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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Super Powers
Prospect.org ^ | 1/13/19 | Paul Waldman

Posted on 01/14/2019 9:22:57 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clearly has superpowers. When was the last time a freshman member of Congress was able to not just vault policy issues up the agenda with a remark in an interview or a visit to a protest, but whip much of Washington into such a frenzy of consternation and jealousy?

We don't yet know how Ocasio-Cortez (already known by her initials AOC) will use these powers. But her extraordinary celebrity tells us a good deal about what politics, and the Democratic Party in particular, look like in 2019.

Ocasio-Cortez's rise owes a great deal to her own gifts, but it also had something to do with timing. She was one of two Democrats to defeat a House incumbent in a 2018 primary, and since the national media had largely overlooked the race until her victory and were shocked that she took down a member of the Democratic leadership, she suddenly became a perfect symbol of the election that was underway. A young, charismatic, unapologetically progressive Latina booting out a doughy-looking old-school white guy pol with shoe leather and deft use of social media? You couldn't ask for a better story as Democrats were headed for a historic win driven by women voters.

But as Ocasio-Cortez sailed through the general election an into Washington, she has shown some unusual skills, ones that seem to be driving Republicans absolutely nuts. Despite the occasional misstep, she seems earnest and even joyful (a rare quality), and has become a social media star. She has 2.4 million followers on Twitter and another 1.8 million on Instagram, where she mixes politics, policy, and humor in an appealing combination that few politicians can match.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; bloggers; newyork; ocasiocortez; vermont
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Cortez makes the old “valley girl” look like a brain surgeon. She is galactically stupid, has absolutely NO knowledge of what she is doing, and proves Peter’s principle of reaching her level of incompetence. I HOPE she keeps talking and showing the world what she is and by proxy, what the demonRAT party is, and has always been. I’m not “scared” of her, but I can’t express my level of contempt for a district that would elect a person like this, and our knowing that whatever STUPID thing she does in Congress affects the rest of us.


41 posted on 01/14/2019 10:49:07 AM PST by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: NEMDF

True. The media fell in love with her.

And there is no challenging any inane things she says.

If she had been some sort of rising star on the conservative side, she would already have been marginalized. Every statement would be fact checked. Statements such as how too many people focus on precise facts instead of some overall “moral right” would be criticized instead of glossed over.


42 posted on 01/14/2019 11:03:04 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: 13Sisters76

On Varney this morning they were laughing about how old Joe Liberman made some critical remark about her and she said she had no idea who Joe Loserman was. LOL!


43 posted on 01/14/2019 11:11:50 AM PST by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Anyone who thinks that “AOC” beating Joseph Crowley in the primary wasn’t orchestrated, just isn’t thinking. Like Illinois, the winners of New York elections are well planned out, ahead of time. She’s a toofer -— they got a young, energetic (I didn’t say bright) socialist elected, and Pelosi didn’t have to worry about Crowley running against her for Speaker.
AOC is where she is because the DNC, et al, WANTS her there. The fact that she’s stupid doesn’t bother them in the least; the House is full of useful idiots. She’s been put there for many reasons, not the least of which is to excite equally stupid millennials into voting.


44 posted on 01/14/2019 11:14:16 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

AOC is a facist in Gucci shoes. Her “democratic socialism” is the same old despotic Marxism in a flashy package.


45 posted on 01/14/2019 11:29:26 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Snickering Hound

We should call her Dizzy


46 posted on 01/14/2019 11:33:52 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

It is not far fetched to see that 60 million American idiots would vote for her as President. I remember Obama running the first time and the sycophants were complete drones driven by emotionalism.


47 posted on 01/14/2019 11:36:09 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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48 posted on 01/14/2019 11:41:03 AM PST by timestax
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Whatever her career holds—and don't forget, she's only 29—Ocasio-Cortez signals the coming of a new kind of Democratic Party. It will take some time for the transition to complete itself, and it will naturally include old-fashioned Democrats too. But it won't be returning to its old self, and that's what really ought to have Republicans unsettled.

This should have all Americans unsettled, not just Republicans.

49 posted on 01/14/2019 11:53:00 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

The MSM is sure promoting Occasional-Cortex.

Well, it is entertaining...

5.56mm


50 posted on 01/14/2019 11:57:42 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: Snickering Hound

She’s dumber than a bag of hammers but...dayum she’s hot.


51 posted on 01/14/2019 12:06:49 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Anything youÂ’ve ever said will be used against you.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

She can steal tips from a tip jar with lightening speed


52 posted on 01/14/2019 4:45:31 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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