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Ocasio-Cortez: 80 Percent Male Congress ‘Creates Blind Spots in Our Legislation’
brietbart ^ | 07/22/2018 | Pam Key

Posted on 07/23/2018 5:41:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Democratic nominee for New York State’s 14th congressional district November election Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Congress being “80 percent male” created “blind spots in our legislation.”

Partial transcript as follows:

MARGARET BRENNAN: Last week on this program we had the man you defeated, the New York Congressman Joe Crowley and he congratulated you on your win. He said you very much deserved it. He also explained two factors he thought that were- were decisive here. One of them being the year of the woman, he called it, and also the timing of the primary. Are those factors in your view?

OCASIO-CORTEZ: Well, I think that the factors that ultimately created our win was the fact that we had bold commitments and I campaigned on hard commitments of Medicare for all, tuition free public college, ensuring a Green New Deal for our future and championing those issues were the reason that we won. We won across demographics. We won- we expanded the electorate ourselves. We did the work of organizing.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aoc; congress; cortez; males; osasio
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1 posted on 07/23/2018 5:41:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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This woman is the star of the left, LOL. She is really dumb, and now grasp of the issues. She won because the guy she ran against never campaigned. got only 16,000 votes and this has gone to her head , and ego.


2 posted on 07/23/2018 5:45:49 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Says a lot about the RATS that this dumb twat is their new superstar. What a joke they are - it’s amazing that they can wake up every morning and stand to be THEM.


3 posted on 07/23/2018 5:48:20 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Pravious

I like to refer to her as “Occasional-Cortex”. It just seems more appropriate.


4 posted on 07/23/2018 5:50:30 AM PDT by Nicojones
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To: manc

She won because that district has become majority latino. And surprise, surprise, they voted tribal instead of for some old white dude.


5 posted on 07/23/2018 5:54:02 AM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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>> like to refer to her as “Occasional-Cortex”. It just seems more appropriate.<<

Occupied Cotex.


6 posted on 07/23/2018 5:54:32 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("please pass the winnamins" (/Principled on 6/27/2018))
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To: ChicagoConservative27
She should Google inventions by women.

ML/NJ

7 posted on 07/23/2018 5:58:14 AM PDT by ml/nj (.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
One of them being the year of the woman

Don't the politicians and the MSM declare EVERY election year the "Year of the Woman?" (trying to suck up for their vote)

8 posted on 07/23/2018 5:58:35 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Pelham

Wimpy males think they are impressing women for more dates if they look pro-feminist and in fashion. A study showed females had less sex with such males and actually had more with traditional sexist males. Too bad, suckers.

Once the socialists get in they will force males to have toxic masculinity shaming sessions in public and then indoctrination sessions, possibly in a camp if they don’t give up quickly.

Next chance to vote out socialism: never.
See Cuba and China and Stalin’s USSR. Only one dictator on the ballot so socialism wins again.

Males who disagree with that lose.


9 posted on 07/23/2018 6:00:19 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud , non citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
All,

Please use AOC as a keyword for all articles related to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Thanks.


10 posted on 07/23/2018 6:01:02 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
Oops. Resize fail. My bad.

Oh well... Now you all have some great AOC wallpaper!

11 posted on 07/23/2018 6:02:45 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Pelham

“She won because that district has become majority latino. And surprise, surprise, they voted tribal instead of for some old white dude.”

I think she may cause more problems for the Left/Dems than conservatives/GOP. She’s young, attractive, smart, hip. And, although she has a lot to learn she is learning fast. If she and Bernie should team up they could split the democrat party and even push moderates to the GOP. Should be interesting....


12 posted on 07/23/2018 6:03:32 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: Pelham

“She won because that district has become majority latino. And surprise, surprise, they voted tribal instead of for some old white dude.”

I think she may cause more problems for the Left/Dems than conservatives/GOP. She’s young, attractive, smart, hip. And, although she has a lot to learn she is learning fast. If she and Bernie should team up they could split the democrat party and even push moderates to the GOP. Should be interesting....


13 posted on 07/23/2018 6:03:47 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Ocasio-Cortez: 80 Percent Male Congress ‘Creates Blind Spots in Our Legislation’

She Doesn't Want Male Voters this November. Since she is the new face of the Democratic Party, does that mean they don't want them either??

14 posted on 07/23/2018 6:04:01 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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“80 percent male” created “blind spots in our legislation.”

Years ago I worked for a company making products exclusively for women. The parent corporation began a big diversity initiative to place more women in key decision making roles in product design and marketing. Diversity consultants assured management young women would make better decisions than the men occupying the roles because they had a better intuitive understanding of the market. As company shifted its focus to “female centric” it almost immediately began losing market share to competitor firms where males made the key product development and marketing decisions.

I asked a woman who had worked for the company for many years, and who had been ignored in the rush to install and promote “young” women, why the push to feminize the company had resulted in declining sales not the growth promised by the diversity experts. She had a very simple explanation — the trap women fall into is emotionally projecting their own preferences on the total marketplace. In her opinion since men didn’t use the product they could assess product features and review customer research objectively. Women tended to be emotionally attached to their perceptions and would continue to push ideas passionately even when data from the marketplace or customer research proved their ideas wrong. Competition would cut and close quickly on failed new products while our company would continue to invest in failing products because an executive believed the new products would eventually catch on.

It is possible there was some truth to that observation but I have met many women who are excellent at analyzing data and making rational, fact based decisions. From my perspective the critical error was the company replacing seasoned, proven veterans who knew the industry and had learned from past mistakes with young aggressive executives hired from outside the industry. The newcomers didn’t know what they didn’t know and had no desire to listen to the seasoned veterans they quickly sent to the unemployment line. Many were also managing their careers more than taking the time to study and learn the new business. Their previous experiences didn’t apply to the new industry, just as their personal experience with similar products didn’t project to the entire marketplace.

Diversity for the sake of diversity is a losing proposition. Ultimately each human is a unique individual and will succeed (or not) based on a combination of intellect, technical skills, personality, creativity, leadership, and dedication. Ethnic background, gender, or other “group” identity add nothing to one’s ability to reason, make decisions and lead people. Any organization that staffs for diversity over the skill requirements of the positions, will achieve suboptimal results.


15 posted on 07/23/2018 6:05:59 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did she just assume their gender? She needs to check her privledge and stop the hate.


16 posted on 07/23/2018 6:08:18 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I agree... we need 100% male..

THEN we can get rid of ‘touchy-feely’ crap and get on with business....


17 posted on 07/23/2018 6:10:41 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: snoringbear

She is NOT smart... only able to talk a lot... :p


18 posted on 07/23/2018 6:11:50 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: snoringbear

saying it twice does not make her any smarter ;^)


19 posted on 07/23/2018 6:12:35 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sexist misandrist


20 posted on 07/23/2018 6:14:37 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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