Beto Orourke might actually beat Ted Cruz and yes Obama also not endorsing him

[Spurminator]

In Highland Park District in Dallas I would bet on it.
But not certain I would win.

Drive around Highland Park sometime if you're in the area. Lots of Beto signs.

[Spurminator]

And while Park Cities is likely to skew Republican in any election, they're not the kind of low information voters that would be swayed by a name. They'd vote for Kwame Garcia if he had an (R) by his name.

[RandomGuy]

https://www.facebook.com/betoorourke/videos/299277600882384/?hc_ref=ARTeUKdWrSAv3_qZVeW8UNSaF1SBhoHGHiSHLKeacQ LxhFVwFvX6qw9PS523Ce4POD0

Campaigning. Live now.

[pgardn]

Drive around Highland Park sometime if you're in the area. Lots of Beto signs.

Id rather not.

My pickup has a 2x8 as a tailgate. They might think I’m the other part of the deplorable Trump wing, not the Gold fetish part.
They will vote Cruz.

[pgardn]

But would you want to be in a tit movie?

Well of course.
Thats a silly question.

[SnakeBoy]

It was a combo troll for you and lefty. You’ll have to ask him for full custody of doing it for teh lulz.

Well you were still thinking of me, well not me really just an anonymous username on a message board, but still the thought counts. Thank you for teh lulz.

[pgardn]

Well you were still thinking of me, well not me really just an anonymous username on a message board, but still the thought counts. Thank you for teh lulz.

I know how to solve these philosophical conundrums


http://i64.tinypic.com/bjeiz4.jpg

[koriwhat]

He’s literally been called Beto since he was in kindergarten. I’m sure winning over the Mexican vote in a Senate election in 2018 was the motivation for a five year old in 1977 to get people to call him that.

Why doesn’t Cuban-Canadian Ted Cruz call himself Rafael? Is it because he needs white conservative votes?

has he literally? lol mr. childhood friend.

as for cruz, same tactic.

btw, i like my reps to be very irresponsible adults who put others in harms way for a couple of drinks at his neighborhood dive bar.


Dont forget getting arrested a couple of times just adds flavor and appeal.

Smart kid.

well even though the left pretends to be on their moral high horse we all know they cheat, lie, and provoke violence. typical loser hypocrites.

[Spurminator]

btw, i like my reps to be very irresponsible adults who put others in harms way for a couple of drinks at his neighborhood dive bar.

"Not his real name" - Check
"Got a DWI 20 years ago" - Check

All that's left is for you to post the picture of him in a dress and you'll have hit the Ted-Cruz-Voter-Talking-Points-for-Dummies trifecta.

[Chris]

Shit on Hurricane Harvey victims - Check

[Reck]

Shit on Hurricane Harvey victims - Check

Shit on Hurrican Sandy victims-Check

Chris reading comprehension is shit-Check

[Chris]

1035575198169411584

R.I.P. Beto

[Reck]

1035575198169411584

R.I.P. Beto

Mr. 36% approval ratings will fix it.

:lol

[koriwhat]

"Not his real name" - Check
"Got a DWI 20 years ago" - Check

All that's left is for you to post the picture of him in a dress and you'll have hit the Ted-Cruz-Voter-Talking-Points-for-Dummies trifecta.

almost as good as SATX having a DA who was a known drug dealer but daddy got him off the hook and yrs later he ran for office and got the job. yall just love them crooks it seems.

[Spurminator]

Pretty sure anyone who would show up for a Trump rally was already going to vote for Cruz if they vote at all. For everyone else, they're just going to see on every local news broadcast in the state the kind of dumbed-down, divisive and empty rhetoric that has Trump's current disapproval at 60%. It's a stark contrast to what has been Beto's greatest strength so far.

[Chris]

RIP Beto

Trump calls the shots.

[Spurminator]

almost as good as SATX having a DA who was a known drug dealer but daddy got him off the hook and yrs later he ran for office and got the job. yall just love them crooks it seems.

I don't live in SA and I have no idea who that is, but whatever you say. You seem like a good judge of character.

[hater]

1035575198169411584

R.I.P. Beto

Probably tbqh

Poor beto

Love him

[pgardn]

almost as good as SATX having a DA who was a known drug dealer but daddy got him off the hook and yrs later he ran for office and got the job. yall just love them crooks it seems.

LaHood.

The guy who stated Islam was always a horrifically violent religion.
Yeah.
Well That guy got voted out.

So sorry.
I know you disagreed with his views.

[Reck]

RIP Beto

Trump calls the shots.

Worked great for pedo Moore, Saccone and who was that other fellow he went to do a rally for who also lost, Chris? Ring that bell...c’mon.

[Chris]

pedo Moore

Keep pushing that fake news like a good goy.

[boutons_deux]

Trash coming to panicked TX to rally for "frenemy" Krazy Kruz and ugly wife

[koriwhat]

LaHood.

The guy who stated Islam was always a horrifically violent religion.
Yeah.
Well That guy got voted out.

So sorry.
I know you disagreed with his views.

islam is a horrific violent "religion"... but yeah, i don't care for hypocrites and lahood was def one.

[boutons_deux]

Ted Cruz’s supporters are surrounded by Beto yard signs — they’e freaking out and raging at his campaign

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BetoCruz-800x430.jpg

Supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have been deluged by signs for challenger Beto O’Rourke and are furious at his campaign for mismanaging the situation, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article217558005.html).

According to the paper, Beto’s distinctive black-and-white yards signs have “seemingly dominated the landscape” in the state.

Cruz’s signs are rarely spotted, and his supporters are reportedly “increasingly agitated,” partly because Cruz’s campaign refuses to prove his supporters with signs.

Beto signs are popping up in traditionally conservative neighborhoods, which has freaked out Cruz supporters enough for the subject to come up at Republican meetings and events across the state.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ted-cruzs-supporters-surrounded-beto-yard-signs-theye-freaking-raging-campaign-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[Chris]

^"surrounded by Beto" :lol

[boutons_deux]

https://i2.wp.com/www.nationalmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/danzcolorplus8886.jpg?fit=1200%2C775#aqua_resizer_ image_not_local

[Reck]

^"surrounded by Beto" :lol

Cruz is acting smug just like Hillary did. Not campaigning at key places because she thought she had the votes locked in.

Also needing daddy Trump who called your wife ugly and your father a killer to try and bail you out. :lmao

[boutons_deux]

Trump Combats Sexist Ad With Retweet Calling Heidi Cruz Ugly --- MAR. 24, 2016

GOP front-runner Donald Trump started a Twitter feud (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/trump-threatens-cruzs-wife-sparks-twitter-beef.html) with Ted Cruz over a slut-shaming Facebook ad featuring his wife Melania. Though Cruz actually had nothing to do with the ad, Trump said he’d “spill the beans” about Heidi Cruz if the Texas senator wasn’t careful.

Now it appears these mysterious “beans” may be that Trump doesn’t think Heidi is very attractive.

On Wednesday night Trump turned to the retweet, his favorite passive-aggressive attack method, to point out the irrefutable truth that Melania is prettier than Heidi (when Heidi screws up her face into some weird pose never seen in real life).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeSI7TIW4AApKS0.jpg

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/712850174838771712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5E tweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E712850174838771712&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fdaily%2Fintellige ncer%2F2016%2F03%2Ftrump-fights-sexism-with-ugly-heidi-cruz-retweet.html


http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/trump-fights-sexism-with-ugly-heidi-cruz-retweet.html

[dabom]

Ted Cruz’s supporters are surrounded by Beto yard signs — they’e freaking out and raging at his campaign

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BetoCruz-800x430.jpg

Supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have been deluged by signs for challenger Beto O’Rourke and are furious at his campaign for mismanaging the situation, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article217558005.html).

According to the paper, Beto’s distinctive black-and-white yards signs have “seemingly dominated the landscape” in the state.

Cruz’s signs are rarely spotted, and his supporters are reportedly “increasingly agitated,” partly because Cruz’s campaign refuses to prove his supporters with signs.

Beto signs are popping up in traditionally conservative neighborhoods, which has freaked out Cruz supporters enough for the subject to come up at Republican meetings and events across the state.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ted-cruzs-supporters-surrounded-beto-yard-signs-theye-freaking-raging-campaign-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

This is true tbh. Never seen a cruz sign in real life. :lol

[djohn2oo8]

1036225502015569921

boss Hogg in the cut

[Reck]

1036225502015569921

boss Hogg in the cut

Honestly, why didn't Beto think of this? This is effective.

Or not. It's Texas after all.

[Ennis Del Mar]

Honestly, why didn't Beto think of this? This is effective.

Or not. It's Texas after all.
Billboards like that will just get people to vote for Cruz so they can own the libs.

[Winehole23]

Average error of Senate polls taken in AugustAverage difference, in percentage points, between August polling margins and the final election margin


YEAR
NUMBER OF POLLS
AVERAGE ERROR


2016
88
8.2


2014
49
8.0


2012
54
10.0


2010
93
7.0


2008
44
6.6


2006
78
6.8


2004
43
7.5


2002
20
5.6


2000
26
5.7


1998
16
7.6


1996
20
10.0


1994
19
13.8


1992
21
12.0


1990
23
13.7







https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-trouble-is-ted-cruz-really-in/

[Spurminator]

Billboards like that will just get people to vote for Cruz so they can own the libs.

I don't know. This assumes all Trump lovers are even aware this tweet was from 2 years ago. There are likely plenty of them who would be dumb enough to think it's current and vote accordingly. These aren't the top minds in the state, after all.

[TeyshaBlue]

Cruz is acting smug just like Hillary did. Not campaigning at key places because she thought she had the votes locked in.

Astute observation. Dead on.

[boutons_deux]

This is fucking shit hole TX, no Dem has won state-wide election in 24 years.

Beto will do best in blue HOU, DAL, AUS, SA, while Cruz, like any Repug, will win in the ex-urbs and rurals.

Texan Repugs would rather vote (white) Russian than vote Dem, Dem being the party of knitters, Mexicans, LGBT, atheists, abortionists, wimmen.

And Trash is supposedly coming to fucking TX to pimp for Cruz, he of the ugly wife.

rednecks, bubbas, shit kickers, dirt scratchers, line dancers voting Dem? IBIWISI

[Spurs Homer]

This is fucking shit hole TX, no Dem has won state-wide election in 24 years.

Beto will do best in blue HOU, DAL, AUS, SA, while Cruz, like any Repug, will win in the ex-urbs and rurals.

Texan Repugs would rather vote (white) Russian than vote Dem, Dem being the party of knitters, Mexicans, LGBT, atheists, abortionists, wimmen.

And Trash is supposedly coming to fucking TX to pimp for Cruz, he of the ugly wife.

rednecks, bubbas, shit kickers, dirt scratchers, line dancers voting Dem? IBIWISI

I only wish you were wrong. Unfortunately - you are probably spot on!

:cry

[djohn2oo8]

1036656615636848642

:lmao

[boutons_deux]

Lyin Ted, he of the ugly wife Heidi, phoned for Trash, so I guess Trash promoting Lyin Ted, he of the ugly wife Heidi, is only fair.

[Reck]

1036656615636848642

:lmao

Boy done called Ted by his given name like a boss. :lol

[Spurtacular]

Ted Cruz’s supporters are surrounded by Beto yard signs — they’e freaking out and raging at his campaign

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BetoCruz-800x430.jpg

Supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have been deluged by signs for challenger Beto O’Rourke and are furious at his campaign for mismanaging the situation, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article217558005.html).

According to the paper, Beto’s distinctive black-and-white yards signs have “seemingly dominated the landscape” in the state.

Cruz’s signs are rarely spotted, and his supporters are reportedly “increasingly agitated,” partly because Cruz’s campaign refuses to prove his supporters with signs.

Beto signs are popping up in traditionally conservative neighborhoods, which has freaked out Cruz supporters enough for the subject to come up at Republican meetings and events across the state.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ted-cruzs-supporters-surrounded-beto-yard-signs-theye-freaking-raging-campaign-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

A sure sign(s) that Cruz is fucked! Amirite?

[SnakeBoy]

Ted Cruz’s supporters are surrounded by Beto yard signs — they’e freaking out and raging at his campaign

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BetoCruz-800x430.jpg

Supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have been deluged by signs for challenger Beto O’Rourke and are furious at his campaign for mismanaging the situation, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article217558005.html).

According to the paper, Beto’s distinctive black-and-white yards signs have “seemingly dominated the landscape” in the state.

Cruz’s signs are rarely spotted, and his supporters are reportedly “increasingly agitated,” partly because Cruz’s campaign refuses to prove his supporters with signs.

Beto signs are popping up in traditionally conservative neighborhoods, which has freaked out Cruz supporters enough for the subject to come up at Republican meetings and events across the state.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ted-cruzs-supporters-surrounded-beto-yard-signs-theye-freaking-raging-campaign-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

So Beto is spending lot's of money on yard signs and Cruz isn't because they don't think they are effective at turning out voters.

[boutons_deux]

Every ad makes me like Beto more’: Ted Cruz’s latest attack on Beto O’Rourke for swearing massively backfires

A new video ad posted on Cruz’s Twitter account attacks O’Rourke for repeatedly dropping the f-word during various public appearances.

“If Beto shows up in your town, maybe keep the kids at home,” the ad states.


Ted Cruz
(https://twitter.com/tedcruz)✔@tedcruz
(https://twitter.com/tedcruz)US Senate candidate, TX

(https://help.twitter.com/using-twitter/election-labels)A lighthearted reminder:

A #LaborDay (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaborDay?src=hash) picnic is a great place to bring the kids.

A Beto O’Rourke rally? Not so much... #TXSen (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TXSen?src=hash)

12:38 PM - Sep 3, 2018 (https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1036669764846977025)



Given Cruz’s full-throated support for President Donald Trump — who was infamously caught on camera bragging about committing sexual assault — the senator quickly found himself getting hammered by Twitter followers who slammed him for being an egregious hypocrite.

Check out some of the top responses below.


Ted Cruz
(https://twitter.com/tedcruz)✔@tedcruz
(https://twitter.com/tedcruz)US Senate candidate, TX
(https://help.twitter.com/using-twitter/election-labels)
A lighthearted reminder: A #LaborDay (https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaborDay?src=hash) picnic is a great place to bring the kids. A Beto O’Rourke rally? Not so much... #TXSen (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TXSen?src=hash)

Tony Posnanski (https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski)

✔@tonyposnanski
(https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski)
Which picnic are you at Ted?

The one where a guy who brags about grabbing pussy without consent

calls your wife ugly and

then doesn’t apologize and

you end up making phone calls to support him?

That fucking picnic?
2:29 PM - Sep 3, 2018 (https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1036697690690801664)

(https://twitter.com/tedcruz)



Very Stable Genius@GIowing0rb
(https://twitter.com/GIowing0rb)
Every ad Ted Cruz and the Texas GOP put out makes me like Beto even more.

3:24 PM - Sep 3, 2018 (https://twitter.com/GIowing0rb/status/1036711634964815873)

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/every-ad-makes-like-beto-ted-cruzs-latest-attack-beto-orourke-swearing-massively-backfires/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

[Spurs Homer]

Texans will still vote for Cruz. SMH

[Reck]

Texans will still vote for Cruz. SMH

As perfectly illustrated in this thread by Chris, calftats and good old Snakeboi.

Cant believe I'm saying this but Texas ain't no Alabama. :lol

[101A]

Honestly, why didn't Beto think of this? This is effective.

Or not. It's Texas after all.

Trump didn't win because he was Trump, he won because he wasn't Hillary. People won't be swayed to vote for a (relative) socialist for any reason; they will vote against specifically what Beto is promising to do as an elected politician. "Nothing" is better than that.

[boutons_deux]

Cruz allies take aim at O'Rourke over eminent domain, father-in-law

The Club for Growth, a national conservative group that recently announced plans for a seven-figure investment in the U.S. Senate race, is launching its opening salvo at Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke.

Allies of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/), R-Texas, are targeting his Democratic opponent, Beto O’Rourke (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/robert-beto-o'rourke), in a new TV ad over his support on the El Paso City Council for a plan to redevelop downtown El Paso that raised the threat of eminent domain.

The plan never went that far but fueled a contentious chapter in El Paso politics starting over a decade ago. The new TV ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHl7-T2OktM) from the Club for Growth — a national conservative group that recently announced a seven-figure offensive in the race —

portrays O’Rourke as a puppet of wealthy developers who pushed the project, including his father-in-law, Bill Sanders.

The ad goes on to refer to eminent domain as a “government wrecking ball” :lol

and ends by tagging O’Rourke as “Beto the Bully.”

The commercial is part of an at least $1 million investment in the race that the organization announced last month, seeing a tightening race between O’Rourke and Cruz, on whom it spent lavishly in 2012.

Another super PAC, Texans Are, is also planning to spend into the seven figures on the race, and its first TV ads were hitting the air Tuesday too.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/09/04/cruz-orourke-el-paso-eminent-domain/

the Club For Growth (of the oligarchy's power) is against "eminent domain"? :lol

eminent domain is screwing RGV people for Trash's stupid wall.

eminent domain is screwing people all over the USA along BigCarbon pipelines.

the Club For Growth is against real estate developers? :lol

Texans are more than stupid enough to fall for this shit

[rjv]

what are the latest poll numbers on this race?

[Reck]

what are the latest poll numbers on this race?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/senate/tx/texas_senate_cruz_vs_orourke-6310.html

Cruz had a comfortable 6 point lead on average. Now he's under 5 and within the margin of error. That's why he and his supporters (I know he has them, even here) are nervous as fuck.

[Spurminator]

People won't be swayed to vote for a (relative) socialist for any reason; they will vote against specifically what Beto is promising to do as an elected politician. "Nothing" is better than that.

Some will. Plenty of people will hear "socialist" coming from the Cruz campaign and be scared into voting for Cruz. But at some point people are going to notice their wages haven't gone up despite the promises and tax cuts from the Republicans who currently control the government and they're going to be persuaded to try something different. Generally the conservatives who have listened to Beto and attended his rallies don't find his platform to be a harbinger of the scary socialist hellscape that conservative propagandists have been warning about.

[101A]

Some will. Plenty of people will hear "socialist" coming from the Cruz campaign and be scared into voting for Cruz. But at some point people are going to notice their wages haven't gone up despite the promises and tax cuts from the Republicans who currently control the government and they're going to be persuaded to try something different. Generally the conservatives who have listened to Beto and attended his rallies don't find his platform to be a harbinger of the scary socialist hellscape that conservative propagandists have been warning about.

Sorry. I live in Pa now, don't see any ads. I got my "next big liberal" confused with the one from Florida. I thought Beto was specifically calling for Single Payor, free college and $15 minimum wage. My bad. Still probably won't win, but reading his platform I can see that he has a puncher's chance (especially since Cruz is such a prick).

[boutons_deux]

Red TX knows prick Cruz is their tribe's man.

Repug voters have been voting tribal, been voting against their best financial interests for decades.

Cruz plays as, appeals to the Christian warrior/martyr shit.

It would be UN Christian for stupid Christians to vote against a so-called Christian. They don't really care the the bills he votes for screw them.

[boutons_deux]

New Ted Cruz ad suggests Beto O’Rourke ‘grateful’ for flag burning. There’s just one problem.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) must really be feeling the heat in Texas because he’s resorted to flat out lying about his opponent, state Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D).

In a new ad, Cruz tries to claim that O’Rourke is “grateful” that people burn the American flag.

That couldn’t be further from what O’Rourke actually said.

The new 30-second spot, published on Ted Cruz’s Facebook page, is so heavily edited it’s laughable.

It shows a voter asking a question about flag desecration, then jumps to O’Rourke responding,

“I think that there is something inherently American about that, and so I’m grateful that people are willing to do that.”

To get that edit, the Cruz campaign had to cut nearly four minutes of O’Rourke speaking, as well as the full context of the question asked.

he audience member then mentions a Supreme Court case related to burning the American flag, and says he’s not sure how he would feel if his elected representative knelt on the floor or “supported acts that desecrate our American flag.”

In the four minute response cut out of Cruz’s new ad, O’Rourke clarifies that his view is there is nothing more American than people taking action to stand up for their rights. He praised the troops, as well as activists like the Freedom Riders, Rosa Parks, those who were spat upon at lunch counters, and those who gave their lives to achieve racial equality.

“They did all of that to stand up for the equal treatment under law of everyone,” he said. “People have been willing to nonviolently and peacefully protest to seek political solutions to otherwise intractable problems.”

He went on to note that unarmed black men continue to be unjustly killed, and there is often not accountability.

“[When] someone is willing to call attention to that, to try to awaken our conscience, to force us to do the right thing in the face of that injustice and violence and to do so peacefully and nonviolently,

I think that there is something inherently American about that, and so I’m grateful that people are willing to do that.”

https://thinkprogress.org/ted-cruz-fake-ad-beto-orourke-flag-desecration-3571276f0a40/

[boutons_deux]

Repugs scared they can't win legit, so they ALWAYS go with Dirty Tricks (eg, Ailes, Stone, Atwater, etc)

Beto O’Rourke campaign: ‘Impostor’ responsible for texts about helping undocumented immigrants vote

an “impostor” was behind a text message that surfaced Wednesday asking voters to help people who are in the country illegally cast ballots.

“Hi, it’s Patsy here w/ Beto for Texas,”

reads the text, which was circulating on social media (https://twitter.com/jerryochoa/status/1037451693078790150).

“Our records indicate that you’re a supporter.

We are in search of volunteers to help transport undocumented immigrants to polling booths so that they will be able vote.

Would you be able to support this grassroots effort?”

Another apparently unauthorized text shared with the Tribune also said it was from “Patsy” and told readers that

the campaign is “conducting an internal poll and would like to know your thoughts on the dangers of socialism.”

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/), said it had nothing to do with the texts. :lol

“We don’t condone anyone who would engage in such action.” :lol You're Repugs, Dirty Tricks, fraud, cheating are in your blood

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/devos-student-loans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[dbestpro]

Red TX knows prick Cruz is their tribe's man.

Repug voters have been voting tribal, been voting against their best financial interests for decades.

Cruz plays as, appeals to the Christian warrior/martyr shit.

It would be UN Christian for stupid Christians to vote against a so-called Christian. They don't really care the the bills he votes for screw them.

SO, what opposing candidate would help Texas financially? Texas is at 4% unemployment. The lowest is at 3.9% (2017) while the highest has been at 9.2% (1986) when Lloyd Bentsen (D) was in office.

[boutons_deux]

Ted Cruz Reportedly Thinks Democrats Want to Bring Tofu and Dyed Hair to Texas

Speaking to a rally in Humble, Texas, according to Reuters’ James Oliphant, Cruz warned Democrats want to turn Texas into California with their “tofu, silicon, and dyed hair.”


(https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
James Oliphant (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
✔@jamesoliphant (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
(https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
The Democrats, Cruz tells the crowd, want to turn Texas into California

with their “tofu, silicon, and dyed hair.”

5:09 PM - Sep 8, 2018 (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant/status/1038549935489253377)

Not to say that Cruz has already lost the tofu battle, but Texas already has over 20 Whole Foods (https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list/state) throughout the state.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ted-cruz-reportedly-thinks-democrats-want-to-bring-tofu-and-dyed-hair-to-texas/

[CosmicCowboy]

The real problem is Cruz is a totally unlikeable shit. Too bad nobody ran against him in the primary.

[baseline bum]

The real problem is Cruz is a totally unlikeable shit. Too bad nobody ran against him in the primary.

Who would have beaten him in the primary? GOP voters love unlikeable shits. That's why he and Trump were #2 and #1 in the presidential primary.

[boutons_deux]

Like Pence, repulsive, dorky Krazy Kruz has the TX evangelical vote

Rafe Cruz has already slandered Beto, saying Beto approves US flag burning.

[CosmicCowboy]

Ted Cruz Reportedly Thinks Democrats Want to Bring Tofu and Dyed Hair to Texas

Speaking to a rally in Humble, Texas, according to Reuters’ James Oliphant, Cruz warned Democrats want to turn Texas into California with their “tofu, silicon, and dyed hair.”


(https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
James Oliphant (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
✔@jamesoliphant (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
(https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant)
The Democrats, Cruz tells the crowd, want to turn Texas into California

with their “tofu, silicon, and dyed hair.”

5:09 PM - Sep 8, 2018 (https://twitter.com/jamesoliphant/status/1038549935489253377)

Not to say that Cruz has already lost the tofu battle, but Texas already has over 20 Whole Foods (https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list/state) throughout the state.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ted-cruz-reportedly-thinks-democrats-want-to-bring-tofu-and-dyed-hair-to-texas/






Amazon Foods is no longer a symbol of liberalism.

[Spurminator]

The real problem is Cruz is a totally unlikeable shit. Too bad nobody ran against him in the primary.


Who would have beaten him in the primary? GOP voters love unlikeable shits. That's why he and Trump were #2 and #1 in the presidential primary.

He had a primary opponent that was actually endorsed by several TX papers. Unfortunately no one reads newspapers anymore, and the guy didn't get much publicity. I don't even remember his name.

[hater]

Called this shit

[RandomGuy]

The real problem is Cruz is a totally unlikeable shit. Too bad nobody ran against him in the primary.

https://pics.me.me/i-just-dont-like-the-guy-george-w-bush-nobody-32812742.png

[RandomGuy]

SO, what opposing candidate would help Texas financially? Texas is at 4% unemployment. The lowest is at 3.9% (2017) while the highest has been at 9.2% (1986) when Lloyd Bentsen (D) was in office.

How about one that doesn't throw a hissy fit and shut down the government?

His Senate colleagues hate his ass too.

Burning bridges, even in your own party means that when you want a bill passed that benefits yours state... your political capital account is overdrawn.

[Reck]

https://pics.me.me/i-just-dont-like-the-guy-george-w-bush-nobody-32812742.png

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

[RandomGuy]

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

I think it works, sort of a subtle neurolinguistic programming. People remember the first thing they see, and their memory persists, even when they know something to be false.

Get it in early.

[in2deep]

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

Agree this strategies rarely work

I still remember that Hillary commercial that had kids watching tv and Trump cursing on it. It backfired badly

[Chris]

1040049971968524290

[Chris]

1039940640610701312


:tu

[Nbadan]

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

Except that Cruz has been a virtual rubber stamp to unpopular Trump policies...we could send a monkey to do the same job for Texas that Cruz has done..

[Pavlov]

1040049971968524290People are supposed to stand out of guilt?

[Chris]

People are supposed to stand out of guilt?

You're confusing guilt with respect.

[Chinook]

You're confusing guilt with respect.

Then the dude should try to not come off like a charity case. Why is he more worthy of respect than someone who went in and didn't get maimed? Doesn't make sense. Does make sense to feel pity though, because unlike the equally worthy of respect soldiers, this guy got hurt. Anyways, he can go right the fuck off. If he went to the military because he thought we'd have to respect him, then he didn't do it for the right reasons and sheds a bad light on folks to sacrifice for others.

[Spurminator]

NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem is not a legislative issue. Neither Beto nor Cruz is going to ever introduce legislation to compel or allow anthem protests before NFL games, so Cruz's continued exploitive pandering about it is clearly desperate.

[DMX7]

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

What about the Trump quotes. He went quite far against Ted.

[Reck]

1039940640610701312


:tu

Someone is desperate/nervous. :lol

[hitmanyr2k]

I feel like Billboards like these are a sure backfire.

Saying stuff like nobody likes Ted Cruz---as true as that may be will just incense texans into voting for him to spite the libs!

Agreed. These billboard strategists are unimaginative fools. No one gives a fuck what GWB thinks. He's the party pariah that no one admits they voted for (soon to be Trump) :lol . You have to get in the mind of a Tex-ass type male. If you want to hurt both Cruz and Trump at the same time just billboard Trump's insults towards Cruz's wife and Ted's weak response. It emasculates Cruz for being so desperate that he would get help from a man that demeaned his wife and shows Trump's support of Cruz as inauthentic since both men clearly can't stand each other. Win-win.

[Spurminator]

Hey Chris, did you get your instructions this morning?

1040138113279045632

[Spurminator]

I should have checked first. :lmao

1040113892633006080

Wannabe bot :lmao

[RandomGuy]

Sorry. I live in Pa now, don't see any ads. I got my "next big liberal" confused with the one from Florida. I thought Beto was specifically calling for Single Payor, free college and $15 minimum wage. My bad. Still probably won't win, but reading his platform I can see that he has a puncher's chance (especially since Cruz is such a prick).

https://vimeo.com/265798976

Granny decided she was going to do something. Echoed all over.

[TimDunkem]

Everyone I know is voting for him, some are lifelong Republicans. Here's hoping he pulls this out.

Texas needs real leaders with ethics. Ted Cruz bending over for Trump after he called him a loser, his wife ugly, and his dad a murderer tells you all you need to know about Raphael's ethics.

[dabom]

Everyone I know is voting for him, some are lifelong Republicans. Here's hoping he pulls this out.

Texas needs real leaders with ethics. Ted Cruz bending over for Trump after he called him a loser, his wife ugly, and his dad a murderer tells you all you need to know about Raphael's ethics.

Texas votes for their guy, but after the election, Cruz got exposed. And his roots not really from Texas. Any Native Texan could beat him tbh. Real Texans ain't voting for that fuck. :lol

[boutons_deux]

right wing hate media will try to destroy Beto, and RNC, etc will poor $Ms to elect any Repug, even the hated Rafael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5IES0UP9sc

[Reck]

I should have checked first. :lmao

1040113892633006080

Wannabe bot :lmao

No wonder Chris once got suspended for bot-like behavior.

[Reck]

right wing hate media will try to destroy Beto, and RNC, etc will poor $Ms to elect any Repug, even the hated Rafael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5IES0UP9sc

They have nothing on Beto. Which is why Cruz and the GOP's line of attacks are lame mugshots of him and terrible ads about Beto saying swear words.

Very original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqlawP-8KhI

"He's showing the fuck up."

I mean...really? :lmao

[Pavlov]

You're confusing guilt with respect.Dude has expectations of my behavior because he has no legs.

[Pavlov]

I should have checked first. :lmao

1040113892633006080

Wannabe bot :lmao:rollin

[Avante]

Dude has expectations of my behavior because he has no legs.

Pavlov, see what I mean? What about the topic. well?

[Spurminator]

You'd think after six years as a Senator, Ted Cruz would have more to talk about than his opinion about a quarterback who's been out of the league for two years. But consider his audience.

[boutons_deux]

Willie Nelson to Headline Beto Rally in Texas (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/12/1795408/-Willie-Nelson-to-Headline-Beto-Rally-in-Texas)

https://images.dailykos.com/images/133168/story_image/willie.jpg?1453497555


Willie Nelson is showing his support for Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke,

headlining his rally in Austin on Sept. 29.

The event, which takes place at Auditorium Shores,

will also feature Joe Ely, Carrie Rodriguez, Tameca Jones, and Nelson’s sons Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson.

O'Rourke is also expected to speak at the rally, which is open to the public but requires registration online. (https://act.betofortexas.com/event/attend/16358?source=shortlink)


Beto O’Rourke is cool.

Ted Cruz is not.

Thanks Willie.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/12/1795408/-Willie-Nelson-to-Headline-Beto-Rally-in-Texas

[spurraider21]

I should have checked first. :lmao

1040113892633006080

Wannabe bot :lmao
:lmao hoooly shit

[djohn2oo8]

I should have checked first. :lmao

1040113892633006080

Wannabe bot :lmao
That is not in the least surprising. What a fucking patriot.

[djohn2oo8]

Beto explained exactly why it’s not disrespectful. Poor dumb uneducated Chris

[boutons_deux]

Beto explained exactly why it’s not disrespectful.

and made more sense than Trash has in 3 years

while Rafe's Ratfuckers edited down his 4 minute speech to say that Beto supports flag burning.

[Pavlov]

Yeah, pretty narcissistic to demand the anthem of the United States be about you.

[djohn2oo8]

Yeah, pretty narcissistic to demand the anthem of the United States be about you.
:lmao

[boutons_deux]

Willie Nelson is playing his first-ever political concert, for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/14/willie-nelson-is-playing-his-first-ever-political-concert-for-beto-orourke-some-fans-are-abandoning-him/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.039f472fbeb9&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

[cd98]

If this was "generic Republican" the Republicans would be winning by 20 points. People just don't like Ted Cruz when they get to know him. He just doesn't relate.

[Chris]

Hey Chris, did you get your instructions this morning?

1040138113279045632

Wow dude you totally cracked the case!

Cruz has a link on his twitter to automatically tweet support. God damn, you're dumb as fuck son.

[Winehole23]

overexposed, tbh. he'd be safe had he not run for president.

[Chris]

1040600024827215872

"...but they're bots!"

Damn, you're a dumb motherfucker.

[boutons_deux]

I bet there's more to Beto's popularity than Rafe's stomach-turning repugnancy.

[Spurminator]

Wow dude you totally cracked the case!

Cruz has a link on his twitter to automatically tweet support. God damn, you're dumb as fuck son.

Right, and hundreds of people simultaneously clicked the link at 2am. The origin doesn't have to be a bot for bot-behavior to result. It usually isn't.

And you clicked it too. Following instructions like a good humanbot soldier. God damn, you're pathetic as fuck, son.

[Reck]

Willie Nelson is playing his first-ever political concert, for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/14/willie-nelson-is-playing-his-first-ever-political-concert-for-beto-orourke-some-fans-are-abandoning-him/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.039f472fbeb9&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1




I dont think he gives a fuck at this point in his life and career. They can go fuck right off.

[Reck]

1040600024827215872

"...but they're bots!"

Damn, you're a dumb motherfucker.

You got suspended for acting like one. Deny it?

[Spurminator]

No one who is surprised that Nelson would back the liberal candidate has been a Willie Nelson fan for very long.

[Spurminator]

2012: Willie Nelson campaigns for Dennis Kucinich
https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/01/willie-nelson-campaigns-for-dennis-kucinich-112811

[Rob Gronkowski]

1040600024827215872

"...but they're bots!"

Damn, you're a dumb motherfucker.
They all just happened to click it at the exact same time, that time being 2 AM. Sounds super legit :lmao

[dabom]

They all just happened to click it at the exact same time, that time being 2 AM. Sounds super legit :lmao

Chrissy boy taking it from alts too. :lol

[boutons_deux]

Ted Cruz is Mailing Elderly Voters Contribution Spam Disguised as County Summons

What to do when the only Republican who will fund raise with you is a discredited, odious joke of a so called President?

Try to scam elderly voters of course…

Received this for my 88-year-old grandma.

Says it's a summons from Travis County,

but is actually asking for money for @tedcruz (https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) .

Did your campaign authorize this?

Is this even legal?

Shame on you.

That's one more @BetoORourke (https://twitter.com/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) voter. pic.twitter.com/NcFoOCvjFj (https://t.co/NcFoOCvjFj)

==========

Ted Cruz is Mailing Elderly Voters Contribution Spam Disguised as County Summons

Well, this is despicable.

Daily Kos (https://www.dailykos.com/)

— Sean Owen (@sean_r_owen) September 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/sean_r_owen/status/1041182844234522624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It’s not like Cruz hasn’t done anything like this before:
You're right , you did -https://t.co/tLh6455DUw (https://t.co/tLh6455DUw)
— Nalini Moorthy (@KnollMoor) September 16, 2018 (https://twitter.com/KnollMoor/status/1041237004158005248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

From that New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ted-cruzs-iowa-mailers-are-more-fraudulent-than-everyone-thinks) article:

“Given its obsession with political science, it’s no surprise that the Cruz campaign decided to adopt the “social pressure” techniques to turn out voters in Iowa for Monday night’s caucuses.

On Saturday, Twitter came alive with pictures (https://journal.ijreview.com/2016/01/252498-said-undecided-iowan-received-controversial-mailer-ted-cruz/) from voters in the state who received mailers from the Cruz campaign.

At the top of the mailers, in a bold red box, are the words “VOTING VIOLATION.”

Below that warning is an explanation:

“”You are receiving this election notice because of low expected voter turnout in your area.

Your individual voting history as well as your neighbors’ are public record.

Their scores are published below,

and many of them will see your score as well.

CAUCUS ON MONDAY TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE and please encourage your neighbors to caucus as well.

A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday’s caucuses.””


One Twitter user tells you what to do if you get one of the fake summons:


https://www.alternet.org/ted-cruz-mailing-elderly-voters-contribution-spam-disguised-county-summons

[Winehole23]

sleazy, but legal

[angrydude]

Beta is texting everyone in the state.

[Chinook]

No one who is surprised that Nelson would back the liberal candidate has been a Willie Nelson fan for very long.

Seriously. Who didn't know this? Do think they he'd be such an icon in Austin if he weren't liberal as heck?

[DMX7]

sleazy, but legal

"but legal" doesn't excuse it.

[Isitjustme?]

Beta is texting everyone in the state.

703984812105793536

[Isitjustme?]

712850174838771712

[spurraider21]

712850174838771712
https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png

[spurraider21]

Ted Cruz:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv7-xlLimUk

Also Ted Cruz:

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png

[Isitjustme?]

Heehee

[Monostradamus]

“Beta” O’Rourke OH SHIT I GET IT :lmao I TOTALLY GET THAT JOKE :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Monostradamus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2N2b0yOpYc

[Spurs Homer]

I am a little confused because- the liar in the white house told me that Ted Cruz is actually Lying Ted Cruz and people seem to always believe the liar in the white house so when he says Cruz is a liar I want to believe him but then why would the liar in the white house be supporting a guy he calls a liar?

[TimDunkem]

Quinnipiac has Ted up 9 points now...Really? Who are they polling? I've never met one person ever counted in these polls.

[Monostradamus]

Quinnipiac has Ted up 9 points now...Really? Who are they polling? I've never met one person ever counted in these polls.
Nobody in Texas actually likes Ted Cruz, but they’re gonna suck it up and vote for a guy they hate because Team Red. We knew this from the start.

[Chris]

Beto's new campaign ad doesn't say anything just talks about feelings, no policy, and shows him grinning like an idiot at the end. He is also scared to debate Cruz :lol

[Reck]

Beto's new campaign ad doesn't say anything just talks about feelings, no policy, and shows him grinning like an idiot at the end. He is also scared to debate Cruz :lol

Out raising Rafael with no super pac money or corporate money.

:lol Chris likes his booger on
:lol Chris Borrowing Vanity Fair magazines from his mother

[boutons_deux]

Cruz: O’Rourke Wants to Ban Barbecue in Texas

“When I got here someone told me that even PETA was protesting and giving out barbecued tofu,

so I got to say, they summed up the entire election:

If Texas elects a Democrat, they’re going to ban barbecue across the state of Texas.” :lol

He added:

“You want to talk about an issue to mobilize the people, and I’m talking everybody.

So I want to thank PETA and

I do want to tell PETA you’re going to have to disclose to the FEC that

by coming and protesting and giving away tofu,

that you have given an in-kind contribution to my campaign by demonstrating just how bad things can get.”

==============================

Searching for a new wedge issue to use against his opponent,

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested that Beto O’Rourke (D) wanted to ban barbecue in Texas,

https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/searching-for-new-wedge-issue-cruz-says-rourke-will-ban-barbecue/Z0CJ5Rj4aBXPtdR9bGoWaM/ (https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/searching-for-new-wedge-issue-cruz-says-rourke-will-ban-barbecue/Z0CJ5Rj4aBXPtdR9bGoWaM/)

[Monostradamus]

Out raising Rafael with no super pac money or corporate money.

:lol Chris likes his booger on
:lol Chris Borrowing Vanity Fair magazines from his mother
And sending literal bot tweets :lol

[Chris]

Quinnipiac has Ted up 9 points now...Really? Who are they polling? I've never met one person ever counted in these polls.

They are polling likley voters. Earlier polls just used registered voters. It's a pretty accurate poll :tu

[Chris]

1042148711453925381

[spurraider21]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large

[Monostradamus]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large
GOAT meme tbh

[Reck]

1042148711453925381

How bland do you have to be to tell a joke and have not a single soul get it? It speaks more about him than the rest. Ted is fucking lame.

[boutons_deux]

Beto - Rafe debate, first of three, Friday 21 Sep

[baseline bum]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large

:lmao

[Blake]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large

:lol

[dabom]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large

:lol

[DMX7]

712850174838771712

Did Trump ever spill the beans?

[Isitjustme?]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaITuDuXcAEtq38.jpg:large

Best meme in history

[Chris]

Left can't meme, no wonder they look up to the shitty ones :lol

[ducks]

Quinnipiac poll had cruz up by 9 points

[Spurminator]

Cruz should be happy the media ran with the BBQ quote. 40% of Texans will believe it.

[Spurminator]

Quinnipiac poll had cruz up by 9 points

No shit, idiot.


P:lollls

[TimDunkem]

P:lollls

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/407369-poll-beto-orourke-leads-cruz-by-2-points-in-texas-senate-race

Poll: Beto O'Rourke leads Cruz by 2 points in Texas Senate race

As Chris himself said, among likely voters; accurate poll. :tu:

[Chris]

As Chris himself said, among likely voters; accurate poll. :tu:

:tu

[Chris]

1042896233445158912

[spurraider21]

1042896233445158912
Lyin ted

Beto did not call law enforcement the new jim crow

[boutons_deux]

Law enforcement brutality, rampaging incarceration, prison slave labor: the New Jim Crow.

[Chris]

1042749438379401218

Yikes

[spurraider21]

1042749438379401218

Yikes
yikes over this?


I mentioned going to the high school in Roscoe, I also went to the cotton gin in Roscoe. And at that cotton gin, there are 24 jobs and the manager of that gin says it does not matter the wages that I pay or the number of hours that we set … no one born in Roscoe … or Texas or this country who is willing to work. But there are immigrants who are coming from Central America or Mexico or other parts of the world to Roscoe to work these jobs and to help build our economy

lol

[GB20]

I am sure Beto can beat Trump in 2020 election.

[Spurminator]

Desperate Ted trying to rally the most gullible voters with manufactured outrage.

Might actually work. These people are really, really dumb.

[TeyshaBlue]

yikes over this?

yikes over this?

I mentioned going to the high school in Roscoe, I also went to the cotton gin in Roscoe. And at that cotton gin, there are 24 jobs and the manager of that gin says it does not matter the wages that I pay or the number of hours that we set … no one born in Roscoe … or Texas or this country who is willing to work. But there are immigrants who are coming from Central America or Mexico or other parts of the world to Roscoe to work these jobs and to help build our economy

lol

I grew up right down the road from Roscoe. That quote is complete horseshit.

[johnsmith]

I grew up right down the road from Roscoe. That quote is complete horseshit.

Can you explain Teysha?

[Spurs Homer]

Debate tonight at 6pm?

[spurraider21]

I grew up right down the road from Roscoe. That quote is complete horseshit.
Perhaps. Not the issue here.

Point is is the charge that he made some racially abhorrent comment is absurd

[boutons_deux]

Debate tonight at 6pm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH41paXgVsc&feature=youtu.be

[boutons_deux]

pasted from FB

"If you want a factual statement on Beto and his stance on Israel - here you go:

AIPAC is not partisan and does not endorse or support political candidates. Individual members do endorse and support candidates. Mike Nichols is an active member ofAIPAC and he over 50 other pro-Israel supporter endorsed the following letter:

As lifelong supporters of the State of Israel, we, the undersigned, are also proud to support Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for Senate.

Since 2014, Beto O’Rourke has voted for every foreign aid and defense assistance resolution enabling Israel to defend itself.

In the current session of Congress alone, he has co-sponsored the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 and voted in favor of the Memorandum of Understanding supporting $33 billion in security assistance to Israel and $500 million in cooperative missile defense funding for fiscal year 2019;

he has co-sponsored the resolution imposing sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard;

he has cosponsored the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act (as he has in each of the past three Congresses);

and he co-sponsored the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act, and the Taylor Force Act, which prohibits certain foreign aid being made available to the Palestinian Authority unless the PA takes steps to end acts of violence.

He recently signed on to the Engel/Smith/Lowey letter urging the administration to fill the currently empty role in the State Department of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and became a member of the Congressional Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism.

Beto has authored a position paper on Israel, and we think it best to let Beto speak for himself:

“Israel is critically important to the United States.

Because it is the home of the Jewish people, because it is an exemplary democracy that shares our values, and because it is a crucial contributor to our national security objectives in the region, the U.S. should do everything we can to support the state of Israel. Israel is second only to Silicon Valley for high-tech innovation, and many of the medical and technological advances on which our whole society depends have been developed there. For these reasons and more, I am a proud advocate for Israel.

I support a two-state solution but one which the parties directly negotiate themselves.

I also support continued U.S. engagement and leadership in that process.

Any ultimate solution will have to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish democratic state, with secure and defensible borders, and will require a demilitarized Palestinian partner for peace.

Hezbollah and Hamas have thousands of missiles aimed at Israel and continue to call for its destruction. Iran is establishing itself in Syria and Lebanon as a destabilizing force. Israel has the right and the obligation to defend itself against all of these threats.

Palestinians and Israelis should be able to live in peace, with dignity. Key to that politically, is a two-state solution that allows for full sovereignty for the people of Israel and the future state of Palestine.

However, this cannot happen without committed, responsible leadership on both sides.

I am hopeful that a new generation of Palestinian leadership will be able to lead the Palestinian people toward a peaceful, negotiated resolution with Israel that results in two states.

I support Israel’s qualitative military edge, and I have voted for and will continue to support foreign aid for Israel.

I cosponsored and then voted for a resolution in the last Congress to encourage the Obama Administration to quickly finalize a robust and long-term Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel.

The resulting agreement will last 10 years and provide Israel $3.8 billion per year.

I oppose efforts, economically and diplomatically, to boycott or delegitimize Israel.

As long as I am an elected official, I will work to build on these votes and experiences and continue to be a strong advocate for Israel."

In addition to Beto’s unwavering support for Israel, Beto supports Jewish Values.

Beto often discusses on the campaign trail the tragic mistake our country made when, in 1939, we turned away the MS St Louis, refusing to allow Jewish refugees fleeing from Nazi Germany to enter the United States,

as part of the explanation for why he supports sensible and humane immigration policies and opposes family separation.

He supports reforming our health care system to ensure that all Americans have access to quality health care;

he supports equality for LGBTQ Americans;

and he will work to address climate change.

Beto believes in the separation of church and state and opposes efforts which would allow churches to endorse political candidates.

We urge all Texans and all supporters of the State of Israel to join us in voting for Beto O’Rourke for the Senate."

[101A]

Desperate Ted trying to rally the most gullible voters with manufactured outrage.

Might actually work. People are really, really dumb.

FIFY

[Chris]

1043277515463127040

[Spurminator]

1043277515463127040

:lol Columbia Bugle.

Poll: Most Texans Oppose Border Wall
https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Poll-Texas-voters-oppose-border-walll-12847966.php

[Reck]

Chris How's it feel to go to twitter and see the overwhelming support for Beto? I know it hurts your white feelings some.

[Chris]

Polls good now.

[Spurminator]

Polls good now.

Beats pulling information out of your ass.

[TeyshaBlue]

Can you explain Teysha?

Sure. I grew up 20 miles away. Had lots of friends from Roscoe, Hermeleigh, Sweetwater. Most of my Roscoe buddies still live there. They own local businesses or continue to Farm or Ranch. They employ more people than actually live there that need work. It's not rocket science but Team Beto is not terribly concerned.
Roscoe is small. 900 or so.

[Chris]

ruh roh


1043281826977075200

[Spurs Homer]

Beto was too nice. He should have jumped on CRUZ sucking up to Trump - even after Trump insulted his wife and father. He should have stressed that Texans don't suck up to bullies after the bully has attacked you.

Beto should have also reminded everyone how close Cruz came to taking Texans health care away.

*also Cruz could not help himself - he had to mention Hillary! and Obama!!

[Reck]

Polls good now.

They're not polls. It's just people on twitter showing their support for him.

[GB20]

Beto was too nice. He should have jumped on CRUZ sucking up to Trump - even after Trump insulted his wife and father. He should have stressed that Texans don't suck up to bullies after the bully has attacked you.

Beto should have also reminded everyone how close Cruz came to taking Texans health care away.

*also Cruz could not help himself - he had to mention Hillary! and Obama!!

You have to leave something for the next debate.

[Chris]

Bad look for Beto

1043309005202808833

[Reck]

You have to leave something for the next debate.

Attacking cruz through Trump is not smart on a place like texas either.

A line of attack in the vein of Ted's hypocrisy will do. No short of ammunition there.

By Ted's own account all he has on Beto is that he's gotten arrested a few times. lol That just makes beto look even more appealing and real.

Ted is fakes as fuck.

[cd98]

Cruz is a champion debater, an appellate attorney, and senator. He’s got a strong advantage in this forum and it showed. Beto should ask for a town hall debate with ordinary people asking questions. I think he’d show better.

Cruz achieved his goal: make Beto look like a far lefty for Texas standards. But I think Beto did a good job of taking to his base. He knows his base is smaller than Cruz’s base, but his job is to get high turnout and hope that Cruz’s base gets low turnout in a midterm election. I thought he did well, but his followers are going to want more fight and less flowery ideals.

[Reck]

Cruz is a champion debater, an appellate attorney, and senator. He’s got a strong advantage in this forum and it showed. Beto should ask for a town hall debate with ordinary people asking questions. I think he’d show better.

Cruz achieved his goal: make Beto look like a far lefty for Texas standards. But I think Beto did a good job of taking to his base. He knows his base is smaller than Cruz’s base, but his job is to get high turnout and hope that Cruz’s base gets low turnout in a midterm election. I thought he did well, but his followers are going to want more fight and less flowery ideals.

Is there anything you won't defend/like about a republican?

Cruz is a terrible debater. He got destroyed...by Trump of all people. :lol

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnoUGC0U8AAmU2f.jpg

[baseline bum]

Is there anything you won't defend/like about a republican?

Cruz is a terrible debater. He got destroyed...by Trump of all people. :lol

Cruz may be a scumbag piece of shit but he's a talented debater.

[koriwhat]

Bad look for Beto

1043309005202808833

nah, he wants to legalize drunk driving and burglary. that we know!

[koriwhat]

Is there anything you won't defend/like about a republican?

Cruz is a terrible debater. He got destroyed...by Trump of all people. :lol

well he was on the debate team and pretty high up there too... you're just mad because you have to tuck your little weewee back everyday to play pretend.

[koriwhat]

:lmao you support Ted Cruz

i have no clue about his policies. jumping to conclusions as always mono. at least we know you can jump; although it's not physicality you possess.

[boutons_deux]

KENS5 "who won" poll has Beto STOMPING 60% to 40%

[GB20]

Cruz is a champion debater, an appellate attorney, and senator. He’s got a strong advantage in this forum and it showed. Beto should ask for a town hall debate with ordinary people asking questions. I think he’d show better.

Cruz achieved his goal: make Beto look like a far lefty for Texas standards. But I think Beto did a good job of taking to his base. He knows his base is smaller than Cruz’s base, but his job is to get high turnout and hope that Cruz’s base gets low turnout in a midterm election. I thought he did well, but his followers are going to want more fight and less flowery ideals.
dude!! Cruz lost tonight.

[Isitjustme?]

WOW Cruz really OWNED him here!1!1!!!

1043278255740973058.

Watch as Ted Cruz DESTROYS Beto by pointing hes not actually a racist!

[vy65]

Is there anything you won't defend/like about a republican?

Cruz is a terrible debater. He got destroyed...by Trump of all people. :lol

I’m team Beto, but Cruz won the debate.

[Chris]

Reck :lol

[Winehole23]

I’m team Beto, but Cruz won the debate.I did the zero volume thing for 30 seconds. I was unnerved by how veiny/tendony/strained Beto's neck looked. Oddly, it didn't look like that from the other side.

Beto also did a lot of swaying and bobbing. Cruz is clearly more attuned with the "cool" impassive TV style of presentation. Beto's been out in the hustings, straining his voice on the stump and it shows.
Beto has hustle but not polish. TV ain't a local VFW or banquet hall.

Texas still either hates libs, or strains not to be caught resembling them.

Advantage Cruz.

[Winehole23]

Cruz looked like a pinched, neurotic machine, controlled and rehearsed and frankly fake, but visually, for TV purposes, that's good.

I think Cruz squeaks this one out, but it should be a wake up call.

2016 should have been a wake up call. Trump did five points worse than Mitt Romney.

[Winehole23]

against Hilary effing Clinton

[Chris]

To be fair Cruz is in Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro territory concerning a debate so Beto really never stood a chance.

[Winehole23]

Cruz is better at the forensics for sure, but look at DJT. That isn't necessarily required.

It's a closer race than it should be, If Cruz were a generic Republican he'd be doing better.

He ran for president in the last election, frankly face planted in it, and so, is more vulnerable than he would otherwise be.

[Winehole23]

Beto loses, but not by as much as he should.

Cruz is relatively detestable for a Texas Republican.

[vy65]

I’m less concerned about the optics (though they’re important nevertheless). Cruz had a tight message, knew who he needed to speak to, got his shots in, and appeared and sounded in control. He was on the offensive. Beto didn’t have the composure or the message (or at least was effective in delivering it) that he needed he. Beto is in the mood of Obama’s, but is clearly less effective.

[boutons_deux]

Lyin' Rafe's problem that he, in his self-congratulating splendor-in-his-own-head, won't solve is that he's a hated priggish prick, raised by a Christian prick father.

But the TX Repug tribe / evangelical Christian supremacists will vote ANY Repug prick, blindly.

[Bill_Brasky]

I like Beto. His responses aren't canned, he has a great message and real ideas. He doesn't stick to "talking points" like Ted Cruz. Those are the exact "politics of old" that I and everyone around me is fucking tired of. I'm tired of talking points. I'm tired of lies and diversions. I'm glad Beto didn't fall into that.

[Spurminator]

It's less about winning the debates and more about turning viewers into likely voters. Ted Cruz has an ideological advantage but an enthusiasm gap. He either has to rally more unlikely conservative voters to show up, or plant doubts to demotivate some of the new voters Beto has picked up.

[Trill Clinton]

Beto did a good job

[florige]

Is there anything you won't defend/like about a republican?

Cruz is a terrible debater. He got destroyed...by Trump of all people. :lol



I really dislike Trump. But he actually mowed through each one of those guys pretty thoroughly during those debates. He destroyed Jeb so bad the entire Bush family hates his guts. Even against Hillary who I thought was going to destroy Trump, he actually had a few one liners that left her pretty much dumbfounded. Trump is quick witted and that helps him out a lot.

[Spurs Homer]

Personally I didn’t like the “true to form” comment. I know why he needed to call Lyin Ted on his bullshit, but it seemed a little childish.

Well - I agreed with that one.

Both candidates were told to say something nice/decent about their opponent. Beto did.
Cruz basically called him a socialist and pretended it was a compliment.

True to form.

[TimDunkem]

Cruz was in attack mode all night. The "true to form" response was the least he could do, imo.

[SnakeBoy]

WOW Cruz really OWNED him here!1!1!!!

1043278255740973058.

Watch as Ted Cruz DESTROYS Beto by pointing hes not actually a racist!

Mr. O'Rourke has a really turrible Obama impersonation tbh

[florige]

Mr. O'Rourke has a really turrible Obama impersonation tbh


I noticed that too. He pauses in between words almost identical to Obama.

[Spurminator]

Personally I didn’t like the “true to form” comment. I know why he needed to call Lyin Ted on his bullshit, but it seemed a little childish.

Didn't seem childish to me. I can't really think of any more preferable response (it certainly beats something like "typical" or "that was uncalled for"). It was the perfect brush-off because he avoided outrage and sarcasm. It would have been easy to look like the weaker party there. He didn't.

He turned a side jab by Cruz into the most memorable and defining part of the debate and highlighted exactly what he needed to highlight by doing so: that Cruz is divisive and unlikeable.

[Chris]

1043302348708356096

[Spurtacular]

1043302348708356096

Driving drunk? Sounds no less scummy than Lyin' Ted.

[Chris]

Driving drunk? Sounds no less scummy than Lyin' Ted.

Trying to leave the scene of an accident is pretty scummy and reprehensible. Thankfully there was a witness.

[Spurtacular]

Trying to leave the scene of an accident is pretty scummy and reprehensible. Thankfully there was a witness.

Pretty stupid and/or drunk. But the only thing that makes Lyin' Ted any more appealing is he's not a mark for Democrats in the voting block.

[Spurtacular]

WOW Cruz really OWNED him here!1!1!!!

1043278255740973058.

Watch as Ted Cruz DESTROYS Beto by pointing hes not actually a racist!

Works well for the room; but the overall constituency gonna see this as pandering.

[Chris]

Pretty stupid and/or drunk. But the only thing that makes Lyin' Ted any more appealing is he's not a mark for Democrats in the voting block.

Don't forget he and Grassley were the only ones to come up with any solutions after Parkland.

[Spurtacular]

Don't forget he and Grassley were the only ones to come up with any solutions after Parkland.

:lol "solutions"

I may know Dems are scum; but I don't buy the GOP face value lines either.

[boutons_deux]

Cruz is better at the forensics

???

[ElNono]

???

spinning after the facts

[Spurminator]

Even Sully is dragging Ted.

1043631557070737409

[TimDunkem]

Not sure why it's okay to rip O'Rourke for something he did once in the 90's, but the allegations against Kavanaugh mean nothing to many of the people railing against the former when a lifetime appointment is on the line.

[vy65]

Because the deep state crew doesn’t believe in second chances for members of the other team

[Reck]

Trying to leave the scene of an accident is pretty scummy and reprehensible. Thankfully there was a witness.

Trump has left plenty of sexual assault scenes. Where's your outrage about that?

[baseline bum]

Even Sully is dragging Ted.

1043631557070737409

It's a dog whistle from Cruz showing Beto is for the rights of the scary negroes.

[boutons_deux]

Beto O'Rourke blasts Ted Cruz: 'Tell me, who can miss half the days at work and be rehired' (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797746/-Beto-O-Rourke-blasts-Ted-Cruz-Tell-me-who-can-miss-half-the-days-at-work-and-be-rehired)

Asked about “Texas Values” by the moderators of the debate,

O’Rourke went directly at Cruz and

the negligence he’s shown Texas

as his naked ambition to become President preoccupied most of his time as Senator.


Beto: Only one of us has been to each county in Texas and would have an idea of what Texas values are.

Within months of being sworn to service, your senator Ted Cruz was not in Texas.

He was in Iowa.

He visited every single one of the 99 counties of Iowa.

He went to New Hampshire, South Carolina.

He went to the Republican presidential primary states instead of being here.

He shut down your government for 16 days in 2013.

Too many people were getting too much health care in the United States of America.

In 2015, he missed one quarter of the votes in the United States Senate.

In 2016, he missed half of the votes in the United States Senate.

Tell me, who can miss half the days at work and be rehired for the same job going forward?

That is not what Texans want.

They don't want somebody who was captured by corporations and political action committees and special interests.

That is where Ted Cruz gets his money.

Our campaign is the largest grassroots campaign the state has ever seen, funded by people.

Every single one of the counties and only people of Texas.

Every single day.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797746/-Beto-O-Rourke-blasts-Ted-Cruz-Tell-me-who-can-miss-half-the-days-at-work-and-be-rehired?detail=emaildkre

[dabom]

Beto O'Rourke blasts Ted Cruz: 'Tell me, who can miss half the days at work and be rehired' (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797746/-Beto-O-Rourke-blasts-Ted-Cruz-Tell-me-who-can-miss-half-the-days-at-work-and-be-rehired)

Asked about “Texas Values” by the moderators of the debate,

O’Rourke went directly at Cruz and

the negligence he’s shown Texas

as his naked ambition to become President preoccupied most of his time as Senator.


Beto: Only one of us has been to each county in Texas and would have an idea of what Texas values are.

Within months of being sworn to service, your senator Ted Cruz was not in Texas.

He was in Iowa.

He visited every single one of the 99 counties of Iowa.

He went to New Hampshire, South Carolina.

He went to the Republican presidential primary states instead of being here.

He shut down your government for 16 days in 2013.

Too many people were getting too much health care in the United States of America.

In 2015, he missed one quarter of the votes in the United States Senate.

In 2016, he missed half of the votes in the United States Senate.

Tell me, who can miss half the days at work and be rehired for the same job going forward?

That is not what Texans want.

They don't want somebody who was captured by corporations and political action committees and special interests.

That is where Ted Cruz gets his money.

Our campaign is the largest grassroots campaign the state has ever seen, funded by people.

Every single one of the counties and only people of Texas.

Every single day.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797746/-Beto-O-Rourke-blasts-Ted-Cruz-Tell-me-who-can-miss-half-the-days-at-work-and-be-rehired?detail=emaildkre

Dude went deep. :lmao

[Nathan89]

Are Dems holding this guy to the same standard as Kav? Seems a guy with a history of drunk driving would automatically be dismissed. I mean how is a 26yo drunk risking the lives of others not causing mass outrage by Dems? Seems odd tbh.

[Reck]

Are Dems holding this guy to the same standard as Kav? Seems a guy with a history of drunk driving would automatically be dismissed. I mean how is a 26yo drunk risking the lives of others not causing mass outrage by Dems? Seems odd tbh.

You are reaching. lol

[GB20]

Are Dems holding this guy to the same standard as Kav? Seems a guy with a history of drunk driving would automatically be dismissed. I mean how is a 26yo drunk risking the lives of others not causing mass outrage by Dems? Seems odd tbh.

He admitted what he did wrong 20 years ago.

[Harry Callahan]

At least Beta O has one thing going for him - at least he didn't let a young lady die in the water like Teddy K. "Swimmin'" Ted Kennedy was able to serve a lifetime Senator post where he had little to no chance of being voted out in Massachusetts due to his last name. I think the new BO has warm feelings for the Kennedy Klan.

[Harry Callahan]

Mr. 66,700 posts - if Chelsea Handler and Judd Apatow support a certain candidate in a big way, I'm pretty sure I need to vote against that candidate for the State of Texas. Perhaps Beta should migrate to California so he can really mesh with the people out there.

[Reck]

At least Beta O

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png

Do you really want to play the beta game? :lol dont think so.

[Reck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv7-xlLimUk

:lmao

[Nathan89]

He admitted what he did wrong 20 years ago.

He was busted. "Admitted" lol. You think he went drunk driving once and got caught that one time or do think he went drunk driving multiple times? Regardless he didn't admit anything. Also Kav might not have anything to admit so your standard is moronic.

[Nathan89]

You are reaching. lol

He got in a wreck from drunk driving at the age of 26. Kav allegedly felt up some girl as a drunk 17yo. Putting lives in jeopardy is significantly worse than that and he did it as an adult. "Reaching" lol

[Reck]

He got in a wreck from drunk driving at the age of 26. Kav allegedly felt up some girl as a drunk 17yo. Putting lives in jeopardy is significantly worse than that and he did it as an adult. "Reaching" lol

LOL felt up. he attempted rape.

Tell me, do you usually feel girls up by tag teaming them and putting your hands around said girl so she wouldn't scream? Alpha!

[Kim Jong-il]

He got in a wreck from drunk driving at the age of 26. Kav allegedly felt up some girl as a drunk 17yo. Putting lives in jeopardy is significantly worse than that and he did it as an adult. "Reaching" lol
You don’t support Beto? After all that work Cruz did to tie Beto to your favorite politician Bernie?

[Spurs Homer]

He got in a wreck from drunk driving at the age of 26. Kav allegedly felt up some girl as a drunk 17yo. Putting lives in jeopardy is significantly worse than that and he did it as an adult. "Reaching" lol

Attempted rape is way worse. Drunk driving - no one got hurt -period.Beto admitted it and changed course.
Attempted rape - he traumatized a 15 year old girl. Had an accomplice too - who also jumped on her. Kav covered her mouth to hide her screams. Had the rapists not been blacked-out drunk they would have completed the rape - but his accomplice jumping on them both - gave her a brief escape route and she luckily found an escape.

[Blake]

He got in a wreck from drunk driving at the age of 26. Kav allegedly felt up some girl as a drunk 17yo. Putting lives in jeopardy is significantly worse than that and he did it as an adult. "Reaching" lol

Are you seriously saying that his drunk driving wreck was worse than attempted rape?

[Nathan89]

Are you seriously saying that his drunk driving wreck was worse than attempted rape?

Attempted rape is a giant leap from what was actually alledged to have happened. So "attempted rape" is not in the equation.

[Nathan89]

Attempted rape is way worse. Drunk driving - no one got hurt -period.Beto admitted it and changed course.
Attempted rape - he traumatized a 15 year old girl. Had an accomplice too - who also jumped on her. Kav covered her mouth to hide her screams. Had the rapists not been blacked-out drunk they would have completed the rape - but his accomplice jumping on them both - gave her a brief escape route and she luckily found an escape.

Attempted rape is a biased leap from what actually occurred.

Stop speaking of the allegation as if it's a fact. Beto driving drunk and getting in a wreck is a fact.

Your entire comment is extremely biased.

[Nathan89]

LOL felt up. he attempted rape.

Tell me, do you usually feel girls up by tag teaming them and putting your hands around said girl so she wouldn't scream? Alpha!

Allegedly he did something very far from attempted rape. It be like if I got drunk in highschool and started beating someone up but stopped when someone came in the room. Obviously an attempted murder stopped by the entry of another.

[GB20]

Attempted rape is a biased leap from what actually occurred.

Stop speaking of the allegation as if it's a fact. Beto driving drunk and getting in a wreck is a fact.

Your entire comment is extremely biased.
Bush got DWI and he became president so it not a big deal.

[Nathan89]

Wow you are a real piece of shit.

I don't give a shit what you think. I know some of you idiots like to call people every insult imaginable. It's pathetic.

[Nathan89]

Bush got DWI and he became president so it not a big deal.

Clinton had actual rape accusations and became president. So it's no big deal.

[Blake]

Attempted rape is a giant leap from what was actually alledged to have happened. So "attempted rape" is not in the equation.

I'm asking you if that's really your opinion. Do you really think a drunk driving wreck is worse than attempted rape?

[Blake]

I don't give a shit what you think. I know some of you idiots like to call people every insult imaginable. It's pathetic.

Well you obviously like to call people idiots.

[Blake]

Attempted rape is a biased leap from what actually occurred.

Stop speaking of the allegation as if it's a fact. Beto driving drunk and getting in a wreck is a fact.

Your entire comment is extremely biased.

Dwi is also just a misdemeanor.

[GB20]

Clinton had actual rape accusations and became president. So it's no big deal.
I don't give a shit about Clinton, you can send his ass to jail if you want .

[Spurs Homer]

Attempted rape is a biased leap from what actually occurred.

Stop speaking of the allegation as if it's a fact. Beto driving drunk and getting in a wreck is a fact.

Your entire comment is extremely biased.


He jumped on her, began groping and pulling her clothes off, she was trapped, she tried to scream for help - he covered her mouth, his accomplice cranked the music to disguise the crime, then the accomplice jumped on them both - both attacking her - but because of the rapists being drunk - they tumbled and she found a way to escape - otherwise - she would have been raped - possibly by both attackers.

Maryland calls it a

Felony of Sexual Offense in the Third Degree

Here is their Penal code section;

https://codes.findlaw.com/md/criminal-law/md-code-crim-law-sect-3-307.html


(a) A person may not:
(1)(i) engage in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other;  and

(ii) 1. employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon;

2. suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the victim or another in the course of committing the crime;

3. threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation, strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping;  or

4. commit the crime while aided and abetted by another;

[ElNono]

Are Dems holding this guy to the same standard as Kav? Seems a guy with a history of drunk driving would automatically be dismissed. I mean how is a 26yo drunk risking the lives of others not causing mass outrage by Dems? Seems odd tbh.

Trump lowered the bar abysmally. That's the answer to your question.

[Nathan89]

I don't give a shit about Clinton, you can send his ass to jail if you want .

Just responding with your logic.

[Nathan89]

Trump lowered the bar abysmally. That's the answer to your question.

Not why Trump would factor into Dems standards.

[Nathan89]

Well you obviously like to call people idiots.

Especially when someone chimes with nothing but a needless insult. I'm sure he uses every opportunity to call people Nazis, racist, sexist, etc and a great deal of the time incorrectly. This is a widely used tactic. Idiot was generous.

[Nathan89]

Dwi is also just a misdemeanor.

He was so drunk he got in a wreck. He put the lives of others in jeopardy. Classification of the crime doesn't override that reality.

[ElNono]

Not why Trump would factor into Dems standards.

Because there's clearly a new bottom that some people are willing to excuse. So certain strategies that worked in the past need reconsideration.

[Nathan89]

I'm asking you if that's really your opinion. Do you really think a drunk driving wreck is worse than attempted rape?

The incident alleged takes a leap to get to attempted rape. Drunk driving is a serious crime and being so drunk that you get in a wreck much worse. And this something he probably did many times. Kav has an alledge groping that happened in highschool and it appears there are no other allegations. I'm not sure how one could possibly think this alledged one time event should carry more weight than a factual drunk driving accident.

[Nathan89]

Because there's clearly a new bottom that some people are willing to excuse. So certain strategies that worked in the past need reconsideration.

That's not really new. They excused Clinton. They are just applying high standards to people not in their tribbe(Kav) and low standards to people in it(drunk driving Beto and Keith Ellison). Let's just recognize that. People don't really give a damn.

[ElNono]

That's not really new. They excused Clinton. They are just applying high standards to people not in their tribbe(Kav) and low standards to people in it(drunk driving Beto and Keith Ellison). Let's just recognize that. People don't really give a damn.

Who are 'they'? You keep bringing Clinton, which means you didn't excuse him, but, then again, neither conservative team cheerleaders like you or the liberal team players like boutons are the high value voters for politicos. They know people like you will hold their nose if they have to, and vote for them, or, push come to shove, you won't be voting for a liberal. It's the people that are on the fence that really matters to them. That people used to equate "I grab em by the pussy" as a political career killer. Not anymore. So politicos continue to fine-tune their message to the new times.

[Pavlov]

The incident alleged takes a leap to get to attempted rape. Drunk driving is a serious crime and being so drunk that you get in a wreck much worse. And this something he probably did many times. Kav has an alledge groping that happened in highschool and it appears there are no other allegations. I'm not sure how one could possibly think this alledged one time event should carry more weight than a factual drunk driving accident.Your claim is that someone's actively trying to rape your daughter/sister/mother isn't as bad as driving drunk.

You're a real piece of shit.

Just remember it's politics that confirmed you are a piece of shit.