Unlike other Democrats, Pete Buttigieg has no use for Ronald Reagan's legacy

[babylonsister]

Unlike other Democrats, Pete Buttigieg has no use for Ronald Reagan’s legacy
by Emily Larsen
| July 19, 2019 05:05 PM


Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, 37, is declaring an imminent end to the era of Ronald Reagan, a break from Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi who often evoke the 40th president while laying out their vision for the future.

“The New Deal era lasted almost 50 years only to come to an end with Reagan,” Buttigieg said in a speech at the Young Democrats National Convention in Indianapolis Thursday night. “That the Reagan era lasted the next 40 years with even Democrats sometimes acting like the only thing you can ever do to a tax is cut, the only thing you ought to do with government is shrink it.”

“The New Deal era ended with Reagan. The Reagan era ends with us,” he said.

Establishment Democrats take a much different tone toward the former president than the South Bend, Indiana mayor, who was born during the first term of Reagan’s presidency.

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Buttigieg, unlike older Democratic presidential candidates such as former Vice President Joe Biden, rejects nostalgia for the past.

“Don’t listen to anybody in either party who says we can just go back to what we were doing,” he told a crowd in Des Moines, Iowa in June.

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[YOHABLO]

1. I'm starting to like this guy. However, I think Bernie has been saying this for ... like forever.

[marylandblue]

8. IMO, the shift Buttigieg talks about explains Sanders improbable 2016 insurgent campaign

People are more ready to think outside the Reagan box. Sanders problem now is that Buttigieg, Warren and to some extent, Harris are occupying the same lane this time. Either that, or he was born 40 years too early

[YOHABLO]

13. Agree. People should realize the failure of Reaganomics and it's impact on middle class people.

Trickle down bullshit.

[BeckyDem]

37. Yep. They all need to sound like this.

[elleng]

2. GOOD one, ' The Reagan era ends with us.'

[bearsfootball516]

3. We really need to stop posting Washington Examiner articles on DU.

It’s a right wing propaganda website.

[babylonsister]

6. I primarily posted his quotes.

I figured they were authentic.

[Hortensis]

30. That headline is an outrageously INvalid slur on Democrats.

Something in it might feel true to you, but I see no truth in it in myself or in "other" candidates. Perhaps it might be argued that a scrap of truth in it might apply to our blue dogs -- who are notably at the bottom of the polling; but given what Reagan's legacy is, it's a nasty slur even on those "others."

But of course that's the intention. The Examiner's a RW smear machine, after all.

[YOHABLO]

14. No scolding. Sometimes the truth can be found in the most unlikely places.

It's like RT. I find some of their content to be propaganda, that caters to RW ideology. Some programs like Mike Papantonio (America's Lawyer) I find very relevant and informative.

[emulatorloo]

23. Imho There's no trusting Putin Today. It is poisonous.

If you like it, enjoy it. Just take it with a huge boulder of salt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. "with even Democrats sometimes acting like the only thing you can ever do to a tax is cut"

Wait! What? Criticizing The Democratic Party? Uh oh!

[loyalsister]

36. There are things that need to be said

and mistakes Dems should own. Who better to reset our course is knowing how to fix what is broken than someone who helped break it and knows where they went wrong.
If only they would admit it, and work to do better.

[rzemanfl]

7. Bookmarking. n/t

[MBS]

9. I'm already sold on Pete, anyway, but

boy – as someone who had to endure Reagan as governor as well as president, and who will NEVER call National Airport "Reagan" airport – as far as I'm concerned,Pete's welcome take on the Reagan era seals the deal for me all by itself.

Bravo, Pete!

Also, I think he's right. I think we are turning the page, finally. Time, finally, to start moving forward again.

[Beartracks]

26. Move America Forward Again.

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[MBS]

29. Yes!

[BootinUp]

10. I think a high percentage of folks

Are ready Pete.

[mucifer]

11. reagan did horrible things to the gay community during the HIV/AIDS crisis

so this all makes sense.

[cwydro]

15. I don't think Buttigieg is specifically focused on the gay community.

What he said makes sense, and it has nothing to do with his sexual orientation.

[Skittles]

21. I agree with this assessment

Reagan's love affair weith greed and idiocy hurt all of America

[Thomas Hurt]

12. If a candidate is somehow trying to reach some people in the fascist base...

with the look back to Reagan, they are wasting their time.

Reagan is a "socialist" to the right wing now.

[Mr.Bill]

16. As governor of California,

Reagan was an absolute monster.

[saidsimplesimon]

17. Pete Buttigieg is

someone I am waiting to hear from before making a primary decision.

I've never cared about prospects to win or losing when placing my vote. That's why I started out 20 years ago trying to get money out of our elections. I'm still alive and the grift has expanded globally.

[Mersky]

18. Dang, that's good. Kick. nt

[mountain grammy]

19. I really like this guy.

[Ponietz]

20. Hear! Hear!

[not_the_one]

22. We are living today with the results of Reaganism.

Reagan was nothing but a sock puppet for conservative hate.

He was a tool, who initially was president of the Screen Actors Guild, but sold his soul to the power brokers and turned into a union busting pos.

He used religion against us all, and tried to convince us all to be grateful for being the recipients of the wealthy's piss showers.

Honestly, he was only a couple of steps UP from turdface.

Nixon, Reagan, W Bush, Trump. What a list of political titans.

I laud Pete for speaking truth to power!

[StevieM]

24. Wow, Buttigeig finally said something that I like.

I'll give him credit for this.

[marylandblue]

27. He's been saying it for months, and political scientists have been saying it for years.

It's the reason he chose to run in 2020, because THIS is the election that will end Reaganism. It will be replaced by either a dystopian Trumpism or a new progressivism more powerful than anything since 1932. There is no middle ground or triangulation. Not this time.

[Capt. America]

25. That you Zeus, Thor and Jesus for saying this Mr. Mayor. I have been done with Reagan

since I was a kid and I was born in Reagan's hometown (Dixon, IL).

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers, who had a genuine gripe.

What's worse is that Lane Kirkland, then head of the AFL-CIO supported him. It was a genuine travesty, and is a huge reason why unions have declined steadily ever since.

Oh, and I can hardly wait until they take his name off DCA.

[marylandblue]

32. I have been in more than one union and have mixed feelings about them.

Sometimes they get good deals for the workers. Sometimes they shoot the workers in the head and desecrate their bodies.

[calimary]

31. YES, DAMMIT!

I’ve been wanting to see an end to the damned Reagan era since Campaign 1980.

Good riddance, “Ronnie.” Everything that’s presently in full flower started, or got its first boost, with him. Same thing with the so-called “Christian” right.

[flamingdem]

33. I agree. The Reagan caused dark years started in 1980

Good for Pete.

[SMC22307]

34. I'm really liking a Warren/Buttigieg ticket, with Harris as AG.

Thank you Joe for your service, but please just go enjoy the grandkids and Delaware beaches. Keep Bernie in the Senate fighting the good fight.

[DesertRat]

35. k&r