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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA private flight from South Bend to Wilmington, Delaware, landed an hour and five minutes ago.
This rampant speculation just in:
August 10, 2020
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Lazycrockett an hour ago
HMMMM??
A private flight from South Bend to Wilmington, Delaware, landed an hour and five minutes ago, per FlightAware.
Link to tweet
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Bayard
(23,918 posts)Hoping.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)qazplm135
(7,465 posts)so some are speculating that it is Duckworth.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)qazplm135
(7,465 posts)That those flights exist and that's why the speculation.
Renew Deal
(82,818 posts)But why are we assuming this means something? It could be anyone.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I just don't understand how anyone would think that a flight from South Bend could have anything to do with Duckworth.
Renew Deal
(82,818 posts)Maybe it's Buttigieg. Surprise!
Demsrule86
(70,795 posts)LaMouffette
(2,210 posts)and found out that one of her parents is an American. Did not know that! I had been concerned that she would not be able to be president in 2024, but yabba-dabba-doo! I may have just switched my allegiance from Val Demings to Tammy Duckworth for Veep!
leftieNanner
(15,628 posts)If Joe gets hit by a bus, then VP steps forward.
Sneederbunk
(14,953 posts)Funtatlaguy
(11,694 posts)genxlib
(5,646 posts)Touchdown Jesus is going to be the VP pick????
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,553 posts)I heard a great interview with her on the New Abnormal podcast recently. She is so impressive.
qazplm135
(7,465 posts)when the announcement is made. Also private flight from NH indicating Sanders could be coming, and a private flight from Chicago which in theory could mean Duckworth is the selection but could also mean Obama or someone else coming in.
I think we will know in the next 48 hours.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)PatSeg
(49,583 posts)Should be very soon.
FreeState
(10,675 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)I would welcome that choice too!
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and Afghanistan War veteran. He served as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1982 (age 38 years), South Bend, IN
Full name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg
Spouse: Chasten Buttigieg (m. 2018)
Education: Pembroke College (2007), Harvard College (2004), Saint Joseph High School
Parents: Joseph Buttigieg, Jennifer Anne Montgomery
drray23
(7,851 posts)after all the times that Biden has commited to pick a woman, choosing Buttiegieg would be a slap in the face to a lot if his supporters.
Budi
(15,325 posts)We know no more today than we did yesterday.
Wonder what position he's offering Pete?
Yippee...
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)You have a problem with one of the extraordinarily qualified black women being passed over for a small-town mayor and the Democratic ticket going into the fall with two white guys on it? How is that a problem?
Budi
(15,325 posts)👍
I can't wait for the big reveal. Really. This is torture already. 😟
Autumn
(45,920 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Autumn
(45,920 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Just as no one forced him to promise to select a woman.
Autumn
(45,920 posts)what is going on behind the scenes. I won't hold him to that promise. He knows who is best and who is needed to repair the damage.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)hanging over his head. Major mistake to pick him for VP. He definitely should be in the Cabinet or head up State.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Maybe Joe's going to fool us all!
Budi
(15,325 posts)Anxious to find out what position Joe offers Pete B in his WH/Cabinet circle.
You know he will be there with the best of them. 🙂💙
BannonsLiver
(17,629 posts)Btw someone posted about a plane leaving from somewhere over the weekend. That plane eventually went to a Nantucket. Had nothing to do with Biden.
brokephibroke
(1,884 posts)Dagstead Bumwood
(4,786 posts)drray23
(7,851 posts)Rice lives in DC , Harris is from California ( although she might currently be in DC), ,Duckworth is illinois , Whitmer is Michigan.
qazplm135
(7,465 posts)So that could be Duckworth.
Music Man
(1,556 posts)they talked about the game of having flights come out of different cities to throw people off. I'll have to go back to the episode and find where Alyssa Mastromonaco discusses where they had Biden fly out of. Interesting stuff.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1) It could be someone from the Chicago area but that doesn't really help since no finalist was living in the Chicago area. I guess Duckworth? But again, she wasn't in Chicago.
2) It's not terribly far from Michigan...
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)So, unlikely related to Biden.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Mad cow
(92 posts)So it could just be a rich family from Delaware
Budi
(15,325 posts)Just sayin' 🤔
dem4decades
(11,819 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Music Man
(1,556 posts)Mayor Petra.
Someone with good Photoshop skills can do that one for me.
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jg10003
(1,019 posts)A wealthy businessman from Indiana had a business meeting in Delaware. I know it sounds farfetched but it just might be true.
Sneederbunk
(14,953 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Helicopters and Secret Service arrived in Delaware and DU guessed it was Biden who was to be named for Veep.
Sneederbunk
(14,953 posts)LaMouffette
(2,210 posts)That would be cool! He speaks eight languages for Pete's sake. Hey! "For Pete's Sake!" (Sorry, long day, lots of breaking news, I think I'm getting punchy.)
GusFring
(756 posts)Delarage
(2,330 posts)Back in the day; I saw Ross Perot one time in the back of a limo after he arrived. Too bad I don't work there anymore
MoonlitKnight
(1,585 posts)1. Wilmington has a lot of HQs, like DuPont - so could just be regular corporate or rich people stuff.
2. They will lease a bunch of ghost flights to throw people off.
3. The choice may already be in the area, so any flights might be family- so locations may not be a good clue.
4. Lets get this over with and start beating Trump.
Midnight Writer
(22,851 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,329 posts)as a show of unity. Thats what this could be.