Pete Buttigieg and the Problem With Being Practically Perfect In Every Way

“When you look at your story, it genuinely seems like you were created in a lab to run,” Daily Show talk host Trevor Noah told Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

He’s right. Pretend, for a moment, you haven’t heard the hype surrounding the impossibly charming 37 year old Mayor Pete, as he has been affectionately dubbed by his constituents and fans. It’s going to be a blind date and you’re apprehensive, justifiably, given how many disappointments you’ve encountered and naturally, you’re deeply hesitant to enthusiastically bestow your trust again.

And then I tell you this:

He’s a Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar. He’s a war veteran. He’s the mayor of his own industrial midwestern hometown. He’ a man of faith. He’s family oriented. He’s young enough to have a relationship with the desire for social progress expressed from younger generations while, simultaneously, old enough to respect the conservatism of those with more reserved economical stances or traditionalist values. As a Democrat, he was elected twice and successfully navigated the divisive arena of partisan politics in the predominantly heavily Republican state of Indiana. He’s exceeding polite, highly intelligent, naturally disarming…