Posted on 11/05/2018 7:54:30 AM PST by C19fan
In March 2017, a little-known Democratic congressman named Beto O’Rourke proposed something unusual to Will Hurd, a Republican colleague from a neighboring district: that they rent a car and embark on a 24-hour, 1,600-mile road trip from San Antonio to Washington. Their live-streamed odyssey wound up attracting blushing news coverage and evoking the bipartisan companionship of a bygone era. For Hurd, a pragmatic, swing-district moderate with numerous Democrats employed on his staff, the cross-aisle kumbaya was routine; few lawmakers hug the middle so tightly. For O’Rourke, the demonstration was less likely; he had done little to distinguish himself in the House of Representatives, and what reputation he owned was not that of a centrist. He won his congressional seat in 2012 by running to the left of an incumbent Democrat—a moderate Hispanic who warned voters of the El Paso councilman’s ultra-progressive policies—and spent the ensuing years compiling a safely liberal voting record.
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Fauxrourke Ping.
Beto? He runs around with Beavis, and goes by the name of Butthead!
Hurd is a Turd. No doubt.
The problem is, that the “LEFT” won’t win him the White House... Just like it can’t win him Texas....
Know your history... Other than Obama, which was the high watermark for Identity Politics... You have to go back to FDR to find a Democrat who won the White House with more than 51% of the vote, and NONE of them, Obama included, did so by running as an unapologetic leftist.
They made a point of correcting Trump's pronunciation of “Beto”. They are all in for Beto and it showed.
Cruz was never going to lose, especially to a lightweight like Beto!
The Republican Establishment HATES Ted — about as much as they hate the president. I’d say they’re 1 and 2 on the left’s hate list.
Yeah, where’s David Dewhurst these days?
Hart made the mistake of telling the media to follow him around, so they did.
For Hurd, a pragmatic, swing-district moderate with numerous Democrats employed on his staff,
Please don’t associate this individual with the Republican Party. He is the ultimate RINO.
If they thought Ted was beatable, they should have run someone of substance. All Beto had going for him was that he was young and allegedly “cool”. His campaign ads didn’t say diddly about anything.
I call him Irish Bob.
Cruz should too.
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