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Steve Bannon praises Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes for 'grit, determination, and fighting spirit'
Business Insider ^ | Jan 30 2019 | Sinead Baker

Posted on 02/03/2019 11:51:25 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Steve Bannon praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Politico for her "combination of grit, determination, fighting spirit that you can't coach."

The praise may seem unusual, since Ocasio-Cortez is a self-described democratic socialist who decries the Trump administration, which Bannon once served in.

But other conservatives and Republicans praised her for the large platform she has built and her skill on social media.

One Republican representative told Politico: "I aspire to be the conservative AOC."

Bannon, in an interview with Politico published on Wednesday, said that Ocasio-Cortez, widely known as "AOC", has a competitiveness and ability which he admires.

"AOC has what I call 'gameness' or competitive heart — the combination of grit, determination, fighting spirit that you can't coach," Bannon said.

"You either have it or you don't, and she has it big league."

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; bannon; ocasiocortez; prettyhotforadem; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; stevebannon
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Well, she has a lot more grit/spunk/determination than a lot of our concern trolls....she, like most Dems, sees something and goes for it balls to the wall - a lot of our folks see something and then try to find 10,000 reasons why it can’t be done....


41 posted on 02/04/2019 3:56:43 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: rrrod

Yeah, baby. Stirs it in so many directions.


42 posted on 02/04/2019 4:09:50 AM PST by Dahoser
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To: PIF

“She’s gay”

Really — she’s a lesbian?


43 posted on 02/04/2019 4:22:19 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege; LS
Steve Bannon praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Politico for her "combination of grit, determination, fighting spirit that you can't coach."

He's correct, of course.

But it would have been appropriate to add, ".... similar to the grit, determination, and fighting spirit of Josef Stalin or Pol Pot."

44 posted on 02/04/2019 4:25:50 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: trebb

“Well, she has a lot more grit ... spunk”

I hate spunk.


45 posted on 02/04/2019 4:26:05 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: MayflowerMadam
"I hate spunk."

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46 posted on 02/04/2019 4:27:40 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Sorry banning. If 50% of the writers here got a tenth of the media coverage that POS socialist received, the amount of praise they would receive would
Make that crow bar faced commie a laughing stock in comparison.


47 posted on 02/04/2019 4:30:51 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: jmacusa

Oh, for Pete’s sake, people. Can you really not see what Bannon is doing?!


48 posted on 02/04/2019 4:32:18 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ocasio-Cortez, widely known as “AOC”

Does that stand for “Another Obnoxious Cword”?


49 posted on 02/04/2019 4:40:42 AM PST by Pravious
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“......… praises Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes for ‘grit, determination, and fighting spirit’.....

He left off “stupidity”


50 posted on 02/04/2019 4:53:25 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Liberals just shoot off their mouths about all and sundry... but:

“No matter HOW good your plan is, at some point you have to stop and look at the results.”

W. Churchill


51 posted on 02/04/2019 4:57:33 AM PST by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I agree with him that's she has mastered self-promotion. I worked with a lot of people like that in my career. Many were dumb as turnips, could not produce anything, but knew how to play the suck-up game and get ahead.

Then it falls apart with this: "One Republican representative told Politico: "I aspire to be the conservative AOC.""

Good luck with that. Self-reliance, the Puritan work ethic, self-denial, thrift, and industry do not play well against FREE STUFF!!

52 posted on 02/04/2019 4:58:55 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: mewzilla
Oh, for Pete’s sake, people. Can you really not see what Bannon is doing?!

Some apparently don't get sarcastic subterfuge.

53 posted on 02/04/2019 4:59:22 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Impala64ssa

Yes, Bannon is wrong...along with the other Republicans praising AOC. There’s nothing to worship here -— just look at any high school in America and you will find plenty of kids who won’t back down from shouting their uniformed opinions from the rooftops. I’ve been teaching high schoolers for 20+ years and have five children of my own who are either in high school or were recently, and AOC reminds me of them at their worst. The essence of growing up is NOT having the so-called courage to rudely scream every thought and desire that comes into your head (that’s what babies do), but to listen, learn, and then humbly act on the courage of convictions that have been established through years of experience. Young people can still be good leaders, but they must be wise and mature enough to go slow and take wise counsel from those who know more than they do. When I think of AOC running around the Senate building trying to find Mitch McConnell so she can give him a piece of her mind, or even her mouthing off at Nancy Pelosi, I just shake my head. AOC is not admirable, she insufferable!


54 posted on 02/04/2019 5:05:19 AM PST by bpete123
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To: jmacusa

Bannon’s not totally wrong. AOC is doing us a solid by devouring all the media attention that would normally be going to the ‘bench’ of wannabe Dem candidates for 2020.

This requires no grit or intelligence, though, any more than Obama getting a Nobel prize for just being himself.

AOC’s shocking socialism is also giving cover and steam to Bernie’s Marxism, which is pulling Dems ever leftward. This is good, because it can lure free enterprise Dems to sit out the next election while driving independents to the GOP.

AOC is their Ann Coulter, a loudmouth who punches above her weight.


55 posted on 02/04/2019 5:20:08 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: TADSLOS

Che. In due time, she’ll be Che. ‘Cause she Che Crazy, YO.


56 posted on 02/04/2019 5:23:43 AM PST by OKSooner (Whichever one you already have, go buy the other one and then you'll have both.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Bannon simply is speaking the truth.

It is a bad idea to underestimate the opposition.

AOC is not stupid. She believes in stupid things that sound plausible. Big difference.

She is very dangerous.


57 posted on 02/04/2019 5:45:54 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It is a fairly common grit and determination. This woman was a college educated bartender a few months ago. Now all of the economic security she has and will accrue will flow from having got a few thousand votes in NYC. She’s gonna flog this thing for all she’s worth. Who wouldnt?


58 posted on 02/04/2019 5:59:01 AM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“One Republican representative told Politico: “I aspire to be the conservative AOC.”

A Republican is aspiring to be a brainless wonder?

I can see a clear and distinct advantage to this. Take a cow for instance, they aren’t very smart. They can be taken to the slaughter house and not have the slightest clue as to what’s next. The advantage is the cow will not have prolonged anxiety over it’s eventual fate.

Followers of AOC obviously are in the IQ range of a cow. They are just fat, dumb and happy to get free stuff that they really cannot see beyond that. The advantage is the the useful idiots will not have prolonged anxiety over their eventual fate.


59 posted on 02/04/2019 6:31:26 AM PST by redfreedom (Elizabeth Warren has more Indian blood in her than journalism has truth.)
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To: jmacusa

Bannon is encouraging someone that’s dragging the Democrats so far left it will encourage Schultz and Bloomberg to enter the race. That means Trump wins. His base won’t support any of that.


60 posted on 02/04/2019 6:36:02 AM PST by meatloaf
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