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Commentary: 2020 Democrats go silent after Senate’s Green New Deal debacle (only 11.8 years to go)
Post Bulletin ^ | 4/05/19 | David Winston

Posted on 04/06/2019 5:29:55 PM PDT by Libloather

In the awkward aftermath of the Green New Deal’s rollout, perhaps the most appropriate question for its supporters, especially the Democratic presidential field, is one often posed by tennis bad boy John McEnroe: “You cannot be serious!”

But, apparently, when New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey introduced their proposal in February, they were deadly serious, and breathless progressives couldn’t wait to hop aboard the climate change express. First in line, the Democratic presidential candidates in the Senate who were eager to offer up their enthusiastic support.

There was just one snag. The Green New Deal, in reality, wasn’t serious. These weren’t well-thought-out ideas or vetted policies. They were far left talking points that couldn’t possibly survive any real scrutiny. And they didn’t.

The blowback was epic. Critics pounced on the resolution’s absurd provisions. America would have to retool every structure in the country to maximize energy efficiency. No cars. No planes. Trains to everywhere. Well, except from L.A. to San Francisco, where fiscal reality has already ended that green dream.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
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But there’s more. The Green New Deal goes far beyond a “chicken in every pot.” It would turn meat-eating America into a vegan “utopia” with “universal access to healthy food and high-quality health care” for every American, what most of us call socialized medicine.

The socialists took a hit but they'll be back.

1 posted on 04/06/2019 5:29:55 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

They know exactly that 11.8 years, not 11.5 or 12 years.


2 posted on 04/06/2019 5:37:35 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

The bartender said that we had 12 years left to exist in February. Please plan accordingly.


3 posted on 04/06/2019 5:41:56 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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To: Libloather

Last call?


4 posted on 04/06/2019 5:47:18 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Libloather

Only a racist would hold them to their predictions.


5 posted on 04/06/2019 5:47:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Libloather

AOC sure hasn’t been silent.


6 posted on 04/06/2019 6:04:46 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Libloather

The fact that it could not be taken seriously is why Mitch McConnell put it to a vote so fast. For the record, it did expose, for what it’s worth, the most hysterically rabid leftists.


7 posted on 04/06/2019 6:08:06 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist.I'm white.Does that mean I'm racist?)
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AOC sure hasn’t been silent.

Certainly not, in fact, just two nights ago, she was drunk off her ass, talking nonsense with her mouth full of nuts, assembling IKEA crap while crawling around on the floor of her new Navy Yard digs while recording it all on Instagram.

Girl has serious issues

8 posted on 04/06/2019 6:12:55 PM PDT by atc23
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To: a fool in paradise

Okay, that was pretty good. It’ll be amazingly abused for the next 11.8 years.


9 posted on 04/06/2019 6:19:42 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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To: Libloather

I’m so disappointed.

I thought we’d all be dead by now.

Can’t count on Gore to get anything right.

He’s a guy that could screw up a nice little kiss on a platform.


10 posted on 04/06/2019 6:22:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne

Say, where is Tipper since she dumped the Sex Poodle? Eating beef and wishing the ocean would rise, I hope.


11 posted on 04/06/2019 6:28:46 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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To: DoughtyOne

I think it was Algore who said “the poodle bites, the poodle chews it!”

I wonder if AOC will get a dog!?


12 posted on 04/06/2019 6:29:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Libloather

Wouldn’t even vote for their own bill. And criticized the GOP for voting against it.


13 posted on 04/06/2019 6:49:11 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

I think you’ll see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s speeches as part of President Trump’s campaign in 2020...and with a few other antiSemite speeches, too..


14 posted on 04/06/2019 7:41:51 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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Hey horseface, you have less than 12 years left, make them good.

15 posted on 04/06/2019 10:47:45 PM PDT by Fungi
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15 years ago we were told she was dying.

They are still married by the way, just separated for 10 years and committing adultery,... er “seeing other people”.


16 posted on 04/07/2019 4:33:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: TigersEye

““the poodle bites, the poodle chews it!”

Nothing but the best for my dog.

L


17 posted on 04/07/2019 4:39:03 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: DoughtyOne
He’s a guy that could screw up a nice little kiss on a platform.

He's the same guy that could screw up a one car funeral!

18 posted on 04/07/2019 5:14:23 AM PDT by dearolddad
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To: Fungi

19 posted on 04/07/2019 10:24:13 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

Classic!


20 posted on 04/07/2019 10:29:22 AM PDT by Fungi
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