{"id":18149,"date":"2020-03-01T18:56:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T23:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=18149"},"modified":"2020-03-02T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:20:04","slug":"goodbye-pete-buttigieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=18149","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, Pete Buttigieg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am saddened this evening to learn that Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the race for U.S. President. I admire him for doing it, though. He is a realist, so he has taken a realistic look at the numbers. I feel sure that one reason he announced this decision two days before Super Tuesday was to give Super Tuesday voters a chance a chance to rethink and redirect their votes. I see that as noble act and as a mark of his high character. <\/p>\n

Here in North Carolina, early voting has been going on for two weeks and ended yesterday (Feb. 29). I am greatly surprised to see that overall early-voting turnout by young Democrats is down from 2016. Early voting by older Democrats, age 71 and up, actually rose 39.8 percent from 2016, a stunning increase. What does this mean? I’m afraid we won’t really know until the final results are in after Tuesday and we see who those older voters voted for.<\/p>\n

Both my favorite candidates — Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg — are now out of the race. I’m afraid that, as an older Democrat, I may not be typical. It would seem that most older Democrats don’t trust young people as much as I do.<\/p>\n

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Update:<\/strong> There is a saying in the corporate world, “Hire for character, train for skills.” Being able to recognize character (or the lack of it) is the key to that. This is character:<\/p>\n

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