Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

ancianita

(41,441 posts)
1. Oligarch vs workers will be a hard one. The working man's Osborn is
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:06 AM
Jul 8

running against a popular NE oligarch, Pete Ricketts, who is as anti-immigration, -abortion, -LGBTQ, -tax, -climate;
and pro-capital punishment, -Keystone Pipeline as are the rest of the Koch oligarch network. The other NE oligarch is, of course, Warren Buffett. Ricketts claims that Washington DC and all of America should be like Nebraska.

Last time he ran, Ricketts beat the Democrat Preston Love by 235,201 votes (585,103 to 349,902), so this time Osborn will have to gain at least that many votes. Oligarch run NE is a tough nut for the party to crack.

Can Osborn get Mamdani's campaign team to help? or would Ricketts' team make 'city folk' his campaign 'issue', besides his usual anti-immigration and anti-LGBTQ crap.

IMO, any Catholic like Ricketts who declares NE a sanctuary state for the 2nd Amendment, and who worked so hard for Trump and so hard against the Catholic former president, Joe Biden, is a bad Catholic and therefore a bad Christian. Not judging, just opining based on his actions.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Nebraska's Dan Osborn pic...»Reply #1