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'Impressive young man': Obama says Beto O'Rourke reminds him of himself
The Washington Times ^ | November 20, 2018 | Victor Morton

Posted on 11/21/2018 12:40:18 PM PST by detective

Former President Barack Obama paid failed Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke the ultimate compliment: Comparison to himself.

Mr. Obama was reacting to a report that a top Democratic bundler had said of the Texan that “he’s Barack Obama, but white.”

In the interview for “The Axe Files,” the CNN podcast of his former top strategist David Axelrod, Mr. Obama did not deny the comparison and went on to elaborate on the reasons.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: obama; orourke
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To: detective

61 posted on 11/21/2018 2:00:05 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: detective

The headline is so comical, that I laughed out loud.


62 posted on 11/21/2018 2:10:13 PM PST by Gumdrop (24.)
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To: detective

Fair enough. bHo reminds me of something I flushed this morning.


63 posted on 11/21/2018 2:12:18 PM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: BlackAdderess

Maybe he was a drugee too?


64 posted on 11/21/2018 2:13:44 PM PST by funfan
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To: funfan

meaning the FakeNewsMSM has their backs.


65 posted on 11/21/2018 2:47:38 PM PST by MAGAthon
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To: detective

Obama is greatly impressed with himself.


66 posted on 11/21/2018 3:02:34 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: detective

Obama is greatly impressed with himself.


67 posted on 11/21/2018 3:04:22 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: detective

If he had a son?


68 posted on 11/21/2018 3:07:17 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: funfan

I know nothing about the man’s background, only that he netted a TON of money from the financial industry (like Obama did). He just looks like another flavor of the day being foisted off on the public by feckless money men.


69 posted on 11/21/2018 3:12:29 PM PST by BlackAdderess (Dear GOP, please learn to punish bad behavior and reward good behavior instead of the opposite)
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To: detective

OBASTURD is correct in this; they are both LIARS, FAKES, FRAUDS, COMMUNISTS, and both HALFBREED BASTARDS!


70 posted on 11/21/2018 3:15:24 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Please use the word HOMO, or QUEER.
Gay denotes a condition of happiness or joy.
QUEERS are neither.


71 posted on 11/21/2018 3:17:31 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Sooth2222

That wouldn’t be your OBUNGHOLE, would it?


72 posted on 11/21/2018 3:18:33 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: detective

If someone compared me in any way to Obama, I sure wouldn’t take it as a compliment.


73 posted on 11/21/2018 3:21:40 PM PST by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: detective

So O’Rourke’s a druggie and a homo?


74 posted on 11/21/2018 3:23:33 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: detective

I agree 100%. They are both losers.


75 posted on 11/21/2018 3:24:08 PM PST by upchuck (Once political violence becomes common, the toothpaste is difficult to put back in the tube. ~Lifson)
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To: detective

Fake American admires Fake Mexican.


76 posted on 11/21/2018 3:31:07 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: detective

How long before Beto O’Rourke becomes Bama O’Rourke?


77 posted on 11/21/2018 3:50:47 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: detective

“Frauds of a feather flock together...”


78 posted on 11/21/2018 4:11:58 PM PST by Gritty (Progressives think that power should only be in expert hands - their own ... Angelo Codevilla)
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79 posted on 11/21/2018 4:26:58 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Beg to differ, Mr. President. Kim Jong Un does **NOT** "Love" his country". He is a cruel killer.)
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To: detective

So Obama is comparing Beto to his other honorary “son”...a St.Louis thug who beats up convenience store owners over stolen cigarillos?


80 posted on 11/21/2018 4:34:18 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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