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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 09:54 PM Jul 2019

Beto O'Rourke video stream of him and wife Amy cooking dinner for family in Flint

Last edited Wed Jul 24, 2019, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)

omg...how anyone can not absolutely LOVE this man and want him to be the next president is beyond me. I'm not sure America even deserves someone so genuinely GOOD.

I can't picture any of the other candidates doing this in order to have a conversation and learn from REAL people.


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Beto O'Rourke video stream of him and wife Amy cooking dinner for family in Flint (Original Post) Indygram Jul 2019 OP
K & R Iliyah Jul 2019 #1
Better than customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #2
... DesertRat Jul 2019 #4
Lol. True dat. cwydro Jul 2019 #6
Beto's got this next debate customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #9
One imagines you believe that relevant in some esoteric fashion LanternWaste Jul 2019 #12
Sadly, not enough value is placed on the best qualities Indygram Jul 2019 #13
Bottom line is customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #14
He's answered more questions than perhaps all of the others combined Indygram Jul 2019 #15
We'll see what happens at the next debate customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #16
Nope...he's already made the fall debates and his supporters are committed Indygram Jul 2019 #17
If he doesn't get out of customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #18
Polling is meaningless and doesn't match what canvassers see on the ground Indygram Jul 2019 #19
Polling determines in part customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #20
Beto has already met the requirements for the fall debates Indygram Jul 2019 #21
It's all a matter of when customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #22
With debate rules and moderation that allows him to respond, he will be just fine Indygram Jul 2019 #23
You think it was rough last time? customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #24
CNN has put rules in place for people who interrupt Indygram Jul 2019 #25
Let's see how that works out. n/t customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #26
On the View last week, Beto called John McCain "one of my heroes" DesertRat Jul 2019 #27
If you were familiar with Beto's work with Veterans you would understand why Indygram Jul 2019 #28
Oh my. Tipperary Jul 2019 #3
kick for adding a youtube version Indygram Jul 2019 #5
He genuinely loves getting to know people. Claritie Pixie Jul 2019 #7
You're welcome...the conversations are really moving. So much loss of life to violence... Indygram Jul 2019 #8
Thank you for posting this..I enjoyed every minute of it. helpisontheway Jul 2019 #10
You're welcome! I found this comment from one of the women who was there Indygram Jul 2019 #11
 

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
2. Better than
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 10:29 PM
Jul 2019

seeing him at the dentist and at the barber shop getting ear hair removed.

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Joe Biden
 

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
9. Beto's got this next debate
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 12:19 AM
Jul 2019

to redeem himself, or be washed down the drain with the vanity candidates.

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LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
12. One imagines you believe that relevant in some esoteric fashion
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 09:00 AM
Jul 2019

I'd thought if one didn't want to watch a video, they were free to make that choice. I can only guess you were unable to make that choice.

Your visual oppression is noted and given all the credibility it in fact, warrants.

(unless of course, your little bumper sticker was merely additional petulance lacking anything substantive. Again. But I'd go with the oppression tack, much better optics for you... no pun intended)

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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
13. Sadly, not enough value is placed on the best qualities
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 01:20 PM
Jul 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
14. Bottom line is
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 11:07 PM
Jul 2019

that I think O'Rourke's videos, while possibly considered "cute" are not answering the issues that Americans want addressed in this election. If he has a good debate performance next week, then his frivolities may be a footnote to his successful campaign for President, but if he gets his hiney handed to him as happened at the last debate, then he will be seen as merely ridiculous.

I'm betting on the latter, but allow the possibility, however remote, of the former.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
15. He's answered more questions than perhaps all of the others combined
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 12:08 AM
Jul 2019

He has almost as many detailed plans as Warren. Every single effing thing he does that would lead to any other candidate to get showered with praise is ignored and then the national media will take one irrelevant nano second and twist it into some disparaging story.

It's ridiculous. The only other candidates with more DC experience than Beto are Biden and Sanders. Warren and Beto have the same amount of time in Congress. Beto has THREE times the Congressional experience that Kamala has. I wish the supporters or other candidate would just be honest and admit that they don't like him because he's a threat to whoever they want to win.

Texas has more delegates than the first 4 early states combined. Texas has 38 electoral votes and if Trump loses Texas he can't win re-election even with all of the rust belt and every traditional swing/battleground state going to him. Up until June 30th Beto raised about 6 times as much as both Castro and Biden in Texas. He also raised almost THREE TIMES what Trump raised in Texas...in about HALF the time.

It is EXTREMELY foolish to write Beto off if Democrats want to beat Trump.

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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
16. We'll see what happens at the next debate
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 03:05 PM
Jul 2019

It's make or break for Beto in that one.

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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
17. Nope...he's already made the fall debates and his supporters are committed
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 03:27 PM
Jul 2019

Donations in Texas for Beto are SIX times what they are for Biden for all but two weeks of the first two quarters. Texas is Beto country and those Texas delegates are his for the taking. All he has to do is have a good showing in one of the early states and he is fully capable of sweeping the Texas delegates.

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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
18. If he doesn't get out of
Sat Jul 27, 2019, 08:08 PM
Jul 2019

the 1-3% range, it doesn't matter how many people throw money at him.

As for Texas being Beto country, we'd be having a much different conversation if if were Senator Beto O'Rourke running for president.

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Indygram

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19. Polling is meaningless and doesn't match what canvassers see on the ground
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 12:11 AM
Jul 2019

Beto is getting a massive amount of youth support and they don't get polled.

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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
20. Polling determines in part
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 12:52 AM
Jul 2019

who gets to move on in the debates, youth support or not. Beto has to turn in a stellar performance this coming week, or he's probably out of it.

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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
21. Beto has already met the requirements for the fall debates
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 02:50 AM
Jul 2019

so you will just have to learn to deal with it.

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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
22. It's all a matter of when
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 11:44 AM
Jul 2019

if he doesn't do any better than last time. Looks like you're going to the the one with the problem if he's not the nominee.

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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
23. With debate rules and moderation that allows him to respond, he will be just fine
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 11:57 AM
Jul 2019

He didn't do bad last time. The moderators in the first half were terrible and allowed people to attack others without allowing rebuttals.

Beto has no problem defending his positions. It's short sighted for people to blame Beto for awful moderation.

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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
24. You think it was rough last time?
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 12:00 PM
Jul 2019

It's gonna be cage fight after cage fight from now on. O'Rourke is going to have to lose his self-effacing ways to even get a word in edgewise from now on.

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Indygram

(2,113 posts)
25. CNN has put rules in place for people who interrupt
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jul 2019

They LOSE time. Anyone challenged also gets rebuttal time. So let people interrupt all they want...the person they interrupt gets more time and the obnoxious person loses time.

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customerserviceguy

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26. Let's see how that works out. n/t
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:48 PM
Jul 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
27. On the View last week, Beto called John McCain "one of my heroes"
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 02:21 PM
Jul 2019

I thought Beto did a good job overall in that interview, but I take strong exception to that "he's one of my heroes" comment.

John McCain was my Senator for 31 years and never once did I vote for him. While I respect and honor his military service to our country, his conservative stances and attitude on many issues were very problematic. He voted against the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He also had a history of voting against civil rights legislation, like the 1990 Civil Rights Act and also made racial slurs over the years.

I don't know if Beto only said it to pander to Meghan or if McCain really is one of his "heroes". But either way, it didn't sit well with me at all.

It's in this clip (different clip than the one posted above)

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Indygram

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28. If you were familiar with Beto's work with Veterans you would understand why
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 05:46 PM
Jul 2019

eom

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Indygram

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5. kick for adding a youtube version
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 11:37 PM
Jul 2019

for those who don't have facebook.

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Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
7. He genuinely loves getting to know people.
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 11:45 PM
Jul 2019

Thanks for posting this.

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Indygram

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8. You're welcome...the conversations are really moving. So much loss of life to violence...
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 12:19 AM
Jul 2019

I cried more than once watching this.

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helpisontheway

(5,004 posts)
10. Thank you for posting this..I enjoyed every minute of it.
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 02:41 AM
Jul 2019

He is such a good man. I’m not sure if I’m ready to go all in yet. However, he my attention. First his stop with the ladies at The View. And now this...

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Indygram

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11. You're welcome! I found this comment from one of the women who was there
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 08:55 AM
Jul 2019
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