnipiac had him ahead of party stars like Cory Booker and Beto ORourke. Everything can and will change, but its a credit to Buttigiegs vision, intelligence, and thoughtfulness and, certainly, his status as a white male that hes emerged, with such speed, from near-total obscurity to something like viability.
Does such a rise indicate Buttigieg has what it takes to unseat the aged cretin currently squatting in the Oval? I hesitate to guess. But whatever happens in 2020, Buttigieg appears poised to make a substantial contribution to American politics and public life a fact evident not just from his galvanizing interviews and appearances, but also from his new memoir, Shortest Way Home: One Mayors Challenge and a Model for Americas Future. The book is clearly intended as a campaign document, and contains all the humanizing anecdotes and professional backstory typical of a political memoir. But Shortest Way Home is more than just a stump speech with a dust jacket. Its a vivid and surprisingly lyrical portrait of a city and a man in transition and an intellectual performance in which Buttigieg succeeds in making his play at the presidency seem entirely, thrillingly appropriate.
snip//
It matters that hes gay, that he showed up. I imagine I speak for many other gay men when I try to communicate just how much this means to me, how deeply moving it is to see a television anchor, speaking of Buttigieg, use a phrase like his husband all without batting an eye. Theres a revolution in those two words, and that they just might apply to a major-party nominee a president qualifies as a miracle.
Of course, Buttigieg remains a long shot. But for now I choose to linger in the possibility, in the hope, that he and his husband his husband! might yet go to the White House. That they, and we, might yet win.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
5 replies, 967 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (12)
ReplyReply to this post
5 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
It Mattered That He Showed Up: On Pete Buttigieg's "Shortest Way Home" (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2019
OP
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)1. No surprise--I applaud this review by this man.
It's very well-written and sees Buttigieg clearly, as the man he is.
I loved this sentence most of all: That they, and we, might yet win.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)2. Hi, Peggy. I don't know
where you are, but Mayor Pete will be interviewed by Chris Matthews tonight, fyi.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)3. I'm in a suburb of Los Angeles!
What network is Chris Matthews on?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)4. msnbc at 7:00 est, interview starts at 7:30.
I knew where you lived, didn't know you'd returned from your trip!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)5. Just a couple of days ago........still fighting jet lag and fatigue!
I have so many photos, I don't know which to post first!
And thanks for the info!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden