Democratic Primaries

brooklynite

(94,585 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:04 AM Apr 2019

I spoke to my (80 yo) mother yesterday...she and her friends are intrigued by Pete Buttigieg...

Sort of like young people being intrigued last time by Bernie Sanders. Except that older Democrats are reliable voters.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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I spoke to my (80 yo) mother yesterday...she and her friends are intrigued by Pete Buttigieg... (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2019 OP

Good point. KPN Apr 2019 #1

My wife raised what I think may be a valid, if incredibly juvenile, concern about Pete. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #2

Name memes didn't work against Obama. MoonRiver Apr 2019 #3

True enough. The Meme-machine turned in his favor over time, though. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #4

I would pronounce Chasten the way it's spelled. babylonsister Apr 2019 #5

Iunno, I've always pronounced the word "Chasten" without a T. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #6

How do you pronounce Kristen? nt babylonsister Apr 2019 #7

As it's spelled. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #8

Regardless of how you pronounce the -word- Chasten, the person pronounces it differently. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #9

I notice he has a lot of older supporters. people assume most will JI7 Apr 2019 #10

KPN

(15,646 posts)

1. Good point.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:09 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)

2. My wife raised what I think may be a valid, if incredibly juvenile, concern about Pete.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:05 AM

Apr 2019

Pete, for all of his accomplishments and intelligence, does have a highly meme-worthy set of characteristics. A gay man with a last name pronounced Butt-a-judge, with a husband named Chasten (Presumably pronounced "Chasin') Butt-a-judge? The memes will certainly roll.

Sure, it's sophomoric and utterly silly on its face, but that could -possibly- work against him. Then again, he could also get support for the same reason, so it's all kind of TBD and up in the air. The internet meme-factories are fickle with their content.

As an aside, if for whatever reason Pete decides to retire from politics and go into screenwriting, I'd pay to watch a movie or TV show about his life called "Chasin' Buttigieg". It could be a sort of buddy-comedy with his husband.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

3. Name memes didn't work against Obama.

Reply to Decoy of Fenris (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:09 AM

Apr 2019

And the right really tried to sink him with that. Just saying.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)

4. True enough. The Meme-machine turned in his favor over time, though.

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:12 AM

Apr 2019

And the casual Internet memers didn't really hammer on Obama, only the right-wing elements played a large part in it. Once the Internet got ahold of "Biden memes", they realized that they could churn out some top quality OC with Obama and Biden both, and ran with it.

It's fascinating watching the meme machine work. With how unpredictable it is, for all I know, Pete and his husband's names may actually be a boon to them for the same reason. Yes, it's juvenile, but in the same way that Biden memes were juvenile, in an adorably endearing way.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

5. I would pronounce Chasten the way it's spelled.

Reply to Decoy of Fenris (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:21 AM

Apr 2019

Why would the 't' be silent?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)

6. Iunno, I've always pronounced the word "Chasten" without a T.

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:25 AM

Apr 2019

I've never heard differently, but then again, the word doesn't come up in casual conversation all that often so I could have just been mispronouncing it my whole life. I thought the hard T was more of a British English thing.

ON EDIT: Yeah, I pronounce it like this. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/chasten

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

7. How do you pronounce Kristen? nt

Reply to Decoy of Fenris (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:27 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)

8. As it's spelled.

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:29 AM

Apr 2019

I'm not saying I'm right, but on several different dictionary/thesaurus sites, the word Chasten is pronounced both with a hard T and without it. I'm guessing it may be a regional thing?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)

9. Regardless of how you pronounce the -word- Chasten, the person pronounces it differently.

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:36 AM

Apr 2019

I just did a bit of googling, so yes, Chasten (or at least Pete) the person does pronounce it with a T. Gotta love English, where identical words are pronounced differently.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

JI7

(89,250 posts)

10. I notice he has a lot of older supporters. people assume most will

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:41 AM

Apr 2019

be young just because he is. but that's not always the case. and more importantly, older people are more likely to come out and vote .

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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