Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[RomaVicta 29929]

I am gaga over that woman at every level. She's so right. So clear. So attractive.

She's also a better Texan, by far, than Ted Cruz. She gives a shit.

[nbmishoid 949]

Makes one jealous at others having serious representation.  So I will have to take this opportunity to brag on my rep, Ms Jayapal, also serious.  

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

On 4/6/2023 at 4:25 AM, Gengs1 said:

The Rs will never admit but why is Fox News in NY and every one of their talent lives in NY, never mind…

Their office building is next to mine.  🤬

[Biff Tannen 45691]

She was a guest on the Smartless Live podcast on HBO and one of the audience members found the guys after the show and was complaining about it.  Bateman rightly told that person to fuck off.

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

 

[elfenix 34307]

https://www.twitch.tv/aoc

[Blotto 23559]

there were probably a lot of angry jerk sessions originating from the southeast region earlier

[Js1 85401]

7 hours ago, Blotto said:

there were probably a lot of angry jerk sessions originating from the southeast region earlier

Ben Shapiro’s wife got the best 8 seconds of her life last night 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

4 hours ago, Js1 said:

Ben Shapiro’s wife got the best 8 seconds of her life last night 

who's her side piece?

[Chopper 17238]

Found this thread randomly when it popped up on a totally unrelated search.

I worked on the House side of the Capitol for 6 or 7 years and I was skeptical about AOC at first. But then I saw her at her first committee hearing because it was on cspan. Asking questions of the witness. Listening to the response. Asking follow-up questions. That was as a freshman. And it sounds so simple. Yet it almost never happens. Most of 'em will make a statement, and ask a couple questions. Usually it's all written for them or bullet-pointed by a staff person, and they have a pre-conceived point they're trying to make or bluster through. But AOC was doing it on the fly and actually using her brain. She is refreshing and has remained so.

[animaltobacco11 107]

Serious question about AOC since this post got bumped:

Why has the attention from both sides (good-- hype/hope; bad-- harassment/ridicule) fallen off a cliff? As even seen here, you couldn't get away from AOC on news cycles or topics for a long time and this thread is 255 pages, but the last year or year and a half it's as if she's not a lightning rod for folks anymore.

Has she evolved and matured into being a politician and heads down on the hard work, etc. and is now part of the establishment (versus a bar tender/fish out of water in Washington)?

Did the far right lose the lust to harass this poor lady? Moved on? 

Is she just not incendiary anymore to people?

[jimmyjazz 45975]

TrumpCo no longer has the megaphone to drive base hatred of "the Squad", etc.  He's distracted by his indictments and other legal matters, and that base simply doesn't know what to do w/o being spoon fed the daily talking points.  It doesn't help that the major right wing media source (FOX News) has slowed its interest in carrying his water, either.

[animaltobacco11 107]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

TrumpCo no longer has the megaphone to drive base hatred of "the Squad", etc.  He's distracted by his indictments and other legal matters, and that base simply doesn't know what to do w/o being spoon fed the daily talking points.  It doesn't help that the major right wing media source (FOX News) has slowed its interest in carrying his water, either.

That makes sense. So, essentially, she was a "celebrity" created by far right/FoxNews in order to drive outrage, and those entities are busy with the implosion. Checks out.

Edited September 13, 2023 by animaltobacco11

[jimmyjazz 45975]

She was never what she was accused of being -- socialist, dumb, whatever.  She just doesn't have to fight off as much bullshit these days, and to her credit, she just gets to work.

[animaltobacco11 107]

8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

She was never what she was accused of being -- socialist, dumb, whatever.  She just doesn't have to fight off as much bullshit these days, and to her credit, she just gets to work.

I always have had a respect for her abilities and glad she can work unencumbered then.

I will say, without the villains to be a thorn in her side, we lose the clever and biting tweets and clapbacks that she was unrivaled at fighting back with, which is kind of a shame for stupid reasons of petty entertainment and being a fan of online/millennial humor.

But definitely better to have our politicians focused on serious work then snatching weaves on twitter, but I was there for it, and miss it, I guess I'm lamenting.

[Js1 85401]

26 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

TrumpCo no longer has the megaphone to drive base hatred of "the Squad", etc.  He's distracted by his indictments and other legal matters, and that base simply doesn't know what to do w/o being spoon fed the daily talking points.  It doesn't help that the major right wing media source (FOX News) has slowed its interest in carrying his water, either.

Too busy attacking Hunter Biden to go after her 

[tx 3 putt 77055]

Rumor has it that she’s married 

[Willfully Horn 8027]

Add her’s to the tome of stories where right wing talking points were incompatible with fact. 

[Burt 4085]

9 hours ago, animaltobacco11 said:

....without the villains to be a thorn in her side, we lose the clever and biting tweets and clapbacks that she was unrivaled at fighting back....

Thank God Ted Cruz has stepped up and filled that void, right?

[bolverk 29684]

20 minutes ago, Burt said:

Thank God Ted Cruz has stepped up and filled that void, right?

[Blotto 23559]

6 hours ago, Burt said:

Thank God Ted Cruz has stepped up and filled that void, right?

After a busy day spent fighting the liberal scourge in the aisles of the senate, you know Ted occasionally sneaks over to the house chamber in the wee hours of the morning just to sniff AOC's chair as he weeps. 

He weeps partially due to the realization that the partisan divide he has helped forge ensures he can never be with this enchanting temptress from the state of NY. But mostly he weeps because Heidi's panties are too small and they're cutting off the circulation in his old man balls. 

[YChang 3453]

Ewww

[Js1 85401]

33 minutes ago, YChang said:

Ewww

Yeah. Didn’t really need to throw up my breakfast this morning but here we are 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

speaking of:

 

[Gourmand 7774]

Also this greatness in which she swiftly embarrasses Nancy Mace

 

[Red Five 40862]

Kramer catfight gif. 

[jimmyjazz 45975]

11 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Kramer catfight gif. 

. . . but you'd watch.

[Red Five 40862]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

. . . but you'd watch.

Are you kidding? Of course I would watch.

['stache 21819]

She gives me so many boners, physically, and mentally. I love her on many levels.

Edited September 14, 2023 by 'stache

[Cacti 191]

On 9/13/2023 at 4:24 PM, jimmyjazz said:

She was never what she was accused of being -- socialist, dumb, whatever.

She’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America; is calling her a socialist an unjust accusation?

[Anastasis 23475]

She is a good advocate for her positions and knows how to operate in our current political environment. In a parliamentary system she would wield more power, but in ours she has to fall in line when the establishment dictates. 

[jimmyjazz 45975]

22 minutes ago, Cacti said:

She’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America; is calling her a socialist an unjust accusation?

If one is using the historically accepted definition of "socialist", then yes.

[Doc Sam Beckett 5793]

12 hours ago, Blotto said:

After a busy day spent fighting the liberal scourge in the aisles of the senate, you know Ted occasionally sneaks over to the house chamber in the wee hours of the morning just to sniff AOC's chair as he weeps. 

He weeps partially due to the realization that the partisan divide he has helped forge ensures he can never be with this enchanting temptress from the state of NY. But mostly he weeps because Heidi's panties are too small and they're cutting off the circulation in his old man balls. 

This shit is hilarious and underrated, and I know I'm not the only one who has had circulation cut off by wearing women's panties.....right guys? 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

1 hour ago, Cacti said:

She’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America; is calling her a socialist an unjust accusation?

Yes. I don't care to explain to you what a simple Google search will afford you but they're very different. Almost like they have different names. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

On 9/13/2023 at 10:27 AM, Chopper said:

Found this thread randomly when it popped up on a totally unrelated search.

I worked on the House side of the Capitol for 6 or 7 years and I was skeptical about AOC at first. But then I saw her at her first committee hearing because it was on cspan. Asking questions of the witness. Listening to the response. Asking follow-up questions. That was as a freshman. And it sounds so simple. Yet it almost never happens. Most of 'em will make a statement, and ask a couple questions. Usually it's all written for them or bullet-pointed by a staff person, and they have a pre-conceived point they're trying to make or bluster through. But AOC was doing it on the fly and actually using her brain. She is refreshing and has remained so.

While I disagree with plenty of her views, I agree that she is refreshing. She is smart and seems to genuinely care about what she believes in. We need more politicians like her, and she likely has a pretty significant future in politics ahead of her.

[Cacti 191]

57 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

Yes. I don't care to explain to you what a simple Google search will afford you but they're very different. Almost like they have different names. 

A slightly different name doesn’t mask the similarities between the “historically accepted definition of socialism”, and your definition—whatever it is. From the DSA website:

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We want to collectively own the key economic drivers that dominate our lives, such as energy production and transportation… We want to win “radical” reforms like single-payer Medicare for All, defunding the police/refunding communities, the Green New Deal, and more as a transition to a freer, more just life.

Old boss … new boss.

[jimmyjazz 45975]

Except that you're wrong.

[Willfully Horn 8027]

16 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

This shit is hilarious and underrated, and I know I'm not the only one who has had circulation cut off by wearing women's panties.....right guys? 

I can’t get them all the way without completely losing interest.

[animaltobacco11 107]

On 9/14/2023 at 8:32 AM, Blotto said:

After a busy day spent fighting the liberal scourge in the aisles of the senate, you know Ted occasionally sneaks over to the house chamber in the wee hours of the morning just to sniff AOC's chair as he weeps. 

He weeps partially due to the realization that the partisan divide he has helped forge ensures he can never be with this enchanting temptress from the state of NY. But mostly he weeps because Heidi's panties are too small and they're cutting off the circulation in his old man balls. 

 

['stache 21819]

15 hours ago, Cacti said:

A slightly different name doesn’t mask the similarities between the “historically accepted definition of socialism”, and your definition—whatever it is. From the DSA website:

Old boss … new boss.

Lol, it's like you refuse to do a simple google search to learn what "socialism" means in actual definition and historical practice. Were we a socialist country in the 50's before deregulation in transpiration and energy? Why did Western Europe fight the USSR, they have single payer healthcare, same thing, right? It really should surprise me anymore that the right gets away with this nonsense when their followers literally refuse to learn anything other than fox news talking points. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

15 hours ago, Cacti said:

A slightly different name doesn’t mask the similarities between the “historically accepted definition of socialism”, and your definition—whatever it is. From the DSA website:

Old boss … new boss.

[DixonHur 11339]

17 hours ago, Cacti said:

She’s a member of the Democratic Socialists of America; is calling her a socialist an unjust accusation?

@Cacti what specific "socialist" policies  being discussed in the US do you oppose, and why?  

[jimmyjazz 45975]

16 hours ago, Cacti said:

A slightly different name

Please highlight the difference between the two names and explain the implications.  Thanks in advance.

[C-Man 27230]

1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

@Cacti what specific "socialist" policies  being discussed in the US do you oppose, and why?  

 

24 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Please highlight the difference between the two names and explain the implications.  Thanks in advance.

Prediction: You will not hear from @Cacti again here.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

ah, so he's a drive-by poo flinger like @clapclapclap

[Cacti 191]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

what specific "socialist" policies  being discussed in the US do you oppose, and why? 

I don’t know what socialist policies are being discussed in the whole U.S. at any given time, and neither do you.

But if you want to narrow it down, then go to the DSA’s website and you’ll find a partial listing of their ‘wants’. I’ve already referenced one: defunding the police.

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We want to win “radical” reforms like…defunding the police/refunding communities. 

I know…I know, the word defunding doesn’t really mean defunding; it means what you say it means. It’s sort of like the word socialism; you can change the meaning to fit the argument.

[DixonHur 11339]

4 minutes ago, Cacti said:

I don’t know what socialist policies are being discussed in the whole U.S. at any given time, and neither do you.

17 minutes ago, Cacti said:

But if you want to narrow it down, then go to the DSA’s website and you’ll find a partial listing of their ‘wants’. I’ve already referenced one: defunding the police.

Ok, we'll start here.  What do you think "defunding the police" means, and why do you oppose it?

[jimmyjazz 45975]

He's a fucking troll.  There's no point.

[Cacti 191]

21 hours ago, DixonHur said:

Ok, we'll start here.  What do you think "defunding the police" means, and why do you oppose it?

If so inclined I’m sure I could find a politician or two who, at one time or another, meant abolishment when they used the word defund. But most people (like me) took it to mean a reallocation of resources from the police and directed to other personnel.

No, I’m not in favor of cutting police budgets. Most big city police departments are bloated and relatively inefficient, but no more so than most large government and union entities. If additional or unique resources are needed, then fund them separately, without cutting the police budget.

But it really doesn’t matter what ‘defund’ means to me or you; the word is mostly off-limits now. Most deft politicians, even the left-leaning extremists, run from that word like it’s the plague. As an example, in his Mar. 1, 2022 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared:

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We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. It’s to fund the police. Fund them. Fund them. Fund them with resources and training.

The phrase is dead, as is the movement. All that is left is Surly banter.

[Willfully Horn 8027]

1 hour ago, Cacti said:

 

But it really doesn’t matter what ‘defund’ means to me or you; the word is mostly off-limits now. Most deft politicians, even the left-leaning extremists, run from that word like it’s the plague. As an example, in his Mar. 1, 2022 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared:

The phrase is dead, as is the movement. All that is left is Surly banter.

Wut?