Last month this blog featured Beto O'Rourke in an item titled Rising star Beto flamed out -- it's almost enough to make a Texan feel sorry for him. Beto was out of his league when he ran against Ted Cruz to be a U.S. Senator. However, he had a lot of support from Democrats across the country. But after he lost the election Democrats dumped him like a bowl of cold porridge.
Now even Texas Monthly magazine, which has traditionally promoted Democrats over Republicans, has piled on by giving him half a bum steer award. 2020 Bum Steer of the Year: Beto O’Rourke:
After evoking so much love and admiration from his fellow Texans, O’Rourke seemed, inexplicably, to want to be anywhere but Texas—and he seemed, inexplicably, to be having a miserable time everywhere else too. His fans were left sticking pins in a map, tracking his movements. Where was O’Rourke headed? An artist colony in New Mexico? A fundamentalist Mormon compound? Would he soon be found meditating cliffside at the Esalen Institute, flowers in his hair?
The answer proved much worse than any of those things: He decided to run for president of the United States, a position for which he was particularly ill-suited and which no sane person could want. In 2019, Beto O’Rourke got lost in America and lost in his head, and it’s tough to see how he’ll ever find his way back.
The way Democrats turned on him it's almost enough to make a person feel sorry for him.
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2:35 PM 12/18/2019
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