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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Beto O'Rourke's voting record is more conservative than the average Democrat's [View all]Lazy Daisy
(928 posts)33. What "lies" are in my OP?
I posted this in response to another thread that claimed Sanders supporters were spreading lies about Beto being more conservative/moderate/centrist (which ever adjective you prefer) than people believe him to be.
It's not lies. He's more in line with Joe Biden than Sanders, Harris, Warren, etc.
For those of us who are to the left in policy, this is important.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Beto O'Rourke's voting record is more conservative than the average Democrat's [View all]
Lazy Daisy
Mar 2019
OP
Winning a statewide race in Texas is not the same as winning 270+ electoral votes.
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#11
Winning a statewide race in California is definitely not the same as winning the electoral college
Bradshaw3
Mar 2019
#15
Harris would bring out the Obama coalition that got that liberal from Chicago 365 electoral votes.
Garrett78
Mar 2019
#20
Exactly, and winning a statewide election in Vermont, with a 95% Caucasian electorate....
George II
Mar 2019
#54
Beto's ACTUAL record is Congress was MORE progressive that Bernie's record when both were in the
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#67
Well if you're not going to address the problem that you originally responded to....
George II
Mar 2019
#63
Amazing! Beto represented his constituents? He did the job he was elected to do.
Freethinker65
Mar 2019
#5
And I also don't care about that. I care about whether he can beat Trump.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#8
So only clueless, insensitive, wealthy folks fail to support Bernie?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#43
As the article notes, it's about what you'd expect from someone running a statewide campaign in TX.
TwilightZone
Mar 2019
#27
IMHO, it's still way too early to decide who the democratic presidential candidate will ...
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2019
#56
I don't care one fuck if he is a bit more conservative. He's a Democrat, not a socialist.
leftofcool
Mar 2019
#66