Posted on 02/11/2019 7:17:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The story behind the comedic and unsuccessful rollout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal demonstrates a congressional office in utter chaos with no one — or everyone — in charge.
The document appeared on Ocasio-Cortez's webpage on February 7 and by nightfall had been unceremoniously deleted. This was after a day of mockery and outrage at some of the more unrealistic, even silly proposals the document detailed.
The "explanations" offered by her staff ran the gamut from the document being a "draft" to charges by one of her main advisers that Republicans had planted the document to make her look stupid.
Seriously? After a few weeks in the public eye, it should be obvious that Ocasio-Cortez doesn't need the GOP to look stupid.
The communications staff has so far not responded to an inquiry about the now-missing blog post.
But on Saturday morning, chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti tweeted that the FAQ page was indeed posted by the Ocasio-Cortez staff but was done so in error. He called the page "an early draft of a FAQ that was clearly unfinished and that doesn't represent the GND resolution got published to the website by mistake (idea was to wait for launch, monitor q's, and rewrite that FAQ before publishing)."
What is Mr. Chakrabarti doing still working for the congressman? That level of stupidity and incompetence would have cost any other chief of staff on the Hill his job. Chakrabarti is listed as one of the founders of the Justice Democrats organization, who played a key role in electing Ocasio-Cortez. His Hill administrative experience is apparently lacking.
Then there's an Ocasio-Cortez policy adviser, Robert Hockett, who told Tucker Carlson that the document was a GOP dirty trick:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
because it blew up in her face.
She did Stupid all by herself.
There still working on convincing us that this is what we want.
Because they screwed up and put their actual proposals on it. Certainly some erstwhile person managed to save a copy of it. Of course her henchpersons have already declared those to be “doctored” copies...............
This communist does not need any help in looking stupid
It would have been fun, to see a Saturday night Live type satire of Ocasio-Cortez and her green new deal.
Of course the liberal “comedians” at such programs, would never make fun of her.
Because her job and diet cause her to pass a lot of gas?
Dilbert would have been better...
The guy was scary!
Maybe the Russians *dun dun dun* hacked the website and put the document there to make her look bad.
Boeing went WTF
I’m convinced someone on her staff is being paid to undermine her since she seems unwilling to take direction from her party leaders. Watch for more of the same kind of sabotage if I’m right.
RE: She did Stupid all by herself.
Well, Al Gore threw his support for this document.
And she’s got the following groups throwing their support behind her:
The Sierra Club, The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fun and the Audobon Society.
In fact, according to Wikipedia, here is a LONG LIST of Proponents for the Green New Deal:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Deal
Proponents
Individuals
Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General[16]
Cory Booker, United States Senator from New Jersey seeking nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Randy Bryce
James K. Galbraith, economics professor, delivered a conference keynote titled “The Imperative of a Green New Deal” in 2010
Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator from New York seeking the nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Kamala Harris, United States Senator from California seeking the nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Howie Hawkins promoted the “Green New Deal” during his 2014 and 2018 New York gubernatorial races.
Colin Hines, convener of the Green New Deal group in 2007
Van Jones, in his book The Green Collar Economy
Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University and former economic adviser to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign.
Joseph Kennedy III, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts’s 4th congressional district[26]
Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative from California’s 17th congressional district
Naomi Klein
Paul Krugman
Kyle Kulinski
Edward Markey, United States Senator from Massachusetts
Mariana Mazzucato
Richard Ojeda, former West Virginia State Senator, campaigned for 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries nomination from November 11, 2018 – January 25, 2019
Martin O’Malley, former Maryland Governor, made his call for an ambitious global climate plan — aiming for the U.S. to go 100% clean energy by 2050 — the centerpoint of his 2016 Presidential campaign.
Ayanna Pressley, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district
Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont
Jill Stein, in her campaign platform for the United States presidential elections in 2012 and 2016
Eric Swallwell
Yanis Varoufakis
Bria Vinaite recorded a “Green New Deal” video for Vogue Magazine in 2018.
Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator from Massachusetts seeking the nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Ron Wyden, United States Senator from Oregon
Rev. Lenox Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus.[43]
Organizations
The Climate Mobilization, which advocates a “World War II-scale economic mobilization to restore a safe climate.”
The think tank Data for Progress laid out a progressive vision in their policy report “A Green New Deal” in September 2018.
The European Green Party and The Greens–European Free Alliance campaigned on the Green New Deal in the European Parliament election, 2009 and maintain an ongoing European “Green New Deal” campaign
The Global Greens support a Global Green New Deal.
Green Party of the United States has endorsed the Green New Deal in its party platform.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation published proposals for a Green New Deal in Germany, the European Union, as well as North America, Israel, and Ukraine.
The New Economics Foundation and The Green New Deal Group (United Kingdom)
openDemocracy
Sierra Club Living Economy Program
UNISTATA EDC, which advocates economic development programs to increase income, education and wellbeing in the Southeastern US.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, who developed the Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Environment Programme launched a Green Economy Initiative known as the “Global Green New Deal”.[
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative advocates for a sustainable global economy
So, she’s got a SLEW OF INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS ( including Nobel Prize winners ) behind her, why take it down?
You are earning your paychecks from the Deep State and me!
Destroy the evil America and Trump with your Green Dreams, aka nightmares.
I’m in love with those eyes. Does our Congressional Health insurance cover that operation? If so, where do I sign up?
“Silly” how about - barking moon-bat, stark raving lunatic proposals.
My DW is fairly non-political, but when shown the document, she questioned the sanity of the writer....
I dunno... I’m kinda intrigued by the idea of underwater high-speed trans Atlantic choo-choo trains.
The floating bridge idea is... ...innovative, as is the submarine vacuum tunnel concept. Both sound very Roddenberry to me. Many strong engineering problems would have to be solved — at vast expense. Plenty good government jobs (or contractor jobs: just as good) would really spin off many fine new imaginative products.
I think she’s an Occasional Genius!
/sarc — for the humor-challenged.
I hope she stays in the public eye and
Perfect!
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