Truth in advertising, I have worked in or with Congress since the late 1980s and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (as well as her two colleagues Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar) are probably three of the least impressive Members I've ever seen. That's saying a lot given the likes of Steve King and Maxine Waters, to cite two other examples of elected officials the fact of whose election causes one to wonder if democracy is really a viable political system.
Bottom line, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is an impertinent child. A classic example of the up and coming generation. Certain of things that she cannot know, ignorant of that of which she is ignorant, arrogant in inverse proportion to the justification for it, self-righteous... Suffice to say I could go on.
Give the lady her due. She has a gift for self-promotion. She understands the logic of social media wherein prominence is conflated with power. Where fame is the coin of the realm. To which should be added that, through sheer grit, she defeated an incumbent primary opponent who looked set to lead the House Democrats after Speaker Pelosi stepped down.
Grant that her opponent had gotten lazy about attending to his district. For all the nation prattles on about how it wants "leadership" and an end to parochial politicians, perish the incumbent Member of Congress who does not bring home the bacon to their districts. As so often, the public talks one way and acts another - hence Ocasio-Cortez gets her moment to make of herself a gift to the nation.
For all that, she claims to be a socialist - that term not meaning what it is claimed to be in popular usage - but there is scant evidence that Ocasio-Cortez has ever read a page of Marx. She preaches that which she cannot define.
Indeed, one wishes some savvy journalist somewhere would ask her if she really believes, pace Marx, that human beings are really nothing more than social/psychological products of the means of production. One hears the crickets chirping in the background already.
To this she adds colossal arrogance. Politico - a DC based newspaper that tilts liberal and is widely read on Capitol Hill - reports that Ocasio-Cortez caused a meeting of the House Democrats to absolutely explode in recriminations when she threatened to get primary challengers to run against any of her Democrat colleagues whom she believed were insufficiently loyal to her liberal causes.
The irony here being that Ocasio-Cortez started her career by voting against Speaker Pelosi's appropriations bill during the government shutdown because it included funding for ICE. Suffice to say, the Representative does not feel bound by the rules she applies to others.
Then there is the "New Green Deal." A ragbag of largely unrelated wishes put in the form of a resolution. Estimated cost - by the non-partisan CBO no less, official cost estimator of Congress - $93 trillion. That, by the way, is more than the entire current GNP of, not just the country, but of the world.
The resolution itself was submitted against a backdrop of colossal staff incompetence. Including a "Q&A" to explain the bill so poorly written - it included the famous pledge to provide economic security - read a government check - to those who not only could not find a job, but even to those who did not WANT a job.
It never seems to have hit Ocasio-Cortez that giving money to people who don't feel like working would bring the entire economy to a screeching halt. Details, details.
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I've got rocks out in my driveway with more brains.
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She is full of shit.
She should really wear a Bra if she's going to be thst close to the Microphone... 😂😂😂😂
Some things I'm with her on then there's things I'm like really now you just ruined your original point and made yourself sound like an Immature Fool... She reminds me of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump too much Division involved with these Characters!!! Everyone has too strong Opinions with these types of people...
Lmao wtf she wearin! Bet trump will love to grab that by the...
i wish this pic were real. you know dem sum nice tits!
I agree with her on some things and disagree on other things. But it is impressive she went from bartender to congresswoman in a short time
I don't know anything about her except that she's not bad looking.
Also I'm wondering what you think about what I said about Massachusetts? Maybe not the whole state but just the city of Boston?
She is a communist and communism doesn't work. It causes the most poverty and death
I stopped watching this stuff after the impeachment... It's all been like a scripted reality show... Just turn to Fox and grab some popcorn 😎
Terrorist she wants to help illegal aliens enter the country. Not the USA problem they running for their lives go fix your own country.
Epitome of how clueless left is and a liar about her past
She’s hot but a bit nuts at times.
Sexy voice but really has some unreal kinds of goals
I had no idea who she was. I had to look it up.
I am looking at her tits and i can't think😍
I have issues with her being nice to people like Nancy Pelosi
She's really stupid and anti American
Tie her to Nacy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar and throw them off the golden gate bridge.
She’s good at politics and has found her niche
Great beginner Rep who’s already running rings around her rivals.
She should rebuild the mexican empire.
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