Pete Buttigieg, the young and openly gay Midwest mayor, finds a voice in crowded Democratic preside

[demmiblue]

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Pete Buttigieg — the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who is likely to become a presidential candidate — won’t wear his dress jacket, not when he appears on national television for a town hall meeting, not for photo shoots, not even at a fundraiser here in a Russian-themed bar where he’s mingling with such celebrities as comedian Billy Eichner and Olympic diver Greg Louganis.

“There’s a side controversy over that question,” Buttigieg said in an interview. No less a figure than David Axelrod, the top strategist for the past two winning Democratic presidential campaigns, has been privately urging the 37-year-old to look more grown-up by wearing a jacket on the campaign trail.

“I don’t know,” Buttigieg said, hesitating as if embarrassed by how contrived his next thought might sound. “I just feel more comfortable with my sleeves rolled up.”

The Navy veteran with a hard-to-pronounce name, from a city small enough to fit every resident in a college football stadium, seems to be winning the argument at the moment. Weeks after declaring his interest in challenging President Trump, he has become, if not exactly well-known, a subject of interest for many Democratic voters, buoyed by a breakout performance at a CNN town hall on March 10.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-the-young-and-openly-gay-midwest-mayor-finds-a-voice-in-crowded-democratic-presidential-field/2019/03/16/839f4f3c-474c-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html

[mr_lebowski]

1. Been bugging me ... how to properly say the mans name, so I looked it up ...

Looks it's (roughly)

"BOOdajedge"

In case you were wondering, like I was

[crazycatlady]

10. Buddha-Judge

AT first I thought it was 'booty-judge' (which is bad in the day and age of me too). But seeing 'Buddha" helped.

[mr_lebowski]

13. I heard him say it somewhere in my research and it sounded closer to

"-edge" than "-udge", but hell, these old rockers ears are getting old

Pretty sure the 'Buddha' part is pretty spot-on though ... more simplified 'booda' was what I heard.

[PunkinPi]

16. From Mayor Pete's Twitter bio, it's "BOOT-edge-edge".

https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg

[mr_lebowski]

19. Pretty much what I said :)

"BOOdajedg" ... a 'D' or a 'T' in the 4th spot would sound the same, so ... this is I think a pretty close spelling to the way he says it.

I listened to him pronounce it himself (and repeated it like five times to make sure I got it right)

[McCamy Taylor]

2. Gay and married and a veteran who deployed! This is a great Democratic candidate

based on his demographics alone. The name will be a hurdle, though. Since the WaPo is part of the Pentagon's media empire I am glad to see them standing up for the rights of soldiers to be gay in the face of Trump.

[marylandblue]

4. In South Bend, they call him Mayor Pete. He should trademark that.

[mopinko]

12. i disagree. i think it is a cute hook. the media cant help themselves.

that always helps. honestly.
imho, this was part of how our blaggo got elected. it was a running joke.
there is no better tag in politics.

[cilla4progress]

3. I like him,

I REALLY like him!

This will make christofascist heads explode!!

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Gotta admit, I have got this guy on speed dial...he's smart, doesn't dwell on stupid things, ...

and actually has valuable job experience, which compared to our so called president of today, is miles and miles ahead (who is supposedly so smart and a billionaire (yeah, right)). I admit, I do like this candidate (and Beto too), but gosh, there are so many good candidates out there...I'm like in a candy store! What to pick?!

[marylandblue]

6. I like that he doesn't wear a jacket. If he wins, I won't have wear one either.

[KPN]

7. I am so thrilled with the candidates we have to select from. Mayor Pete is one of them for sure.

With what I know about candidates at this point, it's going to be really difficult to make a decision come primary vote day! And that's a really good feeling.

[radical noodle]

8. I'm still undecided but

I'm giving Pete a much closer look.

[California_Republic]

9. Looking good

[Chipper Chat]

11. We love him around here

Northern indiana.

[patricia92243]

15. It;s good to hear that people in his own state like him.

[patricia92243]

14. He should wear whatever he is comfortable with. His lack of phoneyness is one of his charms.

[Legrant]

17. Pete was awesome in the debate

[Casandia]

18. I am VERY impressed with him

If the primaries were held today, I would vote for Elizabeth Warren....and "Mayor Pete" would be a great VP - IMHO