My wife grew up in El Paso, Spanish parents. She got nickname at 4 by 6 year old sister. Still uses it. I think people embarrass themselves over nickname and ignore substance. Beto has 3x more money and has media and bad messages. Will he use that money effectively? Will Cruz get buried? I was busy teaching math tonight so catching up now. Was these a clear winner tonight? Cruz has high expectations because of his debate experience. Did it help him any better with Beto than it did against Trump?
It's more common, re siblings, for a baby/toddler sibling, who can't pronounce a name correctly, to give another child a mispronounced name that the family then picks up and carries on. Or when a tiny child has trouble pronouncing his or her own name and the family then uses it.
Beto was arrogant, spouted lefty crap ( he wouldn't have voted for Kavanaugh, is a gun grabber, wants SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE, trashed President Trump etc. ), and looked lousy. Unless there is MASSIVE voter fraud, I really don't see him beating Ted.
“Was these a clear winner tonight? Cruz has high expectations because of his debate experience. Did it help him any better with Beto than it did against Trump?”
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Cruz was the clear winner. If I were to judge it without bias, I would say Beto got in one to two licks against Cruz’s 30 to 40. It was a knockout. Sham looked nervous, his neck veins were bulging, and his body language and speech patterns distracted from his message.