two interviews with Pete Buttigieg

[MBS]

I thought he was impressive on both occasions:

Feb 14, Stephen Colbert

Jan 31, CBS This morning:

[Sherman A1]

1. I saw the Colbert Interview and he was good

Don't see me in his camp yet, but if he is the nominee I will certainly support him.

[FM123]

2. Yes, he is a very impressive young man. We Dems are so lucky to have so many great candidates!

[MBS]

5. Yes, and I find that fact very reassuring-

and helpful for avoiding complete despair.
Because of our "deep bench" of qualified and articulate candidates, I have hopes that the primary debates will prove to be a series of genuine, thoughtful, serious discussions about the future of our country.

[thegoose]

3. I saw a longform interview on CSPAN

He was articulate and humorous. Best of all, he wasn't afraid to call Dump what he is.

Interviewer Frank Bruni asked: "If you had a gun to your head, who would you say you'd prefer to serve out the term until 2020? Trump or Pence?"

Buttigieg replied, "Is the gun loaded?"

[MBS]

4. will need to look up the C-SPAN interview, too

If you happen to find the link, please post it here!
I also appreciate his humor, which is developing for me as almost a minimum requirement for any primary candidate that I consider seriously. (If nothing else, the poor wretch who takes on the job of rebuilding our country after the current debacle will need a sense of humor merely to survive the experience).

[greyl]

9. Video of Pete on C-SPAN with Bruni on February 18, 2019

"We sure the gun is loaded?" and subsequent Pence comments lead-up starts at about 38 minutes.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4781930/peter-buttigieg

[MBS]

10. Thanks! n/t

[NurseJackie]

6. I know exactly how it's correctly pronounced, but my eyes STILL see "Butty-gig" or "Booty-geeg".

Is it German? Scandinavian?

[MBS]

7. I think his family is from Malta

which presumably is the source of his hard-to-classify-and-pronounce name.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. His father is from Malta.