Beto did an innocuous tweet, But that’s the problem. People who don’t know how to navigate a political landscape as a politician but are just self proclaimed pundits, They got Trump wrong. But then again a lot of pundits are wrong. Let’s call them almost pundits.

These almost pundits are going after Beto because he’s not Bernie. Here’s the tweet.

Let us be clear: we will not be defined by our fears or the smallness of our differences; we will instead be known by our ambitions, our aspirations and the resolve, the creativity, the service and sacrifice by which we will have achieved them. — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) March 30, 2019

Here’s my analysis of the tweet, Beto is using aspirational words like “ambition” “resolve” “creativity” and “Sacrifice”. These words are driving words. They are those feel good words that people like to think they have these too. We really like these words. It’s like watching a gut wrenching movie. So what he is doing is associating these words with his brand. It’s all subliminal too, if you want to go that far in the analysis. He’s also connecting himself to the story of America. And we all think that American is a great story and we want to contribute to that.

As an adept politician, you understand that people rarely make voting decisions based on policy or whatnot. They vote based on their perception of the character of the person and what ever makes them feel good about voting for them. Like you vote for this politician because you feel that they care about the people worse off than you or those who are in need. You vote for them because you feel that they embody the values that we know of as Americans. Then you rationalize your decision backwards from your conclusion and then you say it’s a logical choice. Because in school you were taught that smart people make logical decisions. And you must be smart because you have that college degree or whatever status symbol to hold in your arms.

That kind of thinking is so 19 th century, science says your political preferences are linked to your biological make up and other genetics. And now you have responses like these from certain Bernie supporters.

Robert Francis O'Rourke loves hearing the sound of his voice, using vacuous flowery language that means nothing



This is a common tactic of Wall Street-funded neoliberal centrists, who mush together a bunch of buzzwords instead of advancing actual policieshttps://t.co/BXdaBg8yNc — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) March 31, 2019

You can tell that they are a Bernie supporter. This guy said Beto is using a tactic like a “wall street funded neo liberal centrist.” This is mean to be a derogatory to centrists by calling them supporters of big corporations. This is commonly done by people who call themselves progressives. And they really like Bernie Sanders. So the conclusion isn’t always 100%, but people who respond to politicians are likely political in their operations.

They are going to call him empty and vapid and say he didn’t say anything. And that may be true, but these guys are harsh. And why wouldn’t they be? They want their guy to win. But you can tell these people are driven by their feelings because they called Beto a bunch of things that are just empty accusations. Wasn’t one of Beto’s big things was that he wasn’t taking pac money? And that he’s a man of the people? That was one of his campaign promises. The Bernie bros were down for him in 2018. But not so much now. They hate him.

And that says a lot about these people and their analysis of politics.

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