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Don’t Overthink It, Just Nominate Beto in 2020
Slate ^ | November 7, 2018 | Ben Mathis-Lilley

Posted on 11/07/2018 8:06:49 AM PST by C19fan

He did astoundingly well for a Texas Democrat. He’s already got a national profile. He’s proved he can raise a ton of money without indebting himself to corporations. His Uplifting Articulate Guy persona presents a clear alternative to Trumpism without coming across as scolding or patronizing. While he lost his Senate race, he has experience in Congress, but not so much experience that past votes will haunt him. He’s shown a rare willingness to answer tough questions. And as the clip above indicates, he has the charisma to make a live-TV F-word somehow come across as endearing and wholesome. Beto 2020—why not?

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020; beto; potus
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I wonder if the grievances groups in the Democratic party are pissed off so many people are pushing this no name empty suit white guy.
1 posted on 11/07/2018 8:06:49 AM PST by C19fan
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Prez Beto would be our Trudeau.


2 posted on 11/07/2018 8:08:18 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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He’s got chipmunk teeth so the dems can pass him off as a Kennedy. He goes by Beto, which is more than enough to pass him off as Hispanic. He’s only lost once, which puts him ahead of Hillary. He’s a natural.


3 posted on 11/07/2018 8:09:17 AM PST by sphinx
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To: C19fan

Beta would be mincemeat against Trump.


4 posted on 11/07/2018 8:09:43 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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LOL

OMG they are so stupid


5 posted on 11/07/2018 8:09:45 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Prez Beto would be our Trudeau.

His eyebrows are fake too?
6 posted on 11/07/2018 8:09:50 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: C19fan

LOL! So now being a loser is a criteria for running a candidate for POTUS?


7 posted on 11/07/2018 8:10:53 AM PST by fwdude (Forget the Catechism, the RCC's real doctrine is what they allow with impunity.)
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To: C19fan

We need to pray now that the Dems do nominate Beto. And likewise hope that they don’t stumble upon an actual adult candidate.


8 posted on 11/07/2018 8:11:58 AM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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Dems CAN’T nominate a hetero white guy for President again, ever. Their own fault.


9 posted on 11/07/2018 8:12:06 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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/src on/It worked for Lincoln so why not RobertBeto./src off/
10 posted on 11/07/2018 8:13:00 AM PST by C19fan
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Ah, yes, the wholesome guy whose mother got arrested for money laundering for a Mexican Cartel, ending up with a plea for structuring and lost her multi-million dollar family business (Charlotte’s Furniture in El Paso) as a result of IRS fines.

And his dad, who was a corrupt government official in El Paso, busted for cocaine, who turned states evidence and ended up being murdered in a hit-and-run as he was going down the street before he could testify.

Just a normal, every day, family, those O’Rourkes.

(Yes, all of this is easily available on the internet; it’s just not covered by the media.)


11 posted on 11/07/2018 8:15:40 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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...he has the charisma to make a live-TV F-word somehow come across as endearing and wholesome.

Unmitigated Bullshit. Endearing and wholesome, my ass.


12 posted on 11/07/2018 8:16:22 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: subterfuge
Dems CAN’T nominate a hetero white guy for President again, ever.

But, he's Hispanic.

13 posted on 11/07/2018 8:16:33 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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The billionaire ULTRA Anglo-Saxon honky who pretends to be Mexican middle-class..?


14 posted on 11/07/2018 8:17:18 AM PST by gaijin
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Beto. Hispanic in name Only. HINO.


15 posted on 11/07/2018 8:17:37 AM PST by Flick Lives
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He’s more Irish than Lucky Charms, more wealthy than the entire Kennedy clan put together.


16 posted on 11/07/2018 8:18:34 AM PST by gaijin
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To: subterfuge

Heterosexual?

Irish Bob is heterosexual?

The dress and outfit he has been photographed wearing looks too well coordinated for a heterosexual guy to assemble.

You might wanna rethink that and have your gaydar recalibrated.


17 posted on 11/07/2018 8:20:33 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Mr. K
OMG they are so stupid

I thank God every day that they are this stupid.

18 posted on 11/07/2018 8:20:46 AM PST by scottinoc
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To: C19fan

Trump’s nickname for Beto O’Rourke: “Bob”

Maybe “Skateboard Bob”


19 posted on 11/07/2018 8:22:56 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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"...just nominate him..."


He was a paid babysitter. He played bass guitar in a band. He can ride a skateboard across a stage.
He is obviously a perfect POTUS candidate. He clearly has it ALL. What a remarkable talent.


20 posted on 11/07/2018 8:26:29 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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