Saving the Earth, one platitude at a time.
That squeal of delight you hear is coming from the Beto O’Rourke fans as they awake this morning to the news that their dream candidate is running for president. His video appeared just minutes ago in his Twitter feed as I write this early Thursday morning.
I am running to serve you as the next president. The challenges we face are the greatest in living memory. No one person can meet them on their own. Only this country can do that, and only if we build a movement that includes all of us. Say you’re in: https://t.co/EKLdkVET2upic.twitter.com/lainXyvG2n
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 14,2019
The video is a narcissist’s vision of realizing presidential ambitions. O’Rourke officially kicks off his campaign with a rally in El Paso on March 30 but in the meantime, he’ll be roaming around the country on a listening tour. He describes this moment in America as a moment of “maximum peril” yet fails to realize that conservatives will understand an O’Rourke presidency would produce maximum peril should he be successful.
O’Rourke is an anti-border wall Democrat. He voted against ICE and he voted against Kate’s Law. He voted against the Trump tax cuts. He supports single-payer health care and voted against restrictions on late-term abortion. He voted against sanctioning Iran. He calls law enforcement “The New Jim Crow”. How does he sound to you so far?
His announcement video is full of meaningless sops that will be lapped up by his base of support – young voters and Gen X voters ready to take over the political scene. “The only way for us to live up to the promise of America is to give it our all and to give it for all of us.” “We are truly now more than ever the last great hope of Earth.” Wow, of Earth.
