Current Events > This is 100% how I viewed many Bernie supporters and Beto supporters

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https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1076930715294429184

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/inside-bernie-world-s-war-beto-o-rourke-n951016

Bernie is too old to be President

He would automatically be the oldest President ever if he was elected in 2020.

lol @ people saying "he's not an actual Democrat" tho
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Beto>>>Bernie
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I want him, Biden, and Clinton to stay out of the primaries but I have a feeling 2 of them will run sadly

Bananana posted...

Beto>>>Bernie

"Reheated vomit >>> Diarrhea smoothie"
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Vicious_Dios posted...

Bananana posted...

Beto>>>Bernie

"Reheated vomit >>> Diarrhea smoothie"

I mean if you dont like Obama reheated vomit is a good analogy so points if thats what you were implying

Vicious_Dios posted...

Bananana posted...

Beto>>>Bernie

"Reheated vomit >>> Diarrhea smoothie"

Inciteful shitpost >>> Vicious_Dios actual life
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CruelBuffalo posted...

Vicious_Dios posted...

Bananana posted...

Beto>>>Bernie

"Reheated vomit >>> Diarrhea smoothie"

I mean if you dont like Obama reheated vomit is a good analogy so points if thats what you were implying

Dios is an unironic Pence supporter
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CruelBuffalo posted...

I mean if you dont like Obama reheated vomit is a good analogy so points if thats what you were implying

Honestly? I wasn't. Hell, he wasn't even in my mind when I made that hilarious post, but I'll take those points off from ya. Thanks!

Bananana posted...

Vicious_Dios posted...

Bananana posted...

Beto>>>Bernie

"Reheated vomit >>> Diarrhea smoothie"

Inciteful shitpost >>> Vicious_Dios actual life

Wow, you don't say. This is all coming from a dude who posted this fascinating tidbit in another topic that he himself made:

Bananananerz sez:
I was here from like 2008-2016 and then left and now I came back a few months ago, but the vehement political shitposting (mine included sometimes) is getting worse and worse it seems.

Yeah, you have no credibility. LMFAO!

Gafemage posted...

Dios is an unironic Pence supporter

Oh, you're absolutely goddamn right.

Your point?
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shockthemonkey posted...

The Beto/Bernie fight is worthwhile political discourse and its weird how many people cant seem to acknowledge that. I hope they both run.

Its only worthwile if we see good political disourse, but my jaded view from 2016 is we will get unreasonable discourse.

Because the young/personality driven base wont be suaded by political points. Theyll be suaded by identity and personality politics thats all argued on dumb side points.

CruelBuffalo posted...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/inside-bernie-world-s-war-beto-o-rourke-n951016

The media describes everything as war, except war.
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shockthemonkey posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

shockthemonkey posted...

The Beto/Bernie fight is worthwhile political discourse and its weird how many people cant seem to acknowledge that. I hope they both run.

Its only worthwile if we see good political disourse, but my jaded view from 2016 is we will get unreasonable discourse

Ive already seen good discourse about it, along with some shitty choose a side and REEEEEE articles.

Sorry I edited my post to show what I meant. Im sure more policy oriented will exist, but I can already see the fb shares from my friends gonna be dumb shit that will be along the lines of REEEEEEEE

Those comments are basically "if you voted Bernie Sanders you are sexist"

Fuck the lot of them Bernie might not be a Democrat but he's further to the left which is actually better.
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I like Bernie a lot.

That being said I think he should stay in the senate and keep fighting the good battles there.

Beto's not perfect but he's definitely more progressive than most Democrats.

AOC should be ready to run when she's old enough. She'll be the first female POC president and one of the best.
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Bernie and Beto aren't even similar.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/beto-orourke-congressional-votes-analysis-capital-and-main

However, a new analysis of congressional votes from the non-profit news organisation Capital & Main shows that even as ORourke represented one of the most solidly Democratic congressional districts in the United States, he has frequently voted against the majority of House Democrats in support of Republican bills and Trump administration priorities.

Capital & Main reviewed the 167 votes ORourke has cast in the House in opposition to the majority of his own party during his six-year tenure in Congress. Many of those votes were not progressive dissents alongside other left-leaning lawmakers, but instead votes to help pass Republican-sponsored legislation.

If Beto wasn't as charasmatic as he is, people wouldn't even like him. It's so strange how certain demographics always get away with this.
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AdviceMan posted...

Bernie and Beto aren't even similar.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/beto-orourke-congressional-votes-analysis-capital-and-main

However, a new analysis of congressional votes from the non-profit news organisation Capital & Main shows that even as ORourke represented one of the most solidly Democratic congressional districts in the United States, he has frequently voted against the majority of House Democrats in support of Republican bills and Trump administration priorities.

Capital & Main reviewed the 167 votes ORourke has cast in the House in opposition to the majority of his own party during his six-year tenure in Congress. Many of those votes were not progressive dissents alongside other left-leaning lawmakers, but instead votes to help pass Republican-sponsored legislation.

If Beto wasn't as charasmatic as he is, people wouldn't even like him. It's so strange how certain demographics always get away with this.

Yeah, the truth of the matter is that Beto isn't a progressive, in spite of paying lip service to Medicare For All(which at least makes him smarter than most of his ideological brethren). He's consistently been a very middle-of-the-road Democrat. He's not Bernie's ideological peer: he's much closer to Obama and the Clintons.
It's why I could never support him in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

Beto should run against Cornyn
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Is Bernie still relevant?
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Beto is a generic establishment center-left democrat who I would vote for if it came down to it, but I would much rather have Bernie regardless of how aggravating berniebros can be
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bernie is a sellout, sure, but beto is the same old neoliberalism repackaged for a new generation

anyone that gets suckered into voting for him is enabling the same status quo that made bernie and trump politically relevant and viable in the first place
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Beto lost to Ted Cruz, anf Bernie lost to Hillary Clinton, both of whom got trounced by Trump. I love Bernie, but theyre both colossal losers in the political realm.
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EnragedSlith posted...

Beto lost to Ted Cruz, anf Bernie lost to Hillary Clinton, both of whom got trounced by Trump. I love Bernie, but theyre both colossal losers in the political realm.

to be fair, bernie got screwed by clinton and the media in the primaries
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TheMikh posted...

EnragedSlith posted...

Beto lost to Ted Cruz, anf Bernie lost to Hillary Clinton, both of whom got trounced by Trump. I love Bernie, but theyre both colossal losers in the political realm.

to be fair, bernie got screwed by clinton and the media in the primaries

I mean. He lost far too handily to not blame him. It wasn't like it was close. He got some early victories and then got slaughtered.
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rikasa posted...

Is Bernie still relevant?

To the extent that any one person can claim credit for the resurgence of the social democrats in this country, Bernie takes the cake. He would start a presidential campaign with the backing of the Justice Democrats, the Democratic Socialists of America, and basically all of the politicians attached to one or both of those movements. Hell, he's already done campaign rallies with a lot of them.
He also helped bully Jeff Bezos into giving Amazon employees $15/hr. and was one of the original co-sponsors for the bill to end American aid to the Saudi war in Yemen.
You know, in case you weren't facetious.