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Beto O’Rourke Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race
NYT ^
| 11/1/19
| Alexander Burns
Posted on 11/01/2019 2:48:15 PM PDT by conservative98
Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas is dropping out of the presidential race, ending a campaign in which he struggled for months to recapture the energy of his insurgent 2018 Senate candidacy on a national stage full of other big personalities and liberal champions.
Mr. O’Rourke made the decision to quit the race in the middle of this week, on the eve of a gathering Friday of Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa, according to people familiar with his thinking. He is not expected to run for any other office in 2020, despite persistent efforts by party leaders and political donors to coax him into
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To: conservative98
Will he now go back to being “Robert” or will he continue his charade of pretending he’s somehow Hispanic?
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:50:14 PM PDT
by
Two Kids' Dad
(((( Wake me when a prominent democrat actually gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: conservative98
The fact that he’s a worthless empty suit is not disqualifying to the rats. He just waited too long. Should have announced right after the election last fall, striking while the iron was hot
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:51:15 PM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
( 2,000 posts as of 1/16/19. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
To: conservative98
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:51:24 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(.Calling Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton Reverends is like calling dog shit tootsie rolls)
To: conservative98
Insurgent, my ass. The Flavor of their 2018 Blue Wave... gone!
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:51:37 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: conservative98
despite persistent efforts by party leaders and political donors to coax him intoSure, I bet there are a TON of political donors coaxing him right now....The donors are probably as scarce as leftover bacon right about now...
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:52:31 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: conservative98
Drops out? This greasy punk was never really IN the presidential race.
To: conservative98
Nothing like the light of day and the heat of the battle to expose one’s warts.
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:53:04 PM PDT
by
Parmy
To: conservative98
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:53:16 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
To: conservative98
Douchebag with a capital D!
To: conservative98
Well, there goes the Village Idiot
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:54:05 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
To: traderrob6
He’s an embarrassment to TX!
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:54:13 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: conservative98
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:54:51 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Free Beer Tomorrow)
To: All
” ending a campaign in which he struggled for months to recapture the energy of his insurgent 2018 Senate candidacy”
What energy? HE LOST despite spending twice as much as Cruz
To: PGR88
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:56:00 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is Mine)
To: conservative98
I’d give ten Beto drop outs for one Kasich obit.
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:56:19 PM PDT
by
coaster123
(Distrust everyone under fifty.)
To: LUV W; Jane Long
Booby Frank Bows Out. That is the good news. The bad news is tat he’ll return to Texas. We can always hope that he follows Wendy Davis, and leaves the state.
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:56:31 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: conservative98
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:56:49 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:57:08 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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