Case in point ― after squaring off against Cruz in a debate Friday night, O’Rourke cruised over to a Whataburger outlet in the Dallas area for some grub. And as he navigated the drive-through, he blasted “Baba O’Riley” by The Who, which he believes “may be the best song ever written.”

He air-drummed part of it, and that was included in a 45-minute stream that O’Rourke (who as a youth played in a rock band) posted to his Facebook page. If you check that out, you’ll notice he remembers to say “please” and “thank you” while placing his order (a number one with cheese and a coke).



http://www.yahoo.com/news/beto-o-apos-rourke-went-230132461.html

I dont know him, but I like his taste in music and manners, probably a cool guy to hang out with.

I Don't know..I like more qualification in my choice of a leader then to eat hamburgers and listen to the Who.

I think Republicans also do that.

I like the idea of young blood instead of so many older blokes. Id love to hear his ideas and where he stand on issues. Texans seemed to have liked him well enough. Maybe the rest of the country will get a chance to do the same.

Well Cruz is young

But he eats hot dogs and listens to Led Zeppelin..so I guess he is no good

Oh.. and that Republican thing

I was not aware he is the same age as Beto, certainly would never have guessed it.

I dont have a horse in Texas. dont plan to live there and have never lived there. We will see what the Texans think. I just thought this new name and new blood seemed like an interesting and 'down to earth' kind of guy.

Some people vote based on "coolness" or "taste in music".

That's what happened with the 8 disastrous years with Obama.



Cruz will win.

Maybe they do. I voted Obama on his record and his position on the issues and his educational level and civic service and diplomacy and statesmanship.

I wont be voting in Texas. I dont live there. It never hurts to have common person appeal, it could be said thats how Trump won.

You mean his record of voting present more then any other Senator? You voted for him because he is black and a Democrat. Everyone on this website knows it and has called you on it.

Anyone believing I have voted based on someone's race is being willfully ignorant. JAckson was black and I did not vote for him. Sharpton was black and I did not vote for him. The record that made Obama appealing to me was

1 that he graduated Magna *** Laude(that means top 10 percent)from Harvard majoring in CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (constitution is a pretty big guideline for POTUS)

2. that he had 12 years of civic(social fields or civic protection) service practicing as a civil rights lawyer, and a constitutional law lecturer

3. his record voting for issues concerning healthcare, education, green energy, nuclear disarmament and budget transparency

4. the inetegrity he and his family showed in public

5. his calm head (I like that in someone with their hand on the proverbial button)

6. his skill in being diplomatic (a skill I think is important in Global relations with other cultures and governments)


,,, nowhere on the list was his race, to clarify.

Anyone believing I have voted based on someone's race is being willfully ignorant. JAckson was black and I did not vote for him. Sharpton was black and I did not vote for him. The record that made Obama appealing to me was

1 that he graduated Magna *** Laude(that means top 10 percent)from Harvard majoring in CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (constitution is a pretty big guideline for POTUS)

2. that he had 12 years of civic(social fields or civic protection) service practicing as a civil rights lawyer, and a constitutional law lecturer

3. his record voting for issues concerning healthcare, education, green energy, nuclear disarmament and budget transparency

4. the inetegrity he and his family showed in public

5. his calm head (I like that in someone with their hand on the proverbial button)

6. his skill in being diplomatic (a skill I think is important in Global relations with other cultures and governments)


,,, nowhere on the list was his race, to clarify.

Diplomatic? Kiss *** diplomacy doesn't work and that been proven. Hard line diplomacy works and that is why President Bush and President Trump have been so successful at it.

diplomacy is in the eye of the beholder

diplomacy: skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility

ONE of the definitions from Miriam Webster

I appreciated OBamas skill of diplomacy in global relations.

Meanwhile, Rep. Beto O’Rourke had a pair of felony arrests in his mid-to-late 20s, including a reckless drunk-driving incident in which he crashed into a car and allegedly tried to flee from the scene. The cases appear to have mysteriously disappeared without serious prosecution, notwithstanding that O’Rourke continues to deny basic facts outlined in at least one police report.

In the wee hours of the morn on Sept. 27, 1998, at age 26 (i.e., considerably older than Kavanaugh was at the time of his alleged misconduct), O’Rourke lost control of his car while speeding eastbound on route I-10 in El Paso. According to the police report, after he struck a truck, O’Rourke’s Volvo careened through the center median and finally screeched to a halt facing eastbound on the westbound side. Police say that O’Rourke attempted to flee from the scene of the crash but was stopped by a witness who, simultaneously, had to warn oncoming traffic of the danger.

When he was ultimately apprehended, O’Rourke told police he’d had only two beers. In reality, a breath test indicated a blood-alcohol level of 0.136, well above the 0.10 legal limit — a fact police discovered after he slurred his words so badly he could barely be understood and could not pass simple walking tests.

By the way, the drunk-driving incident is not a one-off, an aberration in an otherwise uneventful early adulthood. About three years before the car crash, O’Rourke was arrested for allegedly burglarizing a campus building at the University of Texas at El Paso. He reportedly claimed the incident was a college prank, but he was not a college student at the time.

Meanwhile, as a first-term lawmaker, O’Rourke skirted a 2012 law that barred members of Congress from profiting on initial public offerings of stock based on information not available to the public. A House Ethics Committee memo warned members to avoid such IPOs as Twitter’s, which was about to launch. O’Rourke, who says he did not see the memo (but was nevertheless required to follow the law), bought Twitter shares, then quickly sold many of them as the stock rocketed higher in value.

Like Brett Kavanaugh, Beto O’Rourke is seeking one of the most important positions in the US government. Unlike Kavanaugh, O’Rourke will have no swarms of reporters combing through files and tracking down witnesses about the details of years-old misconduct — misconduct that, in O’Rourke’s case, is not merely “alleged” but actually happened. There will be no television-spectacle hearing. He will be treated with respect, not treated as if he were a criminal suspect.

It’s good to be a Democrat.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/29/media-scrutinizes-kavanaugh-but-gives-ted-cruz-challenger-pass.html

No. there is no other position like SCOTUS. there is no election of the people to vote you in or out, there is no term limit. it is a LIFETIME appointment. And your word on peoples rights is the FINAL word.

if he is ever NOMINEE for SCOTUS, I am sure they will more than scrutinize any record that comes forth.

Ummm, that's not exactly true. They can me impeached. Senators craft and pass laws and can over ride a Presidential veto or executive order. All three branches are created equal for a reason.

there is no election of the people to put them in or out, there is no term limit, UNLESS one resigns, dies, or is impeached, which in todays blind party loyalty politics is a near extinct possibility.