It must be Pete Buttigieg Day in the media, articles about him are everywhere...

[DonViejo]

Pete Buttigieg shows how to campaign on values in the age of Trump

By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
April 4 at 10:15 AM

One of the most horrifying spectacles of the Trump era is the moral and spiritual sell-out of evangelical Christians who have made a Faustian bargain with President Trump. They condone or ignore his alleged sexual predation, bigotry, cruelty, lies, abject materialism and egomania. For some judicial appointments, they not only tolerate a host of non-Christian qualities but deify him, becoming the most devoted foot soldiers in the Trump cult. (These were the people who vilified President Bill Clinton for sexual immorality and decided that Jeb Bush wasn’t sufficiently supportive of the pro-life movement.)

Thanks to Trump, his evangelical excuse-mongers and his right-wing media chorus, the Republican Party has become a mostly male, white-grievance party, which is indifferent to real discrimination against women and minorities, to trauma inflicted on migrant children, to those who may lose health-care coverage — really to anyone who is not a devoted Trump fan. The question for the party is no longer whether something is conservative or even good for Americans (or true!), but whether a position helps Trump. It’s idolatry plain and simple.

Into this vacuum of values and faith steps savvy Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

During a remarkable interview with USA Today’s Kirsten Powers, Buttigieg explained, “The left is rightly committed to a separation of church and state . . . but we need to not be afraid to invoke arguments that are convincing on why Christian faith is going to point you in a progressive direction.” Not since the civil rights movement has the left truly embraced faith as a motivation and justification for policies toward the powerless. He continued:

When I think about where most of Scripture points me, it is toward defending the poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the prisoner, and the outcast, and those who are left behind by the way society works. And what we have now is this exaltation of wealth and power, almost for its own sake, that in my reading of Scripture couldn’t be more contrary to the message of Christianity. So I think it’s really important to carry a message (to the public), knitting together a lot of groups that have already been on this path for some time, but giving them more visibility in the public sphere.

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[Amimnoch]

1. such a beautiful thing to see.

Liking that guy more and more each day.

Hoping to see polls eventually coming out about him matched against Cheetolini in the upcoming months in battleground states.

As we get closer to Iowa, I'm all for supporting any primary candidate that has the best chance of winning the electoral college that isn't BS.

[marylandblue]

2. I've been making a habit of pointing out Buttigieg's method in action.

In this case, it's a media strategy. He knows how to make the media want to talk with him and about him. Some parts are obvious, some behind the scenes.

I know someone who works in PR. There are methods of getting good coverage. Make yourself available. Call everybody. Call them back. Be nice to the producers, crew, and receptionists. Say things that are different from everyone else (Trump did this big in a negative way). Cultivate relationships (seems to be cultivating one with Rubin). Have a good camera presence (if you aren't good, get training). Build a buzz (I spoke to CNN yesterday, I have ABC today, do you have time to fill before my NBC slot?). If they ask, will you talk about ____?, always say yes.

I see that he's doing these things, so they are covering him.

[IndyOp]

3. He is the candidate who I currently support, but I am finding

I need a Buttigieg break every now and then. I saw a brief interview on CNN with his media advisor - she said that his strategy is to make himself available whenever he is asked for an interview. She said Trump did that.

I figure he does his Mayor job from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day and spends the rest of the time doing interviews.

I don't think I remember any candidate getting this much press. Do you?