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IndyOp

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15. I strongly disagree. Let's all attack Dems for being timid. Wait!
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 03:31 PM
Feb 2020

Let’s attack a Dem who speaks out when they are confident of the results. Pete is a meticulous data collector, the data set is tiny, the analysis simple, and the results clear.

The Buttigieg Campaign posted all of their numbers in an Excel spreadsheet on the Buttigieg website. If Seth Abramson can’t be bothered to check the numbers, then that is a poor reflection on him. Pete isn’t stating an opinion - he has the data.

Pete would not claim he was victorious unless he was - if it turned out that he was wrong he would be the laughingstock of the nation.

One of Pete’s major at Oxford was economics for crissakes. He’s run his data through a bunch of different models and had to be certain he had been victorious before he claimed it so.

Also - if Senators Warren or Klobuchar had the numbers and were certain they had won I would’ve wanted them to shout it from the rooftops. Women need to assertively take the field and take up just as much space as males who feel entitled.

Dems have to make power plays to beat Repubs. Pete’s power play here is based on observing reality. In November - wouldn’t you like an operation like Pete’s to be way the fuck ahead of the game in terms of protecting our votes? He just did that.

P.S. LOVE SENATOR WARREN AND HAVE FOR DECADES. WOULD BE THRILLED TO WORK AND VOTE FOR HER IN NOVEMBER! I’m ticked at Abramson.


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

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Men have had their chances... Rider3 Feb 2020 #1
As a 69 year oild male married to the same wonderful woman for 41 years, I can't argue with you KPN Feb 2020 #4
This is silly sexist wishcasting Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #7
Seth did nothing of the sort. He made an observation and wrote of it Roland99 Feb 2020 #9
Whoa. Nice job twisting and distorting what he said. pnwmom Feb 2020 #13
Um...the reply wasn't directed at the OP robbob Feb 2020 #14
Rider3 makes a good point. Men have all the chances AllyCat Feb 2020 #16
Lol! demmiblue Feb 2020 #23
Eliminate the men squirecam Feb 2020 #12
as middle aged white male berksdem Feb 2020 #21
looks like this did not age well :_) berksdem Feb 2020 #24
Why am I not surprised? This really is rich ... KPN Feb 2020 #2
K&R 2naSalit Feb 2020 #3
Warren/ cilla4progress Feb 2020 #5
I would be very OK with that ticket! BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #10
It was uncharacteristic for the McKinsey number cruncher to act in the absence of data dalton99a Feb 2020 #6
He has data - it is posted in an Excel sheet on his campaign website. IndyOp Feb 2020 #17
Good observation Zolorp Feb 2020 #8
I'm donating more to Amy. apcalc Feb 2020 #11
I did too :) joost5 Feb 2020 #22
I strongly disagree. Let's all attack Dems for being timid. Wait! IndyOp Feb 2020 #15
Thanks. Good summary. ancianita Feb 2020 #18
George Carlin might have agreed and why he thought God had to be a man. alwaysinasnit Feb 2020 #19
K&R Kurt V. Feb 2020 #20
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