Pete:I appreciate this reporter's swift and honest correction of a misquote on my views of the Obama

[Celerity]

presidency.From health care to DADT repeal to the rescue of the auto industry, my appreciation of the great leadership of Barack Obama comes from a very personal place.

Link to tweet

[True Blue American]

1. So am I!

Pete is not the person the reporter portrayed him to be!

And is he making waves with voters! They love him.

[madaboutharry]

2. There was a long thread last night attacking Mayor Pete

with some even demanding that he immediately withdraw from the race.

I did not comment in the thread because I considered it may have been a misquote as it seemed like something that Pete Buttigieg, the man, would never think or say.

Lots of apologies needed. Have a nice day.

[demmiblue]

6. I saw the thread, but I have a healthy ignore list full of the usual suspects...

so I bet I missed some of the worst comments.

[madaboutharry]

11. I bet you did.

[nini]

15. Apologize for reacting to a story they didn't know was wrong?

Not sure about that. Now if someone keeps pushing that after it corrected you might have a point.

[madaboutharry]

17. The attacks went far beyond what was called for.

Calling it a disqualifying comment and for him to leave the race was an extreme reaction, even if it had been true.

[nini]

38. It would have been disqualifying in many people's views

Because you don't agree with that doesn't change other's feelings on it.

[wiley]

47. Absolutely not accepting this crap

Interesting that Joy Reid and Julian Castro and Malcolm Nance and so many others are...fill in the blank. Lots of non-apologies.

"This one really hurts because it went viral,” he continued, going on to post Buttigieg’s full remarks, corrected."

From the reporter. Well, golly! You'd think there was this 24/7 social media shit storm that has no bottom in it's destructiveness or hate.

[Perseus]

25. Maybe the apologies should be for not taking the time to research the story and flatly

believe what a reporter wrote? And nowadays we know there are a lot of people out there with agendas, and that includes a lot of people in the media.

We go back to "think before you act". Nowadays we have to be careful to repeat stories without checking their truthfulness, so yes, people should apologize for taking the opportunity to go against one of the Democratic candidates who may not be their choice.

[exboyfil]

39. Maybe the LA Times needs to correct that problem

Yes you should be able to rely on the accuracy of reporting from a LA Times political reporter.

I personally would not go knee jerk until I heard from the candidate.

[cwydro]

21. Yes, they seem quiet today.

Unless I’ve missed something.

[FM123]

3. At a very delicate time in our history

when we have such a dishonest and dangerous regime in power, it is a MUST that our press get it right and not make unforced errors like this!

[Celerity]

4. I am sure for the next few months some will continue to push this utterly debunked tosh

[NewJeffCT]

16. if he wins the nomination

I bet Trump will push it as well

[Celerity]

18. Hard to push a misquote that will be forgotten by 99.999999% of humans by next week. Especially

as Rump does nothing but slam Obama for a decade plus. I would love to see Rump try and use it in a debate, Buttigieg would TORCH him in a unique way, I am so sure.

[NewJeffCT]

24. Trump was pushing Vince Foster

conspiracy theories in 2016, and that was debunked in the 1990s.

The headlines are all that matters to him

[blm]

5. The headline writers seem to be aiming for knee jerk responses.

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. Completely agree.

The reporter and editors should have known enough about PB to raise their eyebrows and contact the campaign for clarification of the quote before running with the news. This rush to publish is dealing serious blows to our democracy.

[demmiblue]

7. K&R

[emmaverybo]

9. Russians, racism, and Republicans gave us Trump. Nothing normal.

[Celerity]

10. nice try nt

[emmaverybo]

12. No try about it. Whichever he said, Buttigieg's analysis was flawed. Guess he didn't read the

Mueller report, factor in that Hillary won the popular vote, find anything suspect in the polls vs.
outcome, pay attention to the claims of people like James Clapper.

[Celerity]

14. no, your main bash-hammer (I saw you on that other thread, up and down) was shown

to be a completely bogus, made up misquote, and now you are retrenching and still trying to spin it into a negative attack on Buttigieg. You are now using non sequiturs to trying and reframe it into subjects that were not even discussed, subjects that are now ex post facto being injected by you.

As transparent as a freshly cleaned window.

[cwydro]

23. Well said.

[Bradshaw3]

34. Just try admittng you were wrong

He WAS NOT pushing anything. The quote was false. How is continuing to push this false story any different than what rump tried to do to the Bidens?

Unbelievable.

[Cosmocat]

13. So ... the old normal

minus the russians part ... Though that shit was greased by the other two.

[emmaverybo]

26. Republicans and racists are pathological. The election was stolen. So...there.Yes, I do see what

you mean.

[Cosmocat]

33. That is what he is Pete is saying

He is staking the "moderate" ground to an extent, but he really does go at Rs more directly and indirectly (and stakes a lot more progressive positions) than people give him credit for, and to me he speaks about the real, difference making institutional change we need, which includes going directly at the ways Rs are rat fucking this country.

Side note - I am OK with Joe, and if I had to put $$$ on the race would put it on him. He's a good man, is our best shot at reclaiming some of our international good will because he is a known, reliable and proven entity to other world leaders, and is a good and decent man who has a broader appeal than some of our other candidates.

I would prefer someone who is sharper and more aggressively progressive, but I know the people around me in this country and know who votes and that he will have a real appeal to those who actually show up to vote.

[emmaverybo]

40. I love Joe for prez, BUT I think no one knows what will happen. Pete is gaining.

They say vote your heart in the primary. We have a year to go!

[wiley]

19. Didn't stop the hysteria here though

Good for Pete.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/11/1898598/-LA-Times-Misquotes-Pete-Buttigieg-As-Criticizing-Obama-The-Manufactured-Story-Goes-Viral?utm_campaign=trending#comment_75460855

You people!

[Celerity]

20. Yang just needs 3 more 4% national polls or 2 6% early state polls to qualify for December's debate

I hope he makes it!

[wiley]

22. Me too. He just hired lots of new staff too!

I'm waiting on Malcolm Nance and others to apologize for the attack on Pete. I realy hope Pete wins both Iowa and NH!

[Celerity]

42. Nance did a 'sorry not sorry' half-arsed apology

Now he is going all passive-aggressive about it be cause he got stick. He is also claiming via inference that the majority of people criticising his pushing the debunked misquote are (his words) 'Dem/Progressive/Liberterian partisans' and are calling him a pro-Trumper.

Liberterian should be Libertarian btw, but you get the point.

Twitter is a fucking cesspool.

[SKKY]

46. Malcom Nance can go get stuffed...

...I was stationed with that tool. He was a dip shit then, and he’s a dip shit now.

[emmaverybo]

41. No. You reporter. In the context of his contrasting himself with Biden, whose theme has been his

connection to the “Obama era,” made sense to many of us. Until it didn’t.

[still_one]

27. I understand his statement, but he is being too kind to the reporter

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Kindness is central to his character. n/t

[still_one]

32. I know Peggy. I just don't think that was an innocent mistake by the reporter, IMHO

[Cosmocat]

44. No way - that is the one this country SO DESPERATELY needs

gotta get back to having class and decency ...

[SKKY]

28. I so badly want to support Mayor Pete's candidacy.

The dude just gets it, every time, and hits just the right notes. He would make an excellent president.

[joost5]

29. Same.

Actually any candidate but Tulsi G. She is the worst and might as well speak in Russian.

[Cosmocat]

36. YEEP

nm

[Cosmocat]

37. yeah

I don't think he is going to make it this go round, but feel his on ramp would be on a ticket with EW.

Would be a great pairing.

[FakeNoose]

31. I admire Mayor Pete and I think he's the future of our Party

... however he's still a long shot for this election. I am not envisioning Pete as our Party's nominee in 2020. However if he should somehow win the nomination, I would be proud to support him and vote for him.

More than likely Pete will figure prominently in future races, and maybe by then he'll be Senator Pete or Governor Pete. I'd like to see him actively motivating the blue/liberal/progressive voters of the Midwestern states, our breadbasket and industrial rust-belt states. He has already shown the ability to excite the new/younger voters that we desperately need to revitalize our Party.

[Bradshaw3]

35. K&R

There are many on here who need to read this, especially after the hysteria in last night's thread. Unfortunately only one of those has responded - and tried to maintain the same line. Just incredible.

[Celerity]

43. scorched earth FTW, truth be damned

[Bradshaw3]

45. I wish they would also see his on camera talk this morning

He gave a heartfelt and personal example of what he owes to Obama. It made you see what people like about him.