Serious Democrats, Please Show Up

Iowa and New Hampshire, the nation is looking to you to lead.

Bernard John Hayden
Nov 6 · 1 min read

I am hoping and praying the people who show up and vote in Iowa and New Hampshire are fully aware that Mayor Pete has no experience PLUS no accomplishment to qualify him to be president and commander-in-chief.

Pete Buttigieg is a 37-year-old actor sent up by central casting to audition for the role of presidential candidate. I suspect that the polls and fund-raising totals are highly skewed. They do not necessarily reflect the intentions of real Democratic primary voters.

Mayor Pete is a small-town mayor, nothing more, nothing less. Google South Bend, Indiana.

Democrats have several legitimate presidential candidates to choose from. They will be on stage in the November and December debates. Voters have plenty of time to study the real candidates before the first votes are cast in February.

Two of the best among the candidates are Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. They are U.S. senators with gravitas, experience, and real accomplishment. Warren might even have charisma, but maybe not. Charisma is not a requirement for the office of president, not even in the age of social media.

A pox on social media. The real voters in Iowa and New Hampshire will be able to speak to the candidates in person between now and February, if they wish. May they choose well and wisely.

Bernard John Hayden

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Retired newspaperman, plus too many survival jobs. Writing about democracy, electric bicycles and electric tricycles.

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