Pete

I don't think a lot of people thought that my like Indiana city was ready for a mayor who was gay. When I got reelected after coming out, I had a higher vote percentage than the first time around.

I don't think a lot of people thought that my like Indiana city was ready for a mayor who was gay. When I got reelected after coming out, I had a higher vote percentage than the first time around.

Um, I would like to think that's cause I did a good job, but also it meant people didn't care that much.

Um, I would like to think that's cause I did a good job, but also it meant people didn't care that much.

Um, I would like to think that's cause I did a good job, but also it meant people didn't care that much.

And by the way, Indiana went for Obama. And I think that's really interesting. Like we, like that state had not voted democratic since LBJ. And so the idea that the person who would flip it for the Democrats was not Bill Clinton, not John Kerry, it was Barack Hussein Obama, right?

And by the way, Indiana went for Obama. And I think that's really interesting. Like we, like that state had not voted democratic since LBJ. And so the idea that the person who would flip it for the Democrats was not Bill Clinton, not John Kerry, it was Barack Hussein Obama, right?

And by the way, Indiana went for Obama. And I think that's really interesting. Like we, like that state had not voted democratic since LBJ. And so the idea that the person who would flip it for the Democrats was not Bill Clinton, not John Kerry, it was Barack Hussein Obama, right?

Was not something if you were sitting around, I don't know, six months before he got nominated saying, all right, who's the like safest choice who would even put Indiana on the electoral map? You wouldn't have said Obama, right? Yeah. But I think the lesson from that is that you can overthink these things. In the end, the only way to find out the answer is to get out there and try.

Was not something if you were sitting around, I don't know, six months before he got nominated saying, all right, who's the like safest choice who would even put Indiana on the electoral map? You wouldn't have said Obama, right? Yeah. But I think the lesson from that is that you can overthink these things. In the end, the only way to find out the answer is to get out there and try.

Was not something if you were sitting around, I don't know, six months before he got nominated saying, all right, who's the like safest choice who would even put Indiana on the electoral map? You wouldn't have said Obama, right? Yeah. But I think the lesson from that is that you can overthink these things. In the end, the only way to find out the answer is to get out there and try.

And I don't want to compare. Obviously, this is very different. But whenever there's some artificial barrier people make up for why somebody can't run or can't serve, I think you just got to test it. Yeah.

And I don't want to compare. Obviously, this is very different. But whenever there's some artificial barrier people make up for why somebody can't run or can't serve, I think you just got to test it. Yeah.

And I don't want to compare. Obviously, this is very different. But whenever there's some artificial barrier people make up for why somebody can't run or can't serve, I think you just got to test it. Yeah.

Yeah, I think it's going to be really tough for America to stay number one unless we do certain things right away. First of all, it's back to basics. It's taking care of our own infrastructure, our own education system. It's making it easier and more affordable to raise a family here. Just like all those core things that you don't think of as like international policy.

Yeah, I think it's going to be really tough for America to stay number one unless we do certain things right away. First of all, it's back to basics. It's taking care of our own infrastructure, our own education system. It's making it easier and more affordable to raise a family here. Just like all those core things that you don't think of as like international policy.

Yeah, I think it's going to be really tough for America to stay number one unless we do certain things right away. First of all, it's back to basics. It's taking care of our own infrastructure, our own education system. It's making it easier and more affordable to raise a family here. Just like all those core things that you don't think of as like international policy.

But if you do them right, then you get international primacy the same way that like part of how we won the Cold War and beat the Soviet Union. It wasn't obviously like there was a military side of that, but like their military was formidable too, right? The real like inarguable massive advantage we had.

But if you do them right, then you get international primacy the same way that like part of how we won the Cold War and beat the Soviet Union. It wasn't obviously like there was a military side of that, but like their military was formidable too, right? The real like inarguable massive advantage we had.

But if you do them right, then you get international primacy the same way that like part of how we won the Cold War and beat the Soviet Union. It wasn't obviously like there was a military side of that, but like their military was formidable too, right? The real like inarguable massive advantage we had.