Elections 2020 Democratic Primary Thread: The Announcements

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Some of the MSM pieces coming out about Robert O'Rourke are....interesting.....

Beto 2020: a masterclass in male entitlement
Arwa Mahdawi

Lord give me the confidence of a mediocre white man! Specifically, I wouldn’t mind the confidence of Beto O’Rourke. A dude so assured of his inner greatness that, after losing a Senate bid, he decided the next logical step would be to run for president. Not only did he lose, by the way, he lost to Ted Cruz: a man so unlikable there’s even a conspiracy theory floating around that he’s the Zodiac killer.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think losing one election disqualifies someone from jumping into the presidential nominations. Stacey Abrams has said “2020 is definitely on the table”, and I’d be 100% behind her running. (Then again, Abrams didn’t really lose the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial contest; she had the election stolen from her because of voter suppression tactics.)

No, it’s not Beto’s loss last year that bothers me, it’s his entitlement. His certainty that he’s qualified for the most powerful job in the world despite his lack of experience. His belief that he is qualified for the role despite the fact that he himself has absolutely no idea what he stands for. “I don’t know where I am on a [political] spectrum and I almost could care less,” Beto recently boasted during a stop in Wisconsin.

I’ll tell you where Beto is on the political spectrum: he’s wherever it’s most convenient for him to be. He announced his presidential bid by talking about the environment but his six-year record in Congress shows him to be a friend of the fossil fuel industry. His voting record is characterized by flip-flopping and he is vague about his position on healthcare and raising taxes. The only strong conviction he really seems to have is that he deserves to be president. “Man, I’m just born to be in it,” he recently enthused to Vanity Fair.

In many senses Beto is right: he was born to be successful. He is, after all, a rich kid from a well-connected family. His dad, Pat O’Rourke was a county judge and got 19-year-old Beto (who had no interest in politics at the time) an internship with the West Texas congressman Ron Coleman. Like many privileged people, Beto seems to have confused his luck for God-given talent; a talent so spectacular that he doesn’t need to do the hard work mere mortals do. “I don’t ever prepare a speech,” he boasted to Vanity Fair. Can you imagine a woman boasting about how she never prepares? No, because women know they need to be overprepared just to get a foot in the door.

Ultimately, what might be most frustrating about Beto is that we all know someone like him. He’s the guy in the meeting who hasn’t done any of the work but who repeats a woman’s points and immediately gets a round of applause and a promotion. He’s the guy who pays eloquent lip service to the importance of diversity, but would never go so far as conceding a woman might be better qualified for a job than him. He’s the epitome of mediocre white male confidence. And if there is one thing America does not need at the moment, it’s more mediocre white guys running things.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rclass-in-male-entitlement-week-in-patriarchy
 
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waiguoren said:
Some of the MSM pieces coming out about Robert O'Rourke are....interesting.....
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It's funny how the "MSM hate X therefore X must be good" people are not rallying behind him. They didn't rally behind Clinton either. I guess they're full of shit, really.
 
Jack V Savage said:
It's funny how the "MSM hate X therefore X must be good" people are not rallying behind him. They didn't rally behind Clinton either. I guess they're full of shit, really.
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Not necessarily. No one has a complete picture of the MSM's coverage. It's much easier to believe a conspiracy theory than it is to spend hours reading widely to get a fuller picture.
 
waiguoren said:
Ultimately, what might be most frustrating about Beto is that we all know someone like him. He’s the guy in the meeting who hasn’t done any of the work but who repeats a woman’s points and immediately gets a round of applause and a promotion. He’s the guy who pays eloquent lip service to the importance of diversity, but would never go so far as conceding a woman might be better qualified for a job than him. He’s the epitome of mediocre white male confidence. And if there is one thing America does not need at the moment, it’s more mediocre white guys running things.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rclass-in-male-entitlement-week-in-patriarchy
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I definitely agree that America does not need more mediocre white guys. However, top-level white guys, with supreme white male confidence, should still be in demand.
 
waiguoren said:
Not necessarily. No one has a complete picture of the MSM's coverage. It's much easier to believe a conspiracy theory than it is to spend hours reading widely to get a fuller picture.
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Isn't that just another way to say the same thing?
 
Jack V Savage said:
Isn't that just another way to say the same thing?
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I think plenty of the "MSM was unfair to Sanders" crowd were/are genuine in their belief. That's at odds with my understanding of "full of shit", which to me means they were being disingenuous in some way.
 
The fact this person is all for Stacy abrams running, says everything we need to know.

She’s a low iq individual.

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waiguoren said:
I think plenty of the "MSM was unfair to Sanders" crowd were/are genuine in their belief. That's at odds with my understanding of "full of shit", which to me means they were being disingenuous in some way.
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They're at least recklessly indifferent to accuracy, which fits well enough.
 
Beto is going to demolish these cans. He's got "it" and is the exact candidate to continually generate interest and win back the areas that Clinton botched

Old Man Biden missed his chance last election and Warren never learned how to be likeable to the general public. It's Beto's time
 
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, 2020 candidate, supports bill that could kick Trump from state's ballot
Washington Examiner
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat running for president, supports a bill that would remove President Trump from the state’s ballot in 2020 if he does not release his tax returns.

Tara Lee, Inslee’s deputy communications director, confirmed to MSNBC the governor is “supportive of this bill." The legislation, which passed the state Senate earlier this month, would require all presidential candidates and their running mates to release their tax returns from the last five years in order to appear on the state’s ballot in any primary or general election.
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Lead said:
That he won't run for Senate or it possibly means he will run for president?
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That he won't run for Senate. Whether he runs for president or not is irrelevant since he won't win.
 
waiguoren said:
Some of the MSM pieces coming out about Robert O'Rourke are....interesting.....

Beto 2020: a masterclass in male entitlement
Arwa Mahdawi

Lord give me the confidence of a mediocre white man! Specifically, I wouldn’t mind the confidence of Beto O’Rourke. A dude so assured of his inner greatness that, after losing a Senate bid, he decided the next logical step would be to run for president. Not only did he lose, by the way, he lost to Ted Cruz: a man so unlikable there’s even a conspiracy theory floating around that he’s the Zodiac killer.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think losing one election disqualifies someone from jumping into the presidential nominations. Stacey Abrams has said “2020 is definitely on the table”, and I’d be 100% behind her running. (Then again, Abrams didn’t really lose the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial contest; she had the election stolen from her because of voter suppression tactics.)

No, it’s not Beto’s loss last year that bothers me, it’s his entitlement. His certainty that he’s qualified for the most powerful job in the world despite his lack of experience. His belief that he is qualified for the role despite the fact that he himself has absolutely no idea what he stands for. “I don’t know where I am on a [political] spectrum and I almost could care less,” Beto recently boasted during a stop in Wisconsin.

I’ll tell you where Beto is on the political spectrum: he’s wherever it’s most convenient for him to be. He announced his presidential bid by talking about the environment but his six-year record in Congress shows him to be a friend of the fossil fuel industry. His voting record is characterized by flip-flopping and he is vague about his position on healthcare and raising taxes. The only strong conviction he really seems to have is that he deserves to be president. “Man, I’m just born to be in it,” he recently enthused to Vanity Fair.

In many senses Beto is right: he was born to be successful. He is, after all, a rich kid from a well-connected family. His dad, Pat O’Rourke was a county judge and got 19-year-old Beto (who had no interest in politics at the time) an internship with the West Texas congressman Ron Coleman. Like many privileged people, Beto seems to have confused his luck for God-given talent; a talent so spectacular that he doesn’t need to do the hard work mere mortals do. “I don’t ever prepare a speech,” he boasted to Vanity Fair. Can you imagine a woman boasting about how she never prepares? No, because women know they need to be overprepared just to get a foot in the door.

Ultimately, what might be most frustrating about Beto is that we all know someone like him. He’s the guy in the meeting who hasn’t done any of the work but who repeats a woman’s points and immediately gets a round of applause and a promotion. He’s the guy who pays eloquent lip service to the importance of diversity, but would never go so far as conceding a woman might be better qualified for a job than him. He’s the epitome of mediocre white male confidence. And if there is one thing America does not need at the moment, it’s more mediocre white guys running things.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rclass-in-male-entitlement-week-in-patriarchy
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I don't disagree with the author. I also would love to have Stacey Abrams in the race instead of Beto.
 
Beto O’Rourke pulled in a massive fundraising haul — and 2020 competitors are noticing
Vox
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Beto O’Rourke raised more money than any other Democratic presidential candidate in the first 24 hours after announcing his 2020 bid, but we still don’t know some crucial details.

The Texas Democrat announced Monday that his campaign pulled in $6.1 million in online donations in the 24 hours after his announcement. By comparison, Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) presidential campaign said it raised $5.9 million from more than 223,000 donors in the first 24 hours, and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) raised $1.5 million in that time.

But O’Rourke’s campaign didn’t specify the number of contributors, nor did it denote an average donation. The first Federal Elections Commission official quarterly campaign finance filings won’t be public until April. Until then, there’s no way to drill into these numbers.
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