Don't they realize she's kook fringe, not someone to be taken seriously, not a spokesperson for the Dem party, just a strawperson put up by right wing media?
This is why politics becomes so absurd. Let's take someone who is out there, interview her on national television, show the nation, including other politicians what you have to do to get this type of attention, then create her as the new face of the Dems, anoint her the spokesperson for the Dems and watch the fun begin.
At least that is what I thought we were told.
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And she's relatively hot.
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You must be one of those guys that only dates supermodels.
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And that's why she was interviewed?
I just find it comical that the rank and file dismiss and deny their new leader.
But shouldn't Democrats attempting to keep their party from lurching to extremism be lauded? That seems to be an honorable goal
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Conservatives on this website included specifically by name - you, Baron.
Democrats, both on this website and on MSM, deny that she is the leader of the Democrats. (Me, Chris, e.g.)
She says crazy things, and that makes news. That does not make her the leader. By contrast, the conservative media is bound and determined to identify her as the leader. To this end, I posted the first article that came up on a search for "AOC leader of Democrats".
Look, she is exciting to the progressive idealist wing of the party, but Democrats here and elsewhere do not adopt her as the leader. At some point, she may modify her views and then it may be possible.
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/deroy-murdock-aoc-dnc-ocasio-cortez-is-pace-car-for-democrats-turbocharged-race-to-the-far-left
I realize you can't control this, but I can still laugh at it.
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...with one hand.
Also, since when is she the party leader? That is the Right putting the bunny in the hat. If you took a poll of D’s, she would not be considered the party leader.
Prevent her from taking your party hard Left. And she would have no sway whatsoever if there was not a key group of influential people at the top who want her to succeed. She is an airhead that nobody had ever heard of just over a year ago.
Face it, your Dem leadership decision makers want this to happe. So does the MSM who also are a major part of your party’s hierarchy.
And I'll be specific - You and Cheeks, for example. Also, I was listening to CNN this morning on the ride in, and the host had a Democratic guest, and a Republican guest, and they were generally talking about the SOTU. At one point, they were literally arguing about whether AOC was the leader of the Democratic party - the Dem said "of course not", while the Republican guest made a long-winded argument that she the "think-fluential leader" of the Democratic.
What is most disappointing is that I thought it was some clever twist that you and cheeks and few others here dreamed up. I didn't realize that it's an orchestrated rightwing propaganda talking point being touted by conservatives making the talk-show rounds.
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also logical, responsible, realistic and try to improve their lives.