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    House Democrats Don't Know What to Make of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    She might actually be fun to watch!

    Staffers and aides to party leadership say they love her enthusiasm. But they’re worried her approach will threaten caucus unity.

    She came into Washington like a wrecking ball.

    Just on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she will be working with progressive activists to bring primary challenges against some of the more conservative Democrats in Congress, her own soon-to-be colleagues.

    This was after she joined a protest in the office of Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and after she’d spent a week doggedly documenting congressional orientation on Instagram for her followers and clapping back at her many critics on Twitter.

    There are, in other words, several early indications that Ocasio-Cortez will do things differently from the typical legislator, acting as a bomb-thrower and agitator in the People’s House. It’s something her supporters want very much—and something many of her Democratic colleagues aren’t sure how to feel about. According to interviews with a dozen House staffers and aides to members of party leadership, veteran Democrats are happy about the youth and enthusiasm Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive cohort bring to the caucus. But at the same time, these Democrats are worried that their approach might sometimes prove counterproductive.

    It’s “incredibly energizing to have such a new and diverse group of members coming in,” one Democratic staffer told me, but “we’ve been back a week and we’re already bickering.”

    Much of that bickering stems from a debate over Democrats’ strategy around climate change: what their approach should look like and how aggressive it should be. Ocasio-Cortez and many other incoming freshmen made climate change a centerpiece of their campaigns, and they want to come out of the gate pushing for progress—protocol be damned. Ocasio-Cortez is urging her fellow Democrats to establish a “Green New Deal” committee, a 15-member operation that would be tasked with drafting a 10-year plan to neutralize the United States’ output of greenhouse-gas emissions and adopt 100 percent renewable electricity. The protest she attended in Pelosi’s office last week, organized by the environmental group Sunrise Movement, was focused on pushing for such a committee.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    She's the one who recently said that the US government was made up of three "chambers": the House, the Senate, and the presidency. She also said during her campaign that she had no idea how unemployment was calculated despite having a degree in economics.

    Yeah, she's going to be fun to watch.
    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
    Than a fool in the eyes of God


    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      House Democrats Don't Know What to Make of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

      She might actually be fun to watch!

      Staffers and aides to party leadership say they love her enthusiasm. But they’re worried her approach will threaten caucus unity.

      She came into Washington like a wrecking ball.

      Just on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she will be working with progressive activists to bring primary challenges against some of the more conservative Democrats in Congress, her own soon-to-be colleagues.

      This was after she joined a protest in the office of Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and after she’d spent a week doggedly documenting congressional orientation on Instagram for her followers and clapping back at her many critics on Twitter.

      There are, in other words, several early indications that Ocasio-Cortez will do things differently from the typical legislator, acting as a bomb-thrower and agitator in the People’s House. It’s something her supporters want very much—and something many of her Democratic colleagues aren’t sure how to feel about. According to interviews with a dozen House staffers and aides to members of party leadership, veteran Democrats are happy about the youth and enthusiasm Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive cohort bring to the caucus. But at the same time, these Democrats are worried that their approach might sometimes prove counterproductive.

      It’s “incredibly energizing to have such a new and diverse group of members coming in,” one Democratic staffer told me, but “we’ve been back a week and we’re already bickering.”

      Much of that bickering stems from a debate over Democrats’ strategy around climate change: what their approach should look like and how aggressive it should be. Ocasio-Cortez and many other incoming freshmen made climate change a centerpiece of their campaigns, and they want to come out of the gate pushing for progress—protocol be damned. Ocasio-Cortez is urging her fellow Democrats to establish a “Green New Deal” committee, a 15-member operation that would be tasked with drafting a 10-year plan to neutralize the United States’ output of greenhouse-gas emissions and adopt 100 percent renewable electricity. The protest she attended in Pelosi’s office last week, organized by the environmental group Sunrise Movement, was focused on pushing for such a committee.
      Considering the success rate of the candidates she backed this go around I imagine that there will be a bunch of Republicans egging her on. Of course one should always be careful engaging in such a strategy in that it can often backfire spectacularly (look at the MSM's role in making Trump the front runner in 2016).

      I'm always still in trouble again

      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
        She's the one who recently said that the US government was made up of three "chambers": the House, the Senate, and the presidency. She also said during her campaign that she had no idea how unemployment was calculated despite having a degree in economics.

        Yeah, she's going to be fun to watch.
        I don't recall her saying she didn't know how unemployment was calculated but rather revealed her ignorance when she blathered on about how unemployment was down because many people have two jobs.

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • #5
          I think the older democrats will muzzle her pretty soon. Or she will find herself without any support or votes. She doesn't know how the game is played yet.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            I don't recall her saying she didn't know how unemployment was calculated but rather revealed her ignorance when she blathered on about how unemployment was down because many people have two jobs.
            In other words, she has no idea how unemployment is calculated.
            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
            Than a fool in the eyes of God


            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              I think the older democrats will muzzle her pretty soon. Or she will find herself without any support or votes. She doesn't know how the game is played yet.
              She certainly won't be the first "loose canon" in Congress and doubtfully will be the last.

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                She's the one who recently said that the US government was made up of three "chambers": the House, the Senate, and the presidency. She also said during her campaign that she had no idea how unemployment was calculated despite having a degree in economics.

                Yeah, she's going to be fun to watch.
                She's just downright adorable. She reminds me of Dora on Finding Nemo -- "Nope, nothing in my noggin"

                dora.jpg
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Adorable. And dangerously ignorant.
                  Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                  But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                  Than a fool in the eyes of God


                  From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                  • #10
                    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems like she'll be a breath of fresh air in the Democratic party. She's articulate, educated, intelligent, and charismatic. If I were in current party leadership I'd stick her on TV shows as often as possible and sit back and cackle while Democratic approval ratings went through the roof.

                    But the current establishment (centrist Dems, Republicans, and media personalities) seem to be having a bit of a panic about her as they see her as a threat.

                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    She's the one who recently said that the US government was made up of three "chambers": the House, the Senate, and the presidency.
                    Not exactly, she was chatting with some people and misspoke and then immediately corrected herself.

                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    She also said during her campaign that she had no idea how unemployment was calculated despite having a degree in economics.
                    Also mostly false. She expressed the view that she wasn't very happy with the current employment situation in the US, despite the officially low unemployment rate, because wages have stagnated and many people are having to work multiple jobs to make ends meet.

                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    Adorable. And dangerously ignorant.
                    Is that a self-description? I'd leave off the adorable if I were you.
                    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Dimbulb View Post
                      Not exactly, she was chatting with some people and misspoke and then immediately corrected herself.
                      Not exactly.

                      "If we work our butts off to make sure that we take back all three chambers of Congress — uh, rather, all three chambers of government: the presidency, the Senate, and the House."

                      Originally posted by Dimbulb View Post
                      Also mostly false. She expressed the view that she wasn't very happy with the current employment situation in the US, despite the officially low unemployment rate, because wages have stagnated and many people are having to work multiple jobs to make ends meet.
                      Not exactly.

                      "We look at these figures and we say, ‘Oh, unemployment is low, everything is fine,’ right? Well, unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their kids."

                      Originally posted by Dimbulb View Post
                      Is that a self-description? I'd leave off the adorable if I were you.
                      Not exactly.
                      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                      Than a fool in the eyes of God


                      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                      • #12
                        The little darlin is at it again...

                        Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Migrant Caravan To Jews Fleeing Holocaust

                        cortez mike.jpg

                        New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday compared members of the migrant caravan attempting to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.


                        cortez jews.jpg

                        Bless her heart.
                        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                          The little darlin is at it again...

                          Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Migrant Caravan To Jews Fleeing Holocaust

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                          New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday compared members of the migrant caravan attempting to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.


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                          Bless her heart.
                          and instead of applying for asylum, they just rushed the border.

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                          • #14
                            And they weren't fleeing a Holocaust-like event, they openly admitted that they were coming to the US for jobs.
                            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                            Than a fool in the eyes of God


                            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                              And they weren't fleeing a Holocaust-like event, they openly admitted that they were coming to the US for jobs.
                              They were offered amnesty when they crossed the border into Mexico but they didn't even slow down. Amnesty wasn't what they wanted in spite of what the MSM keeps saying.

                              I'm always still in trouble again

                              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

                              Comment

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