Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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spectre wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:23 pm My property is posted so if a stranger comes up my driveway, they're trespassing and therefore criminals.
If they are working for Robert's campaign, they are likely already criminals.

I recently had lunch with my daughter and one of her friends who just turned 18. Her friend mentioned that she supported Beto but she can't vote (she's a UK citizen). I said, "That's OK, most of his supporters can't legally vote either". She didn't find it as funny as I did.
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Soccerdad1995 wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:54 am
spectre wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:23 pm My property is posted so if a stranger comes up my driveway, they're trespassing and therefore criminals.
If they are working for Robert's campaign, they are likely already criminals.

I recently had lunch with my daughter and one of her friends who just turned 18. Her friend mentioned that she supported Beto but she can't vote (she's a UK citizen). I said, "That's OK, most of his supporters can't legally vote either". She didn't find it as funny as I did.
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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It just occurred to me...

Will "Beto" even be on the ballot? I mean, that's just a nickname, right? Won't a ballot be required to have his legal name on it?

How many people who intend to vote for "Beto" will go into the voting booth and say: "Who's this O'Rourke guy? And where's Beto?!"

:lol:
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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thatguyoverthere wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:52 pm It just occurred to me...

Will "Beto" even be on the ballot? I mean, that's just a nickname, right? Won't a ballot be required to have his legal name on it?

How many people who intend to vote for "Beto" will go into the voting booth and say: "Who's this O'Rourke guy? And where's Beto?!"
I'm still trying to figure out how its legal, but "Beto" is on the ballot: Our example ballot

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/beto-o-apos- ... 32461.html

It’s all image, he’s a rock star.

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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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PriestTheRunner wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:15 pm
thatguyoverthere wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:52 pm It just occurred to me...

Will "Beto" even be on the ballot? I mean, that's just a nickname, right? Won't a ballot be required to have his legal name on it?

How many people who intend to vote for "Beto" will go into the voting booth and say: "Who's this O'Rourke guy? And where's Beto?!"
I'm still trying to figure out how its legal, but "Beto" is on the ballot: Our example ballot
On the sec of state form you fill out to run it has a blank for your name and another for your name as you want on the ballot (nicknames you to be commonly known by the nickname for 3 yrs prior)

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philip964 wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:24 pm https://www.yahoo.com/news/beto-o-apos- ... 32461.html

It’s all image, he’s a rock star.
yeah, I'm sure that's just him being him. :roll: no photo op to make him looks young and hip. [hey, where did the barf emoji go?]
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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flechero wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:27 pm
PriestTheRunner wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:15 pm
thatguyoverthere wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:52 pm It just occurred to me...

Will "Beto" even be on the ballot? I mean, that's just a nickname, right? Won't a ballot be required to have his legal name on it?

How many people who intend to vote for "Beto" will go into the voting booth and say: "Who's this O'Rourke guy? And where's Beto?!"
I'm still trying to figure out how its legal, but "Beto" is on the ballot: Our example ballot
On the sec of state form you fill out to run it has a blank for your name and another for your name as you want on the ballot (nicknames you to be commonly known by the nickname for 3 yrs prior)
I officially declare my nickname as Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
Take note of the date and time as proof of the three year requirements...

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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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Rafael Edward Cruz shares a first name with his father. Ted Cruz will appear on the ballot because that’s what people call him. If Robert Francis O’Rourke wants to put his fake Spanish nickname on the ballot, so what? Anybody that was stupid enough to vote for him just because of his Beeto signs was going to vote Democrat anyway. Besides everyone knows Hispanics are all Mexican anyway. Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans don’t count anyway. (For the Democrats out there....I’m SARCASTIC) as my daughter said when she was 6 and said something ridiculous. :roll:
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/ted- ... estaurant/

Ted Cruz run out of DC restaurant by protestors.

The new normal for America.

And you wonder why there are no Cruz signs in people’s yards.
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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philip964 wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:04 pm https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/ted- ... estaurant/

Ted Cruz run out of DC restaurant by protestors.

The new normal for America.

And you wonder why there are no Cruz signs in people’s yards.
The group posted a video of it on twitter.

https://twitter.com/SmashRacismDC/statu ... 83776?s=04
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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I have a hard time believing that the behavior of the left since the election (and of course way before) won't galvanize conservative voters to turn out in mass numbers.
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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I'd like to have an air horn and blast those [abbreviated profanity deleted.] when they do something like they did to Cruz and Sanders. With several refill canisters to outlast them.
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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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I see quite a few signs for Beto none for Cruz in my neighborhood.

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Re: Can Beto O’Rourke really beat Ted Cruz?

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striker55 wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:03 am I see quite a few signs for Beto none for Cruz in my neighborhood.
Don’t you feel if you put a Cruz sign in your front yard, you’d get a rock through your window.
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