Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumO'Rourke Won't Unconditionally Support Any Democrat
Beto ORourke on Friday refused to commit his unconditional support to Democrats down the ticket in 2020 should he secure his partys nomination, in a contentious exchange with a New Hampshire voter, CNN reports.
Said ORourke: I cant take a pledge to support every single Democrat in the country. I need to know about them first, right? Would you want me to make a blanket commitment about people I know nothing about, who Ive never met?
https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/10/orourke-wont-unconditionally-support-any-democrat/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)He has given 100% commitment to support AND work his ass off for whoever is the presidential nominee.
And he is 100% right not to give a blanket endorsement and support of every Democrat running for every office all across the country. When you have idiots like Roy Moore running (And Dems have some kooks too) you sure as hell don't blindly support people.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JI7
(89,151 posts)that aren't really Democrats. especially in right wing areas.
in his Senate run he did a lot to help other Democrats who actually did end up winning becsuse he was able to help get turn out.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Indygram
(2,113 posts)or Anthony Weiner...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dalton99a
(80,910 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,543 posts)Why! And, I agree.
And, kind of a stupid question.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,267 posts)Beto's statement is a reasonable one.
Plus, David Duke ran as a Dem a couple of times. I wouldn't expect Beto to support him if he decided to do so again. I don't think anyone would.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)Exactly the type of person suited to be president.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)Cause we dont nominate any Roy Moores in this party.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,267 posts)just to pander to voters. Absolutism is rarely the answer to anything.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)And hedge your bets.
That way we can succeed like we did in 2010
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,151 posts)and then claim Beto is supporting him.
as far as the democratic nomination for president goes, Beto has said it's important to support whoever will be the nominee . if he does not end up the nominee he will fully support whoever does. he stressed how important it was.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)you are lucky enough to win the nomination and the general then you better fucking support every Democrat that wins their party's nomination.
If you don't support all Democrats you can't post here, by the way.
be a shame if Beto couldn't meet DU standards
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(80,910 posts)who was actually a good Democrat and had the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TeamPooka
(24,123 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)Not supporting someone is NOT the same as opposing someone. Anthony Weiner was a Democrat. Would you support him? Trump used to be a Democrat. If he switched party would you support him? I doubt it.
That question in the original post is like asking someone to sign a contract without reading it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JI7
(89,151 posts)against him in cases of some rare idiot that nobody would support.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Indygram
(2,113 posts)eom
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Midwestern Democrat
(804 posts)bribes and was facing certain conviction (he wound up serving over five years in prison) and yet he still somehow managed to win the Democratic primary in 2008 - would you really expect a Democratic presidential nominee to support a man like that?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
delisen
(6,036 posts)Maybe he needed to find a way to commit to not supporting Republican candidates.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided