(03-23-2020, 11:33 AM)David Horn Wrote:(03-23-2020, 02:53 AM)TheNomad Wrote: … They had a chance with Pete for victory. I want ppl to imagine Pete on a debate stage with this president.
A veteran alongside a dodger. Someone with a heart alongside a bully. Someone with real faith as opposed to someone courting believers. The difference would be SO stark, I believe ppl would have a real eye opener to what has been going on for the longest time. The only thing he had against him was being gay. I believe if he had a wife and a young child, it may have been a vision of camelot. America could use a healthy dose of that in 2020. I think the president would come out of something like that looking like a washed up fool. Not because the other would toast him in barbs, but precisely that he WOULDN'T.
Our politics has a swamp to crawl out of. It's a filthy process and Pete was a dose of wholesome. Yeah, someone is gonna say gay is not wholesome, but that's the perspective I wished to avoid if he weren't. Some ppl still can't get past that.
Pete will be back. He would never have made it all the way this time; ageism would have done him in. We'll need him in the 1T, but he's probably out for the remainder of the 4T.
When you envision those two men on a debate stage, what do you see? I am only curious.
Pete is a small guy. Slight and maybe what 5'8? The president remember hovering behind Hillary and "stalking" her? I'm convinced had it not been Hillary Clinton - or any woman - none of "this" would have happened.
So, here's this pragmatic guy who is only there because he wants to serve, speaking in a very measured and almost quiet tone vs a flashy roar and quip of a gameshow host/mafia don. Unfortunately, too many are wooed by the latter.
But how do you see that playing out? I want to envision it as such stark contrast ppl couldn't help but see the difference. But that's me.