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RussellCattle

(1,530 posts) Sat May 18, 2019, 01:44 PM May 2019

Mayor Pete has a group of Harvard friends that may be...

....his version of "the best and the brightest".

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/05/18/mayor-pete-and-order-kong-how-buttigieg-harvard-pals-helped-spur-his-rise-politics/mtwDwVYz0HMIgEZ01Apd6H/story.html

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

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Mayor Pete has a group of Harvard friends that may be... (Original Post) RussellCattle May 2019 OP

All males? That's not good, Mayor Pete. Really. CTyankee May 2019 #1

When I read the article and and looked at the photograph.... RussellCattle May 2019 #2

Yes. Agreed. I did like that. CTyankee May 2019 #5

oh no he has male friends and gasp actually appears in photos with them nt msongs May 2019 #3

I just thought his "like minded political junkies" friends would include oh, maybe one female... CTyankee May 2019 #6

Was it a problem Lefta Dissenter May 2019 #4

I'm not a big fan of sororities. It's fine for those who want to be in one, but I am not one of them CTyankee May 2019 #7

it would be all females all female friends leftofcool May 2019 #8

As I said, I don't know if the sorority is made up of fellow "political junkies." CTyankee May 2019 #9

I am not a "sorority" type of girl, myself, but Lefta Dissenter May 2019 #10

Yup. I love the history of black women's sororities. They were/are such a force for positive change CTyankee May 2019 #11

CTyankee

(63,892 posts)

1. All males? That's not good, Mayor Pete. Really.

Reply to RussellCattle (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2019, 01:50 PM

May 2019

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

RussellCattle

(1,530 posts)

2. When I read the article and and looked at the photograph....

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #1)

Sat May 18, 2019, 01:55 PM

May 2019

....I remarked on the people of color and what a good thing it was that he had such diversity in his circle of friends.

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

CTyankee

(63,892 posts)

5. Yes. Agreed. I did like that.

Reply to RussellCattle (Reply #2)

Sat May 18, 2019, 06:11 PM

May 2019

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

msongs

(67,361 posts)

3. oh no he has male friends and gasp actually appears in photos with them nt

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #1)

Sat May 18, 2019, 02:08 PM

May 2019

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

CTyankee

(63,892 posts)

6. I just thought his "like minded political junkies" friends would include oh, maybe one female...

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Sat May 18, 2019, 06:16 PM

May 2019

and especially those labeled "best and the brightest," but I like the guy a lot and I think he's bold and brave. I would have hoped some of his female Harvard school buddies would be part of that political junkies group...is it OK for me to at least ask?

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

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)

4. Was it a problem

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #1)

Sat May 18, 2019, 02:54 PM

May 2019

When Kamala went to her sorority for support in her kickoff?

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

CTyankee

(63,892 posts)

7. I'm not a big fan of sororities. It's fine for those who want to be in one, but I am not one of them

Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Reply #4)

Sat May 18, 2019, 06:20 PM

May 2019

and I really don't know that much about her sorority. Can you tell me more about this one?

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

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

8. it would be all females all female friends

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #7)

Sat May 18, 2019, 07:03 PM

May 2019

But, I guess that is different than a guy having a bunch of male friends, yes?

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

CTyankee

(63,892 posts)

9. As I said, I don't know if the sorority is made up of fellow "political junkies."

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #8)

Sat May 18, 2019, 07:24 PM

May 2019

perhaps it was. I don't know. I would guess that Harris had a group of "political junkies" of a sort since she did choose politics as her profession. So I am not sure of the equivalence of the two. Do you know? Was the sorority politically active? (methinks, yes, because black women's sororities were more politically aware than white sororities used to be...I don't know since I never was in a sorority in college).

Again, I like Pete a lot. I just had a question about the photo denoting his political junkie friends at Harvard.

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