Author Topic: Ocasio-Cortez gets a lesson in politics (Read 26075 times)

AnsonJ · « **on:** December 30, 2018, 11:28:28 AM »

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/12/30/ocasio-cortez-confronts-mccaskill-for-publicly-shaming-her-gets-treated-like-a-puppy-that-needs-housebreaking-708153?utm_campaign=bizpac&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Get+Response&utm_term=EMAIL

This woman is as dumb as soup, and I really wonder who bankrolled and got her elected because it surely could not be on her intelligence. Personally, I hope she continues to make stupid tweets. it is at least entertaining.

Anson

goodfellow · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2018, 11:45:14 AM »

Quote from: AnsonJ on December 30, 2018, 11:28:28 AM

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/12/30/ocasio-cortez-confronts-mccaskill-for-publicly-shaming-her-gets-treated-like-a-puppy-that-needs-housebreaking-708153?utm_campaign=bizpac&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Get+Response&utm_term=EMAIL

This woman is as dumb as soup, and I really wonder who bankrolled and got her elected because it surely could not be on her intelligence. Personally, I hope she continues to make stupid tweets. it is at least entertaining.

Anson

I find it interesting that she has a degree in International Relations with a minor in ECONOMICS (of all things) from Boston University. It seems that like former Pres. BHO, these self proclaimed "Community Organizers" have learned absolutely nothing in their quest for higher education. She should get her money back from BU -- it was a total waste.

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2018, 11:51:14 AM »

She's the new face of the Democrat party.

bonneyman · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2018, 12:22:57 PM »

But she won't learn the lesson. That's one take from her "graduating with honors" education - spent tons of somebody else's money and didn't learn jack.

AOC is dumber than a rock - and that's insulting to the rock!

slip knot · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2018, 01:47:29 PM »

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on December 30, 2018, 11:51:14 AM

She's the new face of the Democrat party.

She's a media darling. If she don't F-up with them she will go places.

Substance means nothing to Democrats, Hell they were trying to elect Hillary. $:-\$

AnsonJ · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2018, 02:51:25 PM »

Basically come January 20th, I see the conversation between her and Pelosi going something like this:

AOC: "Now that I am here we are going to do things diff-"
Pelosi: "Listen you stupid twit, you are going sit here, shut the hell up, look pretty and vote exactly how the democrats, I mean *I* tell you. that is the only reason you are here, you have no voice you are here to give us an extra vote on a subject that we may otherwise lose due to one vote going against us, got it?"
AOC: "But-"
Pelosi: "SIT DOWN and SHUT UP!!"
AOC: "..."

Anson

skfarmer · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2018, 04:03:18 PM »

I don't see her doing that it i think it will end badly for one of them. Not sure which one. The media doesnt exactly love pelosi either and could see them turning on her.

Rural53 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2018, 05:33:19 PM »

Anyone else notice the crazy eyes?

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2018, 09:02:11 PM »

She's good for one thing, and one thing only...

bonneyman · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2018, 09:31:58 PM »

Quote from: Rural53 on December 30, 2018, 05:33:19 PM

Anyone else notice the crazy eyes?

Oh yeah, some of her photos are Halloween fright material! $:-\$

AnsonJ · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2018, 10:59:38 PM »

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on December 30, 2018, 09:02:11 PM

She's good for one thing, and one thing only...

looks like she might have been dropped on her head one too many times as a baby...

that would also explain why she is as dumb as soup....

Anson

walrus · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2018, 04:09:01 AM »

How does somebody as a dumb as a soup get elected to House anyway? One of 435. You may dislike her but dumb? I doubt that.

pep · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2018, 06:26:19 AM »

Here you go

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:23:50 AM »

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 04:09:01 AM

How does somebody as a dumb as a soup get elected to House anyway? One of 435. You may dislike her but dumb? I doubt that.

Have you followed along with what she's said and tweeted?

goodfellow · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:56:13 AM »

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on December 31, 2018, 08:23:50 AM

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 04:09:01 AM
How does somebody as a dumb as a soup get elected to House anyway? One of 435. You may dislike her but dumb? I doubt that.

Have you followed along with what she's said and tweeted?

The demographics in her Brooklyn district are changing rapidly. More younger people and immigrants are now driving the politics. Within her district (and many others across the country) there is HUGE move away from traditional Democrat platforms toward the Socialist Democrat agenda of people like Bernie Sanders. The fact that Pres. Trump was elected and that Bernie was sand-bagged by the old (mostly white) Democrats during the primaries motivated a lot of folks to vote against incumbent Joe Crowley. She capitalized on the backlash, and used the progressive platform to run a "grass roots" campaign to get this younger/immigrant voting block to the poles.

She's not stupid, but she is a very politically and economically naive freshman congresswoman who absolutely doesn't understand the economic consequence of her populist socialist ideas. If anyone calls her out on those ideas she tries to brand her opponent with her xenophobic/racist/anti-LGBTQ name calling bag of tricks. That is not the mark of a smart politician. In fact it's a very lame and lazy way to avoid and side step the conversation.

bonneyman · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2018, 09:06:00 AM »

Quote from: goodfellow on December 31, 2018, 08:56:13 AM

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on December 31, 2018, 08:23:50 AM
Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 04:09:01 AM
How does somebody as a dumb as a soup get elected to House anyway? One of 435. You may dislike her but dumb? I doubt that.

Have you followed along with what she's said and tweeted?

The demographics in her Brooklyn district are changing rapidly. More younger people and immigrants are now driving the politics. Within her district (and many others across the country) there is HUGE move away from traditional Democrat platforms toward the Socialist Democrat agenda of people like Bernie Sanders. The fact that Pres. Trump was elected and that Bernie was sand-bagged by the old (mostly white) Democrats during the primaries motivated a lot of folks to vote against incumbent Joe Crowley. She capitalized on the backlash, and used the progressive platform to run a "grass roots" campaign to get this younger/immigrant voting block to the poles.

She's not stupid, but she is a very politically and economically naive freshman congresswoman who absolutely doesn't understand the economic consequence of her populist socialist ideas. If anyone calls her out on those ideas she tries to brand her opponent with her xenophobic/racist/LGBTQ name calling bag of tricks. That is not the mark of a smart politician. In fact it's a very lame and lazy way to avoid and side step the conversation.

Exactly!

The demographics be a changing, folks. Older, more traditional voters are dying every day, while younger and more liberal people are turning and start voting 18 every day. Plus there's more immigrants coming in every day, and they tend to be overwhelmingly liberal-voting. Simple numbers thus show that as time goes on, more and more young wackos like AOC are going to get elected. It's not going to end well.

Heiny57 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM »

Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.

goodfellow · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2018, 10:04:16 AM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM

Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.

Short, but to the point Bob -- well put!

ken w. · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2018, 10:48:56 AM »

Welcome to my world. She is from my state and there's a whole bunch more just like her here.

Uncle Buck · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2018, 10:53:24 AM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM

Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people dumber than her ~~as dumb as her~~ to vote for her.

walrus · « **Reply #20 on:** December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM

Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.

Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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walrus · « **Reply #21 on:** December 31, 2018, 11:58:27 AM »

Quote from: goodfellow on December 31, 2018, 08:56:13 AM

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on December 31, 2018, 08:23:50 AM
Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 04:09:01 AM
How does somebody as a dumb as a soup get elected to House anyway? One of 435. You may dislike her but dumb? I doubt that.

Have you followed along with what she's said and tweeted?

The demographics in her Brooklyn district are changing rapidly. More younger people and immigrants are now driving the politics. Within her district (and many others across the country) there is HUGE move away from traditional Democrat platforms toward the Socialist Democrat agenda of people like Bernie Sanders. The fact that Pres. Trump was elected and that Bernie was sand-bagged by the old (mostly white) Democrats during the primaries motivated a lot of folks to vote against incumbent Joe Crowley. She capitalized on the backlash, and used the progressive platform to run a "grass roots" campaign to get this younger/immigrant voting block to the poles.

She's not stupid, but she is a very politically and economically naive freshman congresswoman who absolutely doesn't understand the economic consequence of her populist socialist ideas. If anyone calls her out on those ideas she tries to brand her opponent with her xenophobic/racist/anti-LGBTQ name calling bag of tricks. That is not the mark of a smart politician. In fact it's a very lame and lazy way to avoid and side step the conversation.

. I dont disagree one bit.

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DeadNutz · « **Reply #22 on:** December 31, 2018, 12:16:53 PM »

Very well said Ray. Miss Ocasio Kotex is about to receive her first real education when she gets sworn in to the House. Anybody who thinks she is the future of this country is nuts.

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #23 on:** December 31, 2018, 02:52:09 PM »

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Those voters can say what they please, I could care less. I hope Ms. Occasio Cortez sticks around for a looong time.

Heiny57 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 31, 2018, 04:57:37 PM »

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Thankfully there are more Trump supporters than Bimbo nuts.

walrus · « **Reply #25 on:** December 31, 2018, 07:54:09 PM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 04:57:37 PM

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM
Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Thankfully there are more Trump supporters than Bimbo nuts.

actually there isnt. Hilary won popular vote.

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Uncle Buck · « **Reply #26 on:** December 31, 2018, 08:34:28 PM »

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 07:54:09 PM

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 04:57:37 PM
Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM
Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Thankfully there are more Trump supporters than Bimbo nuts.
actually there isnt. Hilary won popular vote.

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While she did, thankfully, it just didn't matter that she did.....

Heiny57 · « **Reply #27 on:** December 31, 2018, 09:30:48 PM »

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 07:54:09 PM

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 04:57:37 PM
Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM
Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Thankfully there are more Trump supporters than Bimbo nuts.
actually there isnt. Hilary won popular vote.

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To bad for you Libs that doesn’t count.

bonneyman · « **Reply #28 on:** December 31, 2018, 10:49:45 PM »

I hope Hillary decides to run in 2020. I would love seeing her limp around with a entourage holding her up while she hacks up green blobs trying to look viable next to Alexandria Cortez. Comedy central!

pep · « **Reply #29 on:** December 31, 2018, 11:16:32 PM »

'' Hilary won popular vote...."...... and ?

Still a looser, still trailer trash, still trying to convince the two people that show up for the world tour she was the other one running ROTFLMFAO

DeadNutz · « **Reply #30 on:** December 31, 2018, 11:24:34 PM »

When I look at a pic of AOC she reminds me of Lorena Bobbitt for some reason. Must be the crazy eyes and smile.

goodfellow · « **Reply #31 on:** December 31, 2018, 11:31:17 PM »

Quote from: DeadNutz on December 31, 2018, 11:24:34 PM

When I look at a pic of AOC she reminds me of Lorena Bobbitt for some reason. Must be the crazy eyes and smile.

Oh man! You hit the nail on the head DN. For months I've been racking my brain trying to figure out who she reminds me of -- Lorena Bobbitt is it. Even the demeanor is the same.

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #32 on:** January 01, 2019, 12:04:44 AM »

I think Hillary will stay on the edge of the race until it's obvious there's no front runner, then she'll cautiously wade in.

I still don't understand how so many people think we'd be better off under a Hillary presidency, and why people think Trump is so horrible compared to her. She's the most corrupt politician I can think of in my lifetime, and its not even close. Yet there's a lot of Hillary zombies that act as if she discovered the cure for cancer. She's only out for herself, always has been and always will be, and has nothing but contempt for the little people. She'll step over anyone in her way and craves as much power as she can get. The woman doesn't have a genuine bone in her body, and it's obvious to anyone paying attention.

walrus · « **Reply #33 on:** January 01, 2019, 07:56:08 AM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 09:30:48 PM

Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 07:54:09 PM
Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 04:57:37 PM
Quote from: walrus on December 31, 2018, 11:53:48 AM
Quote from: Heiny57 on December 31, 2018, 10:01:43 AM
Ray you said that very eloquently.

Now my version, she found a bunch of people as dumb as her to vote for her.
Too funny as those voters are saying the same thing about Trump and his followers

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Thankfully there are more Trump supporters than Bimbo nuts.
actually there isnt. Hilary won popular vote.

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To bad for you Libs that doesn’t count.

Yeah must be a liberal if I disagree with what you said.

Heiny57 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 01, 2019, 08:51:09 AM »

If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, oh you know the rest.

bonneyman · « **Reply #35 on:** January 01, 2019, 10:56:21 AM »

Quote from: Heiny57 on January 01, 2019, 08:51:09 AM

If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, oh you know the rest.

Thanks heiny57. I'll never look at a photo of AOC again without picturing Daffy Duck!

Elroy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 03, 2019, 07:46:47 PM »

Quote from: bonneyman on January 01, 2019, 10:56:21 AM

Quote from: Heiny57 on January 01, 2019, 08:51:09 AM
If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, oh you know the rest.

Thanks heiny57. I'll never look at a photo of AOC again without picturing Daffy Duck!

Elroy see something else when he looks at that dumb bitch. Elroy sees a Democrat with absolutely no clue.

highland512 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2019, 08:15:29 AM »

Sums it up well

bonneyman · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2019, 08:53:51 AM »

Quote from: highland512 on January 04, 2019, 08:15:29 AM

Sums it up well

goodfellow · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2019, 09:18:17 AM »

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't the only wingnut in congress. This "little lady" definitely has a chip on her shoulder. Palestinian sympathizer and anti-Semite; she pretty much made a name for herself the first day on the job. What a despicable woman! Freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

DeadNutz · « **Reply #40 on:** January 04, 2019, 09:51:45 AM »

She is the definition of no class. That is what you end up with when she ran unopposed for the office. Real nice outcome Michigan voters.

34Ply · « **Reply #41 on:** January 04, 2019, 11:25:54 AM »

The Muslims in Michigan are doing the same as in Europe. There will be countries in Europe that are taken over and become Muslim ran countries very soon. Detroit's new mayor is Muslim. There are muslim sections that the Police aren't allowed to go into. They had a Muslim running for Gov. also. Once they get a voting block it's all done. If anyone on here is from Detroit correct me if I'm wrong.

hofferwood · « **Reply #42 on:** January 04, 2019, 12:01:33 PM »

Quote from: 34Ply on January 04, 2019, 11:25:54 AM

The Muslims in Michigan are doing the same as in Europe. There will be countries in Europe that are taken over and become Muslim ran countries very soon. Detroit's new mayor is Muslim. There are muslim sections that the Police aren't allowed to go into. They had a Muslim running for Gov. also. Once they get a voting block it's all done. If anyone on here is from Detroit correct me if I'm wrong.

Michael Edward Duggan (born July 15, 1958) is an American politician and businessman. He was elected the 75th mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 2013, receiving national attention in part for being the first white mayor of the majority-black city since the early 1970s, when Detroit's population still had a white majority.

In the Detroit mayoral election, 2017, Duggan was re-elected in a landslide, taking 72% of the vote to challenger Coleman Young II's 27%.

Uncle Buck · « **Reply #43 on:** January 04, 2019, 12:42:40 PM »

Quote from: goodfellow on January 04, 2019, 09:18:17 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't the only wingnut in congress. This "little lady" definitely has a chip on her shoulder. Palestinian sympathizer and anti-Semite; she pretty much made a name for herself the first day on the job. What a despicable woman! Freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

WOW, that one seriously does look batshit crazy!

34Ply · « **Reply #44 on:** January 04, 2019, 01:50:32 PM »

I stand corrected,Thank You.

hofferwood · « **Reply #45 on:** January 04, 2019, 02:09:27 PM »

Quote from: 34Ply on January 04, 2019, 01:50:32 PM

I stand corrected,Thank You.

It's all good . I just copied that from Wikipedia, just knew he wasn't new.
I'm closer to Toledo (Ohio) than Detroit though.

bonneyman · « **Reply #46 on:** January 04, 2019, 02:24:33 PM »

Quote from: goodfellow on January 04, 2019, 09:18:17 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't the only wingnut in congress. This "little lady" definitely has a chip on her shoulder. Palestinian sympathizer and anti-Semite; she pretty much made a name for herself the first day on the job. What a despicable woman! Freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

I don't get why so many of these folks don't realize that everything they say on camera becomes part of their permanent record. You want to hate on someone? At least be smart about it. Spout off to your friends in private. But in public as an elected representative you ought to watch what you say. I guess they all just feel that they're invulnerable and untouchable.
Which someday will come back to bite them.

slip knot · « **Reply #47 on:** January 04, 2019, 04:05:12 PM »

I think this new congressional class will be an eye opener for lots of people in America. Welcome to the new Democratic party.

bonneyman · « **Reply #48 on:** January 05, 2019, 12:14:07 PM »

Yep, they played a video of the new freshman dancing outside her congressional office. So mature, so respectful. She's the youngest person ever to be elected to the House of Representatives....and she acts like it!

bonneyman · « **Reply #49 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:56:47 PM »

The actor James Woods (very vocal conservative) said the other day that AOC is the most dangerous person in America right now. In some ways I see his point.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/18/jjames-woods-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-most-dangerous-person-in-america-right-now/

walrus · « **Reply #50 on:** January 19, 2019, 04:36:37 PM »

Quote from: bonneyman on January 19, 2019, 03:56:47 PM

The actor James Woods (very vocal conservative) said the other day that AOC is the most dangerous person in America right now. In some ways I see his point.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/18/jjames-woods-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-most-dangerous-person-in-america-right-now/

Reynolds wrap stock is going up and you have james wood to thank for it

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Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #51 on:** January 19, 2019, 04:54:15 PM »

She isn't dangerous. She's an empty vessel, an airhead in an attractive package. Her ideas are dangerous and the stupid Millenials that buy into this garbage is what's dangerous.

Conductor562 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:44:45 PM »

In my lifetime she is the dumbest politician I can recall. She wasn’t elected based on her ideas or any merit whatsoever. She was a presentable, female, not-white, college graduate, that has a knack for getting herself in the press. Nothing more than a face for the media. No common sense required.

bonneyman · « **Reply #53 on:** January 22, 2019, 05:44:08 PM »

Cortez is reported a s saying that the world's gonna end in 12 years unless we fix climate change, and all you can do is ask how we're going to pay for it?

The brilliance of AOC just keeps giving and giving!

Lookin4_67GalaxieConv · « **Reply #54 on:** January 22, 2019, 08:13:39 PM »

Quote from: bonneyman on January 22, 2019, 05:44:08 PM

Cortez is reported a s saying that the world's gonna end in 12 years unless we fix climate change, and all you can do is ask how we're going to pay for it?

The brilliance of AOC just keeps giving and giving!

In 2006 Algore said the tipping point was in ten years. Funny how the goalposts keep getting moved.

bonneyman · « **Reply #55 on:** January 22, 2019, 08:50:42 PM »

Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on January 22, 2019, 08:13:39 PM

Quote from: bonneyman on January 22, 2019, 05:44:08 PM
Cortez is reported a s saying that the world's gonna end in 12 years unless we fix climate change, and all you can do is ask how we're going to pay for it?

The brilliance of AOC just keeps giving and giving!

In 2006 Algore said the tipping point was in ten years. Funny how the goalposts keep getting moved.

Would they be moving because of shifting icebergs?

Rural53 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 22, 2019, 10:20:56 PM »

Quote from: Conductor562 on January 19, 2019, 06:44:45 PM

In my lifetime she is the dumbest politician I can recall. She wasn’t elected based on her ideas or any merit whatsoever. She was a presentable, female, not-white, college graduate, that has a knack for getting herself in the press. Nothing more than a face for the media. No common sense required.

We are seeing something similar going on here in New Zealand. Here is an extract from a newspaper article last year.

A new "political class"?
So why might our politicians have become more self-serving or less trustworthy? One answer is that MPs appear to have evolved in recent decades into a more cohesive and self-interested "class" of professionals. Rather than being amateurs who come into office to carry out public service after years of experience in other regular occupations, our current crop of representatives are increasingly "career politicians" with backgrounds only in the sphere of politics... a growing proportion of the Parliament has no discernible career prior to be elected.
Typically, "they had effectively been running a political career simultaneously with their employment. They were involved in party politics at university, and continued as party volunteers, campaigners and officials in early adulthood. They gained party nominations and employment as party researchers their 20s or 30s, and then eventually entered Parliament during these years."

The complete article is here https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12152157

DeadNutz · « **Reply #57 on:** January 23, 2019, 09:50:02 AM »

I hope they give AOC as much air time as she wants. She is like a breath of fresh air and keeps me laughing all day long.

bonneyman · « **Reply #58 on:** January 23, 2019, 12:01:39 PM »

Quote from: DeadNutz on January 23, 2019, 09:50:02 AM

I hope they give AOC as much air time as she wants. She is like a breath of fresh air and keeps me laughing all day long.

Just please cover her eyes! She could be an alien from the Outer Limits!

http://nightmares.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/OL-TheMutant5.jpeg

Rural53 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 23, 2019, 04:01:02 PM »

Quote from: bonneyman on January 23, 2019, 12:01:39 PM

Quote from: DeadNutz on January 23, 2019, 09:50:02 AM
I hope they give AOC as much air time as she wants. She is like a breath of fresh air and keeps me laughing all day long.

Just please cover her eyes! She could be an alien from the Outer Limits!

bonneyman · « **Reply #60 on:** January 23, 2019, 04:02:09 PM »

Thanks, Rural! I wasn't able to figure out how to grab and repost the image.

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Author Topic: Ocasio-Cortez gets a lesson in politics (Read 26075 times)