Beto O’Rourke hasn’t even won a major election yet and already Democrats are frothing at the mouth to make him president of the United States, so says MSNBC with their big fluff piece O’Rourke:
Beto O'Rourke's campaign has transcended politics to become something of a political-cultural phenomenon. https://t.co/PuVrc3wXFz
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 18, 2018
If Beto has really transcended politics, then why are his politics so far down in the polls? I mean sure, it’s Texas. But if he’s really that transcendent of a figure, then surely Texans will elect him over Ted Cruz, right?
Oh nevermind that, he’s so “authentically cool” it doesn’t matter.
This Betomania fluff piece by MSNBC actually quotes Obama’s former campaign manager as touting him the guy everyone wants to hang out with:
Jim Messina, who ran Obama’s re-election campaign, said O’Rourke has a rare combination of “inspiration, aspiration and authenticity” that moves people as he skateboards his way across Texas.
“People are motivated by him as a political leader and a human being,” Messina said in an email. “He is authentic, and luckily, authentically cool. For him to play air drums to The Who or skateboard is both authentic and cool. People want to hang out with him.”
My favorite part of the article, however, is how they make him sound like the next Obama…..well a white version:
O’Rourke, a former punk rocker with a message like Obama’s and a face like a Kennedy’s…
They do throw in a little dose of reality though…
But if he loses, and especially if the margin ends up wider than expected, O’Rourke’s star could come hurtling back toward earth, potentially crushing fans’ hope for a 2020 bid and exposing him to criticism for spending so much money in a race that was always a longshot.
Ok this is your mission now, Texas. You gotta make this guy lose so bad it’s ugly. Make them regret giving this guy so much money only to be wasted on a race where he gets crushed.
But really, what this article shows is that O’Rourke is pushing his campaign national. Even Hollywood is frothing over him:
O’Rourke yard signs have been spotted in such faraway locales as Rhode Island, Connecticut and Virginia, and he just announced raising more money ($38 million) than any Senate candidate in history for a single quarter.
Danny Deraney, a Hollywood publicist who has worked with celebrities like Justin Timberlake and Madonna, said he hasn’t seen Los Angeles this excited about a national politician in years.
“Barack Obama kind of swept everybody off their feet, and I think Beto has done that here, too,” he said. “Here in a city that is pretty left-leaning, they see someone who is hopeful for this party, that is not the same old same old. I think people see him as someone who is refreshing.”
This is why Beto is gonna be on CNN tonight solo when Ted Cruz declined, because to him this is about his national aspirations, not him necessarily becoming a Texas Senator. And CNN is gonna be sure and help make that happen, I assure you.
Kudos to Ted Cruz for having sense enough to decline the CNN invitation. Early on I wasn’t sure why he did decline, but now it’s clear to me that he doesn’t want to participate in helping CNN push “Betomainia”.