Mayor Pete, Amy Klobuchar, and Beto O'Rourke endorse Joe B at a rally in Dallas.
Let's hope he doesn't fall over on the way to the White House.
Bernie is already sounding angry and bitter about "the Democratic establishment".
News stories were calling them moderates before this, but now they seem to be echoing Bernie's contemptuous and rather 1960s characterization.
The Stop Sanders movement has gone public
Chris could be right that the point now is to deny Bernie a first ballot victory in order to enable a brokered convention to pick Joe B.
Showing posts with label Beto O'Rourke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beto O'Rourke. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2020
Sunday, August 4, 2019
When did he avow it?
Beto O’Rourke on Trump and El Paso: 'He is an open, avowed racist'
Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas representative in the US Houses, was asked by the CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday about Donald Trump:
“Do you think President Trump is a white nationalist?”
“The things that he has said, both as a candidate and then as president of the United States, this cannot be open for debate.
"You, as well as I, have a responsibility call that out, to make sure that the American people understand what is being done in their name by the person who holds the highest position of public trust in this land.
“He does not even pretend to respect our differences or to understand that we are all created equal.
“He is saying that some people are inherently defective or dangerous – reminiscent of something you might hear in the Third Reich, not something that you expect in the United States of America – based on their religion, based on their sexual orientation, based on their immigration status, based on the countries that they come from.
"Calling those in Africa shithole nations and saying that he’d like to have more immigration from Nordic countries, the whitest place on planet Earth today. Again, let’s be very clear about what is causing this and who the president is.
“He is an open, avowed racist and is encouraging more racism in this country.”
That he is a racist is not much open to doubt, just as Beto claims.
But most of what Beto alleges here is very much open to doubt, and it only begins with the question when did Trump openly avow his racism.
I have never seen or heard that, but I have seen and heard Bozo volubly deny he is a racist and insist he is, for example, the black American's best friend and political ally and benefactor.
That's all lies, of course, but it's what he has actually said, not what is true, that's in question.
The article quotes more of Beto, and I agree with what it there quotes him as saying.
Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas representative in the US Houses, was asked by the CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday about Donald Trump:
“Do you think President Trump is a white nationalist?”
“The things that he has said, both as a candidate and then as president of the United States, this cannot be open for debate.
"You, as well as I, have a responsibility call that out, to make sure that the American people understand what is being done in their name by the person who holds the highest position of public trust in this land.
“He does not even pretend to respect our differences or to understand that we are all created equal.
“He is saying that some people are inherently defective or dangerous – reminiscent of something you might hear in the Third Reich, not something that you expect in the United States of America – based on their religion, based on their sexual orientation, based on their immigration status, based on the countries that they come from.
"Calling those in Africa shithole nations and saying that he’d like to have more immigration from Nordic countries, the whitest place on planet Earth today. Again, let’s be very clear about what is causing this and who the president is.
“He is an open, avowed racist and is encouraging more racism in this country.”
That he is a racist is not much open to doubt, just as Beto claims.
But most of what Beto alleges here is very much open to doubt, and it only begins with the question when did Trump openly avow his racism.
I have never seen or heard that, but I have seen and heard Bozo volubly deny he is a racist and insist he is, for example, the black American's best friend and political ally and benefactor.
That's all lies, of course, but it's what he has actually said, not what is true, that's in question.
The article quotes more of Beto, and I agree with what it there quotes him as saying.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
How will that play in the general?
Also-ran Beto sounding like the racial radicals among the Dems, not just the candidates but the party as a whole.
O'Rourke tells immigrants 'this country was founded on white supremacy'
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) this week told a group of immigrants and refugees living in Nashville, Tenn., that the U.S. was founded on the concepts of white supremacy and slavery.
. . . .
"I know this from my home state, Texas, places that formed the Confederacy, that this country was founded on white supremacy," he said, according to the Tennessean.
. . . .
He made the remarks in response to a question about how he would tackle white supremacy if elected president.
To which the best answer would have been that white supremacy in America is a long gone thing of the past, and what people are really complaining of who say otherwise is the fact that the majority of Americans are white.
And to that complaint the best answer, if not "pardon us for living", would have been "fuck you."
I suppose we could quibble a bit about the nuance of "founded on", but those were certainly features of the country at its founding.
So, no Pinocchios for that one.
But this is just inflammatory bullshit.
Or maybe a concession to the lying racism of the person who asked the question.
"And every single institution and structure that we have in this country still reflects the legacy of slavery and segregation and Jim Crow and suppression, even in our democracy."
Does his saying that, and to a batch of new immigrants and refugees, no less, show he hates our country?
Actually, I'm not sure what the hell it shows, though in his case I rather doubt it's that.
A lot of this year's Democrats talk like that, however, and maybe that is what it shows when they talk like that.
And, anyway, whose votes are they fishing for, with that kind of talk?
Is this that Tucker Carlson apparently said quite unfair?
All of it, or just parts of it?
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST):
The Democratic candidates for president are on the road this week telling voters that the United States is an awful country.
"America's institutions are built on white supremacy," squeaked Beto O'Rourke at an event yesterday.
Of all the lies these people tell, and there are many, this is the most absurd.
...
Ilhan Omar has an awful lot to be grateful for, but she isn't grateful, not at all.
After everything America has done for Omar and for her family, she hates this country more than ever.
In a recent piece in The Washington Post, the reporter put it this way, quote,
"In Omar's version, America isn't the bighearted country that saved her from a brutal war and a bleak refugee camp.
"It wasn't a meritocracy that helped her attend college or vaulted her into congress.
"Instead, it was the country that had failed to live up to its founding ideals, a place that has disappointed her and so many immigrants, refugees, and minorities like her," end quote.
If anything, that's an understatement.
Omar isn't disappointed in America, she's enraged by it.
Virtually every public statement she makes accuses Americans of bigotry and racism.
This is an immoral country, she says.
She has undisguised contempt for the United States and for its people.
. . . .
Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country.
A system designed to strengthen America is instead undermining it.
Some of the very people we try hardest to help have come to hate us passionately.
O'Rourke tells immigrants 'this country was founded on white supremacy'
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) this week told a group of immigrants and refugees living in Nashville, Tenn., that the U.S. was founded on the concepts of white supremacy and slavery.
. . . .
"I know this from my home state, Texas, places that formed the Confederacy, that this country was founded on white supremacy," he said, according to the Tennessean.
. . . .
He made the remarks in response to a question about how he would tackle white supremacy if elected president.
To which the best answer would have been that white supremacy in America is a long gone thing of the past, and what people are really complaining of who say otherwise is the fact that the majority of Americans are white.
And to that complaint the best answer, if not "pardon us for living", would have been "fuck you."
I suppose we could quibble a bit about the nuance of "founded on", but those were certainly features of the country at its founding.
So, no Pinocchios for that one.
But this is just inflammatory bullshit.
Or maybe a concession to the lying racism of the person who asked the question.
"And every single institution and structure that we have in this country still reflects the legacy of slavery and segregation and Jim Crow and suppression, even in our democracy."
Does his saying that, and to a batch of new immigrants and refugees, no less, show he hates our country?
Actually, I'm not sure what the hell it shows, though in his case I rather doubt it's that.
A lot of this year's Democrats talk like that, however, and maybe that is what it shows when they talk like that.
And, anyway, whose votes are they fishing for, with that kind of talk?
Is this that Tucker Carlson apparently said quite unfair?
All of it, or just parts of it?
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST):
The Democratic candidates for president are on the road this week telling voters that the United States is an awful country.
"America's institutions are built on white supremacy," squeaked Beto O'Rourke at an event yesterday.
Of all the lies these people tell, and there are many, this is the most absurd.
...
Ilhan Omar has an awful lot to be grateful for, but she isn't grateful, not at all.
After everything America has done for Omar and for her family, she hates this country more than ever.
In a recent piece in The Washington Post, the reporter put it this way, quote,
"In Omar's version, America isn't the bighearted country that saved her from a brutal war and a bleak refugee camp.
"It wasn't a meritocracy that helped her attend college or vaulted her into congress.
"Instead, it was the country that had failed to live up to its founding ideals, a place that has disappointed her and so many immigrants, refugees, and minorities like her," end quote.
If anything, that's an understatement.
Omar isn't disappointed in America, she's enraged by it.
Virtually every public statement she makes accuses Americans of bigotry and racism.
This is an immoral country, she says.
She has undisguised contempt for the United States and for its people.
. . . .
Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country.
A system designed to strengthen America is instead undermining it.
Some of the very people we try hardest to help have come to hate us passionately.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Joe still ahead, and he's not even in it yet
It may be that Biden has the best chance of winning, but he does not seem likely to be able to do anything with the victory.
He is too wedded to all that obsolete "across the aisle" and "bipartisan" bullshit.
He will not pack the court.
He may not even try to roll back the GOP tax cuts.
Still, any Democrat is better than any Republican, and at least his victory would get the Duce out of the White House.
Biden Still the Leader with 27%
In a field of 24 announced and potential contenders, Joe Biden currently has the support of 27% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters, which is similar to his 28% support in March and 29% in January, according to this morning’s Monmouth University Poll.
Support for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is currently at 20%, which is down slightly from 25% in March, but still higher than his 16% support in January.
. . . .
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg currently has 8% support. He registered less than 1% in prior Monmouth polls.
California Sen. Kamala Harris has 8% support, off just slightly from 10% in March and 11% in January.
Rounding out the field of top contenders are Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 6% (from 8% in both March and January) and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke at 4% (6% in March and 7% in January).
Others who score at least 1% include New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (2%, from 5% in March and 4% in January), former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (2%, from 1% in priorpolls), Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (1%, from 3% in March and 2% in January), and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (1%, from 1% in March).
The remaining 14 names asked about in the survey receive support from less than 1% of Democratic voters at this time, which is basically unchanged from their support levels in prior national Monmouth polls.
. . . .
Race and gender do not seem to be important factors for Democratic voters when considering who the party should choose to run against Trump.
Fully 87% say the race of the nominee does not matter.
Just 5% say it would be better for Democrats to nominate a person of color, which is offset by 6% who say it would actually be better for the party to nominate a white candidate.
Similarly, 77% say the gender of the nominee does not matter.
Just 7% say it would be better for Democrats to nominate a woman, while slightly more (12%) say it would actually be better for the party to nominate a man.
He is too wedded to all that obsolete "across the aisle" and "bipartisan" bullshit.
He will not pack the court.
He may not even try to roll back the GOP tax cuts.
Still, any Democrat is better than any Republican, and at least his victory would get the Duce out of the White House.
Biden Still the Leader with 27%
In a field of 24 announced and potential contenders, Joe Biden currently has the support of 27% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters, which is similar to his 28% support in March and 29% in January, according to this morning’s Monmouth University Poll.
Support for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is currently at 20%, which is down slightly from 25% in March, but still higher than his 16% support in January.
. . . .
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg currently has 8% support. He registered less than 1% in prior Monmouth polls.
California Sen. Kamala Harris has 8% support, off just slightly from 10% in March and 11% in January.
Rounding out the field of top contenders are Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 6% (from 8% in both March and January) and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke at 4% (6% in March and 7% in January).
Others who score at least 1% include New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (2%, from 5% in March and 4% in January), former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (2%, from 1% in priorpolls), Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (1%, from 3% in March and 2% in January), and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (1%, from 1% in March).
The remaining 14 names asked about in the survey receive support from less than 1% of Democratic voters at this time, which is basically unchanged from their support levels in prior national Monmouth polls.
. . . .
Race and gender do not seem to be important factors for Democratic voters when considering who the party should choose to run against Trump.
Fully 87% say the race of the nominee does not matter.
Just 5% say it would be better for Democrats to nominate a person of color, which is offset by 6% who say it would actually be better for the party to nominate a white candidate.
Similarly, 77% say the gender of the nominee does not matter.
Just 7% say it would be better for Democrats to nominate a woman, while slightly more (12%) say it would actually be better for the party to nominate a man.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
They want a test case to get to the court ASAP, so it will overturn Roe ASAP
Republicans don't really care that 60% of the country wants abortion to remain legal.
Texas Lawmakers Are Considering The Death Penalty For Women Who Get Abortions
Texas lawmakers worked well into Tuesday morning as they listened to hundreds of Texans testify in support of a bill that would criminalize abortion and threaten the death penalty to any woman who undergoes the procedure.
In total 446 people testified in support of the “Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act,” or House Bill 896, which aims to outlaw all abortions “regardless of any contrary federal law, executive order, or court decision.”
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) introduced the bill in 2017, which would define abortion as murder which is punishable by death in the state of Texas.
“God’s word says, ‘He who sheds man’s blood, by man ― the civil government ― his blood will be shed,’” Sonya Gonnella, a supporter of the bill, testified in the hearing before the Texas House’s Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence on Monday.
After quoting the Book of Genesis, Gonella implored the committee to “repent with us” by passing the proposed legislation.
Lawmakers in the hearing, which wrapped around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, also heard from people opposed to the bill. In total 54 Texans, including women’s advocates and legal experts, testified against the bill, according to the Washington Post.
Was Beto talking about somehow flipping this state blue?
Really?
Looks fire engine red, to me.
Looks like Dayton, Tennessee in about 1925.
Texas Lawmakers Are Considering The Death Penalty For Women Who Get Abortions
Texas lawmakers worked well into Tuesday morning as they listened to hundreds of Texans testify in support of a bill that would criminalize abortion and threaten the death penalty to any woman who undergoes the procedure.
In total 446 people testified in support of the “Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act,” or House Bill 896, which aims to outlaw all abortions “regardless of any contrary federal law, executive order, or court decision.”
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) introduced the bill in 2017, which would define abortion as murder which is punishable by death in the state of Texas.
“God’s word says, ‘He who sheds man’s blood, by man ― the civil government ― his blood will be shed,’” Sonya Gonnella, a supporter of the bill, testified in the hearing before the Texas House’s Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence on Monday.
After quoting the Book of Genesis, Gonella implored the committee to “repent with us” by passing the proposed legislation.
Lawmakers in the hearing, which wrapped around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, also heard from people opposed to the bill. In total 54 Texans, including women’s advocates and legal experts, testified against the bill, according to the Washington Post.
Was Beto talking about somehow flipping this state blue?
Really?
Looks fire engine red, to me.
Looks like Dayton, Tennessee in about 1925.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Any candidate who talks about bipartisanship, comity, amity, reaching across the aisle, and working with Republicans is just like Trump: a moron, a liar, or both.
Beto O’Rourke, Praising Immigration, Kicks Off Presidential Campaign in El Paso
And the only thing this guy talks about more is immigration.
He is really turning out to be a nothingburger.
And the only thing this guy talks about more is immigration.
He is really turning out to be a nothingburger.
Monday, March 18, 2019
Beto is not really all that good at this
Beto on AR-15s
If you own an AR-15, keep it.
Continue to use it responsibly and safely.
I just don't think that we need to sell anymore weapons of war into this public.
The gun controllers want buy-backs or confiscations and police enforcement.
The gun rights enthusiasts oppose any ban on assault rifles.
And, anway, just the AR-15's?
There are loads of different models of semi-automatic rifles and pistols that qualify as assault weapons, every bit as dangerous and some more so.
By the way, nobody seems to object to every state maintaining a registry of motor vehicles, or that car owners have to shoulder the costs.
What?
Not tyranny?
Not a path to enslavement?
Ah, but suggest a registry of guns . . . .
Meanwhile in NZ
The alleged perpetrator of Friday's attacks, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, possessed a "Category A" gun license, giving him the right to buy semi-automatic weapons.
Tarrant had two semi-automatic weapons and two shotguns among his arsenal.
"That will give you an indication of why we need to change our gun laws," Arden said at the weekend.
Obtaining a license involves police background checks and firearms safety.
But they are rarely refused, according to the latest figures.
In 2017, of the 43,509 firearms license applications submitted, just 188 applications were declined.
And a Category A license allows the holder to obtain any number of sporting-type rifles and shotguns.
You don't need one license per weapon.
Visitors to New Zealand can apply for a firearms license that "will let you shoot for hunting or competition in New Zealand for up to a year," according to police.
Some variants of the AR-15, which has been used in several mass shootings in the US, can be legally obtained by Category A holders in New Zealand.
The power of such a weapon can then be enhanced by adding a high-capacity magazine.
A police report two years ago warned that such adaptations opened the way to "criminal harm" and noted that "purchase of high-capacity magazines is unregulated and does not require a firearms licence."
The New Zealand Police Association has long called for reform of the Arms Act and tougher measures to close loopholes on acquiring semi-automatic weapons.
Its president, Chris Cahill, said at the weekend: "There is no place in the upcoming debate for the radical gun lobby which has made its presence felt in previous attempts to make our country safer.
"We have seen what happens in the United States when gun radicals are involved. Nothing. That is not good enough for New Zealand."
If you own an AR-15, keep it.
Continue to use it responsibly and safely.
I just don't think that we need to sell anymore weapons of war into this public.
The gun controllers want buy-backs or confiscations and police enforcement.
The gun rights enthusiasts oppose any ban on assault rifles.
And, anway, just the AR-15's?
There are loads of different models of semi-automatic rifles and pistols that qualify as assault weapons, every bit as dangerous and some more so.
By the way, nobody seems to object to every state maintaining a registry of motor vehicles, or that car owners have to shoulder the costs.
What?
Not tyranny?
Not a path to enslavement?
Ah, but suggest a registry of guns . . . .
Meanwhile in NZ
The alleged perpetrator of Friday's attacks, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, possessed a "Category A" gun license, giving him the right to buy semi-automatic weapons.
Tarrant had two semi-automatic weapons and two shotguns among his arsenal.
"That will give you an indication of why we need to change our gun laws," Arden said at the weekend.
Obtaining a license involves police background checks and firearms safety.
But they are rarely refused, according to the latest figures.
In 2017, of the 43,509 firearms license applications submitted, just 188 applications were declined.
And a Category A license allows the holder to obtain any number of sporting-type rifles and shotguns.
You don't need one license per weapon.
Visitors to New Zealand can apply for a firearms license that "will let you shoot for hunting or competition in New Zealand for up to a year," according to police.
Some variants of the AR-15, which has been used in several mass shootings in the US, can be legally obtained by Category A holders in New Zealand.
The power of such a weapon can then be enhanced by adding a high-capacity magazine.
A police report two years ago warned that such adaptations opened the way to "criminal harm" and noted that "purchase of high-capacity magazines is unregulated and does not require a firearms licence."
The New Zealand Police Association has long called for reform of the Arms Act and tougher measures to close loopholes on acquiring semi-automatic weapons.
Its president, Chris Cahill, said at the weekend: "There is no place in the upcoming debate for the radical gun lobby which has made its presence felt in previous attempts to make our country safer.
"We have seen what happens in the United States when gun radicals are involved. Nothing. That is not good enough for New Zealand."
Nothing and no one can "bring us together"
If that's what she wants she's just too stupid to get politics, at all.
The media learned nothing from the success of Trump's shambolic campaign
Steve M. quotes a BuzzFeed story.
“I tend to agree with some of the stories ... but I look at him and he’s the only one that gives me that hope,” said Anne Phillips, a graphic designer who saw O’Rourke interviewed for a podcast in Cedar Rapids.
“I want reconciliation, and he brings that to my heart. I sense in him that he can bring us back together.”
So he's getting the sap vote.
Anyway, this is Steve's point.
The criticisms of O'Rourke are valid.
He's extremely vague on policy.
He's getting away with a Kerouac act that a female candidate, especially one with small children, couldn't.
Some of his votes in Congress weren't progressive.
What he said about the division of parenting labor in his marriage was sexist.
But whatever he's doing is working.
Donald Trump had a sloppy, unstructured campaign in 2016, and while he had a lot of help -- from Russia, from James Comey, from the Hillary-loathing media -- he won the nomination and the election.
The lesson the media should have learned from that is that rigorous attention to campaign detail might not be the secret to electoral success.
Inspiring large masses of voters might matter a lot more.
It's quite possible that O'Rourke will stumble, and the campaign problems raised in the Politico story might be the cause of his downfall.
But the press predicted Trump's downfall every day for a year and half, and it never came.
The media should at least acknowledge that the importance of proper form might be overrated, and that a candidate with celebrity dazzle might win even if his campaign breaks most of the rules.
The media learned nothing from the success of Trump's shambolic campaign
Steve M. quotes a BuzzFeed story.
“I tend to agree with some of the stories ... but I look at him and he’s the only one that gives me that hope,” said Anne Phillips, a graphic designer who saw O’Rourke interviewed for a podcast in Cedar Rapids.
“I want reconciliation, and he brings that to my heart. I sense in him that he can bring us back together.”
So he's getting the sap vote.
Anyway, this is Steve's point.
The criticisms of O'Rourke are valid.
He's extremely vague on policy.
He's getting away with a Kerouac act that a female candidate, especially one with small children, couldn't.
Some of his votes in Congress weren't progressive.
What he said about the division of parenting labor in his marriage was sexist.
But whatever he's doing is working.
Donald Trump had a sloppy, unstructured campaign in 2016, and while he had a lot of help -- from Russia, from James Comey, from the Hillary-loathing media -- he won the nomination and the election.
The lesson the media should have learned from that is that rigorous attention to campaign detail might not be the secret to electoral success.
Inspiring large masses of voters might matter a lot more.
It's quite possible that O'Rourke will stumble, and the campaign problems raised in the Politico story might be the cause of his downfall.
But the press predicted Trump's downfall every day for a year and half, and it never came.
The media should at least acknowledge that the importance of proper form might be overrated, and that a candidate with celebrity dazzle might win even if his campaign breaks most of the rules.
Beto the favorite of the plutes?
Suddenly his campaign has received more money already than anyone else in the game, including Biden and Bernie.
He's glad to have that known, but he and his campaign won't say anything about how many donors there have been or the size of the average donation.
He's glad to have that known, but he and his campaign won't say anything about how many donors there have been or the size of the average donation.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Ask yourself why Beto is the only white guy in the field being whacked for "white privilege"
Not Bernie, not Mayor Pete, not Joe Biden, nobody but Beto.
Who is he scaring the shit out of?
I have seen it urged that it's Bernie and his supporters.
Bernie is too old and Beto is too centrist and empty.
Joe B is too old and Pete, though he seems the opposite of an empty suit and very, very prepared and frank, is too short.
Who is he scaring the shit out of?
I have seen it urged that it's Bernie and his supporters.
Bernie is too old and Beto is too centrist and empty.
Joe B is too old and Pete, though he seems the opposite of an empty suit and very, very prepared and frank, is too short.
Saturday, March 16, 2019
The whiny bitch is right, though.
Beto 2020: a masterclass in male entitlement
OK, the feminazi bullshit is repulsive.
But this is right, I think.
No, it’s not Beto’s loss last year that bothers me, it’s his entitlement.
His certainty that he’s qualified for the most powerful job in the world despite his lack of experience.
His belief that he is qualified for the role despite the fact that he himself has absolutely no idea what he stands for.
“I don’t know where I am on a [political] spectrum and I almost could care less,” Beto recently boasted during a stop in Wisconsin.
I’ll tell you where Beto is on the political spectrum: he’s wherever it’s most convenient for him to be.
Remind you of someone with orange hair?
But surely he's not less qualified than Bozo?
He announced his presidential bid by talking about the environment but his six-year record in Congress shows him to be a friend of the fossil fuel industry.
His voting record is characterized by flip-flopping and he is vague about his position on healthcare and raising taxes.
The only strong conviction he really seems to have is that he deserves to be president.
“Man, I’m just born to be in it,” he recently enthused to Vanity Fair.
I think he was referring to the race, and he is a good campaigner who loves to campaign.
I was going to say campaigning isn't governing, but Bozo has taught us governing is campaigning, so never mind.
But anyway she just can't help it.
Even when she's pretty much right.
Ultimately, what might be most frustrating about Beto is that we all know someone like him.
He’s the guy in the meeting who hasn’t done any of the work but who repeats a woman’s points and immediately gets a round of applause and a promotion.
He’s the guy who pays eloquent lip service to the importance of diversity, but would never go so far as conceding a woman might be better qualified for a job than him.
He’s the epitome of mediocre white male confidence.
And if there is one thing America does not need at the moment, it’s more mediocre white guys running things.
OK, the feminazi bullshit is repulsive.
But this is right, I think.
No, it’s not Beto’s loss last year that bothers me, it’s his entitlement.
His certainty that he’s qualified for the most powerful job in the world despite his lack of experience.
His belief that he is qualified for the role despite the fact that he himself has absolutely no idea what he stands for.
“I don’t know where I am on a [political] spectrum and I almost could care less,” Beto recently boasted during a stop in Wisconsin.
I’ll tell you where Beto is on the political spectrum: he’s wherever it’s most convenient for him to be.
Remind you of someone with orange hair?
But surely he's not less qualified than Bozo?
Maybe not, but surely that's way too low a bar?
He announced his presidential bid by talking about the environment but his six-year record in Congress shows him to be a friend of the fossil fuel industry.
His voting record is characterized by flip-flopping and he is vague about his position on healthcare and raising taxes.
The only strong conviction he really seems to have is that he deserves to be president.
“Man, I’m just born to be in it,” he recently enthused to Vanity Fair.
I think he was referring to the race, and he is a good campaigner who loves to campaign.
I was going to say campaigning isn't governing, but Bozo has taught us governing is campaigning, so never mind.
But anyway she just can't help it.
Even when she's pretty much right.
Ultimately, what might be most frustrating about Beto is that we all know someone like him.
He’s the guy in the meeting who hasn’t done any of the work but who repeats a woman’s points and immediately gets a round of applause and a promotion.
He’s the guy who pays eloquent lip service to the importance of diversity, but would never go so far as conceding a woman might be better qualified for a job than him.
He’s the epitome of mediocre white male confidence.
And if there is one thing America does not need at the moment, it’s more mediocre white guys running things.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
MSNBC is insisting O'Rourke has to differentiate himself from the others on some issue or other
And that's bullshit.
All the people seeking the nomination could embrace the same agenda, and then Democratic voters would decide who they want to try to beat Trump, take over the White House, and advance the ball, judging by personal factors that, yes, might include age, race, sex, and sexual orientation.
Anyway, the convention is 16 months away.
All the people seeking the nomination could embrace the same agenda, and then Democratic voters would decide who they want to try to beat Trump, take over the White House, and advance the ball, judging by personal factors that, yes, might include age, race, sex, and sexual orientation.
Anyway, the convention is 16 months away.
Enough stalling. He's in.
Beto O’Rourke Enters the 2020 Presidential Campaign
MSNBC says he has rejected all labels and sometimes calls himself a centrist.
Not clear to me where he is on the AOC/Bernie agenda, but he says he favors the Green New Deal.
MSNBC also says the folks already lined up with Bernie absolutely hate Beto, and some have rather amusingly denounced him as a candidate of white privilege.
So say supporters of the rich old white guy who says he's a socialist.
The Turks at TYT say his voting record in his three terms was more conservative than 70% of the other Dems.
And he has bailed on Medicare for All.
And so probably not actually the guy to carry the AOC/Bernie agenda across the finish line.
Sure, better than any Republican and way better than Trump.
But the best in the field of a baker's dozen?
Beto O’Rourke, the 46-year-old former Texas congressman whose near-miss Senate run last year propelled him to Democratic stardom, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, betting that voters will prize his message of national unity and generational change in a 2020 primary teeming with committed progressives.
His decision jolts an early election season already stuffed with contenders, adding to the mix a relentless campaigner with a small-dollar fund-raising army, the performative instincts of a former punk rocker and a pro-immigrant vision to counteract President Trump’s.
. . . .
Early polls have shown Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders on top. Mr. O’Rourke, three decades their junior, hopes to supply an unsubtle contrast, particularly given Mr. Sanders’s success with the kinds of young voters who flocked to Mr. O’Rourke in Texas.
Where Beto O’Rourke Stands on the Issues
As President Trump’s proposed border wall has become one of the biggest issues in American politics, Mr. O’Rourke has made immigration the centerpiece of his speeches.
In addition to supporting the Dream Act and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he has called for the closing of private immigrant detention centers, denounced the “militarization” of immigration enforcement and spoken out against the wall.
. . . .
The Republican-controlled Congress did not pass any gun control legislation then, but Mr. O’Rourke continues to support similar policies, including universal background checks, magazine size limits and restrictions on some semiautomatic weapons.
He also opposes concealed carry reciprocity, which would make concealed carry permits granted in any state valid nationwide, forcing states with strict licensing requirements to recognize permits from states with looser standards.
. . . .
In 2017, during his time in the House, he said unequivocally, “A single-payer ‘Medicare for all’ program is the best way to ensure all Americans get the health care they need.”
But during his Senate campaign, he carefully avoided those words, calling instead for “universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care for all.”
He does support expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and has urged Texas to do so.
Other points in his 2018 platform included allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices with manufacturers and creating incentives for insurers to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges.
. . . .
He called for closing private and for-profit prisons, decriminalizing marijuana and expunging the records of people previously convicted of possessing it, eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes, and reforming the bail system so people charged with misdemeanors would not be incarcerated because of their inability to pay.
He also emphasized rehabilitation for offenders released from prison, including the restoration of voting rights. Currently, those rights vary drastically by state.
Like many of the Democratic candidates, Mr. O’Rourke has criticized Mr. Trump’s trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, which have hurt some farmers and blue-collar workers.
In his Senate campaign, he emphasized the needs of farmers, calling for a stronger crop insurance program and federal investments in rural infrastructure, including high-speed internet, roads and schools.
He has also drawn connections between agricultural policy and immigration policy, noting that immigrants — many of them undocumented — make up a large share of farm laborers. On that basis, he has cast immigration reform as an economic issue as well as a social one.
MSNBC says he has rejected all labels and sometimes calls himself a centrist.
Not clear to me where he is on the AOC/Bernie agenda, but he says he favors the Green New Deal.
MSNBC also says the folks already lined up with Bernie absolutely hate Beto, and some have rather amusingly denounced him as a candidate of white privilege.
So say supporters of the rich old white guy who says he's a socialist.
The Turks at TYT say his voting record in his three terms was more conservative than 70% of the other Dems.
And he has bailed on Medicare for All.
And so probably not actually the guy to carry the AOC/Bernie agenda across the finish line.
Sure, better than any Republican and way better than Trump.
But the best in the field of a baker's dozen?
Beto O’Rourke, the 46-year-old former Texas congressman whose near-miss Senate run last year propelled him to Democratic stardom, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, betting that voters will prize his message of national unity and generational change in a 2020 primary teeming with committed progressives.
His decision jolts an early election season already stuffed with contenders, adding to the mix a relentless campaigner with a small-dollar fund-raising army, the performative instincts of a former punk rocker and a pro-immigrant vision to counteract President Trump’s.
. . . .
Early polls have shown Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders on top. Mr. O’Rourke, three decades their junior, hopes to supply an unsubtle contrast, particularly given Mr. Sanders’s success with the kinds of young voters who flocked to Mr. O’Rourke in Texas.
Where Beto O’Rourke Stands on the Issues
As President Trump’s proposed border wall has become one of the biggest issues in American politics, Mr. O’Rourke has made immigration the centerpiece of his speeches.
In addition to supporting the Dream Act and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he has called for the closing of private immigrant detention centers, denounced the “militarization” of immigration enforcement and spoken out against the wall.
. . . .
The Republican-controlled Congress did not pass any gun control legislation then, but Mr. O’Rourke continues to support similar policies, including universal background checks, magazine size limits and restrictions on some semiautomatic weapons.
He also opposes concealed carry reciprocity, which would make concealed carry permits granted in any state valid nationwide, forcing states with strict licensing requirements to recognize permits from states with looser standards.
. . . .
In 2017, during his time in the House, he said unequivocally, “A single-payer ‘Medicare for all’ program is the best way to ensure all Americans get the health care they need.”
But during his Senate campaign, he carefully avoided those words, calling instead for “universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care for all.”
He does support expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and has urged Texas to do so.
Other points in his 2018 platform included allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices with manufacturers and creating incentives for insurers to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges.
. . . .
He called for closing private and for-profit prisons, decriminalizing marijuana and expunging the records of people previously convicted of possessing it, eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes, and reforming the bail system so people charged with misdemeanors would not be incarcerated because of their inability to pay.
He also emphasized rehabilitation for offenders released from prison, including the restoration of voting rights. Currently, those rights vary drastically by state.
Like many of the Democratic candidates, Mr. O’Rourke has criticized Mr. Trump’s trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs, which have hurt some farmers and blue-collar workers.
In his Senate campaign, he emphasized the needs of farmers, calling for a stronger crop insurance program and federal investments in rural infrastructure, including high-speed internet, roads and schools.
He has also drawn connections between agricultural policy and immigration policy, noting that immigrants — many of them undocumented — make up a large share of farm laborers. On that basis, he has cast immigration reform as an economic issue as well as a social one.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Pig pile on Beto
He has been attacked by one black woman writer at the Guardian for being the candidate of white privilege.
He has just been ordered by a black panelist on MSNBC to get out of the race and stay out.
Both women are cheerleaders for Kamala Harris, whom one of them labeled the front runner, demanding media celebrate her as such, and saying it is only because of racism and sexism that they are not doing that.
Are they trying to be repulsive, these women?
He has just been ordered by a black panelist on MSNBC to get out of the race and stay out.
Both women are cheerleaders for Kamala Harris, whom one of them labeled the front runner, demanding media celebrate her as such, and saying it is only because of racism and sexism that they are not doing that.
Are they trying to be repulsive, these women?
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Ed Rendell wants Joe Biden to be the nominee
Big surprise.
Beto is the young candidate most similar to Biden but without the baggage.
If you want a just left of center white guy for the job, it should be Beto and not Joe.
Beto is the young candidate most similar to Biden but without the baggage.
If you want a just left of center white guy for the job, it should be Beto and not Joe.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Is O'Rourke ready?
Well, after three terms as a congressman from Texas, he's readier than Trump ever was or ever will be.
OK, he's a white guy, but he's not an old white guy.
And I'll bet he can draw a bigger slice of the white electorate, and the white male electorate, than Hillary or Barack did.
Beto O'Rourke poses growing threat to fellow Democrats with 2020 hopes
A helpful summary of his politics is at Wikipedia.
OK, he's a white guy, but he's not an old white guy.
And I'll bet he can draw a bigger slice of the white electorate, and the white male electorate, than Hillary or Barack did.
Beto O'Rourke poses growing threat to fellow Democrats with 2020 hopes
A helpful summary of his politics is at Wikipedia.
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