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A comment on Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group. Parent comment

Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by krapp on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:51PM (#19403546)
>> "When he was younger, he was arrested on drunk-driving charges"

>That will follow him into the campaign far more than his CDC membership.

Will it? It didn't hurt George W. Bush.

Admitting to smoking pot didn't hurt Obama.

And Donald Trump... Jesus wept, Donald Trump.

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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by s_y_n_t_a_x on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:01PM (#19406140)
Smoking pot is not the same as endangering lives. Also Donald Trump doesn't drink, let-alone drink and drive.

There's few crimes that are more dangerous than drinking and driving.

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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by krapp on Saturday March 16, 2019 @06:41AM (#19407191)
The point is that these people all have incidents in their past which should, in theory, have hurt them politically, but which in practice, didn't.
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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by s_y_n_t_a_x on Saturday March 16, 2019 @05:06PM (#19410291)
And my point is not all past incidents are created equal. So it's hard to compare the effects.
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