A little bit o’ Beto in my life
by digby
The Texas GOP is sending this around. They think it’s very clever:
Maybe Beto can’t debate Ted Cruz because he already had plans… pic.twitter.com/LdqKTh3yK4— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 28, 2018
There’s always the chance that Robert “Beto” O’Rourke won’t debate Senator Cruz because he got into a hazy situation… pic.twitter.com/4nmd42AEkl— Texas GOP (@TexasGOP) August 29, 2018
From the comments, I see that most people assume this is a ploy by the GOP to get their old white voters out to vote. But there seems to be some confusion. Most old white voters are baby boomers these days.
Here’s what was going on when we were young:
This guy is even invited to the Trump White House:
I’m sure there are many old Trump loving white dudes and dudettes who will pretend that they are shocked by that loud rock and roll those kids are listening to these days but they are all liars. The people who felt that way are almost all dead now. Even if these Trump voters hated rock as young people it’s so much a part of their experience that any such display of horror at Beto being in a band is 100% prime bullshit.
By the way, I agree with this:
If I were @texasdemocrats I’d be tweeting the exact same pictures of Beto that @TexasGOP is but just change the captions to “hey girl” pic.twitter.com/rdcKnkvsRu— Vote Matt Negrin for NY GOV to see Trump’s taxes (@MattNegrin) August 29, 2018
I don’t know why they are working so hard to make sure everyone knows just how hot Beto O’Rourke is but it’s probably because they are just that stupid.
Here’s his rival during his youth, by the way:
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