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horncyclist

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  1. Looks like he's setting out to visit all 99 Iowa counties in record time. Every county in America? Hell, why stop there? 3007 counties in America.
  2. I recall you being skeptical of a Beto run for president, despite your strong support of his Senate campaign. What changed for you? Or do I have you confused with someone else? Has his fundraising team been in touch yet?
  3. After reading this, I got curious about how many languages Buttigieg speaks. Apparently, it's 7 conversationally, which is 7 more than our current president.
  4. Beto on MTP today:
  5. This is powerful stuff. On family separation: "That is America for long as that persists and for as long as it takes to reunite those separated families." He may have had his first viral moment of 2020 there. For all those criticizing him for being a policy lightweight, what stands out to me is his ability to provide thought leadership in a way that actually persuades. And he's brilliantly using social media to do it. If we're going to move past Trumpism, those are essential tools to do it.
  6. He forgot to ask them to go to act blue to donate. Amateur.
  7. This is what Beto does well. It's incredibly powerful in person and amplifies through social media, and if he catches on like he did in Texas, all the national-level scrutiny and skepticism will fade into the background. All that matters now is connecting with actual voters and supporters.
  8. The bolded part is what's so fucked up. Probably a lot of those from Purdue would do it again, knowing what they know now, and would justify it by a belief that people are in pain. Cost of doing business. They get away with it because the pharma lobby is one of the most powerful in America. I've been thinking about this a lot. Also, what would happen if you legalized hard drugs adn put the money from the drug war into education and treatment. I think everyone would be better off. Except the druglords but fuck them, they should have gotten theirs by now.
  9. Assume it's on federal land, so federal criminal law would apply. Say Melania dies in the Whitehouse under suspicious circumstances and the Dotard is the likely suspect.
  10. Question: Has the criminality of the President's conduct while in office ever risen to that Trump is apparently responsible for? If a President murdered someone, would they be indicted? I guess you could say that even there, impeachment is a solution, but what if the evidence of the murder isn't rock solid but enough to reach beyond a reasonable doubt. I mean, enough doubt exists where half of a corrupt Senate would turn the other way. What then? The President is not and should not be above the law. There has to be a situation where indictment is appropriate. Maybe this is it.
  11. Surprised this didn't come out in the Senate Race. Cruz would have had a field day. It would all be bullshit, but he would anyway. We're going to have to cut people some slack for shit they said and did when they were 16 or else we can never have another male as President. At least not one under 50.
  12. Great that the debates will have both Buttigieg and Yang. Hopefully there will be some serious moderation and we'll actually have some useful discussion.
  13. Joaquin likely in against Cornyn. Good move. Beto on the pres ticket and a strong challenger to Cornyn and Texas just might...might .... finally turn blue.
  14. Joaquin likely in against Cornyn. Good move. Beto on the pres ticket and a strong challenger to Cornyn and Texas just might...might .... finally turn blue.
  15. I'd like to think Beto really believes in structural reforms like getting the money out of politics, term limits and ending gerrymandering. If he can use his positivity to unite the country to enact things that will actually start to fix shit, then maybe that's the place to go. Or maybe we're all fucked. I don't know. I'm going to go drink.
  16. What are the reports on the ground in Iowa? How are they receiving him?
  17. Pretty sure he had already backed off in his Senate run, becuase he was running against Ted Fucking Cruz in Texas. Also, public option is a perfectly reasonable position take and actually achievable in our lifetimes. The healthcare lobby will never allow M4A.
  18. Man, you already maxed out your donation? Way to go. Glad you're on board.
  19. Coverage today brought to mind this Nate Silver tweet, which seems pretty prescient now
  20. Well, Beto's locked up Htown's support.
  21. Just checked out their website. Looks damn good. Can't wait to see Beto skateboarding around a Culver's parking lot.
  22. I gave him $20 to get some gas. Did my part. Tomorrow I'll give em some more. What's a dimebag cost these days? Might just go $10 for a burger. What sort of fast food joints they got up there? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
  23. This will be ridiculed but no one else is going to campaign like this and Iowa will eat it up. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
  24. Warren did similar. Subject: "Welcome, Beto" with the ask framed as "lot of people running, so give me money" Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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