tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post1187367755008602798..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Beto O'Rourke: a cult of personalityPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-58408114928786275442018-09-06T07:10:30.132-05:002018-09-06T07:10:30.132-05:00Funny 'ha ha' or ...?Funny 'ha ha' or ...?PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-91041667480534203172018-09-05T18:50:55.429-05:002018-09-05T18:50:55.429-05:00Funny how the other side is always 'fawning...Funny how the other side is always 'fawning' or some such thing. It's easy enough to shift those descriptions around to taste.northierthanthouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831362921459744537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-54143534707268198952018-08-24T22:38:19.710-05:002018-08-24T22:38:19.710-05:00Oh, note for David: In my day job, I've interv...Oh, note for David: In my day job, I've interviewed him. He does have a fair charisma level. And, while not Bobby Kennedy, he's not bad as a speaker to middle-sized crowd.<br /><br />He does speak around the words "single-payer" or "Medicare for all." Per Brains' link to me, he used the phrase "universal health care," IIRC, while in the Springs in the primary season.<br /><br />The enthusiasm is real, though, as I note as part of my op-ed column this week about Batman and Robin <a href="https://www.ssnewstelegram.com/opinion/cruz-and-o-rourke-play-debate-chicken/article_a613f65e-a7a5-11e8-90fa-7727c22fd0c6.html" rel="nofollow">playing debate chicken</a>.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-90583899605904968552018-08-24T21:02:27.521-05:002018-08-24T21:02:27.521-05:00"Military Keynesianism" is the term, I b..."Military Keynesianism" is the term, I believe. Bernie and his F-35s lust.<br /><br />===<br /><br />Oh, dunno if either of you saw what I posted on Twitter, but Alyson Kennedy is not an actual write-in candidate, per the SOS. Dunno what she did wrong, if the Socialist Workers Party story was indicating she had actually filed the write-in paperwork, but she ain't a candidate.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-57997220680159543082018-08-24T11:37:59.813-05:002018-08-24T11:37:59.813-05:00To paraphrase MJF from "The American Presiden...To paraphrase <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes/qt0341862" rel="nofollow">MJF from "The American President"</a>, Texas Democrats are so thirsty for a winner that "they'll crawl through the desert to a mirage, and finding no water there, will drink the sand".<br /><br />O'Rourke is a fraud, a mirage. But nobody who is a dedicated Donkey wants to know. The media -- with the notable exceptions linked from Texas Monthly -- isn't asking. They just take what he says at face value without verification.<br /><br />I wanted to better understand why he kept voting for more money for wars, so I kept researching until I finally realized that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bliss" rel="nofollow">Fort Bliss</a> is in his Congressional district. Read that Wiki page for just five minutes, and you'll suddenly realize why this country will NEVER stop funding wars.<br /><br />It's a perpetual economic stimulus program.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-6027755637645472572018-08-24T11:19:05.617-05:002018-08-24T11:19:05.617-05:00Several otherwise level-headed progressive friends...Several otherwise level-headed progressive friends of mine are completely in the grip of Betomania. What they all have in common is that they have been to an O'Rourke campaign event and heard him speak in person. Is he that good, or are folks just that desperate for the Next Blue Thing? It makes me wonder whether I would be as susceptible to his charm offensive if I saw him live.<br /><br />I don't know—nor do I have the heart to ask—how these friends feel about O'Rourke's less-than-progressive voting record, or his unwillingness to say, "Yes, dammit, Medicare for All ASAP!"dbcgreentxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165241808757951660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-17933345176072862142018-08-24T07:51:53.427-05:002018-08-24T07:51:53.427-05:00Oh, I read Tilove a couple of days ago and threw u...Oh, I read Tilove a couple of days ago and threw up in my mouth.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com