Beto!
Beto O’Rourke is from El Paso and he’s closed in at a three point difference.
Beto is young, lean, tall, and powerful easy on the eyes. He’s smart, comfortable in his own skin, and goes for authentic instead of the stilted speech patterns of Ted Cruz, college debater.
Recently Cruz accused Beto of using a nickname so he sounds “more Hispanic.” That’s a tad off-center coming from a man whose name is Rafael but goes by Ted. Beto is a common nickname for kids named Robert.
So, to counter Cruz, Beto challenged him to 6 debates, two of them in Spanish. Cruz had to admit that he doesn’t speak Spanish very well but “I understand it all,” which is what people say when they don’t understand it worth a flip and the only Spanish they speak they learned from the menu at El Monterey.
I’m holding out some hope for this kid. I saw him speak at the little town of Wharton, when 30 people showed up at 8:00 am in the freezing rain to stand under a covered but open pavilion to hear him speak and answer questions. He gave the same speech later in the day to a crowd of 400 in Bryan.
He’s raised more money than Cruz even though he doesn’t accept PAC money.
I think there’s hope.
“Beto is a common nickname for kids named Robert.”
i’m guessing what you actually meant is that it’s a common nickname, for kids named Robert, down your way (and probably southern FL). both areas have a larger than average Hispanic population, and I suspect this nickname trends in that direction. for us more pale hued, “Bob” is the more common nickname for Robert. and there’s nothing wrong with either.
as for “Ted” Cruz, I wonder what the Spanish word for “putz” is?
1cpinva, I could answer your question but mamma sure would not like it!
2One of my family members was at Harvard Law, same class as El Teddo, and concurs that he was just as repellent in law school as reported by, apparently, everyone who ever encountered him. Would only study with graduates of Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. (Family member was a graduate of Another Ivy and thus spared this nightmare, and managed to graduate with honors from HLS without any study aid from the disgusting one.)
I suspect that Beto is smart enough to hold his own intellectually against El Teddo in a debate, and for character and charisma, it would be like a jump-shot contest between Michael Jordan at his prime and a dead banana slug.
3I’m not one who might judge Ted’s proficiency in understanding Spanish, with my own limited capability of the language.
I would question, however, Ted’s competence in English. He seems unable to understand a lot of people who speak English.
4Please ask Beto’s campaign to sign up with Postcards to Voters and we’ll be sure TX Dem’s mailboxes are filled with decorated reminders to vote.
5Saw him speak last Saturday. Well worth the trip. Great speaker and nice guy. Also plenty smart and actually knows and can discuss the issues, not just spew talking points.
6we’ll be lucky if Rafael agrees to one debate – but if he does, I’ll for damn-sure be watching – suspect Beto will trample him
7@cpinva
The Spanglish speakers in my extended fam preface remarks about Cuban Canadian Raphael Cruz with the moniker “el carajo”. My Spanish/Spanglis being limited, I suspect that doesn’t translate to Mr Nice Guy.
8We saw Beto several months ago. When people lined up to ask a question, some jerk was there to insult and give him a hard time. Beto handled it well.
He was impressive.
Hope Cruz does the debates. I’m not betting the rent money.
9If Cruz understands Spanish, but doesn’t speak it very well, I’m sure no one would have any problem if he gives his answers in English.
The questions will be in Spanish, though.
10Micr, that’s quite a bad word in Spanish, at least I think it is. I’d love to see Cruz think it’s a compliment and adopt it for all his appearances in areas with a large Spanish-speaking population. “And now, el carajo, Senator Ted Cruz!”
11If I remember correctly, Beto came out with a school picture of himself, with Beto printed on the t-shirt. Democrats sure are good at working those time machines = like when Obama’s grandparents went back in time and put the birth announcement in the Hawaiian newspaper.
12Understand it Cruzito?
Well, here ya go:
“Y tu mama, también, pendejo!”
13I am very hopeful about Beto! Enough to put my money where my vote will go. Let’s push him over the line and help flip the senate!
14I love Beto, even if, or because, he looks like a happy 12 year old with untied shoelaces. I made that up. I don’t know how his shoelaces are. Cruz will be there sneering at the happy 12 year old. Who would YOU vote for, put up yard sighs for, tell all your cousins when you learn he’s coming to their town? I’m sure you can figure that out. I’ll say this. Beto is the only one we’re giving recurring donations to,
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