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edhopper

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26. It read like he was being taken to task

Reply to question everything (Reply #25)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 12:17 PM

Jun 2019

for being absent in his town when disaster struck.

If that was not your intention, you could make it clearer in the OP.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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A tornado hit South Bend Sunday, damaging buildings and knocking down trees, weather service confirm [View all] question everything Jun 2019 OP

I dunno--was he responsible? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #1

Thank you. Tipperary Jun 2019 #3

To console. This is what leaders often do question everything Jun 2019 #20

Oh, boy. I can just hear the Bible thumpers now. sandensea Jun 2019 #2

Wow. Such bad luck lately. ecstatic Jun 2019 #4

He needs time and experience. IluvPitties Jun 2019 #5

Having a tornado doesn't justify this 'he needs time and experience' ... nor does the 'In ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #30

what state office do you suggest? Celerity Jun 2019 #7

I was wondering about that too, including the idea of moving. ecstatic Jun 2019 #8

No, he won't move. He has stated that he is a son of South Bend. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #9

Yes. I forgot to put that in this time when discussing this. Celerity Jun 2019 #13

Good Grief...it's like the forces are telling him not to run Indygram Jun 2019 #6

He is not going to drop out. He just doesn't operate that way. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #10

Unlike Beto, he has a full-time job. cwydro Jun 2019 #11

My post was not an attack or insult on Mayor Pete Indygram Jun 2019 #16

"Forces" "Fate" "Bad things usually happen in threes" cwydro Jun 2019 #17

I was actually posting in at least one other thread that I genuinely feel bad for Pete Indygram Jun 2019 #18

Your concern is noted. cwydro Jun 2019 #19

Bad things happen in 3s? MoonRiver Jun 2019 #23

Actually, surveying the damage, consoling people who got hurt and loss question everything Jun 2019 #21

Yes he was. Why do you ask? irisblue Jun 2019 #12

I ask a simple question. Being there can enhance his image as a leader question everything Jun 2019 #22

Since you obviously want to make a natural disaster about Buttigieg, you picked the right forum. cwydro Jun 2019 #14

May be "obvious" to you. Silly me, I thought that being there can enhance his image question everything Jun 2019 #24

It's obvious how much you want his image "enhanced" Politicub Jun 2019 #27

Why? How easy it is to throw insults without any evidence question everything Jun 2019 #29

Yeah, sure. cwydro Jun 2019 #33

It is hilarious that in a thread edhopper Jun 2019 #15

Who is bashing Buttigieg? An opportunity for him to enhance his image.. That too many question everything Jun 2019 #25

It read like he was being taken to task edhopper Jun 2019 #26

"An opportunity for him to enhance his image." SouthernProgressive Jun 2019 #32

Two wrongs don't make a right MustLoveBeagles Jun 2019 #35

lol fail ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #28

epic fail leftofcool Jun 2019 #31

And trying to squirm out of it now. cwydro Jun 2019 #34