Politics is make-believe, and "Beto" is made for politics
SAN DIEGO -- Furious Democrats demand that I stop complaining and learn to love The Beto.
My criticism of a Texas-sized cultural enigma who changes his schtick like other people change cellphone companies has enraged both white liberals and Latino lefties. Beware the Beto Bots.
The white liberals prefer that Mexican-Americans serve up chips and not opinions. And they're miffed that I rejected their choice for the preferred "Latino" 2020 presidential hopeful, after they went to the trouble of choosing him for me.
The Latino lefties have such low self-esteem and deep insecurities that they're flattered that a handsome Irish-American who grew up on the soft side of town and studied in the Ivy League wants to be one of them.
Robert Francis O'Rourke is likely to announce soon that he is joining the 2020 Democratic presidential field.
After leaving Congress and losing a Senate race, O'Rourke hit the open road in search of America. What he found was that Beto really loves Beto. Which makes him the perfect foil for Donald Trump, who really loves Donald Trump.
I don't feel the love. I think the Texas Democrat is a phony, an opportunist and an underachiever whose thought process is stuck in the shallow end. And what really bothers me is how the media, liberals and the rest of the Beto Bots deify him and demonize critics.
As a Mexican-American who fell in love with the Irish when I went to college and graduate school across the Charles River from Boston, the fact that this Irishman is hellbent on impersonating a Mexican-American -- or at least doesn't mind if you think he's one -- drives me loco.
Here are 10 reasons why "Beto-mania" bugs me.
-- It has always bothered me when Hollywood casts non-Latinos as Latinos. In the film "West Side Story," few of the actors -- besides Rita Moreno -- were Latino. In a planned remake, producers are making the effort to cast Latinos.
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