Is it fair to compare Beto O'Rourke to Robert Kennedy?
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« on: November 08, 2018, 02:57:18 PM »
A lot of people say he's Robert Kennedy incarnate I disagree what do you think?
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2018, 03:45:33 PM »
Well, he lost. Kennedys don’t lose.
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2018, 04:02:36 PM »
It's not fair to compare anyone to the Kennedy's. It's hard to be that bad.
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2018, 04:51:07 PM »
Quote from: Cath on November 08, 2018, 03:45:33 PM
Well, he lost. Kennedys don’t lose.

Ted did. He threw a big fit and gave Reagan the Presidency.
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2018, 05:09:40 PM »
Quote from: Let Dogs Survive on November 08, 2018, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Cath on November 08, 2018, 03:45:33 PM
Well, he lost. Kennedys don’t lose.

Ted did. He threw a big fit and gave Reagan the Presidency.

He had to redeem his family’s legacy somehow.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2018, 12:03:18 AM »
He looks quite a bit like Robert’s side of the family:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Beto_O%27Rourke%2C_Official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/220px-Beto_O%27Rourke%2C_Official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2018, 01:29:48 PM »

He also shares a real first and middle names with RFK
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2018, 01:48:35 PM »
Well, both are named Robert Francis.

Quote from: Cath on November 08, 2018, 03:45:33 PM
Well, he lost. Kennedys don’t lose.

Tricky Dick would disagree with this statement.
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2018, 02:08:59 PM »
Just because you're rich and have a decent head of hair doesn't merit a comparison to one of the Great Men of the twentieth century.
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2018, 03:38:54 PM »
No one will replace Robert Kennedy, but the 2020 Democrat presidential candidate can achieve the Robert Kennedy dream and surpass what Obama couldn't do under Boehner's congress and reform and raise the cap on SSA.
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« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2018, 10:52:30 AM »
RFK should be compared to Hillary Clinton, not Beto O'Rourke. Both got a boost from family connections to their political careers. Both carpet-bagged a New York Senate seat. And were it not for Sirhan Sirhan, both would've lost a Democratic nomination they thought they deserved and then lost in the general election the next time they ran.
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« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2018, 06:28:17 PM »
It is fair. RFK was very overrated anyway.
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« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2018, 07:30:23 PM »
I think that he is similarly charismatic. He certainly has tried to emulate it with his speeches from the beds of pickup trucks. Plus, they share first AND middle names.
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2018, 09:56:46 AM »
No. Beto is a nobody who did well in an election. RFK was a transformational figure.

But, hey, Beto skateboards and dropped an f bomb. TRUE POLITICAL ICON! Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2018, 12:14:30 AM »
In terms of accomplishments - of course not
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