Vanity Fair really loves to roll out the glamor treatment for liberals; they’re the ones who set up a photo shoot in a cemetery so anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan could lie on her son’s grave.
The thing is, Vanity Fair already published a piece on Beto O’Rourke back in August when writer and fanboy Peter Hamby asked, “On what planet is Beto O’Rourke not a presidential contender?” and praised him for being “authentic, full of energy, and stripped of consultant-driven sterility.”
But now O’Rourke, who might have a big announcement for us tomorrow (or another live stream of his dental cleaning), is a Vanity Fair cover boy, complete with photos by Annie Leibovitz.
“Man, I’m just born to be in it.” Beto O’Rourke seemed to come from nowhere to the brink of a presidential candidacy—but he’s been on this journey for his whole life. O’Rourke spoke with Joe Hagan. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz. https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/a7DCoaZdtd
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
This is the same guy who lost a Senate race to Ted Cruz, right?
“You can probably tell that I want to run,” Beto O’Rourke tells Vanity Fair. “I do. I think I’d be good at it.” O’Rourke opens up about 2020, his loss to Ted Cruz, his childhood, and more. https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
Beto O’Rourke reveals details of his conversations with Barack Obama https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/Rsq73yjGhF
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
Beto O’Rourke is selling the idea that he can unite the country by playing nice, especially with Americans who’ve barely met a Democrat, let alone considered voting for one https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
Asked if he’s a progressive, Beto O’Rourke affects a 2008-era Obama pose: “I leave that to other people. I’m not into labels.” https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
Beto O’Rourke is aware of the fact that he’s a white man in a Democratic Party yearning for a woman or a person of color to transform the White House https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/pf1apoa9WG
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019
Or here’s a thought … if being a white man if “part of the problem,” why not step aside instead of complicating things further by getting into the race?
Kill me pic.twitter.com/D4sQsJ9qAe
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 13, 2019
Death is a reward none of us deserve.
— Sir Humphrey (@bdquinn) March 13, 2019
I cannot kill you because I will have already killed myself.
— Patrick Albanese (@patrickalbanese) March 13, 2019
This sounds like the start of a weird fan fiction.
— Ordoliberal (@0rdoLiberalism) March 13, 2019
It's written in the style of a bodice-ripping romance novel.
— C.J. Simones (@CJ_Simones) March 13, 2019
That post gave me diabetes
— John Cereghin (@Pilgrimway) March 13, 2019
That's gag inducing.
— Polly Karr (@karr_pe) March 13, 2019
Literally threw up in my mouth just now.
— Sumner K. (@southbysouth7) March 13, 2019
That is so sticky sweet it glued my shoes to the floor.
— Cmahar3BackupAccount (@ChrisAMahar) March 13, 2019
"He has an aura" pic.twitter.com/Iwogx9z1oK
— Password is Taco (@pw_is_taco1) March 13, 2019
You’re just jealous because you don’t have an aura and he totally does
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) March 13, 2019
Beto is a furry.
— JWF (@JammieWF) March 13, 2019
"Beto O'Rourke came from nowhere…" Nowhere being a wealthy family of privilege riding his father's political connections into office, but sure, nowhere.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2019
Someone shove O’Rourke into a locker before he can campaign
— Jim (@Jim03104708) March 13, 2019
Comparing Beto to Obama is so asinine. Really an insult to Obama and what he brought to the table and what he represented. And I’m not a fan.
— Mike McD (@MickGMick) March 13, 2019
Agreed.
My theory at this point is that “Beto” is a character created by improv comedian Robert O’Rourke that somehow got out of hand https://t.co/y2gVlucIq2
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 13, 2019
You guys are selling this so, so hard.
“HE IS A THING DAMN IT, WE SWEAR HE IS TOTALLY A THING!”
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) March 13, 2019
Even Annie can’t make the “hem-haw perma-tease” look good.
The wheels are falling off the country and a grown ass man is “finding himself”.
Fine. Do what you need to do but do it in private.
— Christian H. Cooper (@christiancooper) March 13, 2019
Means nothing. Wasted paper to me.
— mkl (@cochon89) March 13, 2019
And hopefully another wasted vote for a lot of other people.
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"Fanboying to the extreme": Vanity Fair writer is ready for Beto O'Rourke … President Beto O'Rourke, that is https://t.co/4AGCGyFtGc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 30, 2018
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