Opinion: If Pete Buttigieg’s face is his message, it’s not yet complete
By Richard Cohen Richard Cohen Columnist focusing on politics Email Bio Columnist April 1 at 5:18 PM Pete Buttigieg, conversational in Norwegian, Spanish, French, Italian, Maltese, Arabic, Dari and, of course, English, would rather his face speak for him. It is a young face, a pleasant face, and one that explains why he is running for president. “My face is my message,” he said recently on “Morning Joe.
“Right, a lot of this is simply the idea that we need generational change,” he continued. “That we need more voices stepping up from a generation that has so much at stake in the decisions that are being made right now. That’s why I often talk about how the world’s going to look in 2054, when I get to the current age of the current president. It’s to remind us that this isn’t just about one election. This is about an era.
Will this be Buttigieg’s fate? Could be. But he has a precursor of sorts in this regard. Twenty-nine-year-old John F. Kennedy — now, there was a face! — ran for Congress in 1946 with posters of his face along with the slogan, “The New Generation Offers a Leader.” He won. And he won the White House 14 years later with a similar message about youthful energy.
Buttigieg’s is not the only fresh face in the race. Beto O’Rourke is also young at 46, and perfect to play Robert F. Kennedy in some movie. He, too, is doing well. Either one of them — or the exuberant Sen. Kamala Harris — at 54 could emerge as this year’s pied piper, leading the kids away from Sanders, 77, whose ideas seem new but are even older than he is.
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