Beto O'Rourke: "He looks like Bobby Kennedy and that's why

[Cyrano]

the Democrats like him."

You know it's gonna' happen so lets deal with it.

Yeah, he does resemble Bobby Kennedy.

A few generations know what Bobby Kennedy looked like only from pictures and films. But let's never underestimate the scum who call themselves Republicans.

They will undoubtedly jump on the look-alike issue, and tell us that Beto is an empty suit who just happens to look like some dead Dem "hero."

Some here will fault and attack me for this post. But the reality is that he does look similar to Bobby Kennedy and it's just a matter of time before Republicans find a way to attack O'Rourke, if they're not already doing it.

So how do we counter the attack of the criminal party?

Beto O'Rourke is Not Bobby Kennedy. He is his own man with his own ideas, beliefs, convictions, values and identity and "looking like someone" is out and out bullshit. No Dem is stupid enough to vote for someone because of who they might resemble.

On the other hand, if Republicans could find someone who looked like Ronald Reagan, they'd put him on the ballot in a heartbeat.

Having said all this, we know that Republicans are among the worst pricks in the world. So we damn well better be ready with some good comebacks to whatever they throw at us on this stupid fucking topic.

[JanetLovesObama]

1. Beto is a true liberal -----

doesn't matter who he "looks like." He is his own man with leanings like Bobby Kennedy and Barack Obama. Doesn't get any better for we Dems.

[dameatball]

2. If that is all they can come up with they are in big trouble. They will pull that crap no matter

who gets the nomination. I see your point, but the Democratic nominee is going to attacked no matter who it is.

[Cyrano]

3. Of course. We could put up Mother Teresa and they'd call her a slut.

Yes, I know she died.

But let's face it. If Jesus pulled off that "second coming" thing and somehow became the Democratic nominee, they'd try to crucify him. Again.

[dameatball]

5. Right. Heck, they started in on Elizabeth Warren two years ago.

[Croney]

4. But Trump looks like Elvis, in his own opinion.

In his bloated years maybe.

If looking like Bobby Kennedy helps Beto, good. So what.

[dalton99a]

21. The resemblance is uncanny

[Croney]

22. Haha! Twins!

[Autumn]

6. Bobby Kennedy is dead, Beto is very much alive. Fuck their attacks.

[Cyrano]

9. They own the biggest propaganda machine in the world: Fox "news."

We can't just say "Fuck their attacks." We've got to hit back at them as hard and ruthlessly as possible.

These pricks have been doing this to us for many decades. Time we used truth as a weapon. And past time to use truth to "go for their throats."

Between Fox, hate radio, and online lunatic sites, they will always hang onto a minority of uneducated people. But we must find a way to reach everyone, uneducated, smart, or whatever and show them that the Democratic Party can and will make a better world for everyone.

Just saying "Fuck them," ain't enough. We've got to actively go after them and destroy the evil they represent.

And then, hopefully, a reborn/decent Republican Party will come into being. After all, we need a sane, reasonable opposition party to prevent us from becoming what it is we hate.

[Autumn]

18. Tell them the truth. Bobby Kennedy has been dead for 50 years and is a decayed corpse.

He and Beto look nothing alike. Do not hold your breath waiting for a reborn/decent Republican party. Not going to happen.

[sheshe2]

27. Bobby Kennedy was a good man.

Autumn

18. Tell them the truth. Bobby Kennedy has been dead for 50 years and is a decayed corpse.

Your post startles me. I am appalled that you consider a great man nothing but a "decayed corpse."

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
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“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/98221.Robert_F_Kennedy

[hostalover]

37. I loved Bobby Kennedy. Thanks for standing up for him.

[Gothmog]

28. I am amused by the number of sanders supporters attacking Beto

It seems that sanders and his supporters are worried about Beto

Link to tweet

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[Autumn]

29. Your point? I'm a Sanders supporter and I think Beto is just the politician we need .

My problem, if it can be called that is I actually pay attention to politicians before I give my support and I don't idolize them, neither do I demonize them. I'm not weak minded enough to let the likes of David Sirota, Tom Watson and the Jackass Whisperer influence which politician I support.

[Gothmog]

31. This explains why so many Bernie supporters came out swinging against Beto O'Rourke this week

Link to tweet

[Autumn]

32. You think polls mean shit at this point in time?

[Gothmog]

33. This is a strawpoll of Move On voters who should be bernie's base

If bernie has lost the move on segment of the party, he is in trouble

[Autumn]

34. I doubt he has lost his base. nt

[Gothmog]

35. I still do not believe that sanders will run in 2020

sanders is busy selling books right now. I doubt that sanders would actually comply with the new DNC rule and formally agree in writing to become a member of the Democratic Party, agree to run as a member of the Democratic Party and agree to govern if elected as a member of the Democratic Party. I also doubt that sanders will release his tax returns so as to get onto the ballot in a number of key blue states

However, this poll is not great news for sanders

Link to tweet

[George II]

41. Bobby Kennedy is alive and well in the hearts and minds of true Democrats.

And his legacy will live on forever.

[Autumn]

42. Some of your true Democrats don't even remember him, he was gone by the time

they were born. How odd that remembering Bobby Kennedy is a measure of a true Democrat for you.

[George II]

43. Really? What about all those "true democrats" who always harp back to FDR?

For some "progressives" that's the measure of a true democrat.

[Autumn]

44. Your "true democrats" doesn't even enter into my mind or vocabulary.

[George II]

45. I'm not surprised.

[Autumn]

47. Are you one of those "true democrats"? Or is "true democrats" just a passive aggressive thing?

[marylandblue]

7. countering or repeating right wing talking points only reinforces then

So the thing to to ignore the BS and promote your own positive ideas

[JI7]

8. he doesn't look like Bobby Kennedy other than both having Irish looks

he also has a different personality than bobby Kennedy, just as he is different from obama. all had charisma and could appeal to wide groups of people but they are still different.

[tammywammy]

10. I've never heard this, and I'm in Texas.

[Cyrano]

13. If this is the first time you've heard it, tammywammy,

it's probably because it was meaningless in a Texas only race.

And maybe I'm paranoid to think the Republicans will try to make something of this in a national race.

Beto isn't a "front runner." Yet. There are a few dozen Dems who are in the game.

However, It will eventually come down to two or three, and I believe Beto will be one of them.

Soooo, if you haven't heard this before, it's probably because Texas Republicans didn't give a damn who Bobby Kennedy was. Or, perhaps, they just didn't want to remind any Dem voters who he was. Whatever.

But if Beto becomes a "finalist" in the Dem race, I believe this Bobby Kennedy thing may come up.

My reason for this OP is because I believe he'll become a finalist and the Bobby Kennedy thing will come up. And I believe the Republicans will try to use it to slime him. You may ask how they could do this, but they are experts at getting people to see "good" as "poison." This is what they do. This is who they are. And this is what we must fight to the bitter end.

[Kahuna7]

11. To me, it's not that he looks like Bobby, it's that he inspires

trust, goodness and wisdom like Bobby.

[Cyrano]

15. Couldn't agree more

[Liberal In Texas]

12. And I suppose I don't like Cruz becuase he looks like Mr. Haney's evil twin.

I like what Beto's ideas and his enthusiasm. Among other reasons.

[Cyrano]

16. Everything I've read about Cruz says he's the most hated man in the Senate

His colleagues avoid him and are disgusted by him.

So we're talking about a man who is considered a total prick by many. Yet, he was reelected.

I guess the only explanation is that the majority of voters want a Senator who will stand against everything that is decent, fair, and right. They want this prick as their Senator, even if they hate him.

How to overcome hatred, bigotry, racism, and pure idiocy is a problem in America today. Texas just showed us that the voting majority is not yet ready for that "human decency thing."

But they're not alone. Many of what we call "red states" still need to catch up with the 21st Century.

[yellowdogintexas]

36. There were more than enough Democrats and Democrat leaning

voters to flip that election. We worked our tails off to get every vote out we possibly could but fell short. Our party's resident political junkie is confident Tarrant county had enough non voting Democrats for Beto to win.

Cruz really hammered the border, lying about Beto wanting Open Borders
He hammered Medicare For All, lying that Beto wanted to give it free to people who haven't yet worked all their lives for it.
He used every lie and weasley snide remark possible to smear Beto and make voters scared of him. It worked on just enough rural voters to make that 214,000 vote margin happen.

Despite the huge turnout compared to 2014, we still just quite didn't get there.
Beto worked so hard and his family gave up nearly 2 years of family life - he totally rewrote the book on campaigning though and I expect to see that reflected in the 2020 campaigns. If Beto could do everything he did here, anyone can do those same things in a smaller state and kick serious ass.

[delisen]

14. Well..... they both identify as male?

short hair?

[DFW]

17. They're just jealous

Trump looks (and acts) like he's a finalist in the lead role for a horror movie about a serial murderer. Beto DOES look like Bobby Kennedy, and he doesn't even have a New England patrician accent they can mock.

I understand their dilemma, but have no sympathy.

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. Better than lookimg like an oompa-loompa

[Gothmog]

20. Beto has been speaking to prominent black Democrats in recent days.

Link to tweet

[Croney]

23. Robert Kennedy died fifty years ago.

It's hard to believe it was that long ago. People under 70 today never had a chance to vote for him (if my math is in the ballpark).

I think looking like him would be a feature, not a bug.

[Croney]

24. duplicate.

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[GulfCoast66]

25. This is ridiculous. I'm 53 years old.

Couldn’t really tell you what Bobby Kennedy looked like. Don’t much care.

Most voters, including Democratic voters, could not write a short paragraph on the history of Bobby Kennedy. I could, but like most DUers I am a political junky. But do not really have a mental image of him. I was 3 when he was killed.

[Bucky]

46. I'm 55. I grew up hearing about Bobby.

And it was always Bobby, not Robert Kennedy. Peoples' eyes glazed over with such a overwhelming longing when they talked about him. As I studied the history, I understood the transformative power of his vision, and how his murder only added to that mythos.

I've been following Democratic politics closely for the last 40 years. There's this wonderful Jules Feiffer line about how "our loins still ache for Bobby." I think that was still true until 2000 or so.

Something about the Republican Party turning into full-time morons in the White House changed our taste to wanting smart capable leaders. Times change, but they do so slowly

[cilla4progress]

26. I truly

think this is a part.

[ET Awful]

30. Their real fear is that he'd govern like Bobby Kennedy.

Hell, give someone who looks like Bobby and fights like Teddy, I'll vote for him.

[rlegro]

38. Remember....

Republicans not that long ago elected a deep-south, conservative named John Kennedy. Doesn't look like JFK, but they're happy to have the name association.

[sellitman]

39. Looks mean nothing

If people want to be that shallow fuck them.

[Vinca]

40. Looking like Bobby Kennedy is a fluke-of-nature asset.

Beto is obviously his own man, but he reminds me of Bobby in more ways than his looks. He's got Bobby's passion, Bobby's drive and cares about people the way Bobby did. He's a superstar in his own right.