Biden Says Buttigieg 'Not a Barack Obama,' Buttigieg Hits Back: 'Neither Is He'
Article by Matt Margolis in "PJMedia":
With Joe Biden's campaign
desperately trying to make up for coming in a distant fourth place in
Iowa, he's resorted to attacking Pete Buttigieg in a new campaign ad,
mocking his small-town executive experience compared to the former vice
president being Barack Obama's number two. "Barack Obama called Joe
Biden 'the best vice president America has ever had.' but Pete Buttigieg
doesn't think much of the vice president's record," says the Biden ad.
Biden defended his ad on Saturday. "When you get attacked, you've got to respond," he told reporters in Manchester, New Hampshire. "This guy's not a Barack Obama," Biden added.
Appearing
on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, Mayor Pete was asked to respond
to the ad, and Biden's jab that Buttigieg is "not a Barack Obama."
"Well,
he's right," Buttigieg said. "I'm not. And neither is he. Neither is
any of us running for president. And this isn't 2008; it's 2020."
What
Buttigieg should have also said was that he brings to the table more
executive experience than Barack Obama had in 2008—which is undeniably
true. Barack Obama was a relatively unaccomplished U.S. senator before
deciding he was good enough to run for president. Obviously, Obama's
lack of experience turned out to be disastrous for the country,
but Buttigieg can still effectively deflect questions of experience
because the Democratic Party has proven that they really don't care
about experience. If they did, they would have chosen Biden over Obama
in 2008. But they didn't.
The Democratic Party gave up the right to talk about experience when they nominated Barack Obama.
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