so, buttigieg is getting a huge bump, apparently from sanders supporters. and, it's not hard to figure out why - sanders has taken some exceedingly backwards, bigoted positions on queer issues recently. he seems perfectly happy, all of a sudden, to align himself with groups and ideologies that simply don't believe in the idea of human rights, and he seems willing to do it under the misguided belief that it is politically expedient to do so.

.....because it's increasingly clear that bernie sanders, as an individual, is an idiot. he's a dumb person, and a dumb politician. he's taken a really stupid position here, one that is uncharacteristic of his past views but increasingly characteristic of his low intelligence level, and it's starting to hurt him.

predictably, actually.

so, this is less about being pro-buttigieg. don't confuse yourself - his soft-right positions are not all of a sudden popular in the base. this is a backlash against sanders. and, stop pretending it isn't.

it remains to see if it will last, because the reality is that buttigieg is a terrible candidate. he's barely old enough to run, and he's clearly to the right of obama. his healthcare plan is something margaret thatcher would have come up with; the conservative party in canada would consider it to be too right-wing. so, if you're jumping on the buttigieg bandwagon because you're pissed off at bernie for expressing bigoted opinions about queer folks, and aligning with bigots on the issue, i'm certainly in solidarity with your outrage (which is well placed) and your scorn (which is well deserved), but you might want to think twice about what you're doing with it.

i can't support sanders anymore, but, i don't support buttigieg, either.

the primary is a disaster. i'm not going to be paying close attention; i haven't even watched the last several debates. but, i'll chime in with stuff like this from time to time...

it's a sympathy bump. and, he maybe doesn't deserve it. but, the candidates should listen to what it's saying - in 2019, democratic voters have a lot of solidarity with the gays, and not much patience or tolerance for groups or ideologies that want to go after them.

and, if you're going to run a completely out-of-touch 80 year-old that wants to run like it's 1985, don't be surprised when he sounds and acts and behaves like exactly what he is.