What are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Flaws?

comments from Neera Tanden, Sean McElwee and James Carville, but nothing directly from AOC = not much use, imo.

This seems like a classic case of damned if ya do.

AOC breaks norms and OMG SHE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN AND SHOW RESPECT.

she starts working within the system due to necessity and now she's a sellout.

W/e

The very definition of politics, I'd say (or least a political career).

yeah - way upthread somewhere i think i imagined the day (10-20 years from now, i speculated, i think) that most people on the left would look at AOC as a sell-out and a centrist. this kind of situation is kind of what i meant. step by step, she'll become a traitor to many who need perfection

if AOC follows in Jayapal's mode of being uncompromising on policy while compromising on appearances there'll be no grounds for complaining

ppl always find grounds for complaining

as may be.

.@AOC: “No, if anything I’ve only gotten more ardent in my positions, but I do think it’s so funny that the same people who on one day are all like ‘keep your 3rd eye open; Manufacturing Consent!’ are the same ones who fall the fastest for these ploys to demoralize the Left.” pic.twitter.com/xdfbUc51F4

— 🥶 (@TheDailyKoko) April 1, 2020

how can you not love this

MFW I’ve done what feels like 800 livestreams, interviews, zoom calls, FB lives and IG stories this week and someone asks me to make a TikTok pic.twitter.com/YxZYCf9r4o

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 2, 2020

loooool

I love how even then she's polite and open and funny in her personal response to the question "jk I'm open to it but kinda busy rn"

i think older folks underestimate the degree to which she is relatable to young people, compared to like, chuck grassley or all the ancient democrats. i would guess that people think "AOC is about 10x more relatable". no, incorrect. she is at least 4 trillion times more relatable. it's like they're on different planets

watching a senate committee hearing on anything relating to technology is like watching newsreels from the 1910s with ragtime music playing in the background

otm

I watched that AOC TikTok last night on the home computer, and the 10-year-old rushed in, going "Are you watching Tik-Tox!"

Then he made replay it like ten times.

Inevitable:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Politico Playbook on Wednesday that her team and former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign are having "policy conversations," and a source familiar told Axios that AOC and Biden have not yet spoken directly.

what's inevitable? AOC figuring out how to get biden to accommodate the future of the party, rather than the part of it he led 20-30 years ago? or a bunch of AOC supporters feeling that she betrayed the cause?

Running out of sweet vermouth.

AOC is cool and smart

seems to still be without flaws tbrr

Not old enough to run for President smh

She could use a few more years of learning the ropes, especially the insider workings of Congress and the DoD and DoS. But I'd be happy to vote for her for president while she's still in her 30s, at an age when she would still view strategy and compromise as entirely subordinate to her larger vision, instead of as an endless series of small wrestling matches about minimal gains.

For perspective, MLK, Jr. was 27 when he was chosen to lead the Montgomery bus boycott and only 39 when he died. Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he was chosen as lead writer of the Declaration of Independence.

when Saint-Juste was my age he'd been dead for four years!

i think older folks underestimate the degree to which she is relatable to young people, compared to like, chuck Grassley

"assume deer dead">>>>"New party, who dis?"

I wasn't sure where to drop this interview b/w Michael Grunewald and Sean McElwee..

One radical thought dropped in that interview:

Look, the Democratic Party is a coalition party with five partners: African American groups, Latino groups, women’s groups, unions and progressive groups. If you’re only one of five factions, maybe one-fourth of the party, you should only expect to win about one-fourth or one-fifth of the victories. You need to work with other groups in the coalition to achieve political success. Sometimes you’ll win, sometimes you’ll lose, that’s how life works. Ocasio-Cortez has figured that out, but not all progressives have.

McElwee was torn apart in the last 48 hours on Red Rose Twitter for this interview.

mclolwee

the laughter does stick in your throat

Thoughts from a Warrenlad about what Sanders should have done, particularly in terms of black voters, should carry as much weight as Tiger Woods's advice on marital fidelity.

Well, it's true that few Sanders followers still have no perspective on why they lost.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVQI7FHXkAEVTyz?format=jpg&name=medium

Ah, rich white suburbanites. God knows history hasn't shown us that class interests can warp allegedly progressive views among the young and upwardly mobile.

it is pretty funny that his new org is called SEAN.

weird little man.

I'm not at all understanding your interpretation of that passage and the passage itself.

Well, it's true that few Sanders followers still have no perspective on why they lost.

This is true, as mistyped!

They were sabotaged by the evil, all-powerful DNC, and by the worthless, stupid American voters who didn't know what was good for them.

now now you’ve got to give some credit to the media, too.

Donald Trump's addressing that point as we type.

I’ll never say his lizard brain can’t latch on to something that Feels True for most Americans, even if it’s a narrative that’s a funhouse mirror reflection for well-off suburban and rural white boomer, courtesy of Fox & Talk

Hi there! Very new to this.

I would like to visit random people’s islands and leave a doodle or note on their bulletin board.

Can I do that? If so, how?

Should I open my DMs for the first time since the Zuckerberg hearing for the Dodo codes?? https://t.co/pQlm0ES1cM

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020

Wholesome roundup: https://kotaku.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-making-animal-crossing-hous-1843327623

the five-dimensional chess master has logged on:

Actually, that would be a big improvement - and she would win! https://t.co/EzmOjNtYJS

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2020

2022

god i can’t wait

Why are we sharing Moonie Times links?

yeah right?

I would guess that Trump thinks a Senator AOC (D - NY) would make a fabulous fundraising tool for focusing right wing fear and loathing. He badly misses Hillary "Lock Her Up" Clinton, because Pelosi just doesn't generate the same passionate hatred that he can use to juice up his base. He understands his base very well, but he underestimates AOC.

yeah the tweet was what I was sharing, not the underlying article. i didn't think that was all that complicated.

I never spoke to Rep. Yoho before he decided to accost me on the steps of the nation’s Capitol yesterday.

Believe it or not, I usually get along fine w/ my GOP colleagues. We know how to check our legislative sparring at the committee door.

But hey, “b*tches” get stuff done. 🤷🏽‍♀️ https://t.co/WlG3xccwR7

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 21, 2020

Yoho’s derogatory comments, overheard by a reporter for The Hill, followed an altercation on the Capitol steps Monday in which the GOP congressman reportedly said that Ocasio-Cortez was “disgusting” for her stance on issues of crime and policing.

“You are out of your freaking mind,” Yoho told the Democratic lawmaker for recently suggesting that poverty and unemployment are driving a spike in crime in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ocasio-Cortez responded by saying that Yoho was being “rude.”

After parting ways, Ocasio-Cortez headed into the building, while Yoho, joined by Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), descended toward the House office buildings.

A few steps down, Yoho was heard by the reporter uttering the words, “Fucking bitch.”

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