‘He’s Barack Obama, but White’ – The Manufacturing of Beto O’Rourke
Although I haven't paid close attention to Beto O'Rourke, he's been on my radar for a couple of years after noticing certain media outlets had anointed him a "rising Democratic star." One of my principal rules of political analysis is whenever you hear mass media proclaim an obscure politician a "rising star," it typically means that individual has been deemed acceptable by the entrenched oligarchy and is being groomed as a promising puppet.
