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| Babylon Bee's Pete Bootigig 'straw man' satire |
| 2019-04-17 |
| [Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐In an intense televised debate Tuesday evening, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg handily defeated a straw man fashioned to look like Vice President Mike Pence. Buttigieg railed against the straw man's hateful positions on the LGBT community and inhumane treatment of gay people, and the straw man couldn't respond to a single argument. "Why do you hate gay people so much, huh?" Buttigieg began. Getting no response, he shook his head. "Just as I thought. No answer." Since the straw man Pence could not provide actual arguments, Buttigieg simply made up his opponent's arguments for him. "Ah, so you're saying you don't think gay people should be allowed to exist? Simply despicable." Every moderator of the debate and 100% of the audience polled declared Buttigieg the winner. "Mayor Buttigieg totally destroyed the arguments of the other side that he invented on the spot," said one audience member. "His position was much more sound than the imaginary position of Mike Pence." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 "Know that whatever challenges America may face, Mayor Pete(tm) has a plan to get to the bottom of it..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-04-17 20:55 |
| #8 #7 - "Our child will be a lawyer!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-17 20:32 |
| #7 People are just now learning he has butt buddy And is gonna have a baby. Ought to be a messy spectacle. |
| Posted by: Nero Uninemp6884 2019-04-17 18:39 |
| #6 Who changes the light bulbs? \ducks for cover\ |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-04-17 18:21 |
| #5 Do we need to know if we would call his partner the First Man, First Lady or First Fruit? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-04-17 14:20 |
| #4 Not news, but now he is proclaiming himself like a vegan would. Wait, that didn't come out right. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-04-17 11:02 |
| #3 People are just now learning he has butt buddy and he's proud of it. Ewww yuck! |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-04-17 10:30 |
| #2 "Pete Bootigig wearing straw man attire" in the headline is what I read a.m. Thought it was something about the Village People. Time for more caffeine. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-04-17 09:17 |
| #1 I don't want to know what a buttgag is, let alone it's relation to the Peter. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-04-17 09:06 |