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Why are Progs for Beto 2020? What on his pathetically short CV (his arrest record is longer, actually) indicates he has what it takes to solve real problems at the highest levels of government?
Competence no longer matters. what matters is how easily one can be branded as the next "anointed one". Beto's youngish, punk rock, kennedyish, and, some say, good looking (although I disagree). What else does he offer??
Obama obviously thinks Beto's got a shot or he wouldn't have agreed to an in-person meeting.
Why are Progs for Beto 2020? What on his pathetically short CV (his arrest record is longer, actually) indicates he has what it takes to solve real problems at the highest levels of government?
Competence no longer matters. what matters is how easily one can be branded as the next "anointed one". Beto's youngish, punk rock, kennedyish, and, some say, good looking (although I disagree). What else does he offer??
Obama obviously thinks Beto's got a shot or he wouldn't have agreed to an in-person meeting.
The same can be said of our current President.
Who knows what Obama thinks? It's quite possible Beto would want to talk to him to help make an assessment of whether to run or not, and Obama may have wanted to take his measure as well.
Why are Progs for Beto 2020? What on his pathetically short CV (his arrest record is longer, actually) indicates he has what it takes to solve real problems at the highest levels of government?
Competence no longer matters. what matters is how easily one can be branded as the next "anointed one". Beto's youngish, punk rock, kennedyish, and, some say, good looking (although I disagree). What else does he offer??
Obama obviously thinks Beto's got a shot or he wouldn't have agreed to an in-person meeting.
Right on. Having experience and a track record will only pin you down. Having no record will enable you to voice the positions that poll best without your pesky voting record getting in the way. It's all about personality.
"An early straw poll of members of the progressive group MoveOn.org shows a wide-open competition for liberal voters in the forthcoming 2020 Democratic presidential contest, with Beto O'Rourke narrowly beating out Joe Biden."
Why are Progs for Beto 2020? What on his pathetically short CV (his arrest record is longer, actually) indicates he has what it takes to solve real problems at the highest levels of government?
Competence no longer matters. what matters is how easily one can be branded as the next "anointed one". Beto's youngish, punk rock, kennedyish, and, some say, good looking (although I disagree). What else does he offer??
Obama obviously thinks Beto's got a shot or he wouldn't have agreed to an in-person meeting.
Isn't this precious?
How many people blatantly ignored the public record of the current occupant?
The serial adultery, the housing discrimination, the stiffing of contractors, the phony university...
Y'all thought this was good enough for the WH.
Excuse me if I don't take your criteria for the next president seriously.
Who knows what Obama thinks? It's quite possible Beto would want to talk to him to help make an assessment of whether to run or not, and Obama may have wanted to take his measure as well.
Sending out these sorts of feelers is a very good thing as we know it's not a constituency that the current occupant has any interest in attracting.
"Beto O’Rourke hasn’t made up his mind about a possible presidential run in 2020, but behind the scenes he’s speaking to potential kingmakers among a constituency whose support he’ll need in a Democratic primary: African-Americans.
In the last two weeks, the soon-to-be-former Texas congressmen met with former President Barack Obama at his Washington office, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to NBC News, and spoke by phone with the Rev. Al Sharpton and fellow 2018 progressive darling Andrew Gillum. The O’Rourke-Obama meeting was first reported by The Washington Post."
How many people blatantly ignored the public record of the current occupant?
The serial adultery, the housing discrimination, the stiffing of contractors, the phony university...
Y'all thought this was good enough for the WH.
Excuse me if I don't take your criteria for the next president seriously.
Are you saying O’Rourke’s serious DUI on the eve of his 26th birthday and attempt to flee the scene of the accident is not important to you considering the immorality of Trump? Umkay.
Last edited by texan2yankee; 12-11-2018 at 10:39 AM..
Are you saying O’Rourke’s serious DUI on the eve of his 26th birthday, including fleeing the scene of the accident, is not important to you considering the immorality of Trump? Umkay.
No.
I'm saying that people who voted for Trump should be careful about throwing stones from their glass houses.
As for the DUI, etc., did he deny it? Say it never happened?
Did he (try to) pay-off the victim(s) to keep them quiet?
Have there been repeated incidents?
Is there a history of this sort of behavior?
Interesting that you choose to tar someone with ONE incident while excusing so many from someone else.
Or are you saying that if Trump had had a similar incident in his background, you wouldn't have voted for him?
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