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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: **UPDATE** @PeteButtigieg: "The failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump." [View all]Demsrule86
(70,673 posts)216. No, that is the same fucking thing...we are not stupid. Who was president during that
era? I am pretty steamed about this and not because I support Biden but because I adore Pres. Obama...he deserves better from Democrats...especially those running for the nomination.
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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