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silverscreenselect wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

Estonut wrote:Someone copied & pasted this into a comment on an article about AOC:

Cortez Is still running around the Capital looking for Phil Abusters office.
She says she wants to be on the appropriations committee because she understands when something is appropriate.
She says we shouldn’t just teach Civics in schools, we should teach about all automobiles.
When they delivered a new TV to her office and read on the box built-in antenna she asked the delivery person if antenna was a city in China.
She just completed a jigsaw puzzle that said 5-7 years, she was so proud to get it done in 2 weeks.
When asked of her choice for speaker of the house she said Bose.
She says she supports veterans because they help pets.
She wore a sleeveless shirt at a meeting to support her right to bare arms.
She wanted a trade embargo on Romania because of tainted romaine lettuce.
She wanted to know how much tuition is at the Electoral College.

So they're trying to caricature her as stupid and/or ditzy when all of the evidence is to the contrary. --Bob

It's her gender. See Hillary and Nancy Pelosi. If this was Rep. Alexander Ocasio-Cortez, we wouldn't have heard two peeps out of the right wingers.

Bob78164 wrote:

tlynn78 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:So they're trying to caricature her as stupid and/or ditzy when all of the evidence is to the contrary. --Bob

All evidence? Really?

Yes, really. From the award she won in a national high school science competition to her degree at a pretty good university to her accomplishment in defeating an entrenched incumbent to her ability to single handedly shift the policy conversation substantially to the left, she has consistently demonstrated her intelligence.

Note on she threaded the needle on January 3. She voted for Speaker Pelosi (thereby saving at least one newly elected Democrat a vote he or she would have found uncomfortable), but then she voted against the rules package to signal that she hasn't been coopted.

What I think is really going on is that Republicans are afraid that her policy preferences are gaining traction so they're trying to make her an object of ridicule as a way of attacking her long-term effectiveness. And yes, I think they're playing to stereotypes of women in the process. This isn't mocking her as some sort of a wild-eyed radical (which she's not). This is mocking her as stupid, which she's definitely not. --Bob

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

tlynn78 wrote:

All evidence? Really?

Yes, really. From the award she won in a national high school science competition to her degree at a pretty good university to her accomplishment in defeating an entrenched incumbent to her ability to single handedly shift the policy conversation substantially to the left, she has consistently demonstrated her intelligence.

Note on she threaded the needle on January 3. She voted for Speaker Pelosi (thereby saving at least one newly elected Democrat a vote he or she would have found uncomfortable), but then she voted against the rules package to signal that she hasn't been coopted.

What I think is really going on is that Republicans are afraid that her policy preferences are gaining traction so they're trying to make her an object of ridicule as a way of attacking her long-term effectiveness. And yes, I think they're playing to stereotypes of women in the process. This isn't mocking her as some sort of a wild-eyed radical (which she's not). This is mocking her as stupid, which she's definitely not. --Bob

Just like the dems and their servants in the media are afraid of trump and his policy preferences and have gone all out in making him an object of ridicule as a way of attacking his effectiveness? They are following their long term strategy of creating demeaning and negative caricatures of political opponents they are afraid of. trump is no wide eyed radical. He is implementing and supporting positions that are time tested or were supported by most high profile dem hypocrites just a few years ago. And he's definitely not stupid. He has implemented a lot of the things he's promised without one single bit of support from democrats. It is sad and concerning to me that he has, in part, used the dangerous precedents established by Obama to do so.

AOC is a radical extremist. By her own words. She might be 'educated' (indoctrinated), but her own words she has shown a shallow knowledge of history, geo-politics and economics. She is a fool. But she gets the press because she knows how to get it.

She is the dems latest version of Obama. A person with charisma and nothing else. She, like Obama, is a pawn.

My opinion.

Bob78164 wrote:The Democrats probably should use ridicule as a weapon against Donny, but thus far they have not.

jarnon wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:The Democrats probably should use ridicule as a weapon against Donny, but thus far they have not.

I guess you’re not on Twitter and don’t watch Saturday Night Live. At the Democratic convention, months before Trump was elected, they showed humorous clips of him every hour.

jarnon wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:The Democrats probably should use ridicule as a weapon against Donny, but thus far they have not.

I guess you’re not on Twitter and don’t watch Saturday Night Live. At the Democratic convention, months before Trump was elected, they showed humorous clips of him every hour.

Bob78164 wrote:

jarnon wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:The Democrats probably should use ridicule as a weapon against Donny, but thus far they have not.

I guess you’re not on Twitter and don’t watch Saturday Night Live. At the Democratic convention, months before Trump was elected, they showed humorous clips of him every hour.

Both of these statements are true. I don't think I've watched Saturday Night Live since around its third season (I've probably seen a handful of episodes since then).

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

jarnon wrote:I guess you’re not on Twitter and don’t watch Saturday Night Live. At the Democratic convention, months before Trump was elected, they showed humorous clips of him every hour.

Both of these statements are true. I don't think I've watched Saturday Night Live since around its third season (I've probably seen a handful of episodes since then).

Hmmm. Haven't you claimed that you fully research things for yourself prior to posting?

Explaining marginal taxes to a far-right former Governor:

Imagine if you did chores for abuela & she gave you $10. When you got home, you got to keep it, because it’s only $10.

Then we taxed the billionaire in town because he’s making tons of money underpaying the townspeople.

“Imagine if you did chores for your grandma and she gave you $10. When you got home, your parents took $7 from you.” The students said: “That’s not fair!” Even 5th graders get it.

Bob78164 wrote:

Estonut wrote:Someone copied & pasted this into a comment on an article about AOC:

Cortez Is still running around the Capital looking for Phil Abusters office.
She says she wants to be on the appropriations committee because she understands when something is appropriate.
She says we shouldn’t just teach Civics in schools, we should teach about all automobiles.
When they delivered a new TV to her office and read on the box built-in antenna she asked the delivery person if antenna was a city in China.
She just completed a jigsaw puzzle that said 5-7 years, she was so proud to get it done in 2 weeks.
When asked of her choice for speaker of the house she said Bose.
She says she supports veterans because they help pets.
She wore a sleeveless shirt at a meeting to support her right to bare arms.
She wanted a trade embargo on Romania because of tainted romaine lettuce.
She wanted to know how much tuition is at the Electoral College.

So they're trying to caricature her as stupid and/or ditzy when all of the evidence is to the contrary.

Estonut wrote: Here's your smart, non-ditzy 2020 bartender flailing miserably during what should have been an easy interview with Jake Tapper.

Bob78164 wrote:I missed this when it came out. Representative Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a 70% marginal federal tax rate on ordinary income above $10 million annually is broadly popular among bipartisan lines, enjoying the support of 59% of registered voters, including 60% of independents and 45% of Republicans. --Bob

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I missed this when it came out. Representative Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a 70% marginal federal tax rate on ordinary income above $10 million annually is broadly popular among bipartisan lines, enjoying the support of 59% of registered voters, including 60% of independents and 45% of Republicans. --Bob

Bread and Circuses has always been popular with the Dumbasses.

Bob78164 wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I missed this when it came out. Representative Ocasio-Cortez's proposal for a 70% marginal federal tax rate on ordinary income above $10 million annually is broadly popular among bipartisan lines, enjoying the support of 59% of registered voters, including 60% of independents and 45% of Republicans. --Bob

Bread and Circuses has always been popular with the Dumbasses.

I guess it's time for you to stop complaining about Secretary Clinton's reference to "deplorables." --Bob

I guess it's time for you to stop complaining about Secretary Clinton's reference to "deplorables."

A minor-league baseball team apologized late Monday for "some misleading and offensive editing" in a Memorial Day tribute video that aired at its stadium.

The Class AAA Fresno Grizzlies said the video, which was broadcast between the two games of its doubleheader Monday, was intended to be "a moving tribute" to the armed forces. But as the voice of President Ronald Regan mentioned "enemies of freedom," the video showed an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., between images of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and former Cuban president Fidel Castro, according to Fresno Bee reporter Carmen George, who was present at the stadium.

Vandal wrote:Fresno Grizzlies apologize to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Memorial Day tribute video

A minor-league baseball team apologized late Monday for "some misleading and offensive editing" in a Memorial Day tribute video that aired at its stadium.

The Class AAA Fresno Grizzlies said the video, which was broadcast between the two games of its doubleheader Monday, was intended to be "a moving tribute" to the armed forces. But as the voice of President Ronald Regan mentioned "enemies of freedom," the video showed an image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., between images of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and former Cuban president Fidel Castro, according to Fresno Bee reporter Carmen George, who was present at the stadium.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 256080001/