Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "The Rational National" channel.

  1. This is so irritating. Buttigieg was the smartest candidate running, and while he didn't win, he punched massively above his weight class while he was in the fight. Yes, he's not the most progressive candidate and it's perfectly okay to want a candidate that's more progressive (sorry you didn't get one, Biden wasn't my choice either). But for a guy from an Indiana rust-belt town, he is pretty progressive, and he's willing to fight for a progressive when and if a progressive gets the nod, because he's really smart. I don't get the hate, at least not from the left. He's a powerful and willing ally. He knows enough about mid-western sentiment to not embrace the progressive poster child image but he will do what he can to move the country towards a progressive set of goals. Don't fight your friends, especially the ones that aren't making you look bad, unless you want to lose of course. Sometimes it feels like there are people who would rather have indignant righteousness than incremental progress. If that's not you though then there's no reason to be slamming Pete when he's so effectively fighting against Trump.
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