He wouldn’t have been my preferred candidate either, and it’s pretty dumb to go from running a presidential campaign to subbing for a chat show host, but this article seems really unnecessarily spiteful and vitriolic. The guy’s mayor of a small city who leans centrist instead of socialist, not a death camp commandant,…

What’s rattier, doing your research on a candidate or lacerating them based on none? I have my answer.

I'm not even sure if Randall is sure how he actually feels.

As someone who is not a fan of socialism, I LOVE that socialism’s biggest ambassadors are the Bernie Bros.

Not a fan of Mayor Pete and his bag of bullshit but you are more pressed than a panini here

Dude... I’m a progressive too, but the guy already LOST. You get your wish — he won’t be President... so, maybe take it a little easier?

Did Pete ignore you on Grindr or something? Jesus this was filled with unnecessary vitriol

Glad to see the commentariat here isn’t on the Irrationally Hate Pete Express. It’s so bizarre to me. 

Wow, this was embarrassing for you. You sound upset. I’m sure you thought this would sound hilariously snarky, but it just came off as bitter and petty. Poor effort.

“and how his campaign aimed for the center so successfully”

I can’t tell you how good it is to see people saying this here. I’ve supported him since the beginning, and watching the narrative form has been enlightening to say the least.

If any more bile and sarcasm drips out of this article, we’re gonna have to put down a wet floor sign.

And I’ll also leave this here:

Actually, going by the standard of the last AV Club article on Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders should heretofore be referred to as “Bernie Sanders, who is most famous for running two failed presidential campaigns.” 

I get that hardcore lefties got scared by Buttigieg and how his campaign aimed for the center so successfully, but it doesn’t make the smear campaign against him look any less unmotivated and ridiculous. It’s like MAGA, only more intellectually insufferable.

It angers me that he’s getting paid to write this shit.

You gotta wonder how this article might have been written if Buttigieg had endorsed Bernie Sanders instead.

If Jacobin and The Root had a stupid baby, it would be this.

This article was brought to you by the campaign to elect Bernie Sanders.

Shadow Republican? Billionaire bootkisser?