The Austin American-Statesman’s Jonahtan Tilove, in a column titled “On verge of crucial presidential test, Beto must explain why he is not running for Senate,” wrote:
“That’s all good for O’Rourke. Most of the 23 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination would gladly trade places with O’Rourke for those kind of bookings [This Week with George Stephanopoulos; the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and; Morning Joe.] But the context and tenor of the questioning is less good. It is why O’Rourke hasn’t lived up to the potential he evidenced in his ultimately losing 2018 Senate campaign, and why he isn’t doing something more sensible and achievable, like running for the Senate in Texas again. His current celebrity is based more on letdown than expectation.”
Tilove’s phrase that Beto Pancho’s “current celebrity is based more on letdown than expectation” is quite nonsensical and if we could gain intelligible meaning from the phrase it would still be off the mark.
Robert Francis O’Rourke
El Paso’s Robert Francis O’Rourke’s current celebrity, which came about in the late summer and fall of 2018 in the run-up to the November vote for U.S. Senator from Texas, was a classic example of media created celebrity.
Beto Pancho was often a bit lost looking; constantly exhibited narcissistic vanity; was shamefully shallow as well as pliable on issues; carried the baggage of bad personal behavior including two arrests, and; had a very questionable record as a city councilman, especially for a liberal Democrat.
O’Rourke’s “celebrity” is a creation of the media who puffed him up because they so wanted to see Senator Ted Cruz defeated. It’s that simple.
Beto Pancho has little traction at the moment because he’s a self-absorbed lightweight who has not earned a reputation of seriousness.
Why is O’Rourke’s lack of traction so hard for some to understand?
“That’s all good for O’Rourke. Most of the 23 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination would gladly trade places with O’Rourke for those kind of bookings [This Week with George Stephanopoulos; the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and; Morning Joe.] But the context and tenor of the questioning is less good. It is why O’Rourke hasn’t lived up to the potential he evidenced in his ultimately losing 2018 Senate campaign, and why he isn’t doing something more sensible and achievable, like running for the Senate in Texas again. His current celebrity is based more on letdown than expectation.”
Tilove’s phrase that Beto Pancho’s “current celebrity is based more on letdown than expectation” is quite nonsensical and if we could gain intelligible meaning from the phrase it would still be off the mark.
Robert Francis O’Rourke
El Paso’s Robert Francis O’Rourke’s current celebrity, which came about in the late summer and fall of 2018 in the run-up to the November vote for U.S. Senator from Texas, was a classic example of media created celebrity.
Beto Pancho was often a bit lost looking; constantly exhibited narcissistic vanity; was shamefully shallow as well as pliable on issues; carried the baggage of bad personal behavior including two arrests, and; had a very questionable record as a city councilman, especially for a liberal Democrat.
O’Rourke’s “celebrity” is a creation of the media who puffed him up because they so wanted to see Senator Ted Cruz defeated. It’s that simple.
Beto Pancho has little traction at the moment because he’s a self-absorbed lightweight who has not earned a reputation of seriousness.