The thing to know about Buttigieg, besides the fact that he’s a suit in search of shoulders, is that the conventional wisdom is that his presidential prospects tanked last time because black voters didn’t like him. Everything he’s done since has been a pathetic quest to try to win over what he thinks black people want, which is lectures about systemic racism. (Hint: this is what campus activists want, it’s not what black people especially care about.)
In the midst of a major transportation disaster, Buttigieg decided to complain about white construction workers.
“We have heard way too many stories from generations past of infrastructure where you got a neighborhood, often a neighborhood of color, that finally sees the project come to them, but everyone in the hard hats on that project, doing the good paying jobs, don’t look like they came from anywhere near the neighborhood,” Buttigieg said Monday at the National Association of Counties Conference.
The transportation secretary made no mention of the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, which has forced authorities to release toxic chemicals such as phosgene and vinyl chloride to avoid an explosion and get the tracks operable.
Buttigieg is being attacked from both conservatives and the Left over this. After a loud enough outcry, he took a break from his perpetual leave to tweet.
“I continue to be concerned about the impacts of the Feb 3 train derailment near East Palestine, OH, and the effects on families in the ten days since their lives were upended through no fault of their own. It’s important that families have access to useful & accurate information”
And Buttigieg being who he is, he didn’t actually provide any.
The only thing Buttigieg cares about is the delusion that he can be a competitive presidential candidate after being groomed for it all his life. People suffering because of him doesn’t matter. Only his ambitions do. And he’s decided that his ambitions depend on desperate racist pandering.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Reminded me of the black church lady vote factor. Someone from another country was ridiculing the concept, but actually showed how little he understands about USA.
Cat says
Maybe don’t drink and comment…
Yes, i see the 2 likes. smh. You do know ladies are present in the room?
Algorithmic Analyst says
Pipelines are safer than transporting the stuff by rail.
Jeff Bargholz says
Did you see the Palestine Ohio train disaster on TV? I bet people died in that accident and I don’t like that. We’re all going to die eventually so I don’t fear it much but I want to die in my sleep when I’m an old man. A violent train wreck? Fuck that, man.
Palestine? Weird name for an American city. They should change that.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Yeah, I followed that train wreck story a little. One might think that would wake some people up. Got to respect trains. They are dangerous, and massively heavy. Can’t stop on a dime. The kids from my elementary school back in the 1950s used to play by hopping on and off slow moving trains, until one guy got his leg cut off. We were at the West Coast terminus of the USA rail system so I saw a lot of trains 🙂
Jeff Bargholz says
Yeah i knew a teenager who got one of his legs cut off because he passed out drunk on some train tracks. A Mexican American, They used to hate us white guys in junior high. I felt bad about that.I didn’t really like him much but I felt empathy for him when I heard about it.
Algorithmic Analyst says
There were so few Mexican-Americans in my junior high school back in the 1960s that they aligned with us for protection against the blacks, who were the vast majority. Now the Spanish-speakers are the majority in that city.
I still get along better with the Latinas than any other group, and they like me also for some reason.
Beez says
To the left, empathy is a sign of weakness not virtue.
BettyO says
Welp, my mom was born in Palestine, Texas. Nothing wrong with these old names, just current misuse.
Jeff Bargholz says
:)………..:)
Mark Granam says
Can anyone justify this clowns existence?He isn’t even funny.
Jeff Bargholz says
He is funny looking, though. And I think he’s only four feet eleven. He’s a Hobbitt.
commonsense says
He looks like what would result if a female hobbit got it on with Alfred E. Neuman.
TruthLaser says
That explains his “What me worry” handling of the train wreck and spill.
Jeff Bargholz says
Yes, he does look like Alfred .E. Neuman! Good call.
I loved “Mad Magazine” when I was a kid. The guy who founded it got bullied by the Comics Code Authority because he published very violent comics. “Mad Magazine
was his revenge, I figure.
Algorithmic Analyst says
A face you can trust/not 🙂
Beez says
He’s not much more than a face, so it’s interesting. Jobama would appoint him to a cabinet position. I mean, let’s be honest – he doesn’t look like a powerful, tough guy or a mean guy, or a guy without empathy. And yet he remains there in power. Doing horrific damage to people in Ohio and the whole nation simply by remaining there and doing nothing.
commonsense says
Pothole Pete’s “husband” is best friends with Sam Brinton, recently fired from his nuclear waste management job at the Atomic Energy Commission for stealing luggage at airports. One can gauge the measure of an individual by the company he keeps.
Ugly Sid says
Thumbs up.
Button doesn’t work.
CowboyUp says
Making “Pothole Pete,” Transportation Secretary was inept enough to be a deliberate FU to the country, but I didn’t know about his connection to brinton.
Jeff Bargholz says
It’s probably a dick in the ass connection.
Beez says
Why am I thinking Pete and Brinton have a connection with BO? “Fundamental Transformation” was a bit of an understatement..
Ugly Sid says
We are being mocked.
Queer Pete is part of the fruit basket cornucopia consequence of election theft..
Apparently, persecution of patriots protesting corruption of our national election process constitutes the largest enforcement operation in FBI history.
That’s how corrupt Joe Biden is. The most corrupt in our national history.
Tea Pot Dome shrivels in comparison. Biden has earned his historic distinction.
TruthLaser says
The Teapot Dome scandal was already outdone by Clinton-Gore. The first involved private companies getting oil for the navy to sell. Clinton allowed actual US property with such resources to be obtained by private businesses at penny on the dollar prices.
Christopher Riddle says
The”Bite Me”Administration is”True To Form”!”Qualifications”have NOTHING to do with “HIRING”!!It’s All Abouit”IDENTITY POLITICS”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spurwing Plover says
He has Fool ,Idiot, Moron, Nit-Wit and Screwball stamped all over his face
Jeff Bargholz says
And senile retard.
Beez says
Weak kneed pussy comes to mind.
CowboyUp says
LMAO, pete had to specify “generations past,” because these days ‘white’ construction workers are an endangered species. Most construction jobs are held by hispanics for the last decade or two, overwhelmingly in residential construction. And today, almost all hardhat jobs require drug testing. I wouldn’t be surprised if pete and the dems either did away with that, or granted special privileges to workers of the ‘right’ races and ethnicities.
Phosgene? That’s an NBC blister agent. It killed over 50,000 thousand soldiers in WW1. Bet they killed a lot of local wildlife, especially ground and burrowing creatures.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Thanks Cowboy! Excellent points. One can see the construction situation if one walks by the construction sites, but most people don’t know about it.
World@70 says
Phosgene was used along with Mustard Gas in WWI and killed hungtrds of thousands. A very painful death to..
World@70 says
OOPS! I srill can’t spell.
Sword of the Spirit says
So in neighborhoods with mainly white residents, the construction workers should be white so it will match the neighborhood?
Mark Granam says
Dear Jeff Bargholz,
Howdy from Palestine,Texas.I agree those folks need to change their towns name.
TruthLaser says
Speak up. Don’t be so tongue in cheek. You might even hear the sermons.
Judith says
Is there anyone in Biden’s administration who was installed for reasons of talent and aptitude?
Algorithmic Analyst says
The only one I knew of was Chris Magnus, but they fired him when they found out.