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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsListening to Talarico's acceptance speech on Chris Hays. He's good! Love thy neighbor as yourself.
A populist like Bernie
senseandsensibility
(25,003 posts)Gracious to Jasmine, and now he is describing how billionaires are screwing everyone else.
msongs
(73,770 posts)senseandsensibility
(25,003 posts)I noticed he looks like Colin Jost.
TBF
(36,714 posts)but he's from Round Rock (by Austin); studied at UT, Harvard, and Seminary. He might need to campaign out in the country to fix that.
I've been in Texas the same amount of time as Jasmine Crocket (a little over 20 years). I don't think I've picked up an accent, but my northern relatives can hear it.
democrank
(12,610 posts)A message of hope and unity. What a breath of fresh air.
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)I often let most stump speeches go in one ear and out the other, as they tend to be redundant and predictable. He was quite fresh and inspiring. I felt a little spark of hope for Texas! We'll see.
Borogove
(624 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(180,003 posts)Deminpenn
(17,522 posts)will be shouting "Amen!" at the end.
This week;s New Yorker magazine had a long profile story on him. One passage particulary caught my attention, where he ruefully noted that apparently people need enemies, so he would give them a different one - the corrupt billionaire class rather than each other. That aligns him with where Americans/voters currently are.
Skittles
(171,791 posts)thank you