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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: **UPDATE** @PeteButtigieg: "The failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump." [View all]brush
(56,417 posts)119. I thought he was supposed to be so brilliant. And he disparages...
the most popular Democrat on the planet who pulled the country out of the great recession?
This will lose him some support from many Dems, not to mention among African Americans with whom he's already hurting.
What's up with him saying that, and with the November debate coming up?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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**UPDATE** @PeteButtigieg: "The failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump." [View all]
SidDithers
Nov 2019
OP
The reporter now says he mistranscribed the interview and Pete didn't say Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#118
That will really help his campaign..criticizing the most popular president in this century
Thekaspervote
Nov 2019
#2
Given your signature line, it's obvious he never had a chance to "lose you" in the first place...
regnaD kciN
Nov 2019
#321
Au contraire. I've been critical of Buttigieg from the getgo given his initial missteps.
onetexan
Nov 2019
#329
Pete didn't bash Obama or even mention Obama and the reporter has apologized for the error.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#128
Pete didn't say anything about Obama and the reporter has apologized for the mistake.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#129
Sadly, there is a fair percentage here who don't read beyond the post title.
demmiblue
Nov 2019
#304
Blaming the Obama administration for Trump is neither correct nor a winning strategy
dlk
Nov 2019
#4
The reporter has apologized for mistranscribing the interview. Pete didn't mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#120
it was a complete misquote, made up, what is disqualifying is this reporter's sloppiness
Celerity
Nov 2019
#178
I see that overnight the reporter has corrected the story and Buttigieg didn't say....
George II
Nov 2019
#211
Bad move Mayor Pete. The best president of my life is NOT responsible for the worst ever.
malchickiwick
Nov 2019
#7
"The administration of Barack Obama was not only eight years of a Democratic president --
betsuni
Nov 2019
#48
To me, that sounds like way too many people are anti BLACK! What else differed between BO &
napi21
Nov 2019
#91
The reporter has apologized for mistranscribing the interview. Pete didn't say Obama anything.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#122
He was misquoted and the reporter has apologized. Pete didn't even mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#168
The reporter says he did not transcribe the quote correctly so this is totally bogus.
redstatebluegirl
Nov 2019
#177
That would be unfortunate, because it was a reporting error. Pete didn't mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#132
Oopsie. Thx for that. I dint notice. The phones are too smart for their own britches!!1😝
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#320
Of course not...I wonder how the reporter got it so wrong...the old normal is very clear.
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#278
Yep. It suggests that he is not a wise campaigner. We don't need a candidate who
tblue37
Nov 2019
#111
Except Pete didn't bash or mention Obama and the reporter has apologized for the error.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#138
The reporter has apologized for mistranscribing the interview. Pete never said Obama era.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#123
no problem, it's understandable given the subject, I'm just trying to put out what actually was said
Celerity
Nov 2019
#237
His rhetoric was ok; unfortunately the reporter misquoted him and has since apologized.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#162
The reporter made a huge, damaging error. Pete didn't bash or even mentioned Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#134
I don't see how even if Pres. Obama wasn't mentioned by name this changes anything...still
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#209
Except Pete didn't say anything about Obama and the reporter has apologized for the mistake.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#146
Except he didn't say it and the reporter has apologized for his huge mistake.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#145
Oh yeah. "Part of how we lost our way in 2016 was, first of all, it was all about our nominee.
betsuni
Nov 2019
#81
You're right not to believe it--he didn't say it. The reporter has apologized for the mistake.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#126
The reporter made a huge mistake and has apologized. Pete didn't even mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#149
Ouch. My bad! It did seem a remarkably stupid thing for the brilliant Buttigieg to be saying.
gulliver
Nov 2019
#283
The reporter has apologized for mistranscribing the interview. Pete didn't mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#121
Whether viewed as failures or not, none of these gave us Trump. Obama got what he could, what the
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#50
Yes He got the bus outta the ditch. He saved our economy. Thanks for reminding that he didn't have.
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#56
After Ted Kennedy died there was literally no avenue toward getting a public option.
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#97
But Warren will get those Repub votes for MFA? No! Finally acknowledgement her plan will be DOA. Thx
Skya Rhen
Nov 2019
#152
Exactly, the left never appreciated Pres. Obama and blame him for the lack of the public option
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#212
It was a huge, damaging reporting error. Pete didn't even mention Obama, let alone blame him.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#143
I hope you'll reconsider because it was a reporting error, and the reporter has apologized
femmedem
Nov 2019
#144
Mayor P apologists are saying he was blaming the "era," not Obama personally. Will parsing work?
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#61
The tweet explains the wording choice perfectly. Pete will be walking this comment back, explaining
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#100
Pete's got nothing to walk balk because he didn't even say "Obama era." Reporter erred.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#150
I don't think his analysis of what led to Trump considered the most obvious factors. First and
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#217
Does not seem to have been at all intended. He was, as I understand, taking a swipe at Biden
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#242
No, that is the same fucking thing...we are not stupid. Who was president during that
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#216
The failures of the reporter, actually. He has apologized for mistranscribing the interview.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#151
I don't understand what the old 'normal ' is...but I know that Trump's 'new'
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#251
He didn't blame or even mention Obama. It was a reporting error; the reporter apologized.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#147
No Pete, THAT ISN'T the reason we got Trump, and for you NOT TO REALIZE THAT, suggests that perhaps
still_one
Nov 2019
#76
That's correct. mcturdle and the re-pukes more or less vowed to destroy his presidency and come
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#92
Say what? I was taking to you more strongly lately. Now that has changed. Bye!
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#86
Uh, I was considering him being considered as the nominee's running mate.
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#292
There's nothing "innocent" about that quote. Hillary lost despite a 2.9 million vote edge,
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#93
Except the quote is inaccurate and the reporter has apologized. Pete didn't mention Obama.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#140
I will be blunt - the "economy" had jack shit to do with the getting this lunatic elected POTUS
Cosmocat
Nov 2019
#218
He said it in the context of critiquing Biden as a candidate looking to the past, in other words, to
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#101
@PeteButtigieg on comparisons to Biden and his criticism of the Obama Administration.
Cha
Nov 2019
#108
Points for you, Cha, getting the exact words PB used in that context I referenced. Leaves
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#113
That is what I think too. And my response is how dare he? Obama was the best president in my
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#200
The reporter has apologized for mistranscribing the interview. Pete didn't say Obama era.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#125
I saw it and concluded he was going after the Obama administration which isn't much different than
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#205
Well Pete, that crap may be worth a couple of points in IA, but just wait till you get to SC.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2019
#107
However many times I read it, and re-read it, my takeaway is the same. It was an Obama diss.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2019
#319
If it kills or damages his campaign, that's heartbreaking because it was a reporting error.
femmedem
Nov 2019
#141
Was it? Whether he mentioned Obama's name or not...the gist is pretty much the same...
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#206
It doesn't sound that way to me...he specifically mentions 2016 and he took a shot
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#229
I would kill to go back to 2009. We absolutely have to stop Trumpers...and I don't see how the
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#192
Really, MF4A is kind of like going back to the Roosevelt or Johnson era...plenty want to
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#233
What a shit show. It's hard to believe 1 reporter can stir up this much crap about a candidate.
vsrazdem
Nov 2019
#173
I think Buttiegieg supporters are trying to respond with reports of the retraction from the reporter
vsrazdem
Nov 2019
#183
Still 'n' all, it should been said that reptilicans in governance, administering, upper-hand
sprinkleeninow
Nov 2019
#290
I guess I see we need MORE failures like the Obama era which btw, saved the american economy AND
beachbumbob
Nov 2019
#191
or failures to read, as it was a complete misquote (the OP finally put that in) mage up by a sloppy
Celerity
Nov 2019
#199
Actually a reporter with an agenda it seems. A two-fer hit on both Pete and Barack.
LuvLoogie
Nov 2019
#231
and now some are trying to spin it back into a dodgy 'Pete was still attacking Obama' meme
Celerity
Nov 2019
#234
Yeah. I'm not getting into the candidate wars this time around. Had Pete actually said
LuvLoogie
Nov 2019
#238
me too, and if Pete is not the nominee, then I will gladly vote or the winner
Celerity
Nov 2019
#243
The OP "finally" put that in, less than 1/2 hour after the reporter posted their correction...nt
SidDithers
Nov 2019
#293
oki, cool, but I would have deleted the whole thing, as it was literally 'fake news'
Celerity
Nov 2019
#296
I know...whether he mentioned Obama's name or not...it still sounds like he went after the
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#207
I see no hint of blaming Obama in the recording...is this the full recording?
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#248
I would like to know this too...and I don't see how the reporter heard it wrong either...as you
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#277
It was a sloppy hit by an amateur it seems. So over these junior conservatives/jill steiners.
LuvLoogie
Nov 2019
#239
Beto was accurately quoted, quite different from this complete misquote
maximusveritas
Nov 2019
#322
Would you consider updating your thread title with the corrected quote, Sid?
Qutzupalotl
Nov 2019
#327