I bet the Russians, George Soros and Guisslapp are behind and loving this guy.
BERNIE READY FOR REVOLUTION!
RISE OF THE SOCIALISTS
SLAMS TRUMP
'WE'RE GOING TO WIN'
I bet the Russians, George Soros and Guisslapp are behind and loving this guy.
BERNIE READY FOR REVOLUTION!
RISE OF THE SOCIALISTS
SLAMS TRUMP
'WE'RE GOING TO WIN'
I am not a socialist.
Yeppers. The lying elitist libs are quickly seeing their chance at 2020 go into the dumpster.
TAMMY BRUCE: Dems admit obscene anti-Trump claims all a sham
Beto announces a run for the WH! I have a tingly feeling running up my leg....
Of course this elitist liberal Democrat will be forgiven by it's sheep. Can you imagine if Trump had written a story about running over and killing children: plus had DUI's?
O'Rourke says sorry for joke about wife, creepy murder fiction about killing kids
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was forced Friday to offer two apologies, one for a campaign joke about how he and his wife raise their children and another about an edgy short story about running over kids that he wrote when he was 15.
In a taping of the “Political Party Live” podcast in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he apologized for a campaign joke he made on a number of occasions -- in which he quipped that his wife, Amy, raised their children “sometimes with my help.”
YOUNG BETO O'ROURKE WROTE 'MURDER FANTASY' ABOUT RUNNING OVER CHILDREN WAS PART OF FAMED HACKING GROUP: REPORT
While the jest picked up chuckles on the campaign trail, he apparently ruffled some feathers, with The New York Times reporting that his comments “elicited both laughter and derision” and cited tweets that criticized him for unwittingly exposing the double standard between male and female candidates.
“This is not the first time Mr. O’Rourke has been accused of appearing to revel in his advantages as a white male in an increasingly diverse Democratic Party,” the Gray Lady declared.
That criticism was quickly acknowledged by Beto.
"Not only will I not say that again, but I'll be more thoughtful going forward in the way that I talk about our marriage, and also the way in which I acknowledge the truth of the criticism that I have enjoyed white privilege," he said on the podcast.
"So yes, I think the criticism is right on. My ham-handed attempt to try to highlight the fact that Amy has the lion's share of the burden in our family -- that she actually works but is the primary parent in our family, especially when I served in Congress, especially when I was on the campaign trail -- should have also been a moment for me to acknowledge that that is far too often the case, not just in politics, but just in life in general. I hope as I have been in some instances part of the problem, I can also be part of the solution," he said in comments reported by CNN.
He also addressed a Reuters report that, as a 15-year-old, he wrote stories under the name “Psychedelic Warlord” -- including one the narrator's murder spree as part of his goal seeking "the termination of everything that was free and loving." The piece described the first kill as the murder of two children crossing the street.
It reads: “Then one day, as I was driving home from work, I noticed two children crossing the street. They were happy, happy to be free from their troubles. I knew, however, that this happiness and sense of freedom were much too overwhelming for them.
“This happiness was mine by right. I had earned it in my dreams. As I neared the young ones, I put all my weight on my right foot, keeping the accelerator pedal on the floor until I heard the crashing of the two children on the hood, and then the sharp cry of pain from one of the two. I was so fascinated for a moment, that when after I had stopped my vehicle, I just sat in a daze, sweet visions filling my head.”
O’Rourke had earlier dismissed the writings: "It was stuff that I was a part of as a teenager that I’m not proud of today, and I mean that’s the long and short of it.”
Of course this elitist liberal Democrat will be forgiven by it's sheep. Can you imagine if Trump had written a story about running over and killing children: plus had DUI's?
O'Rourke says sorry for joke about wife, creepy murder fiction about killing kids
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was forced Friday to offer two apologies, one for a campaign joke about how he and his wife raise their children and another about an edgy short story about running over kids that he wrote when he was 15.
In a taping of the “Political Party Live” podcast in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he apologized for a campaign joke he made on a number of occasions -- in which he quipped that his wife, Amy, raised their children “sometimes with my help.”
YOUNG BETO O'ROURKE WROTE 'MURDER FANTASY' ABOUT RUNNING OVER CHILDREN WAS PART OF FAMED HACKING GROUP: REPORT
While the jest picked up chuckles on the campaign trail, he apparently ruffled some feathers, with The New York Times reporting that his comments “elicited both laughter and derision” and cited tweets that criticized him for unwittingly exposing the double standard between male and female candidates.
“This is not the first time Mr. O’Rourke has been accused of appearing to revel in his advantages as a white male in an increasingly diverse Democratic Party,” the Gray Lady declared.
That criticism was quickly acknowledged by Beto.
"Not only will I not say that again, but I'll be more thoughtful going forward in the way that I talk about our marriage, and also the way in which I acknowledge the truth of the criticism that I have enjoyed white privilege," he said on the podcast.
"So yes, I think the criticism is right on. My ham-handed attempt to try to highlight the fact that Amy has the lion's share of the burden in our family -- that she actually works but is the primary parent in our family, especially when I served in Congress, especially when I was on the campaign trail -- should have also been a moment for me to acknowledge that that is far too often the case, not just in politics, but just in life in general. I hope as I have been in some instances part of the problem, I can also be part of the solution," he said in comments reported by CNN.
He also addressed a Reuters report that, as a 15-year-old, he wrote stories under the name “Psychedelic Warlord” -- including one the narrator's murder spree as part of his goal seeking "the termination of everything that was free and loving." The piece described the first kill as the murder of two children crossing the street.
It reads: “Then one day, as I was driving home from work, I noticed two children crossing the street. They were happy, happy to be free from their troubles. I knew, however, that this happiness and sense of freedom were much too overwhelming for them.
“This happiness was mine by right. I had earned it in my dreams. As I neared the young ones, I put all my weight on my right foot, keeping the accelerator pedal on the floor until I heard the crashing of the two children on the hood, and then the sharp cry of pain from one of the two. I was so fascinated for a moment, that when after I had stopped my vehicle, I just sat in a daze, sweet visions filling my head.”
O’Rourke had earlier dismissed the writings: "It was stuff that I was a part of as a teenager that I’m not proud of today, and I mean that’s the long and short of it.”
I would be shocked if Trump read anything. Writing something? No way!
Now that Beto's tax returns show he attempted to commit tax fraud (2013 & 2014) that should mean he is effectively eliminated from the race. Of course, he is already eliminated given the polling numbers! After all, isn't that what the Dems HOPE to find in Trump's returns, some reason to impeach him?
But, no, unlike the hysterical left I don't consider what Beto did...twice...to be "tax fraud" or be a reason he couldn't/shouldn't hold the office of POTUS. There are plenty of other reasons that bozo should never be elected. Given the good ole double standard though, it's always okay for a Dem to have gaffes in tax returns, campaign financing law, conflicts of interest, etc... it's just not okay for a Repub to. Just pointing out another example of the hypocrisy of the left.
I would think that you guys would be more concern about Pete.
"All roads lead to Putin" -- Thomas Jefferson
I'm not concerned about any Dem candidate. But, I only mentioned this because it was Beto, not Pete, who had the tax return issue.
Since you brought it up, I don't think Pete's campaign is going anywhere nationally. He's just the latest "flavor of the month" in a crappy-azz field of Dem morons. Crazy Bernie has a following since he started back in 2016, but after watching his townhall on FOX, I'm not concerned about him either. He is as stupidly naïve as the day is long. Next!
At this point in the 2016 cycle, Scott Walker was the leader for the GOP.
See! It always happens that way. I do think crazy Bernie and creepy Joe will be in the running, should JB choose to run, all the way to the end. The field of 20-whatever will quickly narrow after Iowa, NH, and now California. There will be maybe 5 left by the time of South Carolina.