Monday shocker

The column I never thought I would write. No, not my resignation – until Ed tells me to pack my figurative stuff and hit the figurative bricks – well, takes away my login – I’m here until it ain’t fun any more. Nope, this is worse than that.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was right. There, I said it. She actually said something I (and I suspect most of you) can agree with.

Who would have thought? Little Sandy of the tombstone teeth and perennially neo-commie idiocy…is correct. Circle this month on the calendar, folks, after almost 6 years of her (2019 on) doing nothing but non-legislating and image-buffing…something approaching correct came out of her mouth.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) publicly denounced the stock trading activities of lawmakers, pointing out an apparent inconsistency among Democrats.

“There needs to be Democrats who walk the walk and talk the talk. There is an insane amount of hypocrisy, and the hypocrisy is what gets exploited to use the cynicism and wherever there’s a hypocritical window. For example, I think one of the most biggest examples of this is insider trading in Congress,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“It’s so crazy. I mean, like, it’s the end of the thing. Like, people think that everyday people are stupid. I’m like, ‘Do you all really think that people don’t see this s***?’” Ocasio-Cortez added.

Stewart agreed with her, noting that the positions lawmakers hold on committees give them access to insider information that could potentially enhance their trading portfolios.

Potentially? Just a bit of soft-pedaling, there, Jon – for years we have watched thousandaires turn into millionaires within one or two terms. Even the ones like Bernie Sanders who preach poverty, fiscal restraint and for all I know abstinence have multiple houses to play with. Somehow I doubt the same can be said of me and thee, right?

“And then we’re supposed to act like money only corrupts Republicans?” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Both Ocasio-Cortez and Stewart took issue with the idea that the public is unaware of these practices. Their remarks come in the wake of increasing demands for a prohibition on lawmakers trading stocks.Benzinga

Don’t know what happened to our little donkey-toothed Sandy but for ONCE I can say I agree with her. I’m not holding my breath till it happens again.

Category: Congress sucks, Politics