BPR: Despite touting socialist-like policies, Texas Democrat congressional nominee Rep. Beto O’Rourke seems to prefer not sharing his wealth, much to the chagrin of other nominees across the nation.
“It’s great that O’Rourke has inspired so many people and raised so much money, and if he can spend it all effectively in Texas, he is well within his rights to do so,” Matthew Miller, a veteran Democrat strategist and Texas native, said to The New York Times last week.
The problem is that the polls continue to show O’Rourke trailing leagues behind Sen. Ted Cruz, whom he seeks to unseat. The chances of him eking out a victory appear so low that some argue he should redistribute some of the $38 million he’s raised in the last three months to other nominees in need.
“[H]e could have a huge impact for the party by sharing some of it with the D.S.C.C. so it could be spent in states where candidates just need a little extra to get over the hump,” Miller added, referencing the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Miller isn’t the only Democrat who feels this way. Paul Kane, a liberal who poses as a “reporter” for The Washington Post, also believes O’Rourke should share, as do others on social media. MORE
How are Democrats going to learn to share when they haven’t even learned not to throw screaming temper tantrums when they don’t get what they want?
I’m not surprised. Most socialists want to share other people’s money.
He should definitely NOT share it. Instead he needs to waste it in Texas. In fact he should siphon off as many democrat donations as they can throw at him.
When I saw that $38 million number I wondered how much came from Texans. I’m guessing quite a bit came from outside the state.
The attempted buying of a political seat, by people who aren’t even represented by that seat. dnc policy and practice. The salary for that contested seat is around $174,000 per year. And the dnc is throwing about 60 million into the race. Something ain’t right.
Fortunately, some things just can’t be purchased, and the good people of Texas seem to be aware of that.
I love this line: “…Paul Kane, a liberal who poses as a “reporter” for The Washington Post, also believes….”
With Trump’s win over Hillary for almost half the bucks and O’Rourke’s $38 million stash, we may be coming to the end of the extent to which money can buy elections. That would be nice.
The Dems yammered about Citizen’s United ad nauseum, but they are the ones with all the illegal, under the table, outside the country bucks hidden in their shoes. They have many many ways to cheat. It would be nice if it didn’t matter. ….Lady in Red
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Pink Floyd, oh yeah==thnx, blast
When I saw that $38 million number I wondered how much came from wealthy democRATs like Tom Steyer thru straw contributors!
Soros is his largest contributor. And Beto care only about Beto so he will not be sharing anything. He has to keep some bail money for the next time he is arrested.
Ego furatus aequum est, et quadratum
There needs to be changes to political donations that forbid one candidates donations being transferred to another. In addition at the end of a campaign, whatever money is left over should be donated to a charity instead of being used by the candidate or the party as a slush fund. I know dispersal of those funds is supposed to be controlled but I suspect it never ends up being dispersed according to the regulations.
@Col. Angus: Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego.
Have I mentioned lately that I hate Beto?
Lady in Red at 704
Add this to seeing that
The NYT is signaling they’ve lost TX and are virtue-shaming Beto to dip into his own Gold to PAY for other EVIL MSNBC production operations like John Heilemann and Mariana Atencio to stage Border Wars.
See Them Now, Again. In advance of the next 3 weeks.
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Beto’s Cali, NYC and Sorus funds, and to an equal extent Fletchers Pelosi back cartel, have purchased so much air time that we Texans are constantly bombarded with their ads. The amount of ad placement is overkill and honestly considerably annoying. It has reached the point where a viewer cannot watch local news without throwing up because these two have too much money to spend. They have no viable platforms to run on just uber liberalism and smear ads. I can’t wait for this crap to be over.
interesting POV on conservatives/libs
their studies showed liberals will only donate their own resources if they know the money will go towards punishment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOQduoLgRw