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Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign is Going So Badly No One’s Even Bothering to Dig Up Dirt on Him Anymore
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| May 21st, 2019, 9:24 am
| By Joe DePaolo
Posted on 05/21/2019 8:07:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
He was all the rage last fall as he battled Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Lone Star state. But now, it seems, Beto ORourke is being written off as an afterthought by media outlets to the point where theyre not even trying to dig up dirt on the former Texas congressman.
According to the Daily Beast, a leading Republican opposition research firm called America Rising has seen requests on ORourke dwindle down to nil. Compare this to the period just before the ex-congressman declared his bid for the White House. During that time, a dozen or more reporters reached out to America Rising looking to get the goods on ORourke.
From the Beasts report:
America Rising, which has cornered the market on opposition research on the nearly two dozen presidential contenders, has tracked what it considers a steady decline in the publics interest in ORourke.
The Republican National Committee, known for slinging insults about Democrats into mainstream consciousness, has not received any requests from reporters for ORourke information in recent weeks, according to a senior official.
ORourke who had been loathe to do national media early in his campaign has tried to get on television in the past few days to rekindle interest in his candidacy. The ex-House member stopped by The View last week, and is slated to appear at a CNN town hall event Tuesday night.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020demprimary; beto; bobblehead
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To: Red Badger
The hallmarks of a media created and hyped celebrity.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:10:34 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Red Badger
In before the O’Rourke skateboard fail video.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:12:24 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Red Badger
Even in today’s social-media world, livestreaming your haircuts and dental appointments, and talking about trimming hair from your ears, is just too weird even for millennials. He’s self-destructing.
To: Red Badger
I miss the hyperactive arm flapping and climbing up on counters. /s
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:16:15 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
To: All
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:17:58 AM PDT
by
Liz
( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
To: All
THE FBI HAS ITS "AMERICA'S MOST WANTED."
Here's a lineup of "AMERICA'S MOST UNWANTED."
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:19:28 AM PDT
by
Liz
( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
To: Red Badger
Beta is just a little worn and tired, even here in Texas.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:20:07 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Think about it: Blacks were made slaves in Africa, but were made free men in America.)
To: Red Badger
I don't think that it's that nobody's bothering to.
I think that even if he's doing badly, he has such bad dirt that it would still hurt the Democrat brand in Texas to expose it nationally.
-PJ
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:20:36 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: DesertRhino
they have 20+ more to champion instead
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:22:43 AM PDT
by
SMGFan
("God love ya! What am I talking about")
To: Red Badger
Beto is not feeling the love?
Well wax my ass and scrub my balls!
‘Wax My Ass, Scrub My Balls’ --- This Beto O’Rourke Poem Is Beyond Belief Beto O’Rourke’s recently unearthed membership in the hacking group “Cult of the Dead Cow” may not have included the “edgiest sorts of hacking activity,” but it did, apparently, include writing murder fantasies and exceptionally bad poetry. Writing under the now-exposed pseudonym “Psychedelic Warlord,” a teen-aged O’Rourke appears to be the author of a poem titled “The Song of the Cow,” published in 1988 by “cDc (Cult of the Dead Cow) communications.” “I need a butt-shine,” the poem begins … and it really all just goes downhill...
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:23:00 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
To: Red Badger
He is a straight white guy. Mayor Buttplug is the new and improved obama.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:30:17 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Build the wall, deport them all.)
To: Red Badger
And what's worse, Irish Bob would add no value as anyone's VP pick. So he's done politically.
But all is not lost. If he could turn his waving arms routine into some sort of comedy act, he'd have a decent chance on America's Got Talent.
P.S. Take a look at the old guy at the bottom left of the picture. For some reason he doesn't seem to be too interested in what O'Rourke has to say.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:30:35 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: fwdude
He was never big in Texas, it’s just that Texas wants Ted Cruz to go away.
Not enough to vote for this little Cartel Owned metrosexual communist though.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:33:03 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Red Badger
For the media, the Thrill is Gone with ol’ Irish Bob.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:33:44 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: dynachrome
Bestiality isn’t straight.
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:34:09 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: DesertRhino
The hallmarks of a media created and hyped celebrity:
Just, who, we want as our Potus??? A lover of really rare beef???
A skateboarder without a helmet or pads????
After skateboarding without a helmet and loving your cow, real men dont need a hankerchief:
The Next President of the United States???, Not!"
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:34:11 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(You can't normalize the type of behavior, the left is trying to normalize, because it isn't normal!)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Wait . . . I thought he was going to “take Texas” from Trump?
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:40:41 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Liz
BOL!
"AMERICA'S MOST UNWANTED."
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posted on
05/21/2019 8:41:05 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(You can't normalize the type of behavior, the left is trying to normalize, because it isn't normal!)
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