Beto O’Rourke Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race

Noooooooo!

If only he was not white..

I hope he continues to push for gun reform. I’m thankful to him for bringing so much passion to that issue

He is so sexy, I love his lean body.

He was born to drop out.

Can’t win his own state

It’s about time for the riffraff to step aside. Tulsi next please. Then Booker. Then Yang. Then Castro.

He was the last top standing.

It's about fucking time.

He should have dropped out ages ago, so he could run for a Texas Congressional seat.

Dumb ass.

[quote] Can’t win his own state

Remind me again how Trump did in New York...

He needed two more polls for the November debate and had twelve more days to get them. I guess the embarrassment of that was too much for him to bear.

He’ll find something else to run for.

I wish he'd been less ambitious and saved his powder for a run against Cornyn here in Texas next year.

It’s about time. He should run for the Senate again.

Not for lack of trying, r2. His name is Robert Francis O'Rourke. He invented the nickname story of being called Beto to try to ride as an Hispanic.

He couldn’t connect AT ALL on a national level. He’s mayoral material.

some liberals don’t want straight white men to win anything anymore.

Aw shucks. And I thought he had it all locked up. I mean after talking to ALL THOSE PEOPLE....

He had a great ass, but he couldn't last forever.

See! This is what happens when you try and take my AR-15 from me.

My father, John McCain, would be spinning in his grave with my unborn child if...*starts sobbing*

He just wasn’t ready for prime time

r16 Yup, I thought for sure he would translate beyond Texas, but it just never happened. Perhaps in a different year with fewer candidates...

R15 if he was pretending to be Hispanic wouldn’t the part of his name he would change be O’ROURKE?

Who will pick up his votes, I wonder?

Total "large" (over $200) donations in Q3 (Texas):

O’Rourke, Robert Beto 437966

Trump, Donald J. 3163675

Castro, Julián 1183639

Biden, Joseph R Jr 1146575

Buttigieg, Pete 1008681

Sanders, Bernard 704487.8

Warren, Elizabeth 662020.5

Harris, Kamala D. 498138.6

Yang, Andrew 270459.9

Klobuchar, Amy J. 244921.5

Good. This means my husband's eyes will be on MY ass where they belong.

Kamala, Amy, and Pete will benefit the most.

Mayor Pete must be happy.

[quote] some liberals don’t want straight white men to win anything anymore.

Please do shoot yourself in the head. Or learn how to capitalize.

Oh geez where will his whopping 2% support go?

r23, you are trying to reason with a deplorable troll.

r29, I was for him and I can tell you, it ain't going to Mayor Pete.

Reddit and Twitter are fucking [italic]pissed[/italic] about this. He's got supporters out there in the cold rain in Des Moines right now, getting ready to march, and he goes and pulls this stunt.

r31 Many were for him, not just you, and let me tell you, it'll go to all sorts of candidates, including Pete.

*Lest we forget, Beto was a moderate through and through until the El Paso shooting happened and he started coming up with policy solutions for the woke Twitter crowd from that point forward.

r33, I meant MY support is not going to Mayor Pete. I can't speak for other Beto supporters.

As for who I will support now, I don't have any idea. None of the others appeal to me (especially Bernie and Mayor Pete).

He didn't stand on enough bars or tables.

So sad. I don't understand why he didn't catch on more in Iowa. He should have been a slam dunk.

r35 Why are you so angry at pete, is it because he basically destroyed Beto at the last debate?

R35: None of 17 candidates appeals to you?

R13 Yes he should have definitely saved his powder.

He's deranged.

Just re-visit that video of him going on a "road trip," following his run for Senate.

He had to "clear his head."

Honestly, the guy's a nutjob, and we dodged a bullet. In no way, is he Presidential material.

r38, Who says I'm angry? I just don't care for Pete. That's allowed you know.

His reactions to the gun violence were heartfelt but his comments on coming for your guns was political suicide for any audience but the woke left.

[quote] I just don't care for Pete. That's allowed you know.

Commas are allowed, too. Just so you know.

The Woke Generation DEMAND that a non-straight non-white human win.

He tried to call pete a coward and pete told his rich overrated ass where he could stick it.

R38, I'm not R35, but you are delusional if you think Pete "destroyed" Beto in the last debate. Beto was right that Pete has no courage on the AR-15 ban. Pete is as bland as the day is long...which still isn't as bland as Amy Klobuchar, but bland enough. And Pete doesn't come from a state that is going to be in play either, and he'll never appeal to black candidates, so Pete will never be the VP candidate either.

Pete should take notes, so when he drops out of the race he knows how to do it properly.

Now he can concentrate on doing what he loves, snapchat and insta stories and awesome roadtrips.

r47 Bland you say? Is that why Pete has 100 times the support at this moment.

[quote] The Woke Generation DEMAND that a non-straight non-white human win.

Is that why Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are at the top of the polls, for Democratic candidates?

You stupid, fucking trollcunt.

R50, do you really think Pete is going to get any sizable black support? It isn't going to happen, and, without black support, it's a no go.

[quote]Reddit and Twitter are fucking pissed about this. He's got supporters out there in the cold rain in Des Moines right now, getting ready to march, and he goes and pulls this stunt.

Those supporters don’t seem like brightest bulbs. Beto’s demise has been written on the wall for months.

[quote] I thought for sure he would translate beyond Texas, but it just never happened.

His goofy SM stunts and that manic windmill arm-waving might have had something to do with that. He was a walking sekf-parody.

We shall see.

The video of him having his Bugs Bunny teeth cleaned was a turns-off.

Nobody needs to see that. Get filmed doing volunteer work, being a guest on a cooking show, reading to kids, jogging, hiking, etc.

Pete is as bland as they come. Whiter than white and no charisma whatsoever. Like somebody already said, he's the male Amy Klobuchar, and about as exciting and inspiring.

And yeah, black voters hate him.

Most Beto supporters probably hate Pete for stealing his whole schtick and doing it better. They won’t be voting for Mayo Pete.

Pete will never get the black vote due to inherent homophobia as well as the fact that he hails from a wealthy academic family. And he's boring as fuck. Chasten should be the one running.

[quote] He tried to call pete a coward

And Pete cut him off at the knees without batting an eye. That was a great moment.

CNN is reporting he won't be speaking at the Iowa dinner tonight. Literally the worst possible time to announce this. Will he be reimbursing his supporters' travel expenses?

R23, R30 is absolutely correct. Though blocked a long time ago, the strangest comments pop-up in rebuttals and replies... (only time I see them now, at will)

[quote]He’ll find something else to run for.

Mayor of El Paso is all that he’s capable of.

People are also pissed that he was asking for donations for his slingshot (whatever that is) just yesterday. It's bad when your own rabble starts turning on you.

R5 He was born to be wild.

[quote] They won’t be voting for Mayo Pete.

Duke’s or Hellman’s?

r61, you sound so "concerned" about it.

Needs to take at least 6 more with him.

R57 ..and pretty much everyone hates black voters

Off topic, but Mayor Pete would be doing better if Chasten were a big bearded bearish guy who never smiled and looked like a biker.

Who’s the safest choice?

Beto on the cover of Vanity Fair "I'm just born to be in it!"

Beto resetting his campaign in May.

Beto resetting his campaign in August.

Beto live-streaming his visit to the dentist.

Good. More attention for Pete!

No Pay Wall....

After his comments about taking AK47's, he won't be able to get elected as dog catcher in TX.

I think a bigger problem is whether he will still be able to gain an office in Texas after an aborted presidential bid.

I would definitely like to see him run for Senate again - although Cornyn and Cruz are tough to beat in Texas.

Until the gun control thing, he had nothing to run on other than that he's sort of hot.

He was stupid to have run.

I found Beto's live-streaming from the laundromat as erotically charged as Dawson's 50 Load Weekend.

Thanks for the eye candy!

Beto should just lay low. There’s no office for him to run for.

Bye bitch!

I thought he'd hang in there a bit longer, actually.

Pete!

Yes!!! She’s one step closer to SOLE SURVIVOR!

Allahpundit:

Beto’s campaign was a nice experiment in whether a candidate could gain traction in a Dem primary by maxing out on progressive culture war stuff. Nope.

Tulsi isn’t speaking tonight in Iowa for some reason.

Joe and Bernie. Sounds like a 70s sitcom.

Bye bitch!

Though boring, I like Amy. I know she has no chance...

your turn fugly pete

Tulsi is busy serving our nation in uniform today R85 🥰🇺🇸

Damn, I really liked beto too. I like his energy and his passion. Tom Steyer is another one I think has really strong solid energy.

I could definitely see him destroying Trump on a debate stage.

And mayor pete is boring as fuck. If he's the nominee in 2020, I'm staying my ass home. I don't care for him at all.

I don't trust pete.

Beto should have been concentrating on trying again for the Senate in Texas. Not wasting his time running for President, which he had zero chance of getting the nomination.

It was clear early on he was too windbag-y for his own good. He was just spewing a lot of hot air I had no idea why people were so enamored with him.

Marianne is tapping the new synergy of a race without Beto.

"Beto was a classic Libra. Balanced. Just. Caring. We who remain must unite not to replace him, but to channel his outstanding qualities with peace and compassion. Beto is very much still part of the race, because he is now part of all of us. The best part."

[quote]And mayor pete is boring as fuck. If he's the nominee in 2020, I'm staying my ass home. I don't care for him at all.

Of course, trolly-polly. So much to have four more years of Trump than to hold your nose and vote for someone "boring."

^ So much better

Not saying that Pete has a chance -- he doesn't -- but he'll at least probably end up with some Cabinet position. The same can't be said for Mr. "I Can't Say One Word Without Maniacally Waving My Hands".

So, it’s “bee-toe” right? Or “bett-oh”?

Absolutely devastated.

Beto was one of my early faves, but Pete sort of eclipsed him.

[quote]bett-oh

Correct.

r97 Are you getting scared that Pete has a chance to win Iowa?

"How can Beto be done yet Pete is still in the running? Beto was so WOKE!"

Buttigieg was very good. He did the slow presidential walk to center stage tonight. Everyone was enthusiastic. But the theme of Buttigieg’s speech tonight was essentially “unity is paramount and it means that we will move forward to the extent that virtually everyone agrees. There will be no winners and losers.” Stakeholder but-in and all that. Industry. The very wealthy. He will need their permission. There will not be structural change.

In other words, he’s for incremental change. Expect another health care bill with listening tours and the nearly endless seeking of industry and Republican input and buy-in. Like Obama.

Now I’m thinking, if we do centrist, just go with Biden. They’re promising the same thing but Biden’s more likely to win at least at this point.

There's definitely some candidates who care more about what twitter thinks and those who don't care and understand that most democrats aren't on twitter and don't have a purity test for what the candidates should believe.

With Beto out of the race, the median IQ of the candidate group just jumped 5 points.

The music choices tonight were really evocative. Kanals was Mary J Blige’s “Work That” and Yang was his favorite song from the 90s, “Return of the Mac.” Very nice.

The trolling on Beto's sub by the Yang Gang got so bad, they had to lock it down, i.e. put it into private mode.

R107, Here's a link to the song choices of the previous Iowa event.

What were the other song selections for the rest of the pack?

Link please r108. I suspect it’s a few Buttigieg fans who are trolling. Yang never had a problem with Beto. The yang people are all about politeness and positivity. They coach each other on Reddit etc.

He looks like a missing Kennedy, and I thought that was his appeal. He stepped onto the national stage before he was ready, because everyone told him to. I bet he regrets it now.

What was Biden’s? Peter changed his.

r110 You must be totally clueless not to know who is involved in the Yang Gang.

R113, link please.

I don’t see any trolling by Yang people in twitter.

I don't think Beto will run for Senate because if he loses which would be likely in Texas that makes him a two time loser, not a label any politician wants. He is young and has some appeal, he can find another political post to run for in the future. If he waits 6-10 years the demographics in Texas will be drastically different from today and a statewide win much more possible.

I don't think Beto will run for Senate because if he loses which would be likely in Texas that makes him a two time loser, not a label any politician wants. He is young and has some appeal, he can find another political post to run for in the future. If he waits 6-10 years the demographics in Texas will be drastically different from today and a statewide win much more possible.

See 'Ya

Guess you're not much of an oracle if you didn't see this coming, r99.

Where will his support go?

He has said the 2020 POTUS race was his last time running for anything.

That seems a bit petulant.

[quote]most democrats aren't on twitter

My Twitter feed shows otherwise.

Wait..... Maybe he's just gone to get a haircut?

When you're best known as "the guy who almost beat ted cruz," it's an uphill battle despite the incredible and often nauseating levels of hype that surrounded him. Beto may not run for office again, but at least he can settle for living off of his billionaire in-laws.

[quote]Tom Steyer is another one I think has really strong solid energy.

[quote]I could definitely see him destroying Trump on a debate stage.

The only thing "I could definitely see him destroying" is my chronic insomnia.

There are way too many of you hung up on debates. It doesn't matter who destroys who on a debate stage. Trump may not even debate and if he does, who cares. He lost every debate against Hillary. Stop trying to treat Trump like a traditional candidate or this election as a normal election.

Maybe now we'll finally get some shirtless photos.

R72 Beto jumping on a table with his arms wildly flailing was good too.

His speech patterns were so affected and Gen X. Most people have moved on from the ‘90s.

[quote]He was the last top standing.

The fuck he is.

[quote]Tulsi isn’t speaking tonight in Iowa for some reason.

She’s busy sucking Putin’s cock.

[quote]and Yang was his favorite song from the 90s, “Return of the Mac.”

Barf. 🤮

He will run for Governor of Texas in 2022.

Playgirl

I want Beto in me, quite deeply.

[quote]I want Beto in me, quite deeply.

Get back in Bed Pete!!

Pete’s speech was masterful and inspiring.

[quote]I don't think Beto will run for Senate because if he loses which would be likely in Texas that makes him a two time loser, not a label any politician wants.

Good point. I can understand why Beto doesn't want to run for Senate in Texas right now. Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas since the 1990's. Beto gave it a good run against Cruz in 2018, but running against Cornyn in 2020 would probably be tougher.

Beto is not in as strong a position as Hickenlooper in Colorado. Hickenlooper has already won 2 statewide races for Governor, plus he's running in a state which is purple and trending increasingly blue. Hickenlooper is probably the favorite to win Colorado against Sen. Gardner next year, whereas Beto would probably be the underdog to Cornyn in Texas.

Beto and Jon Ossoff should form a club for super losers. To fund activities, there should be a lot of money left over from the rubes who were duped into contributing to them.

B b but the Beto troll said all you needed to be is tall and (allegedly) handsome to sweep the board.

Pete stole his mojo. The Vanity Fair cover, the Oprah interview, live streaming visits to the dentist, the "finding myself" roadshow, the "I was born for this" type of comments were all a mistake.

The Daily Beast: “Reacting to losing to Ted Cruz by running for president is like failing to land a role in a community theatre production and deciding to take your talents to Broadway.”

Amen!

[quote]Beto and Jon Ossoff should form a club for super losers. To fund activities, there should be a lot of money left over from the rubes who were duped into contributing to them.

I want in, y’all!

[quote]People are also pissed that he was asking for donations for his slingshot (whatever that is) just yesterday.

I’d pay to see him in a sling.

[quote]Beto and Jon Ossoff should form a club for three-ways.

Fixed.

I still want his cock in me

r141 The Beto Troll has been on suicide watch since June, and I can't imagine the recent news is helping.

[quote]CNN is reporting he won't be speaking at the Iowa dinner tonight. Literally the worst possible time to announce this. Will he be reimbursing his supporters' travel expenses?

MSNBC said his biggest donor just flew to Iowa for the dinner and didn’t find out he dropped out of the race until she stepped off the plane. She was pissed!

MSNBC anchor David Guerra: “The person who once said he was born to run for President is making a run... for the exit.” 🥁

r149 That is so crazy and irresponsible to me. Especially considering the reports he already decided to drop out at the start of the week.

Also, I love how his supporters are in no rush to back Castro. They might come from the same state, but they very much do not seem to share the same base.

All's fair in love and war and politics so this is not blaming anybody but a lot of Beto's early thunder was taken by Pete when he broke out early on. If Pete weren't in the race, or if he didn't have a great "viral" moment in one of the early town halls, it would be interesting to see where Beto would be today. I sense he would have done much better.

You could see a direct correlation between Pete's poll numbers going up, and Beto's dropping down.

That said, Beto made a number of strategic mistakes in his campaign which were all of his own doing as well.

R152, Pete comes across as far more intelligent/savvy than Beto. Can't see the former talking about confiscating people's guns when he wants to win the Mid West and the South.

[quote]If Pete weren't in the race, or if he didn't have a great "viral" moment in one of the early town halls

What viral moment?

The sooner this fantasy of getting Texas in 2020 died, the better for the entire party. Might happen two or three cycles from now, but it's just not happening next year.

"cheerleader of the porn star presidency" moment

The single most iconic moment in this presidential primary.

r153 Even someone like Bennet said he got gang-handed by Dems at a rally in New Hampshire over guns after Beto had said that at the debate. He made such a mess of it for the whole field, all to score some purity points on Twitter.

Gloat Pete fans for now. But your day is coming, Pete's not getting near this nomination either.

And if by some crazy chance he does get it, prepare for 4 more years of Trump because a married gay man is not getting elected president in this country in 2020.

A gross conman on his third wife wasn't supposed to get elected either... 'tis a brave new world, henny.

[quote][R149] That is so crazy and irresponsible to me. Especially considering the reports he already decided to drop out at the start of the week.

This makes me like him less. It’s like he’s so self-involved and full of himself that he doesn’t even realize there are other people involved. It doesn’t even occur to him. Kind of like a high school girl who doesn’t know others exist.

r156 is for r154

Beto pulled out and I didn't feel it.

He never seemed to have any substance. Whoever said that he was Mayor material was right. He should run for Mayor of his hometown and learn how to actually govern. If it's successful, he can eventually run for Governor. He can clean up his comments about taking guns at that time.

r160 He wanted to say goodbye to his supporters in person, apparently. After they already paid to get to fucking Des Moines.

That happened for a number of reasons; Russian interference, voter repression, not campaigning in certain states, among them. Not to mention a basically complacent media that allowed him to get away with murder with all his lies and accusations, while they hounded the Democratic nominee over and over again about "her e-mails."

Will that happen again? Who knows? I don't think the media has learned much, do you?

Beto's collapse is complete. He'll never be president.

Booker will be the next candidate to drop out.

Not before Castro, Delaney, Bullock, Bennet...

Tulsi or Yang should be the next ones to drop out.

Oh r165, get off it already! Anyone could see that the media was 10× harder on Trump than Hillary during the 2016 election. Yes she occasionally got asked about the thousands of emails she illegally deleted? So what? The media wanted to create the impression that they were SOMEWHAT fair.

Hillary lost fair and square because people hate her. Get rid of this " Hillary is a victim" complex already. The works isn't t out to get Hillary.

The real victims are the black men who were given extremely long prison sentences for ridiculous offenses because they're "superpredators" as Hillary said.

[quote]Hillary lost fair and square because people hate her.

She won the popular vote so people do not, in fact, hate her. If they hated her, she would have lost that one as well. That's not that hard to grasp, is it?

r171, again, arguing with a troll.

A LOT of them need to drop out already. At least Beto knew when it was time to go; wish some of his fellow Democrats would take the hint as well.

Hillary Clinton was a victim of her own past corruption. It came back to haunt her.

Hillary Clinton was a victim of her own past corruption. It came back to haunt her.

R171, She won the popular vote (barely) because a lot of people like myself held our noses and voted for her. She did not enjoy enhusiastic support like Bernie Sanders did. The only people who really liked her were bilionaires(wonder why), feminists, and avid cable news viewers.

There are 17 still there? That means there will be 16 more who will reach the point where they have to drop out,, for whatever reasons, since only one can claim the nomination.

Who will it be? I have no idea, although I have a pretty good idea who it WON'T be at this point.

I would expect a few more of them to call it a day before the primaries even begin in February.

As much as I hated Gillibrand, at least she had the decency to get out early. Why are Booker, Yang, Castro, Gabbard even still considered legitimate candidates?

Beto was the sexy candidate. He needed to have played on that more. During the summer, he needed to have "accidently' gave a peep. Don't mean the plaque on his teeth either.

The moderates call for unity. The progressives call for structural change. What are you hungering for right now? What are most hungering for more?

And who’s more likely to win?

I really don’t know.

[quote] Ms. Warren said “complacency does not win elections,” as she pushed for big changes, while moderates like Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden vowed they could unite the country.

Plenty of voters throughout US history vote for the candidate whom they think is the least bad. That doesn't mean they love, let alone like, their choice.

Also doesn't mean they "hate" their choice.

definitely hungering more for structural change. I think "unity" is a bullshit concept at this point, meant to paper over real problems by saying everything is basically okay, the obscenely rich who own the country are all basically good guys. with a few bad apples, but hey, let's throw a few pennies at the poor and maybe talk nicer in public while not doing much of anything about anything. But if that's just me and a few others, well, so be it for now. Even a moderate would be a hell of a lot better than Trump so I hope nobody is planning on throwing any tantrums next November if their candidate doesn't win. And a competent moderate like Pete would of course be a big step up from where we are now.

R170, By their own admission, the media LOVES Donald Trump because he's a daily click-bait inducing, ratings-generating, page-turning train-wreck, at the expense of the gullible American public.  History will show that of all of Trump's dastardly deeds, perhaps his most dangerous was normalizing corruption and malfeasance...and the media is his very willing accomplice.

Washington is batshit crazy and terribly broken. I want structural change in this country. So I’m going with Warren.

Warren is a fool. Structural change only works from the bottom up and not the top down. And that has long been a big flaw in the Democratic Party. While we are focused on the Presidency, the Republicans have been focused on the races for local dogcatcher, the school boards, the statehouses, and the courthouses.

The kind of sweeping, cultural and systemic changes that Warren says she wants (and Bernie too) need to start at the local, grassroots level and swell to a national, nationwide focus. The President can't do shit without backup, and a farm team.

We have a lot of democrats who seem to have been out sick the day they taught the lesson that Presidents aren't Kings in Civics Class.

So Warren can get up on stage and squawk about bold changes, but she's talking to the wind. If history is our guide, once Donald Trump is vanquished, Democrats will just return to old voting patterns. And does she really think the opposition is just going to roll over and allow her to get whatever she wants. We learned with Obama, that political honeymoons and voter mandates are concepts from the past.

Have you ever asked yourself whatever happened to the Tea Party? Remember how they were yelling about government spending being out of control? How it wasn't a partisan issue and that they weren't racist? You would think they would be all over the place now with out of control deficits and military parades and walls we can't afford, procurement ethics violations, emoluments clause violations. Etc. Etc. Etc. But, nary a peep.

Irish people like Beto usually age HORRIBLY.

Mayor pete looks like the eternal mayor. I don't see that man as a president, I just don't see it.

Tulsi and Kamala next.

[quote]Mayor pete looks like the eternal mayor. I don't see that man as a president, I just don't see it.

Riiiight. Far left nuts like Bernie and Elizabeth do, along with braindead Biden. Give me a break. Pete is the only one who sounds presidential and human.

Trump had no political experience and Obama had next to no resume.

The Democrats will come to regret not having advised Beto a little better. When the Texas Gerrymandering case went to the supreme court last year the DNC stood on the sidelines unlike Michigan and North Carolina. The Supreme Court ended up upholding the GOP gerrymandering killing pretty much any hope of defeating John Cornyn in 2020. Beto even mentioned it when he announced his candidacy.

Look what Martin Heinrich of New Mexico said last year. New Mexico is blue in spite of the DNC not because of it.

[quote]Trump had no political experience and Obama had next to no resume.

And neither was a good President.

[quote]The Supreme Court ended up upholding the GOP gerrymandering killing pretty much any hope of defeating John Cornyn in 2020.

John Cornyn is a US Senator which is a statewide office. Gerrymandering has no effect on the US Senate.

And mayor Pete's record is shit. Which is why hes so infamous in southbend.

R192, you realize that gerrymandering has absolutely no effect on any Senate race, correct? Senate races are statewide races not bounded by congressional district lines.

You all really think Americans are going to vote for someone like pete? Someone with a prolapsed asshole?

Really?

R179, Like when Al Gore displayed VPL on the cover of Rolling Stone?

[quote]It’s like he’s so self-involved and full of himself that he doesn’t even realize there are other people involved. It doesn’t even occur to him. Kind of like a high school girl who doesn’t know others exist.

He rich. So it doesn’t even cross his mind that those supporters had to pay their own money to get to Des Moines. To him, money just grows on trees.

I didn't know Gore had shown VPL. His presidency was stolen by reptelious GOPers. I hope the Bushes never win another political race ever again.

[quote]“I’m kind of sad,” said Sierra Rodriguez, 17, who had traveled from Dallas, where she worked on Mr. O’Rourke’s Senate race last year and had been volunteering on this one. “But he didn’t have a reason why it was his time to be president.”

Ouch. 😬

[quote] To him, money just grows on trees.

Wait? You mean it doesn't?

From the article at r201:

[quote]His speaking style — a hope-and-change Obama impersonation, crossed with the mid-set banter of a brooding singer-songwriter — connected until it did not. His eagerness to please — feet tapping atop cafe counters, hands slicing the air, head held in a permanent display of attentiveness — began to grate on some Democrats who had preferred such tics when he was merely the alternative to Mr. Cruz, a Republican they loathed.

I never noticed those tics. Is that really something that bothered some people, or is this author just being mean? I know some DLers didn't like his gesticulation, but I happen to enjoy that a lot.

[quote]I never noticed those tics. Is that really something that bothered some people, or is this author just being mean?

He acted and sounded like a buffoon.

I'm so proud of Pete. Another rival bites the dust!

Trump thought there was something wrong with beto and how he moves his arms etc.

Pot meat kettle,

But I liked beto and all of his tics. No one else really excites me. The energy was definitely they're.

[quote]I never noticed those tics. Is that really something that bothered some people, or is this author just being mean?

I noticed Bernie's hand waving more than I noticed Beto's. I did have hope for him after he lost in Texas but he seemed to flat line after the first debate if not before and he put his foot in his mouth too many times.

It does feel like they're kicking him while he's down as those who were unwilling to make a prediction before he dropped out are now acting like they new it all along.

[quote]But I liked beto and all of his tics. No one else really excites me. The energy was definitely they're.

There's no they're there, R206.

r183 you are an idiot if you think big structural reform is possible without uniting the people and the country first and bring out a consensus.

Warren is a terrible senator who has a very bad approval rating for someone who is from Masachussetts. Any one who thinks that this woman can bring about any kind of structural reform is a buffoon.

R186 speaks good sense. So, of course, no one will listen.

People were excited when they watched him and heard him speak. Afterward they read what he said and realized he didn't say anything and then they felt stupid. Beto leaves a lot of embarrassed people in his wake, who frankly need to be publicly humiliated for ever supporting him.

[quote]The sooner this fantasy of getting Texas in 2020 died, the better for the entire party. Might happen two or three cycles from now, but it's just not happening next year.

I agree. It will take another cycle before the Democrats can win a statewide race in Texas. However, there are several Congressional seats in Texas that are in play next year.

This soundbite killed his campaign . . .

"Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47"

Beto will forever be Commander in Chief of my ass.

r213 He said this during his SECOND "campaign reset;" his campaign was dead long before this moment, it just hadn't accepted it yet.

Pete's not going to be the nominee. The DNC will never let a gay man who is married be the nominee of the Democratic party; they want to win.

Okay, Kassandra.

There's always tomorrow.

[quote]The DNC will never let a gay man who is married be the nominee of the Democratic party

So the DNC would allow an unmarried gay man to be the nominee?

[quote]So the DNC would allow an unmarried gay man to be the nominee?

We're planning a Rose Garden wedding after the election!

I was for him, before I was against him.

Hes relaunching his campaign in January.

You heard it here first.

I'll tell you something, an unmarried gay man might have a better chance of being elected; the thought of two men getting it on in the White House master bedroom will turn a lot of people off when they go to the voting booth, homophobia is still very real. Y'all are fooling yourselves if you think otherwise.

Voters might vote for a gay man for president as long as he was also chaste.

R223, take your "Y'all" and your "chaste" Bible-speak back to Lip Stick Alley.

R223, voters are more likely to vote for a gay man who is married and in a committed, stable relationship. If a gay man was single, he would be accused of being an uncommitted slut.

[quote] Tulsi and Kamala next.

Kamala ‘I was that little girl’ Harris is circling the drain. She shut her operation in NH down and is downsizing/laying off everywhere but Iowa (where she’s polling at 3% and dropping.)

The point r225, is that most voters aren't likely to vote for either. A gay man as the presidential nominee in 2020 would be death for the Democratic party, and it is IMPERATIVE that we kick Donald Trump out next year. We absolutely must do it.

The DNC might try to push him through as part of a brokered, backroom deal.

Kamala is betting everything on Iowa. She'll be staying in at least until the Iowa caucuses take place. If she does well, then she'll stay in. If she tanks in Iowa, then expect her to drop out before New Hampshire.

The gay thing isn't going to work out. We had a gay person win the popular vote in 2016, but the electrol college gave it to president Pampers.

So I just don't know.

Say wha r230?

R231, I think R230 is implying/joking that Hillary is a lesbian.

People have said that a woman or a black person would be too much of a risk to put up as a presidential nominee next year (BTW, I don't necessarily agree), so why wouldn't a gay man be too much of a risk as well? Because it's articulate, brilliant Mayor Pete? Because although gay, he's also white? Because he's religious? Come on, what are your reasons.

I'm waiting.

If Bernie-Bro-Landia and Corporatist-Oligarch-Fat Cats combine to take down Warren - it'll be a Buttigieg-Abrams ticket.

And it will lose to Trump in a landslide r234.

I still think the likely nominee will be either BIden or Warren. Sanders would be a disaster and I don't think his following is that big, and Buttigieg has a ceiling that he will eventually reach.

But what do I know, I also thought Hillary Clinton would be the next president after Obama.

R235 As long as we are just internet-trolling onanists…. No, Trump will have fled to Russia and be safely ensconced in one of Boris' tasteless gold-leafed dachas by then.

[quote]People have said that a woman or a black person would be too much of a risk to put up as a presidential nominee next year

It's mainly just black Biden supporters who are saying any of that.

The only one of his tics that really ever bothered me was inserting "además" and other random Spanish words into his answers [italic]in addition to their English equivalents.[/italic] Either omit the English one OR say the entire sentence in Spanish; those are your only two options. Why he would duplicate words like that is so bizarre to me. Was he implying the Latinx and the Hispanic communities don't understand the word "furthermore"? Or was he trying to be cute about it? If the latter, he should know by now that people don't tend to fall for these kinds of cheap winks to the camera.

[quote] If she does well, then she'll stay in.

Like I said, she’s polling at 3% and dropping in Iowa. No one likes her sour fake ass.

R232 you nailed it. And yes, it was a joke.

Like Kamala as a senator, I think she's effective in that position. But I dont want her to be president.

She's way to fake and her record is very problematic for myself and other people of color.

Absolutely no to Kamala Harris. I like her, just not as a president. I think the Senate is good enough.

If Democrats when back the white house in 2020. I wouldn't mind seeing her as the attorney general, but never president.

R213, on the contrary, that remark at that debate was the highlight of the campaign season so far. You realize that the people who are against taking weapons of war off of the streets are never going to vote Democratic anyway, don't you?

[quote]Like I said, she’s polling at 3% and dropping in Iowa. No one likes her sour fake ass.

Remember, all the polling in Iowa shows that voters are not firmly committed to the candidate they say they are supporting. Most of the likely caucus-goers report that they could still switch their support to a different candidate. Nothing about the polling is certain at this point.

[quote]And it will lose to Trump in a landslide [R234].

I would rather lose with Pete as the nominee, than Warren. With Pete we would be making a bold statement with fresh, new leadership. A major cultural earthquake. And yes, I'm gonna say it. Pete is more qualified for the job than Warren. She has clearly learned absolutely nothing in the Senate. And now she has gone on the record with promises to bankrupt the country with her crazy healthcare scheme.

R243 Correct. But there is the understandable additional element to Dem Primary discernment - who will beat Trump? I think his going out so far... and his "fuck this" animus - could have appealed to Dem Primary voters, but could also have telegraphed "wingnut" ammo for the Trump Machine in the general election.

Unfortunately, R246, no one is going to out wingnut Elizabeth Warren...well, unless it's Bernie, but that's never going to happen. Between her big, but wildly unrealistic "plans" and the whole Pocahontas thing, Trump (please, God, let him be gone before then) will tear her to shreds and the vast majority of citizens, who are idiots, will eat it up.

Why would he be gone by 2020, R247? You think 2/3 of the Senate will vote him out once the House sends impeachment over to them? Those chickenshit Republicans? Not gonna happen.

I'm good with the safest bet. Straight white male. Some diversity for VP. I'll still vote for whomever wins the nomination.

R234 Neither of those is in a heterosexual marriage, and neither has children. A lot of people will look at them and say, "These people are not like me and they don't have a stake in the future." Not a nice truth, but that's what many will say.

Pete has surged to 3rd place in the latest IOWA poll:

"O’Rourke suggested in an interview in September that he will not. “I cannot fathom a scenario where I would run for public office again if I’m not the nominee,” he said."

a story about how it went wrong... even his failure seems kinda superficial...

He'll probably end up with a well paying tv show on MSNBC.

Everybody wins.

From R253's link:

"In a sign of the campaign’s frustration, Rob Flaherty, O’Rourke’s digital director, posted a photograph on Twitter of a t-shirt he said the campaign was “going to put out but didn’t.” It read, in all caps: “HE WASN’T STREAMING HIS DENTIST APPOINTMENT HE WAS SHARING THE HYGIENIST’S STORY.”

With 'talent' like that, why is anyone wondering why he -- and his campaign -- tanked?

Sounds like his campaign was a shambles right from the start. The guy’s a dilettante who didn’t have a clue what he was doing. He wasted a lot of peoples’ time and money.

[quote]Inside Beto O’Rourke’s collapse

Was this written by a DLer?

R257 I thought the same thing.

[open]She won the popular vote (barely)

She won it by 3.8 million votes.

Well, getting the primary candidate that you actually LOVE is rare in a primary. I adore Kamala - her intellect, background, education, ability, actual Senatorial experience, DA experience, REALISTIC platforms, etc... But it is what it is. Pete will not be the nominee either and he is my second choice. I really only resonate with these two candidates. BUT - at the end of the day, I will vote "D" down the ballet no matter who is chosen. We all need to do the same. Not even the worst of the Dem candidates can even come CLOSE to the repulsive, violent, Mob-driven, destructive, tyrannical, demagogue, divisive, hypocritical bullshit that the ENTIRE GOP/Trumpybear are pushing currently and will continue to until they breathe their last breath. That foul Tulsi (a GOP/Russian plant) is not included in this elite list (and pock face is not a threat anyway). If you disagree, then you likely have very limited cognitive reasoning for a number of reasons (all of which do not qualify you to have a fully functioning brain and a valid vote...).

Inside Beto O’Rourke’s collapsed hole 🕳

R245 And, I’d rather lose with any nominee (except Sanders) than win with that monchichi doppelgänger Pete. Seriously, you PetePhanatics are as bad as BernieBros. Your sycophantic antics make others discount the very object of your worship. Good luck when it all comes crashing down.

Beto had been a US Representative before, and had run a state-wide Senate campaign before.

That article makes it sound like he was a complete novice, who didn’t even know to hire a campaign manager or talk to the press.

r262 Making fun of someone's appearance? You're just all class, aren't you, dear? 🙄

[quote][bold]I’d rather lose with any nominee (except Sanders)[/bold] than win with that monchichi doppelgänger Pete.

Bernie or Buster busted. Fucking deplorable people. Hope you rot in hell.

[quote]Seriously, you PetePhanatics are as bad as BernieBros. Your sycophantic antics make others discount the very object of your worship.

And Beto or Kamala stans are much to be admired, dear?

I think the DNC know not to put pete as the parties nominee. He lives that lifestyle, and a lot of conservative types are very uncomfortable with that. And we have to beat Trump in 2020.

So I'm just saying, that would be a huge risk that we can't chance.

Then by that reasoning, R267, does it come back to Biden? I started out as a huge supporter off Biden and now I'm... less so because I think he's run lacklustre campaign and beyond improving the ACA I am not sure what he stands for... but maybe that's the point. Steady hand. But I accept he still could be the one who can defeat Trump. I'm just torn.

Plus I'm mindful of that poll that said a majority would vote for a gay candidate (although I'd like a repolling now it becomes a greater likelihood) and I'm mindful a majority of people disapprove of how that imbecile is handling the presidency and that he barely won the damn thing last time anyway. Which is to say the factors make it look like a moderate risk moderate candidate could be feasible and maybe it doesn't have to be Biden. But to me the only thing that matters is defeating Trump and I'll vote for whoever can actually do it.

I can't stand Pete and will not be voting for him, but I disagree that he doesn't have a chance to win. He is obviously being set up to be the nominee by the establishment now that Warren is sinking with her M4A messaging. Sanders is blatantly being ignored by the media in favor of Pete, even though Bernie is leading ahead of Pete. Again, in a repeat of 2016, Sanders is widely trashed and ignored. Wonder if Pete will get the same pariah treatment that Hillary did when he loses to Trump next year.

Would a Playgirl centerfold have helped Beto's campaign?

Pete will be flaccid at the next debate. Shame.

The thing no one acknowledges about Bernie is his support is a mile deep and an inch wide.

That is, Bernie supporters are very intense supporters, but there is a cap on their numbers. Bernie has most of the supporters he’s ever going to have right now. And their fanaticism isn’t communicable.

Many voters outside the Bernie clique don’t like him and won’t support him no matter what happens. No conservatives of any party like him, and many moderates don’t either. He has the left wing of the left wing and that’s it. All people see is a lot of Bernie worshippers at events. They think the enthusiasm of Bernie crowds means he can win a general election. But if he was even viable he would be beating Biden like a drum, who is lackluster at best. But he doesn’t have broad appeal, so he can’t.

He can’t carry Southern states, so there’s no point in berating other candidates like Buttigieg, if they can’t carry them either, because they’re gay or minorities. He can’t flip purple states in conservative areas. Bernie Bros can cheer him to the depths of their being, but it doesn’t make him any more palatable to moderates who just don’t like his “who cares how we pay for it, let’s do it anyway” attitude. After Trump, the country will be flat broke anyway and we’ll be lucky to hold onto Social Security and welfare.

Sanders and Warren don’t acknowledge that, but it’s true. They want gullible voters to not realize their plans are unaffordable, once Trump gets through thrashing the economy and driving the country into debt. You can only promise expensive plans if you refuse to acknowledge you’re walking into office with a broke country.

I like Buttigieg, because he’s young and sharp and adaptable. What’s going to happen once Trump is gone and people find out just how bad things really are? A lot of things we know nothing about now are going to come out. Trump has probably been gaming the economy by bribing officials and who knows what else. The economy will collapse like a house of cards once he’s gone. He’s destroying alliances and treaties as we speak.

Remember how it was for Obama when he entered office? Stock market crashing, economy unstable as hell? We could be facing that again. Plus enormous debt. And lots of revelations will come out that destabilize the market once Trump is gone. I want a young man to deal with that, someone who is pragmatic and doesn’t inflexibly cling to his personal plans, which may be found to be untenable once the worst is known.

A lot of the hate Buttigieg gets is based on lies and disinformation spread by supporters of the candidates like Kamla Harris.

That is simply not true. Pete has been handled with kid gloves by the media. Now, he is backpedaling on his statement about it being a two way race because of some backlash. He doesn't even have the courage to stand by simple statements like that, I don't trust him to run the country.

I stopped at the pretentious nickname. Bitch, please.

I’ve seen quite a few people say they will never vote for Pete - are you fucking kidding me? You better get your ass out and vote for him if he’s somehow the nominee. I can’t stand Bernie, not the biggest fan of Warren, Biden, etc. but I will be the first in line to vote for any of them. Fucking idiots.

Without Beto the excitement of the upcoming primaries has died down a little.

Only Elizabeth stands out in the crowd as someone that can be balls out and give a good soundbite.

There are excellent textbook examples of internet trolling in this thread. Rejecting reason and internal logic in statements for florid, attention-seeking attacks on.... it doesn't matter. The attack is the point, not the actual content of what's communicated. Most voters, even highly partisan voters, have complete lives, can entertain more than one idea at a time, and can visualize divergent election scenarios they'd be happy with. I was a Bernie supporter in 2016 (am a DSA member), was happy to vote for Clinton in the general, gave $ to Pete in March and April (as well as Castro and Warren), and am now firmly a Warren supporter. I have observed and been disappointed in Pete's pivot to the center (which has made me even more strongly a Warren supporter), but even today on Sunday news I listened to Pete, understood his approach, appreciated it for the strategic impact it might have on the general election. I'd be happy to vote for any of the Dem candidates in the general (except Gabbard... though I'd vote for her). Breathe, listen, be amused, don't throw nor eat mud, love mercy and work for justice. It isn't that hard, eh?

[quote] “I cannot fathom a scenario where I would run for public office again if I’m not the nominee,” he said."

So Beto will run for office only if he's unopposed in the primary? If he actually has to be competitive and make a case for himself, then forget it? What a loser.

[quote] Without Beto the excitement of the upcoming primaries has died down a little.

For you maybe, Mr. Sad Sack, but for the 99 percent of the voting population who didn't support him, his dropping out makes no difference at all.

[quote]when you try and take my

Oh dear.

[quote] That is simply not true. Pete has been handled with kid gloves by the media. Now, he is backpedaling on his statement about it being a two way race because of some backlash. He doesn't even have the courage to stand by simple statements like that, I don't trust him to run the country.

It seems you’re not alone on the trust issue with Pete.

Have heard many of late echo these sentiments.

His obsession with the wealthy and his closeness to Zuckerberg has shifted some tides.

Even Biden’s not cozy with Zuck. That speaks volumes.

Pete’s devolution (as other candidates who have similar alliances) is not assisted by positive associations with Zuck and Facebook. FB - like Trump and the GOP - has a corruption stain.

He had BDF. Yum!

Imagine sucking Beto's 8 inch cock. He's a handful.

r264. Like all the Pete trolls who made fun of Beto's appearance?

Bitch please.

r277, If by some chance Pete is the nominee for the Democratic party in 2020 I will vote for him in the general. I hate Trump so much that I would vote for any of them (except maybe Tulsi) should they become the nominee.

But he's not getting my vote in the primary, and I will be hoping that he doesn't get the nomination either.

[quote] His obsession with the wealthy and his closeness to Zuckerberg has shifted some tides.

YES. That's what gives me pause.

Piers Morgan thinks this cover doomed him

I don't know that the VF cover alone doomed him, but it certainly didn't help.

[quote]People were excited when they watched him and heard him speak. Afterward they read what he said and realized he didn't say anything and then they felt stupid. Beto leaves a lot of embarrassed people in his wake, who frankly need to be publicly humiliated for ever supporting him.

There are a couple of Beto threads where the Beto troll was blocking anyone that disagreed with him on Beto's electability. To him, Beto's physical attributes would carry him through to beat Trump in the general whilst carrying his red home state in the process. A state he failed in running against arguably the most despised man in the senate. We tried to explain their Kardashian style superficiality wouldn't fly on the political stage but they were having none of it and tolerating no dissent. TYes. hey, presumably grown adults, should be ashamed of thinking the presidency is a beauty contest.

[quote]"O’Rourke suggested in an interview in September that he will not. “I cannot fathom a scenario where I would run for public office again if I’m not the nominee,” he said."

If there's an unpleasant side to Beto's personality, this is it. His lack of self-awareness, particularly when it comes to his entitledness and privilege is astonishing. What this says is, he thinks he's too good for Congress. He'll be president or nothing.

Yeah, I'm surprised Beto said that.

Hickenlooper realized that he wasn't going to win the nomination and is willing to run for Senate in Colorado to beat the Republican. If a 2-term Governor can put the good of the party first, so should Beto.

You know the ex-Obama staffers that lied to him that he was special and insisted he run are partly to blame. You just can't create another Obama at will.

[quote]I don't know that the VF cover alone doomed him, but it certainly didn't help.

I don't think it did either but I consider myself a thinking person and the whole thing put me off him. He could have earned it back with substance (which he didn't deliver either in the end) but the whole think stunk to me. That he did, that he embraced the Vanity Fair ethos, that he then said such fat headed things... I get the same early dismay when I see photos of Mayor Pete with people and in places that feel... Vanity Fair. I know it is part of the game but it doesn't sit well with me.

r292, Again, there is a qualified FEMALE running for that Senate seat in Texas. Should Beto just push her aside and run for it himself? That would have gone over well, especially among female voters.

Before you decide to bash Beto, why don't you do some research so you don't post incorrect info?

[quote]You know the ex-Obama staffers that lied to him that he was special and insisted he run are partly to blame.

The same people who lied to Hillary and told her she was a great candidate.

R295, I wasn't saying Beto had to run for Senate. I was agreeing with another poster that it's odd that Beto would say he won't run for *any* office again if he can't be the Presidential nominee. I was saying Beto could serve the Democratic Party in some way, just as Hickenlooper is trying to do now.

If the Dems win in 2020, maybe Beto will be named to a Cabinet position.

Yes, Poet Laureate or Ambassador to Brooklyn.

^LOL. Secretary of Punk Rock, perhaps.

He can be the Ambassador to the Gays, and take his shirt off at Pride Parades.

Agree R298. Beto is a wonderful person, if not a wonderful candidate. I hope to see more of him.

R301, "Ambassador to the Gays" ... that would be the Court of Queen Mary?

This makes me sad. I like him -- he's charismatic and well-meaning. He's definitely still young enough where he can take a little time off, regroup, and come back stronger later.

Beto is adorable, earnest and a good man. He needs a strong running mate who is better at delivering a message and debating - I wonder if he and Kamala would make a good ticket 4 years from now? He really is the type of politician who is very lacking in many ways - yet polarizingly popular to those who appreciate his sincerity and positive vision.

He'll probably be back for the governor's race in 2022. He needs to take some time off, regroup, and come back with a more focused campaign.

Beto was so fucking hot though....mmmmmm

He really blew it. At this point, he's no one's choice for VP. Mayo Pete, at least, can conceivably be any of the top three's VP if he isn't the nominee.

He needs to do a decade doing a Jimmy Carter... building houses, building respect and credibility back. He just seems like a self indulgent poet who wanders trying to find and understand. Nice but not presidential. He made a fool of himself.

R305 Four years from now? You assume Trump will be re-elected? I am hoping that in 2024 President Warren (or insert your favorite Democrat here) will be running for re-election.

There were better candidates in the race so he didn't make it to the next stage in the primary. He still gave a few good soundbites. Love his performance during the Texas debate. It was sensational.

He could still be the Democratic candidate's VP choice.

We haven't had a big mass shooting in awhile. Someone should start talking about gun control so that Republicans can't say "TOO SOON DON'T POLITICIZE!" this time.

Dream on, r311. None of the likely nominees needs a straight white boy as a running mate, let alone one who devolved into a big joke.

R313, JFK needed LBJ, who was looked upon by many members of the Kennedy family and administration as a joke.

[quote] [R313], JFK needed LBJ, who was looked upon by many members of the Kennedy family and administration as a joke.

Are you kidding me with this stupidity? In 1960, nobody but a white man ever would have been selected as JFK's running mate; times have changed. And regardless of what the dimwitted Kennedys may have thought of him, LBJ had 12 years' experience in the Senate, 6 of them as Majority Leader, and was one of the most effective senators of all time in terms of his ability to pass legislation. Beto O'Rourke in no way compares.

As the conversation turns to VP selection... HRC tried to pic a balancing "white hetero man" for her VP. It was a total bust... he didn't help her in Ohio, and I'd argue he didn't do what they thought he'd do for PA, MI and WI. I believe if she'd picked Booker or Patrick she'd be President today.

R315, JFK gave LBJ nothing to do as VP. All he did was attend funerals. Finally, he appointed him to the Space Program, but he was just a name on the letterhead.

JFK need LBJ to deliver Texas in 1960, something Beto would have trouble doing in 2020.

LBJ was certainly needed on Nov 22, 1963.

[quote] [R315], JFK gave LBJ nothing to do as VP. All he did was attend funerals. Finally, he appointed him to the Space Program, but he was just a name on the letterhead.

I would say that the real "finally" is "finally, he got shot to death and LBJ replaced him as President." But seriously, while LBJ may not have been well-used once elected VP, that is irrelevant to the point that he was much more qualified for the role than Beto and thus brought much more to the ticket.

So what will Beto do with his life now?

Star in community theatre stagings of 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

Is he going to do gay daddy porn now, cause I’m here for that?

Seriously. Is he going to work for his father-in-law?

r323 That would make him a certified cuckold, so I'm thinking no.

r323, do you know what "cuckold" means?

You're saying he's not a cuckold? And that he married the rich girl for her looks and personality?

r325 Gurl, you are not that bright, are you?

A cuckold is a man whose wife cheats on him, dopus, not a man who married his wife for her money.

Ooh, a new/old insult word!

Kennedy being Catholic in the 1960 election was a huge deal at the time; Johnson being Protestant balanced the ticket, in addition to the other reasons stated above.

I also have no problem him doing gay cuckold porn.

There's the literal meaning of 'cuckold' and colloquial 'cuck' which Beto will be if he goes to work for the in-laws.

I hope he will be doing Chaturbate under the title “The Politician.”

He's agreed to hook up live with his younger bud.

Silly Pete fans. He is clearly thinking about the Texas governorship in 2022.

He'll lay low for a year and then pop up in 2021.

Anything is possible, oracle.

But at this moment, Pete is closer to power than Beto is.

We can say Pete top him?

So now that Beto has been vanquished by Pete, will the Beto fans stop calling him Mayo Pete?

Beto will now have more time to unleash his gorgeous cock and breed willing recipients.

The Beto fans can't fathom why no one else but them is attracted to Beto. Well, lusting after an AWG won't make him hot.

I don't know why you all aren't masturbating to his handsome face right now!

For his call with supporters this week, he had a scruff thing going on and it looked good. That man can talk!

R342 He's very uneven in his ability to talk. Sometimes he seems (seemed?) articulate and inspiring. Other times he seemed frantic, inchoate, and superficial.

r343 Yes, the first in June debate was my first ever contact with Beto and I was surprised at how... frantic his speech was. Perhaps it was just the nerves, because he did better at those televised town halls later on.

How much weed would you guess he smokes on a daily basis?

Surely he's not going to lay low up to 2022? He has to do something.

His only hope would be as Warren’s running mate.

[quote] The Beto fans can't fathom why no one else but them is attracted to Beto.

Or why his looks aren't enough to inspire people to vote for him.

Beto's a heavy perspirer. Imagine how drenched the sheets must get after a prolonged session.

He's hot! I mean, really hot.

He's no intellectual. Up against Liz or Pete he often came off as flailing.

He was a guy who obviously would have been a great constituency Senator or Congressman. I can't argue he doesn't really care. I think it's obvious he does. And he's no more stupid than anyone else of usual intelligence. But he seemed only to have feeling and emotion and that wasn't enough. He's relatively young, he can focus himself but he did, to me, come across in the end was a well meaning dilettante.

A conservative voting record while holding a safe blue seat in Congress and only changed his mind on assault weapons after a shooting happened in his own backyard. Because those queers gunned down in Pulse didn't quite do the trick for him.

But yeah, he cares. Deeply. About how he comes across to the Twitter rabble.

He's also corrupt. While on the city council, he approved projects that benefitted his father-in-law.

r349 Wow he really sweat a lot. Imagine the musk under his nuts.

Beto was a great city council man and was tackling homelessness and housing way before homelessness got national attention. He warned about the One Ticket Program and the abuses of the program from middle America. The only other figure that put the spotlight on the matter was L.A Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Bernie Sanders would go on to steal his platform pledge of only receiving donations from people and not from PACS or corporations. Fucking Bernie.

Beto's out of the race and the haters (Pete Buttigieg supporters) are STILL coming here and bashing him.

Go look after your own boy, he's the one who needs your help right now.

I can't wait for him to run for Governor of Texas in 2022 <3

#TurnTexas #Blue

God, the Beto trolls must be masochistic. He was never going to turn Texas blue. No one can. And losing the universally hated Ted Cruz should've been the word.

It's over for Beto. He's un-disciplined and his appeal is too small to win a big election.

[quote] Beto was a great city council man and was tackling homelessness and housing way before homelessness got national attention

Homelessness began to get national attention when Beto was still a teenager.

[quote] Bernie Sanders would go on to steal his platform pledge of only receiving donations from people and not from PACS or corporations. Fucking Bernie.

Maybe Beto should have accepted donations from PACs and corporations, considering he ran out of money accepting only from individuals. Bernie at least is excellent at raising large amounts of money from small donors.

DROP~~~ it!

DROP THE B!

Texas was within two points of being blue. Most of it's population growth comes from immigrants and young people moving to the cities.

It will be a competitive state for Dems at some point within the next ten years. That's obvious. Arizona has gone through an early identical transformation and they successfully elected Kyrsten Sinema to the Senate last year.

Its just not quite there yet. Beto was an above average Senate candidate but he just wasn't equipped for the kind of scrutiny that comes with a national campaign.

What a good looking man though. He is sex on legs

I meant "a nearly" instead of "an early" above

And what of this, R364? Hmm?

"Most of it's population growth ..."

Never happening. As for Beto, his greed in going national before he was ready for primetime, and subsequent failures, has put a dent in his future prospects because he's now only known for losing. He was in the exact same position as Stacy Abrams, if he had restrained himself, he'd still have retained the aura and would most definitely be in discussion for veep. He blew his wad and now he's done.

Beto had to run. He had to try it. The heat he generated during the Senate race was too big to ignore.

But he faded so fast it shocked me. He just couldn't deliver. He seemed way out of his depth — spazzy, frantic, lightweight — and Buttigieg's calmness and measured intellectualism stole his supporters. Beto's 47, but he campaigned like a 27 year old.

His big viral moment — that impromptu speech on taking a knee and race — was amazing. If he had been able to speak that eloquently on a continuing basis (basically, if he'd been Buttigieg), he would have been a real contender. He had another moment with guns, but he went way too far to the left and didn't offer an inspiring, relatable vision, compared to his taking-a-knee moment.

Seemed like he was winging it.

God, whenever I see him, you could drown a toddler in my underwear.

And people like you are the reason he failed, r370.

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[quote]@BetoORourke live-streaming a race he’s running in. He is sporting new a goatee and a “The Border Makes America Great” hat.

Ah, the home all day after job loss facial hair.

Well, it's a process.

At home eating her snatch and ass all day; wifey must love it. Especially now that it tickles.

He's addicted to streaming.

Beto is a regular at the Bi *wink-wink* I mean the Bi-national marathon run that takes place in the boarder states every year.

I really miss him in the race. He made the debates more palatable. We are left with soon to be octogenarians.

I would love for the Beto troll to give us a final, detailed verdict of why it went wrong and if his feelings have changed.

[quote] I would love for the Beto troll to give us a final, detailed verdict of why it went wrong and if his feelings have changed.

Why? It's not like the Beto troll's or trolls' analysis will be intelligent or insightful; you just want to gloat at their distress.

^ I do. I'm the schadenfreude.

The darling of Datalounge.

*I'm the schadenfreude KING