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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Beto O'Rourke's voting record is more conservative than the average Democrat's [View all]jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)41. More BS about Beto
Seems almost all of the BS comes from a common source... what a surprise.
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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