[ P O L I T I C S ] Ocasio-Cortez Uses Trump's Playbook

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
08/21/2018 at 18:15 • Filed to: None

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and an Automobile

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Only she has different motivations. And since she’s ( über- )liberal, the press, Jack Shafer of Politico in this particular instance, have a harder time getting worked up about it. But to Shafer’s point(s), everyone knows that everyone’s going to post to social media anyway, probably even more so because the press “isn’t” present. And AO-C knows this, I am sure.

DISCUSSION (17)

For Sweden > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 18:33

I’ve seen the Jalopnik writers drive. Keeping journalists far, far away is good for public safety.

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 19:22

A member of the press is butthurt because he was excluded from a private event. Shocking!

B/Xmrrmvr > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 19:33

How is it not a non-story? She’s running for a House Rep position and she’s getting presidential level coverage. Why invite the press when they’re only there to report on anything BESIDES the actual NY-14 House Rep race?

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 20:32

Well if the press wasn’t covering her like the second coming of Christ then maybe she wouldn’t have done it. Most House candidates don’t have 300 reporters at their public rallys. I am über- liberal as well, and hope very much that she gets elected. I just don’t know that she needs this level of national press in August.

Hi! My Name Is Rossssssss > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
08/21/2018 at 21:18

T o be fair the leader of the DNC said that she is the future of the party. If that i s the case I feel like we have the right to know what her platform actually is.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 21:25

So her lawyer and campaign manager are now felons too? :)

Not sure if this is apples to apples with 45s war on the press.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Chariotoflove
08/21/2018 at 21:44

More shocking is how effectively AO-C makes trumpy plays. SHe’s one to watch, says I.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > B/Xmrrmvr
08/21/2018 at 21:45

I think I’m saying in the post that it’s sort of non-storyish.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
08/21/2018 at 21:58

I’m not über- anything except trying to analyze the available information and reconcile the prominent narratives and call a hearty BS when I see it and that’s what I’m doing here, although AO-C isn’t having thugs attacking the press, either. She didn’t invite any, then made it into looking out for her constituency.

The thing I am working on right now is how to address people who play the Identity Politics card, because it’s a racist crock card. And this is a beautiful brown woman with solid bona fides who deserves a lot of attention, IMHO. And why does it matter that she is beautiful? Because identity politics and sexist white male domination of society, so might as well make note.

I just don’t know that she needs this level of national press in August.

Anything worthy of note coming from the DNC is worthy of national press because DNC are lost in the wilderness. Is how I feel...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
08/21/2018 at 22:02

I think you are being overly reactionary here. What I am pointing out is that AO-C cleverly “excluded” the press, then shifted the attention to make it like she did her constituency a big favor and that fourth estate outrage is at best half baked. I think this woman has a knack and I have my eye on her. And as identity politics go, she’s brown and beautiful and smart and I rather suspect that 45 is slightly set back on his heels by her because he hasn’t had anything ugly to say about her.

So it’s definitely not apples to apples; it’s a play from 45's book with much more upworthy motivations.

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/21/2018 at 23:33

I just found it a funny comparison - while they are performing the same basic action, the motives are vastly different. I have to imagine the media gets it, or at least some of them do.

I think both sides are afraid of O-C - she represents a younger movement and changing demographic. 45 has no idea what to do, simply calling her names won’t work. She and those like her may be the future. And seeing how the current gang on both sides have messed things up for so long , that might not be a bad thing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
08/22/2018 at 00:56

I think we are on the same page. I find her unnerving, but I'd give her a chance .

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/22/2018 at 04:30

I really wish there were a version of her that I agreed with politically, because I like her a lot but couldn’t vote for her because socialist. It’s a case where I find her campaign fascinating and her personally charming and good and I hope she loses in a landslide.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/22/2018 at 09:03

Aren’t there multiple flavors of socialist?

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/22/2018 at 09:33

I suspect you are right. I don’t know if she can do worse than those she seeks to replace.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/22/2018 at 17:40

I’m sure there are, but I haven’t found one I like yet. I think you and I have talked about AOC before...I think she’s a good person, so if anybody is going to try socialism it ought to be a good person.

Personally, I like capitalism with socialist programs. Welfare, unemployment, food stamps, social security...all great socialist things when you tack them onto a strong free market economy where most of the people are working and paying taxes to pick up the people who need help.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/22/2018 at 19:38

And recipients of those programs need to be working at self sufficiency; they need to have skin in the game. Problem now is, they don’t. For generations.