I saw a short clip of Pelosi basically downplaying her win as just a local event....

Look our Nancy she's gunning for ya!

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Originally posted by mbinky:
I'm surprised an old white guy lasted so long....

That's EXACTLY why this old codger lost. 70 year old white guy that looks every bit as "racist" as Trump. And a ten percent turn out ratio is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I think it's hilarious that Hispanic migrant voters ousted a progressive from office.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Even better than we thought!

Ha ! very creative !

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Originally posted by dusty3030:

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Originally posted by roustabout:
I want her to keep her mouth running in overdrive. She's a crackpot deluxe. Make her the face and voice of the Democrat Party.

Yep, give her and Maxine the mic every chance they get.

Maxina and Macarena for President ! I would buy lots of greasy popcorn to watch that circus.

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Originally posted by jdmb03:
This nitwit wants Medicare for everyone. Where is the money coming from?

From the same place all democratic money comes from: Obama Money !

Insurgent Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to take her budding political career all the way to The White House, her mother told The Post on Wednesday.

“Her aspiration is to be the president,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, 55, said at the candidate’s childhood home in the Bronx.

“She has been thinking about politics since she was a teenager. She would read historical and political books old and new. She would engage in political discussions passionately.”

Blanca, a 55-year-old secretary for a school in Florida, spent a few days campaigning with her daughter. She said Ocasio-Cortez’s upset victory over Congressman Joe Crowley was like “fighting Goliath.”

“It’s just incredible,” the proud mom said. “I believe she would do it but so soon — it was shocking.”

Blanca discussed how the family struggled to make ends meet and explained her daughter’s appeal as a candidate.

“She is fighting for our community,” Blanca said. “She is fighting for the working class. She is fighting for immigrants.

“We can relate to that. We are working class. We did struggle. We know what struggle means.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a favorite to beat Republican candidate Anthony Pappas in November.

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She would read historical and political books old and new.

Apparently none of the books she read relayed the realities of socialism or communism.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
“She has been thinking about politics since she was a teenager. She would read historical and political books old and new.

^^You forgot Mein Kampf.^^

NY congressional district 14, 27,658 votes cast, 11.8% turnout, hmmm...

Don't buy it. Bernie is LOVING this shit. Crowley is as machine Democrat as it gets, and Bernie wants to tear down and replace the machine.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Even better than we thought!

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
This is more winning for us.
A Leftist swamp dweller is tossed to the curb and a Socialist takes his place on the ballot.
We don’t want the Left to hide anymore, expose them and have them see the light of day.

Yep.
The leftard socialists are firmly in control of the Democrat Party.
Let them continue to expose it.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:
^^You forgot Mein Kampf.^^

Probably because it's an unreadable word salad.

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Originally posted by OMCHamlin:

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Originally posted by Veeper:
I read that she won the district where only 20k of the something like 200+K people showed up to vote.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in the general.

Yeah, from what I'm reading here and there, it's also a place not likely to put an "R" in there, either, so we might end up with her, it would be frigging amazing, wouldn't it? I mean like standing under the Hindenburg, holding a mooring line amazing...

Might? She's 100% certain to be a new congress critter come this November. And really, who cares? She'll be a useless twattle while office. Good.

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Originally posted by jdmb03:
This nitwit wants Medicare for everyone. Where is the money coming from?

I think its about $30 trillion over 10 years.

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She would read historical and political books old and new.

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish?

Redirecting the money currently spent on other forms of health care financing, maybe.

Not that I support this, but that is the obvious answer.

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Originally posted by pbslinger:

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Originally posted by jdmb03:
This nitwit wants Medicare for everyone. Where is the money coming from?

I think its about $30 trillion over 10 years.

Spotted an interesting article on Breitbart. It seems home-girl isn't quite the home-girl she portrays herself as: she actually grew up in a rich neighborhood. “I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family — mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. I was born in a place where your Zip code determines your destiny." Gee, I wonder what colors the bangers from Yorktown Heights wear? Is there such a thing as humble-signaling?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...ichest-u-s-counties/

Fact Check: ‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grew Up in One of Richest U.S. Counties

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic Party’s rising socialist star, describes herself as “a girl from the Bronx” to project a working-class image. However, this claim is only half true – to borrow a phrase from the left-wing website PolitiFact.

“Well, you know, the president is from Queens, and with all due respect — half of my district is from Queens — I don’t think he knows how to deal with a girl from the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said this week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

She similarly told the Washington Post: “I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family — mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. I was born in a place where your Zip code determines your destiny.”

The congressional candidate, who pulled off an upset win against high-ranking establishment Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), was indeed born in New York City’s Bronx borough. She currently lives there, too.

So what’s the issue? For most of her formative years, Ocasio-Cortez was actually raised in one of the United States’ wealthiest counties.

Around the age of five, Alexandria’s architect father Sergio Ocasio moved the family from the “planned community” of Parkchester in the Bronx to a home in Yorktown Heights, a wealthy suburb in Westchester County. The New York Times describes her childhood home as “a modest two-bedroom house on a quiet street.” In a 1999 profile of the area, when Ocasio-Cortez would have been ten years old, the Times lauded Yorktown Heights’ “diversity of housing in a scenic setting” – complete with two golf courses.

The paper quoted Linda Cooper, the town supervisor, describing Yorktown as ”a folksy area where people can come, kick off their shoes, wander around, sit in a cafe, listen to a concert in the park, or go to the theater.”

In a fun coincidence, Yorktown, which contains Yorktown Heights, is also home to a 436-acre state park named after – yes, one Donald J. Trump.

After high school, Ocasio-Cortez studied international relations and economics at Boston University and worked for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). Only after college did Ocasio-Cortez return to the Parkchester complex, where she launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing group aimed at improving the public image of the Bronx.

Westchester County – which the Washington Post, in a glowing profile on Ocasio-Cortez, describes as only “middle class” – ranks #8 in the nation for the counties with the “highest average incomes among the wealthiest one percent of residents.” According to the Economic Policy Institute, the county’s average annual income of the top one percent is a staggering $4,326,049.

Yorktown Heights, specifically, offers a sharp contrast from Bronx living. According to USA.com, the town’s population is 81 percent white, and median household income is $96,413 – nearly double the average for both New York state and the nation, according to data from 2010-2014.

The 28-year-old’s far-left platform includes abolishing ICE, universal guaranteed employment, and Medicare for all. In an interview with CNN, Ocasio-Cortez said she supports impeaching President Trump, despite warnings from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to avoid the issue.

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Redirecting the money currently spent on other forms of health care financing, maybe.

Not that I support this, but that is the obvious answer.

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Originally posted by pbslinger:

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Originally posted by jdmb03:
This nitwit wants Medicare for everyone. Where is the money coming from?

I think its about $30 trillion over 10 years.

We all known where they'll get the money...their eyes are focused and set on that five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Insurgent Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to take her budding political career all the way to The White House, her mother told The Post on Wednesday.

“Her aspiration is to be the president,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, 55, said at the candidate’s childhood home in the Bronx.

“She has been thinking about politics since she was a teenager. She would read historical and political books old and new. She would engage in political discussions passionately.”

Blanca, a 55-year-old secretary for a school in Florida, spent a few days campaigning with her daughter. She said Ocasio-Cortez’s upset victory over Congressman Joe Crowley was like “fighting Goliath.”

“It’s just incredible,” the proud mom said. “I believe she would do it but so soon — it was shocking.”

Blanca discussed how the family struggled to make ends meet and explained her daughter’s appeal as a candidate.

“She is fighting for our community,” Blanca said. “She is fighting for the working class. She is fighting for immigrants.

“We can relate to that. We are working class. We did struggle. We know what struggle means.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a favorite to beat Republican candidate Anthony Pappas in November.

Link

"Fighting," "struggle," "community," "working class." Yes, those are the words tovarisch....