| | The Irish-American O'Rourke claims that his nickname "Beto" came from childhood as a shortened name for "Roberto" in Spanish; many of his friends are Hispanic, and El Paso is a predominantly Hispanic city. Beto is considered by many as the penultimate [[beta-male]].<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/411830-ex-trump-strategist-calls-beto-orourke-beta</ref> At [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], at which he participated on the rowing team, he was known as "Robert" or "Rob." O'Rourke's mother is the former Melissa Martha Williams. His father was El Paso County Judge Pat Francis O'Rourke, a political associate of former Texas [[Governor]] [[Mark White]], whose son, Andrew White, lost the May 22, 2018, Democratic gubernatorial runoff election to the former sheriff of Dallas County, [[Lupe Valdez]]. The senior O'Rourke was killed in July 2001, when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while he was riding his bicycle across the state line into [[New Mexico]].<ref>Bill Lambrecht, "From border to brink of Senate run, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2017, pp. 1, A9.</ref> | | The Irish-American O'Rourke claims that his nickname "Beto" came from childhood as a shortened name for "Roberto" in Spanish; many of his friends are Hispanic, and El Paso is a predominantly Hispanic city. Beto is considered by many as the penultimate [[beta-male]].<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/411830-ex-trump-strategist-calls-beto-orourke-beta</ref> At [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], at which he participated on the rowing team, he was known as "Robert" or "Rob." O'Rourke's mother is the former Melissa Martha Williams. His father was El Paso County Judge Pat Francis O'Rourke, a political associate of former Texas [[Governor]] [[Mark White]], whose son, Andrew White, lost the May 22, 2018, Democratic gubernatorial runoff election to the former sheriff of Dallas County, [[Lupe Valdez]]. The senior O'Rourke was killed in July 2001, when he was struck from behind by a vehicle while he was riding his bicycle across the state line into [[New Mexico]].<ref>Bill Lambrecht, "From border to brink of Senate run, ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 17, 2017, pp. 1, A9.</ref> |
| − | Among Beto's many attributes is his talent as a [[poet]]. In 1988, under the pseudonym "Psychedelic Warlord" as a member of the [[hacker]] group Cult of the Dead Cow,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/ |title=Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group |publisher=www.reuters.com |accessdate=|date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/|title=Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=|date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Beto came up with the name of the group.<ref>[[TOTSE]], [https://totseans.com/totse/en/ego/cult_of_the_dead_cow/cdc079.html "cDc 079: The True Story of Cult of the Dead Cow by Psychedelic Warlord"]</ref> Beto authored "''The Song of the Cow'':"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-orourke-wrote-poem-asking-a-cow-to-wax-my-ass-and-scrub-my-balls</ref> O'Rourke had an agreement with [[leftwing]] [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s to keep secret his involvement with the hacker group until after his Senate race against Ted Cruz.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BFgXuIX4vA</ref> Ted Cruz responded: {{quotebox|So [[Reuters]] had evidence in 2017 that Beto may have committed multiple [[felon]]ies—which Beto confirmed on the record—but deliberately withheld the story for over a year to help him win his Senate race? But when he’s running against Bernie etc, NOW it’s news?<ref>https://therightscoop.com/reuters-reporter-admits-to-colluding-with-beto-to-hide-story-about-his-illegal-hacker-past-from-ted-cruz-race/</ref>}} '''''The Song of the Cow'''''<br> | + | Among Beto's many attributes is his talent as a [[poet]]. In 1988, under the pseudonym "Psychedelic Warlord" as a member of the [[hacker]] group Cult of the Dead Cow,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/ |title=Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group |publisher=www.reuters.com |accessdate=|date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/|title=Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=|date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Beto came up with the name of the group.<ref>[[TOTSE]], [https://totseans.com/totse/en/ego/cult_of_the_dead_cow/cdc079.html "cDc 079: The True Story of Cult of the Dead Cow by Psychedelic Warlord"]</ref> Beto authored "''The Song of the Cow'':"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-orourke-wrote-poem-asking-a-cow-to-wax-my-ass-and-scrub-my-balls</ref> O'Rourke had an agreement with [[leftwing]] [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s to keep secret his involvement with the hacker group until after his Senate race against Ted Cruz.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BFgXuIX4vA</ref> Ted Cruz responded: {{quotebox|So [[Reuters]] had evidence in 2017 that Beto may have committed multiple [[felon]]ies—which Beto confirmed on the record—but deliberately withheld the story for over a year to help him win his Senate race? But when he’s running against Bernie etc, NOW it’s news?<ref>https://therightscoop.com/reuters-reporter-admits-to-colluding-with-beto-to-hide-story-about-his-illegal-hacker-past-from-ted-cruz-race/</ref>}} [[File:Beto-and-the-pussycats 310.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Beto at the start of his stellar rise.]] '''''The Song of the Cow'''''<br> |