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>Pete Buttigieg >replaced the Secretary of Transportation for lack of confidence in his ability to get anything done? Well he announced a 6 month paternity le

>Pete Buttigieg >replaced the Secretary of Transportation for lack of confidence in his ability to get anything done? Well he announced a 6 month paternity leave pretty much immediately upon being appointed to a cabinet position (where tenure tends to be 1-2 years). So between that and having roughly zero knowledge of transportation issues to begin with, his lack of "ability to get anything done" should surprise no one.

kvetching 5y ago
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- nebula8804 5y ago
  It was probably something he was forced to do. It was reported Obama and Buttigieg made a deal to drop out just before Super Tuesday and push his followers to back Biden in an effort to pull the rug out of the Bernie campaign. So I guess they gave him this role thinking it wouldn't be too bad. Bad decision. I hate the fact that this guy will be shoved down our throats in 2024.
  - namlem 5y ago
    - abakker 5y ago
      evidence?
  - CyberDildonics 5y ago
    I'm not a political science expert, but I don't think obama ran last time.
    - throwawayboise 5y ago
      But naive to think he isn't deeply involved behind the scenes.
      - nebula8804 5y ago
        Obama while retired still has a lot of sway in the party. He had a lot to lose politically if Bernie ended up making Obamacare look like the joke that it is. Furthermore we know from 2016 wikileaks that the donors are very adamant that if they didn't stop Bernie then they might as well not call them ever again for money. I'll never forget the leaked voicemails that had donors literally screaming at Democratic leadership to stop Bernie at whatever cost. Looking back, while Bernie's team did a superb job in 2020, I should have realized that you cannot beat a system in which the other side controls the strings.
- namlem 5y ago
  Pete actually was a great pick. And he was on paternity leave for two months.
gnicholas 5y ago
I believe it was 2 months — do you have a source showing 6? Also, the paternity leave started in August, and he started in January according to wikipedia. I would agree that Buttigieg didn't come in with much expertise, and he sure hasn't generated great results. But there's no need to exaggerate the length or timing of his paternity leave to make these points. Honestly, I think the more damning point is that the public was unaware he was on paternity leave until a month or so after he'd left. If he had been taking charge of the supply chain crisis before leaving, his absence would have been noted much sooner.
- beerandt 5y ago
  The 2 months was before he was called out and basically forced to return. After trying to defend his absence for a couple of weeks, which I presume meant he wasn't yet ready to return. Iirc the 6 months # was from a GMA/Today show interview, but presented more as a hypothetical, before they even announced the adoption, as a comment on the process of trying to adopt and equality. >Honestly, I think the more damning point is that the public was unaware Unaware at the political peak of trying to pass the "infrastructure" bill and with the supply chain issue becoming daily national news. Ironically, said "transportation" bill included a failed provision for a paid paternity mandate.

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nebula8804 5y ago
It was probably something he was forced to do. It was reported Obama and Buttigieg made a deal to drop out just before Super Tuesday and push his followers to back Biden in an effort to pull the rug out of the Bernie campaign. So I guess they gave him this role thinking it wouldn't be too bad. Bad decision. I hate the fact that this guy will be shoved down our throats in 2024.
- namlem 5y ago
  - abakker 5y ago
    evidence?
- CyberDildonics 5y ago
  I'm not a political science expert, but I don't think obama ran last time.
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    But naive to think he isn't deeply involved behind the scenes.
    - nebula8804 5y ago
      Obama while retired still has a lot of sway in the party. He had a lot to lose politically if Bernie ended up making Obamacare look like the joke that it is. Furthermore we know from 2016 wikileaks that the donors are very adamant that if they didn't stop Bernie then they might as well not call them ever again for money. I'll never forget the leaked voicemails that had donors literally screaming at Democratic leadership to stop Bernie at whatever cost. Looking back, while Bernie's team did a superb job in 2020, I should have realized that you cannot beat a system in which the other side controls the strings.
namlem 5y ago
Pete actually was a great pick. And he was on paternity leave for two months.

gnicholas 5y ago

I believe it was 2 months — do you have a source showing 6? Also, the paternity leave started in August, and he started in January according to wikipedia. I would agree that Buttigieg didn't come in with much expertise, and he sure hasn't generated great results. But there's no need to exaggerate the length or timing of his paternity leave to make these points. Honestly, I think the more damning point is that the public was unaware he was on paternity leave until a month or so after he'd left. If he had been taking charge of the supply chain crisis before leaving, his absence would have been noted much sooner.

beerandt 5y ago
The 2 months was before he was called out and basically forced to return. After trying to defend his absence for a couple of weeks, which I presume meant he wasn't yet ready to return. Iirc the 6 months # was from a GMA/Today show interview, but presented more as a hypothetical, before they even announced the adoption, as a comment on the process of trying to adopt and equality. >Honestly, I think the more damning point is that the public was unaware Unaware at the political peak of trying to pass the "infrastructure" bill and with the supply chain issue becoming daily national news. Ironically, said "transportation" bill included a failed provision for a paid paternity mandate.