O’Rourke Seems to Kick Sand In Booker’s Face at El Paso Kick-off
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Maybe it wasn’t intentional.
But former Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) hot sauced his El Paso kickoff speech with arguably U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s favorite quote of all time.
Here it is:
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
It’s from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and those familiar with Booker recognize it as his lifeline lifetime quote.
That quote is to Booker what a battle ax is to Gimli in the Lord of the Rings.
Go back and watch Street Fight.
He’s in there, and so is that quote.
Go back to the CNN town hall he did with Don Lemon.
It’s in there, too.
Booker loves that quote.
He’s like the presidential puppy that follows that quote around, to paraphrase Barry-Spector-Greenwich.
He adores that quote.
And apparently so does O’Rourke, the other young, vibrant and supposedly intellectually hyperactive guy in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, who himself offered up the King quote as his own hand-hold on inspirational relevant history.
Or does he?
Was this just O’Rourke’s devious, devlish little way of kicking sand in Booker’s face on day one of his formal race for the presidency?
Probably.
Look, Booker took a swing at former Vice President Joe Biden in that town hall, when he made reference to the country’s “horrible” drug enforcement policies of the 1990’s, which happened to be the handiwork of none other than Biden, who’s playing footsie with a presidential run.
This is about governing; it’s not a college philosophy class. The campaign is about real consequences for real people – it’s about ability to govern, not the ability to recite the incantations of Martin Luther King, or Gandhi or Henry David Thoreau. Neither of these two candidates have demonstrated the ability to lead or govern anything more than a freshman debating club.
Spartacus isn’t getting a free pas like in Jersey. He won’t be tough enough for this race.