First Openly Gay Presidential Candidate

[indianasmith]

Pete Buttegieg is running for President, and the media is having a collective swoon over it because of his sexuality.


I get that this is a big milestone for gay people everywhere, but my inner 8th grader can't get over the fact that his name looks like it should be pronounced "BOOTY GIG"!

[RCMerchant]

Being gay or his last name is not what I thought of when I first heard about him...it's his first name-Pete.
President Pete? Is that Petey or Peter? I think of the dog in the Little Rascals.
Maybe that's just me.

I mean c'mon. Pete O'Toole? Pete Cushing? Petey Lorre?  

Of course we've had Millard and Ronny and Dwight....

[Svengoolie 3]

his name could be bolivar keggass and he'd  still be immeasurably better than the thing in the oval office now.

[Allhallowsday]

I can't believe the name either... doesn't anybody remember one old slang word for... eh... "peter"?   

[indianasmith]

PETER BOOTY GIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

[Svengoolie 3]

Icd vote for a gay guy long before icd vote for someone who runs on a platform of persecuting  gays because of ancient bronze age edicts.

As for his first name being clang for a guy's junk,  need I remind you want "bush' is slang for?

[Allhallowsday]

Icd vote for a gay guy long before icd vote for someone who runs on a platform of persecuting  gays because of ancient bronze age edicts.

As for his first name being clang for a guy's junk,  need I remind you want "bush' is slang for?

Y'mean "the Shrubs"? 

[RCMerchant]

Or "Tricky Dick."

Or Pres. "Johnson."

[316zombie]

i couldn't care less about his name. i like his platform n his personality too. being gay means nothing to me, he could be a gorgon for all i care, as long as he's good for my country. i look forward to hearing more from him.

[Alex]

i couldn't care less about his name. i like his platform n his personality too. being gay means nothing to me, he could be a gorgon for all i care, as long as he's good for my country. i look forward to hearing more from him.

Good for you.

[indianasmith]

Jokes aside, I would prefer someone with some meaningful experience relative to the job.
And preferably someone that isn't an international embarrassment.

[Svengoolie 3]

Jokes aside, I would prefer someone with some meaningful experience relative to the job.
And preferably someone that isn't an international embarrassment.

Well,  good news,  Indy. There are plenty of them to choose from.

[Olivia Bauer]

A candidate is all well and good but there's a lot of historians that argue James Buchanan was gay.
If so, then we've already had our first gay president. Although, I can't say I'm super hyped about that.
Out of everyone that could hold that title I would very much prefer if it was anyone OTHER than Buchanan.

[Svengoolie 3]

I admit a kinda support him out of hate. Hate for these rabid, foaming anti gay religious types. I have a nephew who is bysexual and when I heap people preaching for the extermination of people like him I feel a tremendous surge of hate at them. Frankly I'd vote for a gay man just to spit in the faces of the phelps crew and that steven anderson scum.

His policies are better than anything on the other side, that'd good too, plus his IQ seems to be in the triple digits.

[316zombie]

if hate is your reason for voting for him. DON'T. his sexuality and your hatred is irrelevant. put the damnd  stupid irrational word HATE out of your life and use your friggin brain! emotion based voting is what got us where we are, you twinkie, DON'T DO IT AGAIN!