"Fanboying to the extreme": Vanity Fair writer is ready for Beto O'Rourke ... President Beto O'Rourke, that is

Greg P. | 10:11 AM on August 30, 2018

Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who was elected to Congress in 2012 and is now running against Sen. Ted Cruz for the Senate, is being called an Obama-like potential challenger to Donald Trump for president. Via Vanity Fair’s Peter Hamby:

"On what planet is Beto O’Rourke not a presidential contender?" writes @PeterHamby https://t.co/kUlsf7adkB

— The Hive (@VFHIVE) August 29, 2018

Um, we believe that planet is called “Earth”:

Earth. https://t.co/531SRgUXLY

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 29, 2018

Or any planet, really:

You know all those planets they discover by watching for shadows to pass in front of stars billions of light years away? Yeah not even those. https://t.co/HhDMe9KVRI

— Regs (@r3gulations) August 30, 2018

And planets Jon Ossoff and Wendy Davis say, “Hi!”:

https://twitter.com/fatdaddybulldog/status/1034963270669623296

But, fanboys gotta fanboy, right?

SOMEBODY'S fanboying to the extreme, & again, they HAD to bring up the 'he was in a punk band' bit. Let's hear those tapes to see if he makes a better bassist than "President". https://t.co/aASY257GnR

— Aragorn Aragon (@RXCafeTX) August 30, 2018

Maybe just wait a few weeks to see if Beto can beat Ted Cruz:

gotta beat the boxer in front of you before you start talking about a title bout https://t.co/kkaTrkzkDK

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 29, 2018

But, actually … Beto doesn’t even need to win! From VF:

Whether he wins or loses his race—and yes, even if he loses—O’Rourke should be included in every conversation about the 2020 Democratic primary. That’s because, unlike most of the paint-by-numbers politicians in his party, O’Rourke actually understands how politics should be conducted in the Donald Trump era: authentic, full of energy, stripped of consultant-driven sterility, and waged at all times with a social-media-primed video screen in mind.