The unbearable lightness of Beto
Washington Examiner,
by
Editorial
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
3/19/2019 5:33:52 AM
Beto O’Rourke is the Democratic front-runner today because he stands for nothing. In the first 24 hours of his presidential race, the former congressman from El Paso raised $6.1 million. That’s a record haul, and to date, it is the most meaningful objective measure of support in the crowded Democratic primary field. Polls this early measure only name recognition. Beto is the front-runner. The question is why. The answer is bleak. The other Democratic candidates have either accomplishments or ideas to point to. Joe Biden was the vice president and played a large (if baneful) role in the Senate for decades,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 3/19/2019 5:59:04 AM (No. 5550)
A scathing editorial.
I wonder if Sir Francis is all there, or has some serious issues, yet to be disclosed? He gives new meaning to Arrested Development.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
janjan 3/19/2019 7:46:04 AM (No. 5564)
Don’t underestimate his appeal to liberals.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 3/19/2019 7:58:14 AM (No. 5557)
Just call him Bob and the charm is gone.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
govlawyer 3/19/2019 8:19:18 AM (No. 5560)
Ah yes......the successor to The One has been anointed. Sorry Joe Biteme, but you´re old and white, and Robert Francis is everything you´re not;given enough time, the media will remove his whiteness--just like they did for Sean King and Rachel Dolezal.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
starboard 3/19/2019 8:30:47 AM (No. 5558)
I Don´t believe for a second that he raised 6.1 million by jumping up and down on a table top flailing his arms. He may have received pledges from a cartel across the Rio Grande, but money in the bank, no way. Fake news!
When Hillary first started her campaign her team bragged how they raised a billion. After the the campaign was in full swing, they changed their tune. It´s a ploy to activate and give him all the attention.
28 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
mizzmac 3/19/2019 8:42:52 AM (No. 5570)
Where did the alleged $6.1 million come from? All $200 donations from vapid co-millennials? Or an ante from cartels, "journalists" and billionaire socialists?
22 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
gone2pot 3/19/2019 8:44:41 AM (No. 5556)
FTA:"If they have to nominate someone who stands for nothing, that’s fine for Democrats, as long as he stands against Trump."
Yep, Marxist voters do not care about being openly hyper-stupid and brainless, Orange Man Bad is all that matters.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46 3/19/2019 9:13:05 AM (No. 5553)
Beto needs a 24/7 handler- A real "Man behind the "Thrown" (get it?). Beto is a dunce disguised as a buffoon, wrapped up in a charlatan. Yep- Not clever, not coy, not humble, not smart. He effuses fake enthusiasm. His phoniness is right out front for everyone to see...even the lefties, who think he is fun and cute and - "Oh, so like Bobby K!". But, O´Rourke is so shallow, if he was a lake, he would blow away. The media loves clowns, though. So, like AOC and that Muslmim freak, he will eventually eviscerate himself and they will move on.
Let´s face it- When Obama made his gaff about his ´granny walking to the other side of the road when she saw a black man approaching´, he was smooth enough to quickly step in and give a speech devoted entirely to that issue so he could say it was "nuanced´- no one cared that he tossed "Whitey" granny under the bus to do it. Beto, on the other hand, is so into himself and low on smarts and smoothness, he would never even realize what he had done in the first place. He´s just a flash in the pan media whore-
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Clinger 3/19/2019 9:21:43 AM (No. 5569)
Bob is a fraud, someone else is pulling the strings. I think they are flooding the zone with perky hollow front boys and girls. The social media age is being manipulated to dominate our government and it isn´t by we the people.
18 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
bpl40 3/19/2019 9:27:06 AM (No. 5555)
Beto has long practice running - from accidents he has caused. Now he is threatening to cause the biggest train wreck of his life. Looks like the very anti-thesis of ´the buck stops here´.
12 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 3/19/2019 9:37:13 AM (No. 5554)
I think he´ll be given a great buildup like Howard Dean in 2004. Then when he flops, he can give a Tarzan yell while prancing around on tabletops.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bad-hair 3/19/2019 9:38:45 AM (No. 5571)
Roberto O´Rourquez is all hat and no cattle. Not even a sheep.
12 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Calvinesq 3/19/2019 10:00:35 AM (No. 5563)
Beto O´Dork can´t even be called an empty suit. Empty head, perhaps.
Rather, Beto O´Dork is a speck of dust.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Marjbaldwin 3/19/2019 10:32:48 AM (No. 5562)
The Democrats will never, ever run anyone with knowledge, moral courage or who stands for anything good. The reason is simple and obvious - because anyone with knowledge, moral courage or who stands for anything good fled from the Democrat party years ago.
There are no exceptions. Not one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jacksin5 3/19/2019 10:35:23 AM (No. 5567)
Beto, the Frito Bandito, is just another puppet being pushed forward by the Young Turks hoping to institute Socialism by hook or by crook.
Like AOC, the hardest part is getting these dolts to stay on script.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
NotaBene 3/19/2019 11:37:28 AM (No. 5573)
Something is odd with Robert O’Rourke likeness. His legs are too thin or his blue jeans are too tight.
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One sets aside the simple fact that half our population has less than average intelligence. Elections today are as much or more about celebrity and likeability than "issues", most of which have no honest political solution. (They´re too profitable as issues.) If PDT was just any anonymous billionaire, he´d still be running his businesses.
10 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
fairplay 3/19/2019 2:37:19 PM (No. 5551)
The biggest chocolate Easter bunnies are HOLLOW!
8 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Krause 3/19/2019 4:05:54 PM (No. 5572)
He´s a white Obama. He and Booker are a tad short on substance.
7 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Vincent Vega 3/19/2019 5:12:50 PM (No. 5552)
I have zero respect for this little boy. Just like Obama, he can talk for 15 minutes straight and say absolutely nothing. Now he´s apologizing for a self-deprecating joke he made about his ´magical mystery tour´, then he follows that up with an apology for his skin color and his family´s money. What a coward.
8 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 3/19/2019 5:54:12 PM (No. 5566)
OP No, but there´s a picture out there of him in a dress with his punk rock band.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Tianne 3/19/2019 6:43:05 PM (No. 5568)
Perhaps it is best that the dirt-eating, hippie-dippy Mr. O´Rourke, by his own admission, devoted only minimal time to the raising of his children.
8 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
TheCommish 3/19/2019 8:00:58 PM (No. 5561)
Robert is the "Seinfeld Candidate"....a candidate about nothing.
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