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In reply to the discussion: Gavin Newsome. Just watched a Bill Maher episode [View all]OnDoutside
(20,866 posts)24. Hasn't Trump set the bar that womanizing is no big deal now ?
Did Newsome pay a couple of hookers to piss on a bed ?
Perspective.
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I like him and saw that episode. I could not not focus on his Trump spawn hairdo. Gotta get rid of
CurtEastPoint
Aug 2017
#1
I view him as a John Edwards type. Good looking, but kind of an empty suit for a Democrat.
Blue_true
Aug 2017
#3
We have a different brand of Dem here in CA. He was mayor of San Francisco now Lieutenant Governor.
wasupaloopa
Aug 2017
#6
West Coasters are more likely to oppose things like media censorship, be pro-personal freedom
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#8
He has led on marriage equality and cannabis legalization. He's smart and capable.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#7
Very progressive leader and it's hard not to like like him. He would be very very strong. nt
Quixote1818
Aug 2017
#13
you sure seem to be an expert on who I am, what I think, and what my "agenda" is!
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#36
You seem certain. The Oakland mayor is the best. Real voters will see that. nt
Blue_true
Aug 2017
#39
I want to know what it is precisely about supporting Gavin Newsom that indicates "purity"
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#40
You said, specifically, "come down off your purity horse"- in reference to Lt. Gov. Newsom.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#43
Newsome will be the next Governor of California. 5th largest GDP on the Planet.
sarcasmo
Aug 2017
#17
You could completely write off the white working class, moderates, moderate independents....
mr_liberal
Aug 2017
#21
I don't think she was terribly ideological until FOX offered her a job.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#31
I doubt you're gonna be able to call the prominent governor of the 6th largest economy on Earth
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#38
I'm not sure why non-Californians imagine that theres some groundswell in the party against the guy
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#45
Of course. But there was strong pressure from the party nationally on him to tone it down.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#55
in some ways BC's situation was even more problematic, but I hear you.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#53
When he first ran for SF mayor I thought he was a blow-dried Marina yuppie, myself.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#60
