Posted on 09/08/2018 5:53:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
In June 2018, young 28-year-old "Socialist Democrat" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in what was considered a major upset. Crowley – a tried-and-true Democratic congressman with 20 years of loyal party service, proved no match for Ocasio-Cortez and her embodiment of the new brand of über-liberal progressivism. In the new paradigm of Democratic Party politics, there is no such thing as social policies that are too liberal, no education, healthcare, or assistance initiatives that are too generous with government-funded payouts, no position on illegal immigration or gender identity that is too lenient or accommodating.
Now in Massachusetts, it has happened again. Ayanna Pressley, a Democratic African-American woman, decisively defeated 10-term Congressman Mike Capuano 59-41% in a primary contest on September 4. Since there is no Republican candidate in the MA 7th Congressional District, this was the de facto election for that seat and Pressley – who holds views essentially identical to Ocasio-Cortez – will be the officeholder come January 2019. Like Joe Crowley, Mike Capuano was a 50-something white male. "Old white guys" – with the somewhat ironic, humorous exception of Bernie Sanders – seem to be falling out of favor in the Democratic Party these days. Pressley's acceptance speech was characterized by such lines as "We ran a campaign for those who were told their priorities can wait," and "These times demand more from our leaders… change can't wait." This, of course, is merely liberal code-speak for the promise that new government giveaway programs to her constituency are on the way, financed by new taxes on the "rich." Like Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley is seen as a Democratic rising star – female, non-Caucasian, solidly in the "Big Government Solves All Problems" camp.
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“Never stick your vote in crazy. “
Gives a whole new meaning to “ballot box.”
After seeing the Illinois crowd, looked to be mostly white upper class, cheering for almost everything Osamaobama said I wonder if this Republic has learned anything at all about the far left.......All 750 of them?
Excellent analogy my FRiend.
Re: Affluent white professional men (and women) may finally wake up, and stop automatically voting for the Democrats. This would devastate the Democratic Party.
That will happen to a certain extent. The Walkaway movement is a good example of this. But I doubt it will happen to a large degree because of the deep conditioning of political correctness. It is so easy to be on the Left. You have the media, academia, the entire entertainment industry, global political thinking, the environment movement, and so much more. People on the Left believe they are freely making choices. But the moment they move even a step to the Right they will be punished. They will be called racist, and uncaring, etc. Their white privilege is showing. They are like animals in a cage given an electricrical shock if they make the wrong move.
But, this is predicated on a nice life: a big house in the suburbs, luxury cars, public schools that send half the kids to top schools.
If that is threatened, just watch how fast they jump over to the GOP!
Ay-yi-ay!
“...The wealthy Elite with their armed security on top and the rest of us staring down the barrels of government controlled guns....”
So then it’s up to us to make sure THEY’RE staring at the muzzles of OUR guns, isn’t it?
That’s why we HAVE them in the first place, and there are millions of us.
They don’t get this for free, nor for the price of an election either. Nor without a LOT of pain coming back their way.
“Resistance”??? They don’t even know what it looks like yet.
By the standards of the JFK fanboys on FR, that makes Ayanna Pressley "more conservative than most of today's Republicans". All she has to do is give speeches blasting a communist regime and supporting tax cuts (both of which Barack Obama did while president... heck, I could even make a case Bernie Sanders did that here and here ), and PRESTO! She's then "More conservative than today's Republicans".
Gotta love the JFK "conservative" standard!
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