Betomania Megathread: "Mr. Trumpachev, Tear Down This Wall!"

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

He’s a superstar. Damn I can’t wait to volunteer for him.

I'm a bit nervous about his vote to Fastrack TPP and deregulate wall street, but otherwise same.

He voted against the banking bill earlier this year, when did he vote for financial deregulation?

[lfromnj]

Macron is my favorite world leader. He truly does trigger the lefties and the righties.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Beto will fit right in with the other leaders of the free world...


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Please don't. Macron is doing a terrible job in France. Even the rich don't like him anymore. He has done terrible things, and i sincerely believe Trump is a better world leader than he is.

[scutosaurus]

I actually didn't realize before reading this thread that Beto supported fast tracking the TPP. Makes me much more likely to support him assuming Bennet doesn't run.

[lfromnj]

Beto will fit right in with the other leaders of the free world...


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Please don't. Macron is doing a terrible job in France. Even the rich don't like him anymore. He has done terrible things, and i sincerely believe Trump is a better world leader than he is.

Macron is doing a great job
No french presidents are actually liked. The unions have taken a stranglehold on France and they must be brought down. They strike every single moment.

[wbrocks67]

He’s a superstar. Damn I can’t wait to volunteer for him.

This is it. I hate to play the enthusiasm card because I hated how HRC was put down bc she wasn't an enthusiastic candidate (even though she obv had the cred), but there is an aura around Beto this time around that is not around ANYONE else right now. He has the hype, the enthusiasm, and the Obama-like inspirational tools.

[wbrocks67]

Beto will fit right in with the other leaders of the free world...


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Please don't. Macron is doing a terrible job in France. Even the rich don't like him anymore. He has done terrible things, and i sincerely believe Trump is a better world leader than he is.

girl, no. just no. Macron isn't amazing but I'm pretty sure no normal democracy leader from the entire world is as horrific or as dumb as Trump is.

[Progressive Pessimist]

He’s a superstar. Damn I can’t wait to volunteer for him.

This is it. I hate to play the enthusiasm card because I hated how HRC was put down bc she wasn't an enthusiastic candidate (even though she obv had the cred), but there is an aura around Beto this time around that is not around ANYONE else right now. He has the hype, the enthusiasm, and the Obama-like inspirational tools.

I agree. That's what matters now, even if it shouldn't, and it's what needs to be emphasized. Clinton was experienced and competent, but that, sadly, doesn't appeal to voters anymore...if it ever even did. And even saying that, it's not as if Beto is like Trump and has no experience. He really seems to be one of the best possible candidates at this time and in this era.

[SCNCmod]

Beto will fit right in with the other leaders of the free world...


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Please don't. Macron is doing a terrible job in France. Even the rich don't like him anymore. He has done terrible things, and i sincerely believe Trump is a better world leader than he is.

I actually wasn't making a commentary on the politics of Macron & Trudeau (Although I do like Trudeau and I don't know much about Macron's politics on a micro level)...

I was really more sort of joking that they look like they could be an aging boyband or something- and the fact that it would be sort of unusual to have 3 major democratic elected leaders who are all in their early to mid 40s (I think Trudeau and Beto are actually less than a year apart age wise).

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

A fairly substantive article from Politico, of all places. WTF?

Beto Has a Path to the Presidency: Lincoln’s

The Texas newcomer would do well to pay attention to what another political underdog did more than a century ago.

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[lfromnj]

Lol at politico saying he needs to move to the center when he is probably closest to center for a democrat running for president.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Apparently TX Law allows Beto to run both for the Presidency and for the Senate at the same time... So there we go!

Legally, Beto O’Rourke Can Run for President and Senate in 2020]Legally, Beto O’Rourke Can Run for President and Senate in 2020

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[Donnie]

Lol, only in 2018 could, Robert Francis O'Rourke, "Beto", a Irishman married to a billionaire pretend to be a Latino progressive fighting for the little guy.

[lfromnj]

Lol, only in 2018 could, Robert Francis O'Rourke, "Beto", a Irishman married to a billionaire pretend to be a Latino progressive fighting for the little guy.

I really don't get the hate about his name
Its something he has been using since childhood so why can't he keep using it? If he used it specifically to woo hispanics that would be disgusting but he had it since he was a child in EL PASO texas.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Fine. You guys win. What the hell, I'm on board.

America's Macron, here we come!!!!

BETO 2020

[Progressive Pessimist]

He has a much better chance at being President than beating Cornyn. He should just pursue the former.

[AtorBoltox]

Lol, only in 2018 could, Robert Francis O'Rourke, "Beto", a Irishman married to a billionaire pretend to be a Latino progressive fighting for the little guy.

It's 2018, not 1918. Anti-Irish bigotry won't help you

[indietraveler]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/iowa-democrats-say-they-want-generational-change-1543833001

Basically an article stating local Iowa Dem leaders are exactly what Beto is looking for. It's not explicitly about him, but it might as well be. His organizational style is made to win the Iowa caucus - I think this aspect about him reminds me of Obama the most.

[TDAS04]

Running for the Presidency and the Senate simultaneously is what then-Congressman James A. Garfield did in 1880.

[Cold War Liberal]

Interesting that Robert O'Rourke gets all the flak for his name ("fake Hispanic") but not Rafael Cruz ("fake white")... Sad!

[Progressive Pessimist]

Interesting that Robert O'Rourke gets all the flak for his name ("fake Hispanic") but not Rafael Cruz ("fake white")... Sad!

It's typical GOP projection and hypocrisy. It's second nature to them.

[CookieDamage]

All the progressives supporting him because he skates and said the f word... Hopefully when y'all elect him and find him to be another centrist Dem that does nothing for anybody will you learn your lesson, but I guess middling attractive charismatic white men will always cause some of you to salivate.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Chris Matthews feels a thrill going up his leg for Beto.


Chris Matthews: Beto O’Rourke should run for president

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[Landslide Lyndon]

Chris Matthews feels a thrill going up his leg for Beto.


Chris Matthews: Beto O’Rourke should run for president

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Oh God, why won't that clown just STFU?

[Oryxslayer]

Beto will fit right in with the other leaders of the free world...


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Please don't. Macron is doing a terrible job in France. Even the rich don't like him anymore. He has done terrible things, and i sincerely believe Trump is a better world leader than he is.

girl, no. just no. Macron isn't amazing but I'm pretty sure no normal democracy leader from the entire world is as horrific or as dumb as Trump is.

Believe it or not, the 25% approval rating Macron has is awesome. If he gets like 80-85% of approvers to vote for LREM, then they make the runoff. And then...well LREM will win the majority of left or right voters depending on if the other runoff candidate is right or left. Which shows you how stupid the two-round runoff can be if the political parties are efficiently fragmented like in France right now.