Some Dems float idea of primary challenge for Ocasio-Cortez
It’s not just conservatives that are driven crazy by D-NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Some of the firebrand’s own colleagues view her with suspicion.
There’s an article in The Politico this month, which featured a series of on-the-record attacks on AOC, as she has become known. Some lawmakers bristled at her willingness to openly criticize fellow Democrats.
“I’m sure Ms. Cortez means well, but there’s almost an outstanding rule: Don’t attack your own people,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.).
But there’s more. The company she keeps and the far left agenda she endorses also raises hackles among senior Democrats. Here’s how:
By Scott Wong
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that’s threatening to primary entrenched Democrats. Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables on her and are discussing recruiting a primary challenger to run against the social media sensation.At least one House Democrat has been privately urging members of the New York delegation to recruit a local politician from the Bronx or Queens to challenge Ocasio-Cortez.
“What I have recommended to the New York delegation is that you find her a primary opponent and make her a one-term congressperson,” the Democratic lawmaker, who requested anonymity, told The Hill. “You’ve got numerous council people and state legislators who’ve been waiting 20 years for that seat. I’m sure they can find numerous people who want that seat in that district.”
I knew the political arena would be fun to watch, and Dems eating their own is my favorite spectator sport. Read the rest of the article here: The Hill
Tip of the hat to MCPO for the link.
Category: Politics, SJW Idiocy
dude. the eyes. she’s got the same eyes as charles manson. talk about helter skelter.
pretty sure IDC SARC would even avoid this bag of loose screws at this point.
I’d hit it like it owed me munny
you *never* cease to amaze me, my friend.
I knew IDC_SARC was one of the Great Ones!
Pass. Hate-bangs are a concept that never made any sense to me, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.
Brainless commie whores need love, too. Or something.
That dancing video of her, she was looking pretty good. I think when she entered politics her eyes got crazier though. It’s like they just keep bugging out more and more, like her skull is overpressured, which we know isn’t the case because it’s a vacuum chamber in there.
Not necessarily Mason.. it could be brimming full of batshit….
Over pressurization due to decomposition of organic matter inside a sealed container.
Just triple wrap yourself in a full body condom, mmmkay? Don’t want you catching any unknown lidtard viruses….
I’d hit it too, but only before IDC SARC did because I know where he’s been.
Bring another friend we’ll make her air tight!
Maybe a joint service exercise..of sorts. Flags everywhere. Put it on the front page of Stars and Stripes!
VFW Magazine at least.
Fuck communism!
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Literally!
First she did not grow up poor 4 richest county in USA 5 richest High School in USA went to Boston University Bill Oreilly Alma Matter earned a Economics Degree but Yet didn’t know who Adam Smith was The Founder of Modern capitalism and Economic Theory.
She’s an idiotic rich bitch who likes to pretend she was “born a po’ black chil’.” But this was already known.
You mean her skin is going to stay that color????
Not if IDC SARC has his way with her….
I say FUCK IT, turn IDC SARC loose on her!!!
EC101
Also known as Easy 101.
You have two shoe boxes.
One is debits and the other is credits.
If you can grasp that concept you have just become an economics professor.
Michael Knowles is from that area and IMO does the best job of destroying her Alex from the Bronx BS stories.
He’s a good watch on da tube or reading his tweets periodically.
She’s called “Ojos-Locos” for a reason!
She has the eyes of a stripper about to key her ex boyfriend’s car and throw his bunny in a pot of boiling water.
That bizznitch needs to be evaluated for dyscalculia…she don’t math good.
AOC IN 2020!
I love her and I want her to keep talking.
Liz Warren just had to do her one better by suggesting outright confiscation of assets.
Tax it? Hell, just take it!
This going to be fun watching both of them crash and burn.
trying to out do New York’s crazy…going full potato
Or full rutabaga.
Or maybe all the way to full taro root.
I’ll take full taro root for a thousand, Alex.
Lizzy’s plan to tax the assets of the “rich” includes a 40% tax on the assets of any rich people that try to leave the country with their assets to avoid the tax.
Who do they classify as “Rich”? That could be any home that makes more than $100,000 a year. But of course, Senators and Congress Critters would be exempt.
Of course, along with anyone who donates to an elected official’s campaigns.
Whatever the critters plan, we know that it won’t include them. If you draft the blueprints, you know damn well where the exits are and the safe room is. That’s how it works. The first people consulted privately are the accountants and lawyers. The rest of us are stuck–for the good of the country.
See health insurance for a perfect example of how that works. Then, see how many legislators grew suddenly investment wise and became millionaires while “doing the People’s work.” Great stuff.
Not just the Dems – apparently almost 1/3rd of Republicans want to see the GOP nominate someone else to run for President in 2020:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2019/01/29/National-Politics/Polling/question_21239.xml
(Link is from the WaPo survey, so open without cookies or in incognito mode else it’ll take you to a subscription page.)
That one third of Republicans probably includes the bulk of the Never-Trumpers so it’s not a terribly surprising number.
They disliked him before he ran, while he ran, and while he’s won.
The interesting aspect of AOC was how quickly those claiming to have been enamored of her are seemingly much less enamored of late.
Dems were happy to have blue seats. Now they want their people in those blue seats.
That said, I’d love to see a poll as to how much the Democratic electorate wants to see her replaced. I have no way of knowing how it’d break, but I’d bet less than 1/3rd want her replaced.
Which in my opinion makes this not much of a story. There’s also still a lot of time between now and November 2020.
Knew you’d have to comment on that, LC, and you didn’t disappoint.
I’m all for politicians eating their own, regardless of which side of the aisle it happens on. With some luck, it’ll shorten their time in elected office.
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” (Often falsely attributed to Mark Twain, but good nonetheless!)
Another point we can agree on. AOC’s 12 years to Armageddon is a bit on the optimistic side, it seems.
*grin*
I’d wager that group doesn’t dislike his policies as much as they dislike his personality.
This is exactly why NeverTrump is worthless.
Is conservatism about advancing the cause of American nationalism and limited government at all costs, or is it about being unfailingly polite while you get fucked in the ass?
NeverTrump would believe it’s the latter. The rest of us don’t care if Trump’s rude to people on Twitter.
All the never-Trumpers are cucks and scrunts who pretend to be conservative. They just give lip service being conservative. When it is time to support conservative policies and implement them they are MIA.
You mean like Mitt Romney?
Well, let’s just say he seems headed for cuckdom. He has never really been a conservative.
Mitt Romney can do us all a favor and go bob for chicken wings in a hot deep fryer!
So … Liberals dislike Trump.
And this is new information, how?
IMHO that’s like saying water is wet, fire is hot and shit stinks!
You think 1/3rd of Republicans are liberals?
I think the WaPoo over-samples dems in most polls and lacks any credibility when it comes to verifying who they poll.
And, this is a WaPoo-ABC News poll, neither of whom have much credibility, at all.
For that question, they only calculated the answers by people identifying as Republican – oversampling of D’s won’t apply. This does increase the margin of error, but the credibility of the poll rests with the methodology, not the news organization that conducts it. A 1001-person sample is pretty standard, but I don’t know how the 65/35 cell/landline breakdown matches others.
“(B)ut the credibility of the poll rests with the methodology, not the news organization that conducts it”. Really, the same alleged new organizations who said Hillary had the election all locked up?
And, “they only calculated the answers by people identifying as Republican”? Se my post, where I said, “I think the WaPoo over-samples dems in most polls and lacks any credibility when it comes to verifying who they poll“.
Many Republicans are “progressive” favoring economic “command” solutions, just not as much as Democrats.
Note that Nixon imposed wage and price controls. For just one example.
Do you recall the term “Rockefeller Republican”? RINO is the more modern version.
She has some ideas that don’t sit well with the well-gentried class at all.
Of course her tax plan currently carries little merit because it’s not coupled with any long term economic objective of reducing the deficit spending both parties have long been in love with, instead she’s offering a high tax rate with an outrageously expensive “free” series of redistributions that will cost more than the combined wealth of Bezos, Gates, Buffett, et al….
Free stuff is always fun until you run out of other people’s money, then you find yourself eating your pets and the local zoo animals to avoid starvation.
I never cease to be amazed at the number of socialists/communists who think their version will be the one that actually works. The arrogance of these people never ceases to amaze me.
Indeed.
(smile)
You’re gonna TRIGGER someone, Hondo…
Fahq’heem.
As a young future electrical engineer I tried it with a paper clip. Only the top right hole will kill you. The other two are ground and neutral.
I am a survivor.
Unless the 19-year old apprentice fucked up and can’t remember black is hot and white is neutral, or can’t tell left from right, or can’t match fucking colors.
But what do I know? Thank God for Fluke.
dead center X
That is because they have never had to live in a Socialist country. I have been in several as an election observer and let me tell you, it was not pretty. Work for everyone sweeping streets with hand made straw brooms. A new bucket for the town well just before elections. Eight to a trauma recovery room after major surgery with relatives brewing tea for them on a hot plate on a chair in the hallway because that was the only electric outlet to use.
Bingo.
I had the opportunity to make a day trip to the former DDR about 6 months after the Berlin Wall fell. During that trip, we passed through the town of Erfurt.
It was literally like going back in time 40 years. The outside of the buildings were grimy, and obviously hadn’t been cleaned in decades. The roads sucked. It was obvious that not very much had been built any time recently – indeed, most buildings in the town center seemed to date from the 1930s or 1940s.
The need for repair was obvious everywhere. What repairs had been made appeared to be crude and/or patchwork.
And remember: the DDR was the most economically prosperous of the former Soviet Bloc nations.
There was a damn good reason that between 3 and 4 million former DDR residents came west between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall (while almost no one went east). I’d love to see AOC (or our resident Socialist commenter) talk to some of them about the “joys of socialism”.
But if they do, they should pay close attention to what they say – because they might even learn the German equivalent of one of Schwartznegger’s famous lines from Terminator. In fact, if the former DDR resident they talk to is not having a good day it might be the first thing they say when told how wonderful Socialism really is.
And no, I’m not talking about the German equivalent of, “I’ll be back”. (smile)
I had the same experience in East Berlin in 1969. It is the most depressing place I have ever been. Once you traveled away from Unter Den Lindenstrasse, the city looked like WWII ended last year–bombed out buildings all over the place.
Toilet paper in a public restroom. NYET!
Being a patient in a hospital means your family has to bring you food for every meal or you don’t eat. Ditto for jail.
“The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” – Lady Margaret Thatcher
Communism/Socialism only killed 120+million in the Twentieth Century and libtard moonbats always want to give it JUST one more chance, proof that liberalism is a mental disorder!
AOC wants to go after all the money… not just GOP supporter money, but ALL OF IT! She’d destroy the elite for her vision of socialism.
She’s the new hero/leader of the Free Shit Army.
FSA:
LOL
I want one.
“What I have recommended to the New York delegation is that you find her a primary opponent and make her a one-term congressperson,” …. Anonymous source
I’d remain anonymous, too, because AOC is a Very Scary Person. She’s like the Queen in “Snow White”… under all that fabric, the REAL thing shows up at the end.
Just sayin’.
I think we should feel quite lucky that she scares her own kind. We need her in the open, saying incredible things that will frighten small children, such as “The World is going to END in 12 years!!!”
I still think it’s not an act(as some have said). She’s dumber than a bag of hammers. Gonna be fun to watch. I may even tune into C-SPAN again..
It’s definitely not an act. She’s as dumb as they come, with an education that allows her to sound just the slightest bit intelligent. She’s the poster child for why a higher education can be a waste of time and money.
She’s got ELECTROLYTES!
great reference, great line, great movie. you win the internet today.
Oh, no, it is NOT an act. It is the REAL thing with her.
I think she also throws tantrums. Just sayin’….
Used to be a guy with a postage stamp mustache that used to throw tantrums and chew rugs. What was his name again…
She doesn’t -look- like a mustachioed rug-muncher.
I’m sure that she actually believes the shit she says, and if they primary her next election, I’m sure she’ll do all she can to make herself an even bigger pain in the ass, IMHO she has gotten addicted to being in the limelight and she craves it like a junkie does a fix!
May the new leader of the free shit army and the established leaders of the socialistic demon catic factions continue to devour one another until they choke on one another.
From the article..”…people have been waiting 20 years for that seat.” And that, boys and girls, is what is wrong with the entire political process everywhere. Career politicians, sucking up at the sugar teat of the taxpayer. It was originally called public service because you were supposed to be serving the public.
They are not serving the public, they are serving themselves. Both sides! That is why dTrump is having such a hard time. The RINOS are as much to blame as the demon cats. Fire them all, hire totally new ones. Term limits and impeachment by voters, not one another. Just as we have ring knocker/politicians in uniform that protect one another or destroy one another, thus goes the government. If anyone thinks that more than just a very small handful of elected congress critters are concerned about doing what is right for the country, I’ve got some bridges and ocean front property to interest you in.
“Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often and for the same reason.” – Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
In another time and in another place, her opposition to the aging swamp denizens would be admirable. She either doesn’t give a shit what her seniors want or she’s too stupid to know that to get things done she needs to play ball and be a good little frosh. This spokeswoman for Socialism won the primary with about 16,000 votes, besting the incumbent by some 4100 votes. She’s a little snake fish in a big swamp. If the media would kindly ignore her for a few weeks, that would be just dandy. But she’s a star! She’s their star.
^^^THIS^^^
It may be interesting to see if she is undercut first by the Dems or the media. From that we can tell, at least in her part of the world, whether the media is an instrument of the DNC or vice versa.
I’m guessing that the Major Dems – all the seniors in that population group – will start to take her down ahead of anyone else.
I am under the impression, based on reports of her behavior in various circumstances, that she has never been told “NO” until now.
Little fish in a big pond still has teeth. These have already infested the PDRofMD, and we don’t need more.
The Snakeheads? Releasing one after catching it has been outlawed everywhere they’ve been found.
Reality has yet to set in for her. She thinks the world revolves around her.
Eventually someone will put a stop payment in on her reality check…
“Eventually someone will put a stop payment in on her reality check.”
Nice one.
She took on Don Pelosi. This will not end the way she thought it would.
It might end like this:
You are too kind.
Her boyfriend is in the news again:
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/antifa-leader-marines-arrested/
We need to drop this foolish tool into the middle of a socialistic/communistic country, not as one of the elite “leaders”, but as a common member of the “workers party.”
I hear Venezuela used to be nice this time of year.
Maduro is looking for some people willing to fight for his righteous cause too.
Maduro would handcuff her to a pole for ease of use. Which would actually be a win for pretty much everybody.
Did anyone really expect her to play nice once she actually got to DC? It never was a matter of if she would cut her own throat by challenging the status quo and power brokers but when, was it?
When the Dems draw their sharp knives on her, it is incumbent on us to scream “SEXISM” and “MISOGYNY”, and ask them if they hate all women or just Latinas.
Agreed.
Absolutely!!! Say it LOUD!!!
Donks thought that they could use her prior to her getting to DC… now all they are thinking and saying is “BITCH BE CRAYCRAY!!!!
New Political Action Committee (PAC):
Guys Who Secretly Think AOC Is Hot, But Won’t Admit It (GWSTAOCIHBWAI)
Its True, communism fails.https://youtu.be/T0CzmAtDuNc
Alexandria Ocasio-Missingcortex….
I do find it slightly reassuring and somewhat interesting that there is indeed a level of crazy that even the socialist democrats will not put up with. Apparently they found it in Occasional Cortex.
Occasional Cortex? I thought it was Kotex.
https://youtu.be/VyK1bZZ7E-s Poor AOC I barely knew ye