Beto is running for governor

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Anonymous wrote:Are AR-15s specifically addressed by the 2nd Amendment? Nope.

They are. Otherwise would have said muskets.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there anyone in American who takes this clown seriously?

You must, to bother posting...

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to give some tough love here. He isn’t that impressive. He doesn’t impress with intelligence or vision. And regardless of his nickname, he is a rich white boy who went to a posh boarding school. I think the party should learn from Virginia. By now, the Democratic Party needs to offer something other than a rich white guy if it is going to succeed in convincing people it is the party of diversity.

I am OP - and I agree in some ways. But I don't think Beto is a McAuliffe clone in any way. McAuliffe seemed tired and out of ideas. He's old, he's a Clinton buddy. He just seems like someone whose time has passed. I think Beto is more energetic and engaged (and he's younger). He's actually been out doing voter outreach for the last few years - not doing whatever McAuliffe was doing between terms.

I don't know if he's the guy. His presidential run suggests that he's not quite as compelling as he might once have seemed. But I don't think he's just some rich white guy who thinks he can walk into office because of course he can.

I’m not saying he is a clone of Terry. But among moderates, the similarities between McAuliffe and Youngkin in terms of where they live, where their kids went to school, etc. cut against Terry. It muted his efforts to cast a Youngkin as an evil rich white guy cuz, look in the mirror. I don’t think the candidate has to be a minority but I do think Abbott is a formidable candidate in a right leaning state. And the media is wrong. Texas is still VERY red. So the Democratic candidate needs to be a real force.

Yeah Abbott is formidable. But he is the incumbent and Beto would be the challenger, so it's a very different position from Youngkin. Also while Youngkin whitewashed his positions so they could be appealing to moderate voters, Abbott isn't able to do that. I'm not disagreeing that this is going to be a hard race and it's unlikely Beto will win - I just think that it's sort of nonsensical to draw parallels to this race and Virginia. Virginia was really different. I don't see Beto running on an anti-Trump campaign when he has an actual Abbott to run against - and he seems aware that he has to run on being able to provide things to Texans that they really want, not just some boogeyman.

I hope anyway!

It's not a hard race. It is not possible. Now some odd event could occur that could cause this to be close. That is why I think he is running. Run well, hope something crazy happens and then he can see. But Texas is not a close state and Abbott is spending a lot of time building on the Latino vote Trump got. Dems can't win in Texas if Reps get same Latino numbers as Trump. Math is not there.

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Anonymous wrote:Good lord he’s an imbecile. There is zero chance this moron will win.

Does he really think he is fooling anyone?
Does he not know that there is video of him from 2 years ago saying the exact opposite?

Who cares? Just lie to these gun nutter imbeciles.

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Anonymous wrote:Are AR-15s specifically addressed by the 2nd Amendment? Nope.

Do you read the news on the internet? The internet is not a printing press, so there is no constitutional right to “freedom of the press” online.

OMG are you dumb, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Are AR-15s specifically addressed by the 2nd Amendment? Nope.

Do you read the news on the internet? The internet is not a printing press, so there is no constitutional right to “freedom of the press” online.

OMG are you dumb, PP.

Apples and oranges comparison, dummy.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there anyone in American who takes this clown seriously?

You must, to bother posting...

By that "logic," you must take Trump very, very seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there anyone in American who takes this clown seriously?

You must, to bother posting...

By that "logic," you must take Trump very, very seriously.

Ummm yes of course we do. He was elected president. In 2016. You might remember? So ya we take him seriously (as the threat to democracy that he is but seriously yes).

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Anonymous wrote:Are AR-15s specifically addressed by the 2nd Amendment? Nope.

They are. Otherwise would have said muskets.

So you think I should be able to buy a nuclear bomb then too, huh?