# Who is Pete Buttigieg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 12, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032 "2019-03-12T21:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/341 "2019-04-30T01:18:57Z")
That does not deserve a bravo, dude. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/342 "2019-04-30T01:32:46Z")
Bullshit detectors are bravo worthy, dude. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/343 "2019-04-30T01:56:01Z")
Ok. Guess there’s no shame in having incredibly low standards. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/344 "2019-04-30T02:42:29Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’m not saying it absolutely positively didn’t happen, but why, in the time of #MeToo, would a person actively running for president do anything that came anywhere _close_ to being viewed as sexually improper? It just seems a little off and too convenient right when Pete is taking off in the polls. I agree, but mass numbers of people seem perfectly willing to believe an allegation about Woody Allen that also involves very questionable timing. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/345 "2019-04-30T03:01:28Z")
Y’know, I’m not really surprised that people would lie about things like this. What I am surprised by is that they’d be so stunningly incompetent at it. Like, I mean, at least enlist the cooperation of the guy who’s supposedly going to be making the claims, before you start doing things under his name. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/346 "2019-04-30T03:14:36Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Ok. Guess there’s no shame in having incredibly low standards. My standards are that anything that contains the words “In the days and weeks ahead, I will share my full story with the nation” is a bunch of fucking bullshit, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/347 "2019-04-30T03:51:58Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Ok. Guess there’s no shame in having incredibly low standards. Not so low that two people in this thread were unable to rise to meet them. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/348 "2019-04-30T05:18:25Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > My standards are that anything that contains the words “In the days and weeks ahead, I will share my full story with the nation” is a bunch of fucking bullshit, that’s all. All I meant is that what you said was a pretty normal amount of skepticism and a low bar for bravo. Anyways, I hope Wohl gets sued over this. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/349 "2019-04-30T09:17:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Y’know, I’m not really surprised that people would lie about things like this. What I am surprised by is that they’d be so stunningly incompetent at it. Like, I mean, at least enlist the cooperation of the guy who’s supposedly going to be making the claims, before you start doing things under his name. Have you not encountered [Wohl and Burkman](http://digg.com/2018/jacob-wohl-mueller-press-conference)before? They’re like if the guys from Dumb and Dumber worked for James O’Keefe. > [@Evil Economist](#): > > Not so low that two people in this thread were unable to rise to meet them. To give them credit, they may not have cared whether it was true or not and simply wanted to spread it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/350 "2019-04-30T12:48:51Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Bad news for Pete: Just quoting this for the sheer comedy value. 10/10. Remember, Jacob Wohl is the fucknugget that had a presser claiming to reveal damaging sexual allegations against Mueller. And he and whacked-out Laura Loomer have been banging, so they’re both sticking it to the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/351 "2019-04-30T14:08:44Z")
Oh, I wish I’d posted last night. Because when I heard this story, my first thought was “This is going to turn out to be another Jacob Wohl stunt”. The only thing that surprised me is that Hunter Kelly actually is the guy’s real name. Wonder if his sister is Sage Forest. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/352 "2019-04-30T15:04:48Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Ok. Guess there’s no shame in having incredibly low standards. By low standards, are you referring to **HD** posting an unverified, suspicious-looking story and saying “Bad news for Pete?” This is something that Michael Avanetti does, so yeah, it probably qualifies as being of a low standard. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/353 "2019-04-30T15:22:32Z")
That’s one out of the blue Michael Avanetti reference. Bravo, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/354 "2019-04-30T16:12:17Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > That’s one out of the blue Michael Avanetti reference. Bravo, sir. That’s one predictable changing of the subject. No bravos for that, though, due to the dispute on the standards of what deserves a bravo. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/355 "2019-04-30T16:50:08Z")
Change the subject? Like bringing up Avanetti? What do you expect me to do, start defending Ditka’s link drop? Condemn it? What subject was I supposed to talk about? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/356 "2019-04-30T17:29:15Z")
Oh my God, can you all stop the stupid slap fight about bravos? If bobot wants to bravo Lamoral for getting out of bed before noon, that’s no skin off anyone’s nose. It’s not like there’s a finite supply of bravos and we have to worry about them running out. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/357 "2019-04-30T17:30:22Z")
I’ll give CarnalK a bravo for being willing and able to carry on with a thread derailment for longer than anyone I’ve ever seen. You’ve been arguing for 16 hours over someone’s reaction to a reaction to HD’s link. Can’t you guys just call it a draw? Back on the topic of Pete Buttigieg: [He’s currently polling at #2 in NH, statistically tied with Bernie and behind Biden, in a new Suffolk University poll.](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-ties-sanders-for-second-new-hampshire) I really do with there were more racially diverse Midwestern states among the early voters. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/358 "2019-04-30T17:33:36Z")
And a reminder that polling now, a year in advance of any primaries, means very little. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/359 "2019-04-30T17:35:35Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And a reminder that polling now, a year in advance of any primaries, means very little. Very true. Still, would love to see a Michigan or Pennsylvania in the first four. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032/360 "2019-04-30T17:37:04Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Oh my God, can you all stop the stupid slap fight about bravos? If bobot wants to bravo Lamoral for getting out of bed before noon, that’s no skin off anyone’s nose. It’s not like there’s a finite supply of bravos and we have to worry about them running out. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ll give CarnalK a bravo for being willing and able to carry on with a thread derailment for longer than anyone I’ve ever seen. You’ve been arguing for 16 hours over someone’s reaction to a reaction to HD’s link. Can’t you guys just call it a draw? > . Kudos to both of you for ending this hijack so expertly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-pete-buttigieg/831032.md?page=19)