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2018-11-24 Home Front: Politix

Why did nobody mention that Beto O'Rourke's wife is a billionaire heiress?

[Spectator USA] Young Beto O’Rourke casts himself as the ’anti-Trump’. But his father-in-law, it turns out, is a billionaire property developer with a contentious relationship with non-white residents ‐ not unlike the President. Beto’s more the proto-Jared Kushner.

The New York Times today revealed the highly interesting news that friend-of-the-little-guy Beto married well. Very well. His wife is not only the daughter of William D. Sanders, aka the Warren Buffet of real estate, Cockburn can reveal she is the only daughter. Sanders’s portfolio is valued at about $20 billion.

Nothing wrong with that, of course, but something is amiss when an endless stream of laudatory profiles fails to mention it. ’Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O’Rourke Again,’ came the muffled cry of Politico’s Jack Shafer a couple of weeks ago, from beneath a deluge of glowing cuttings about the Texas congressman. Having a profile of the boyishly handsome skateboarder standing against Sen. Ted Cruz is as key an ingredient to a left-leaning media site as an Instagram page or a round of cuts when your staff try to unionise.

A Yahoo profile of O’Rourke described how he ’married Amy Sanders, a charter school administrator,’ and served on the City Council ’championing downtown redevelopment.’ But the reporter didn’t bother to look into who Sanders’s father was.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-24 02:37|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Robert, not Beto

Posted by Frank G 2018-11-24 07:26|| 2018-11-24 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The easy, correct answer is that it doesn't fit the narrative.

Same kind of thing as Bernie's wife.

Posted by AlanC 2018-11-24 08:00|| 2018-11-24 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Ditto at #2. Well oiled aristocracy parading around as a Texas boob with a catchy nickname. Neither Bloomenthal, Oprah, or Zuck could pull it off either.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-24 08:09|| 2018-11-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the core public relations situations the Corporate/Communist Convergence has to address (via omerta and perception management) is the fact that they're a bunch of spoiled rich kids looking to make more money and status by pretending to be poor working class revolutionaries.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-11-24 08:46|| 2018-11-24 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 They're Bourgeoiseviks.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-11-24 08:47|| 2018-11-24 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 In the end, they'll all rally behind the new democratic centrist presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-24 08:50|| 2018-11-24 08:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Ah, the John F'ing Kerry strategy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-24 08:51|| 2018-11-24 08:51|| Front Page Top

#8 But the reporter ~~intentionally ignored~~ ~~knew but refused to disclose~~ didn’t bother to look into who Sanders’s father was.

Answers the headline's question, doesn't it?

Posted by Raj 2018-11-24 08:52|| 2018-11-24 08:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps this POS needs a new nickname: like
Beto F'kn Kerry 2.0

good ol boy wanna be? check
rich wife? check
tax evader? probably.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-11-24 08:55|| 2018-11-24 08:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Money's only icky when people who are not comsymps have it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-11-24 09:24|| 2018-11-24 09:24|| Front Page Top

#11 I still call him Beta!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-11-24 09:53|| 2018-11-24 09:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Master Beto...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-11-24 10:49|| 2018-11-24 10:49|| Front Page Top

#13 Party of the Rich and Corrupt.

Amazon HQ2 choices Washington DC so they can buy Washington DC politicians so that the richest man in the world, Bezos can continue to sell without having to pay sales tax.

Posted by Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2018-11-24 12:14|| 2018-11-24 12:14|| Front Page Top

#14 To be a modern socialist you have to find someone who really didn't earn their wealth funding them

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-24 15:26|| 2018-11-24 15:26|| Front Page Top

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