BETO for PRESIDENT!

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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/beto-orourke-2020/index.html
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    my2hands said:
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/beto-orourke-2020/index.html
    Shhhhh, El Beto for Presidento!!!
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    No bueno.  I consider myself a minor wonk, so someone who can't opine on pretty important things is either 1. Not thoughtful or 2. Afraid to take a position.  Neither is better than the other.  
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 43,163
    mrussel1 said:
    No bueno.  I consider myself a minor wonk, so someone who can't opine on pretty important things is either 1. Not thoughtful or 2. Afraid to take a position.  Neither is better than the other.  
    Anyone seriously considering to run or having already done so, is only opening themselves up to a longer period of time of being criticized, mocked and torn to shreds by your own party as well as the repub machine. This period of time should be spent making “no comments,” and quietly building your base, whether grass roots, party establishment or a combination. The time for wonk is closer to the primaries when radical or controversial policy ideas might get lost in the din. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    mrussel1 said:
    No bueno.  I consider myself a minor wonk, so someone who can't opine on pretty important things is either 1. Not thoughtful or 2. Afraid to take a position.  Neither is better than the other.  
    Anyone seriously considering to run or having already done so, is only opening themselves up to a longer period of time of being criticized, mocked and torn to shreds by your own party as well as the repub machine. This period of time should be spent making “no comments,” and quietly building your base, whether grass roots, party establishment or a combination. The time for wonk is closer to the primaries when radical or controversial policy ideas might get lost in the din. 
    True, but why sit down for an interview then?
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 43,163
    mrussel1 said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    mrussel1 said:
    No bueno.  I consider myself a minor wonk, so someone who can't opine on pretty important things is either 1. Not thoughtful or 2. Afraid to take a position.  Neither is better than the other.  
    Anyone seriously considering to run or having already done so, is only opening themselves up to a longer period of time of being criticized, mocked and torn to shreds by your own party as well as the repub machine. This period of time should be spent making “no comments,” and quietly building your base, whether grass roots, party establishment or a combination. The time for wonk is closer to the primaries when radical or controversial policy ideas might get lost in the din. 
    True, but why sit down for an interview then?
    Media presence? I agree with you, if you sit for an interview today, you better be prepared to answer everything from boxers or briefs to tell me about your energy plan, gun law reform, etc. That said, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with saying, “I’m still formulating my thoughts on the subject and coming up with a policy that’ll be successful, an announcement will be made in the future.” But we all know how thoughtfulness gets ripped.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    Beto fading while he's on his sabbatical and dentist appointments.  Biden doing well without announcing.  He'll be tough to beat. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/428307-poll-biden-leads-dems-in-iowa-by-11-points
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,397
    Beto and Biden both suffer from an incurable form of white dudeness.  No way they are getting the democratic nomination.  
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Biden has street cred... and the Obamas in his pocket... 

    Wouldn't be a surprise 
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    my2hands said:
    Biden has street cred... and the Obamas in his pocket... 

    Wouldn't be a surprise 
    Yup. He’s this elections anointed one. He is the front runner as soon as he steps in. Doesn’t mean he will win (see: Hillary-Obama)....but it means he has the best shot.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,659
    Doesn't Bernie have the street cred too.


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,659
    I don't trust Corey Booker. He would flip in act 3 if this was a Mission Impossible movie.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    One thing Beto has going for him, unlike some of the other candidates mentioned at least he wasn't born in the 1800s like the rest of the leeches...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited May 2019
    Going to go ahead and throw in my support for good ol’ Robert Francis O’Rourke again.  Up with Beto, down with Cheeto!  If we’re going to have a Democrat Presidento, might as well be a Texan ;)
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