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Beto O’Rourke Rocked by Scandal as High-School Mixtape Appears to Include REO Speedwagon


IOWA CITY, IOWA (The Borowitz Report)—The nascent Presidential campaign of Beto O’Rourke took a serious hit on Friday with the leak of a high-school-era mixtape by the candidate that included a song by REO Speedwagon.

The mixtape, which prominently featured the song “Keep on Loving You,” sent shockwaves through the O’Rourke campaign, forcing the candidate to address the controversy on the hustings.

“In my youth, I put a song on a mixtape that I deeply regret adding,” O’Rourke told a stunned crowd at an Iowa City diner. “REO Speedwagon does not represent who I am.”

The Democratic strategist Tracy Klugian cautioned that O’Rourke’s apology might not have put the mixtape scandal to rest.
“If that’s the only tape out there, then Beto moves on from this,” he said. “But if a mixtape comes out with Air Supply on it, he’s done.”


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“But if a mixtape comes out with Air Supply on it, he’s done.”

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I am above the fray. I know not who REO Speedwagon or Air Supply are.


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How old are you? Big Grin
 
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How old are you?


ROTFLMAO

This whole thread is hysteric


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We saw Air Supply in concert a couple of weeks ago. They're in their 70's now, but still belt out a great show!

What was surprising was how many hits they had, many of which I have not heard or thought about in decades. Even more surprising was the number of 20-somethings who not only know of the band but also know the words to all the songs. Cool


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Carpools. That's where my 20-somethings learned the words to "my" songs. If mama's driving, mama picks the music. Big Grin
 
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I am above the fray. I know not who REO Speedwagon or Air Supply are.


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The first skateboard with a Presidential Seal. Think of the possibilities.

(But if he has himself filmed getting his teeth cleaned again, he might lose my vote forever, and he doesn't even have it yet.

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I am above the fray. I know not who REO Speedwagon or Air Supply are.


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Ok, y'all who say you don't know REO Speedwagon or Air Supply: I don't believe you. Ok, maybe you're not able to call to mind one of their songs, but I'm sure you'd recognize it if you heard one. Unless you were living under a rock without a radio in the 80s.


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Clocked!

I plead guilty.

Please go easy on me, Judge SK.

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We saw one of the Air Supply dudes in the bar at our hotel last month while I was at a knitting retreat. They were playing a casino nearby. He had a small entourage of hangers on.

Glad they’re still making music!


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Beto dropped out of the 2020 Presidential race.


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