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-   The Trailer Park (https://britishexpats.com/forum/trailer-park-96/)
-   -   2020 Election (https://britishexpats.com/forum/trailer-park-96/2020-election-919243/)

civilservant Mar 17th 2019 11:26 pm
Re: 2020 Election
 
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/18/polit...ord/index.html

Apparently people think there's something there.... O'Rourke out raised Sanders on Day 1.

scrubbedexpat099 Mar 18th 2019 12:24 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Not sure I am seeing the racist bit.

You can of course claim about good taste but then you better make sure you are clean on the matter.

scrubbedexpat099 Mar 18th 2019 1:02 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
https://news.yahoo.com/psychedelic-w...013651735.html

Archived versions of writings attributed to O’Rourke’s alias “Psychedelic Warlord” include one that criticized some women as “sluts,” mocked them for having “violent boyfriends,” and suggested a way to deal with these women was to call them “completely ugly,” or inform “Nazi Skins in your area” that they had “AIDS.”

More racism.

civilservant Mar 18th 2019 1:27 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Yeah if it transpires that he did write that then his candidacy is in serious trouble.

Leslie Mar 18th 2019 2:19 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12655675)
Yeah if it transpires that he did write that then his candidacy is in serious trouble.
He wrote it in his teens. I think the jury is still out on whether things like this will matter to potential voters. I can honestly say that I personally am not bothered.

civilservant Mar 18th 2019 2:22 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
I've been willing to overlook most things WRT his candidacy because I think he's the one that I personally connect to most, but this is sailing pretty close to my red line.

Leslie Mar 18th 2019 2:57 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12655717)
I've been willing to overlook most things WRT his candidacy because I think he's the one that I personally connect to most, but this is sailing pretty close to my red line.
That's interesting. Which part(s)?

civilservant Mar 18th 2019 3:06 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
This most recent article, decrying women as 'sluts' and 'completely ugly' sounds far too close to the current incumbent of the White House for my tastes - not to mention that the suggest way of dealing with them is basically to throw them to the wolves and let them be torn apart.

I understand this was one thing written a long time ago, but he also makes flippant remarks about his wife raising their children which suggests that some of his thought or opinions have not changed in the way they should have as an adult.

scrubbedexpat099 Mar 18th 2019 3:43 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
To be fair he did acknowledge his white privilege.

"Not only will I not say that again, but I'll be more thoughtful going forward in the way that I talk about our marriage, and also the way in which I acknowledge the truth of the criticism that I have enjoyed white privilege," he said.
He pointed to his ability to walk away from two arrests as a young man without serious consequences as a example.

Leslie Mar 18th 2019 4:55 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12655755)
This most recent article, decrying women as 'sluts' and 'completely ugly' sounds far too close to the current incumbent of the White House for my tastes - not to mention that the suggest way of dealing with them is basically to throw them to the wolves and let them be torn apart.

I understand this was one thing written a long time ago, but he also makes flippant remarks about his wife raising their children which suggests that some of his thought or opinions have not changed in the way they should have as an adult.

I've just read the actual post and it looks to me like it's a list of things he might say to posers who were trying to be punk-rockers? Some of it doesn't even seem to be directed at any particular gender. Stupid and immature but not really threatening.

http://cd.textfiles.com/cuteskunk/un...c/cDc-0121.txt

scrubbedexpat099 Mar 18th 2019 4:57 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 12655826)
I've just read the actual post and it looks to me like it's a list of things he might say to posers who were trying to be punk-rockers? Some of it doesn't even seem to be directed at any particular gender. Stupid and immature but not really threatening.

http://cd.textfiles.com/cuteskunk/un...c/cDc-0121.txt
I think you are most likely correct, his problem is he is a member of the wrong party.

Giantaxe Mar 18th 2019 5:07 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12655828)
I think you are most likely correct, his problem is he is a member of the wrong party.
He's just raised $6.1m from members of the "wrong party", more than any other candidate did after their announcements.

caretaker Mar 18th 2019 5:13 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 12655826)
I've just read the actual post and it looks to me like it's a list of things he might say to posers who were trying to be punk-rockers? Some of it doesn't even seem to be directed at any particular gender. Stupid and immature but not really threatening.
Backlash against preppies as well, which was a thing back then.

scrubbedexpat099 Mar 18th 2019 5:24 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 12655837)
He's just raised $6.1m from members of the "wrong party", more than any other candidate did after their announcements.
A lot has happened in the last few days, lets see how this plays out.

Giantaxe Mar 18th 2019 5:37 am
Re: 2020 Election
 
Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12655846)
A lot has happened in the last few days, lets see how this plays out.
"Interesting" you don't follow your own advice:

Originally Posted by Boiler
Well it is all over.

I feel sorry for him in some respects, I was fairly boring in my youth but still did more that I would like to be published. But then he knows all this stuff would come up so why stand?


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