MAD Magazine still reigns supreme.
True story, this editor has been reading MAD since the ’80s and may or may not have one of their horror compilations on her bedside table. So for Pete Buttigieg to claim he didn’t know who Alfred E. Neuman was when Trump compared him to the iconic character just seems absolutely ridiculous.
Either Pete was full of crap and thought acting like MAD was only for old people like Trump was the way to play it OR he’s really and truly as humorless as other Democrats.
OK, Trump referring to Mayor Pete as "Alfred E. Neuman" is genuinely hilarious pic.twitter.com/IlEdD7OizT
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 11, 2019
It’s perfect.
Honestly, in this editor’s opinion, it’s not even really an insult.
Here’s Pete either playing stupid or being stupid:
Ouch! Mayor @Pete Buttigieg responds to @realDonaldTrump slam that he is “Alfred E Neuman” —“I had to Google that..I guess it’s a generational thing.” pic.twitter.com/ZL11noISYL
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) May 11, 2019
Generational thing.
Oooh, sick burn there, Pete.
MAD Magazine responded … God love ’em.
Who’s Pete Buttigieg? Must be a generational thing.
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 11, 2019
STILL THE BOMB.
And then they reminded us all they’re true capitalists … and also that they’re really mean to Trump and even he seems to know who they are.
Please buy our new book, @PeteButtigieg! https://t.co/m9p9yt0PcZ pic.twitter.com/2ylg5t3kCo
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 11, 2019
C’mon Pete, buy their book. You owe them.
Hva er jeg bekymret for? @PeteButtigieg pic.twitter.com/NQsWrN9ZVi
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) May 11, 2019
HA HA HA HA HA.
— Jersquall (@Jersquall) May 11, 2019
He's a goofy, sweet boy with an offbeat sense of humor and a "goshucks" kind of sensibility…
Oh, wait.— Devin's Maternal Egg Donor (@ResistSays) May 11, 2019
I’m part of Gen Z and even I know what Mad is. He’s uncultured…
— Angelica Lopez ❌ (@angelical626) May 11, 2019
Now you have to put @PeteButtigieg on the cover.
— Liza (@lbulos) May 11, 2019
Seriously.
He's lost my vote.
What kind of monster doesn't know Mad?— Scott Smith (@ThatScottSmith) May 11, 2019
Right?!
#WhatMeWorry candidate
— Eliot Lewis (@MainLineEliot) May 11, 2019
And to make MAD’s point, plenty of Pete’s fans showed up to remind the world the Left has zero sense of humor.
Worlds most super-boomer dunk.
Basically screaming "I'm old!!!"
— Chidi AnnaKendrick (moral philosopher) (@469Matt) May 11, 2019
u 'mad' all right
— Willie Green (@deathinkosovo) May 11, 2019
Kids these days.
Yeah, I'd say it is. I know Mayor Pete. I know MAD magazine too, if it makes you feel better. But like Mayor Pete, I had to google Alfred E Neuman. Guess some people don't remember the full names of print magazine mascots these days. What a world.
— Danny (@DNAlienPrime) May 11, 2019
*sigh*
This isn’t even clever.
— Rich_JRD (@Rich_JRD) May 11, 2019
So essentially, you guys are telling @PeteButtigieg to get off your lawn.
— (((Greg A.))) (@Greg_A_) May 11, 2019
No, essentially they’re showing Pete how comedy works.
Since so few on the Left seem to get that.
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