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- Gnash0
- Yay corruption!yuekit
- oh noess she got corrected! whoa!inteliboy
- lol, if this ws aoc saying this you guys would be losing your minds.Gnash
- yeah ok. like we're losing our minds on the mishaps of all those other representatives.... as opposed to, you know, the fucking president.inteliboy
- seriously amazing how fast trump fanboys latched on to AOC. threatened much?inteliboy
- how about you clean up your own mess before worrying about the dems.inteliboy
- AOC fangirls here are upset by a factor of -6robotron3k
- #triggeredfadein11
- really sad she doesn't have a chance of doing anything. the outrage crew will stop thatfadein11
- she'll get trump elected again, you moronsGnash
- like america so needs another centre ground neo lib lolfadein11
- certainly doesn't need another trump.Gnash
- True dat, but what would we laugh about?fadein11
- So you want what Gnash...a centrist moderate? Is that going to appease people at a time when many are feeling economically desperate?yuekit
- Genuinely curious as to what you think the positive alternative is, aside from criticizing.yuekit
- I'm questioning the fetishization of "aoc." A cult of personality, wherein, any criticism is condemned with religious fervour.Gnash
- and irony of those who think the right is "threatened" by her. they're praying she becomes the face of the democratic partyGnash
- triggered? derp. they are loving it.Gnash
- The dems need to wake the fuck up, because right now they're helping trump and they're blissfully unaware of it.Gnash
- Still curious what politicians or viewpoints you actually favor. You seem to criticize the left a lot but never the right. What is actually good, in your view?yuekit
- I'm not in favor of cult of personality, but I haven't seen any real evidence that Ocasio Cortez is hurting the Democrats. They just took back Congress afteryuekit
- all. Which specific issues that she is pushing are so unpopular? Most people are in favor of universal health care, in favor of taxing the rich more.yuekit
- It could be that AOC is sucking the air out if the party with stupid ideas- shites not over, wait till her Netflix film comes out!robotron3k
- I'm not american but I can't think of a single republican president I would have voted for. criticizing the left doesn't make one a nazi.Gnash
- and there is already a circle-jerk of criticism against the republicans here.Gnash
- any critique of the left here, not matter how legitimate it may be, is met with the same old, 'but, but trump is an idiot' (or variation).Gnash
- looks what's going on in Virginia. if these were republicans you'd be shooting your load all over this thread.Gnash
- Wait where did I call you a Nazi lol? I was simply asking, if Ocasio-Cortez is so bad, what's an example of a good Democrat in your view?yuekit
- again, I'm saying that having aoc as the new face of the dems will only help trump. it's not about her being good or bad.Gnash
- in our 3 party system, the farthest left party (the NDP) will never likely have a prime minister in office. but they are a crucial part of canada's successGnash
- they act as a kind of watch-dog to keep the other 2 ruling parties somewhat in check. even they know they'll never have a prime minister they still playGnash
- because they win municipal seats as well as the occasional premiership and have a positive influence in generalGnash
- They can't win federally because the majority of canadians know that their policies and in general unsustainable. but we are happy they're there anywayGnash
- The USA is fucked with a 2 party, winner-take-all system that just can't afford to have another 4 years of trump. The majority won't go for a cortez republic.Gnash
- If you think they will, then great. I just don't.Gnash
- I don't see why anyone would think AOC is the "face of the dems." In fact, it seems like it's just conservatives insisting this.monospaced
- That considered, and the fact she'll never run for president against Trump, I don't see why anyone would think her presence would help him get reelected.monospaced
- All I see is her stirring things up, and by recent activities, pointing out how factually corrupt Trump's administration has become, which doesn't help him.monospaced
- Gnash, right now she is attracting a lot of attention from the left and if you watch Fox News I'm sure they are painting her as a horrible person and hugeyuekit
- liability for the Dems. However I haven't seen any polling on her yet, and she isn't eligible to run for President for another decade or so anyway.yuekit
- You have to keep in mind that the majority of Americans don't follow politics closely and probably have no idea who she even is anyway.yuekit
- Having said that, I would not assume that simply because a viewpoint gets branded as "extreme" by Washington pundits that it is necessarily unpopular.yuekit
- Mitt Romney was on the center right and yet he lost while Trump, the more extreme candidate, won. Hillary Clinton was pretty conservative for a Democrat andyuekit
- yet did worse in the polls against Trump than Sanders.yuekit
- I wasn't talking about her running for president, I'm well aware she can't run. And I don't watch fox news. Good luck, sounds like she's just what dems needGnash
- Nobody said you said that. But you've insisted she's going to get Trump reelected. Not sure how she'd do that with her current position, though.monospaced