What is Behind The Right’s Obsession with Ocasio-Cortez?

[Grim17]

Oh you mean miss "I can see Russia from my house?"

You know Sarah Palin never said that don't you?

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[cpwill]

Yep, right-wing “I want to stay in my bubble” talk. “I don’t want to expose myself to anything that might go against my right-wing predetermined conclusions.”

Enjoy that bubble, my friend 

:roll: I read CNN, Politico, and Mediaite on a daily basis, along with a couple of right-leaning websites. I get The Week in the mail, along with National Review. I have close family and friends on both sides of the aisle (in fact, in my family, I'm a bit of the blacksheep, for my conservatism). Oh. And to point out just How Very, Very, Stupid this response is - I come here and talk to people like you.

I have no ****ing idea what you’re talking about here, friend.

You claimed that conservatives feared Cortez, as though we *secretly* thought she was some kind of Socialist Wunderkind Who Would Defeat Us.

In response to the point that conservatives laugh at Cortez, because we thinks he says dumb things, you came back with an argument that Fox News viewers are ignorant. But whether or not conservatives fear Cortez or just find her amusing and dumb is actually something they are the experts on since it is their opinion being discussed.

Who? Isn’t that the “legitimate rape” dude from Missouri?

Yeah. I tried to reach for the non-Trump "Idiot Republican" example that came to mind, and he did.

People who self-delegitimize and say foolish things in public don't create fear in the opposition. They create mockery. Conservatives aren't afraid of Cortez. We think she's a foolish, inexperienced, and naive individual who knows how to mouth the right phrases because, like, you know, like socialism, is, like, you know, like, great, and, like, stuff.

In your paragraph above, the word “seriously” by itself is not a complete sentence. Then in your second “sentence” you proceeded to implement a letter capitalization policy that hyroglypics experts are still trying to decipher. 

Cute Grammar Nazi'ism, but the point was rather obviously that you were attributing to Republicans something that was true of Politicians.

They absolutely do. They almost suceded in taking healthcare away from millions, unilaterally in 2017 and you know it, if you’re as informed as you say you are.

Haven’t heard that one. Is that what you really want? Maybe trump and his toadies in congress can get to work on that once the wall is built. Wait! The GOP won’t be in control of congress in a few months! <gasp> You’d better get on your party’s ass about the wall and the chain thing, my misguided friend.

Some do. Our current VP is a big, “put them all in a pray the gay away” program. You should know these things, pal!

Well, in all seriousness that won’t happen because republicans need to get laid as well. That’s when a republican’s wife isn’t sneaking off to have a freakfest with her liberal boyfriend. 

No, only one side lies consistently and cheats to win elections. Through gerrymandering, through throwing out votes, or through making it harder or impossible for people of limited means to vote. That’s all on the republicans, pal. I’m sorry to burst your bubble 

:roll: Never mind. If you want to believe in your bubble, well, you're the lesser for it. Sure. It's Republicans who scaremonger and Democrats don't only because IT'S REALLY TRUE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE AWFUL SCARY MONSTERS WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING YOU LOVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SOULS WHICH IS WHY YOU NEED TO VOTE AND DONATE ALL YOUR MONEY TO [FILL IN CANDIDATE].


:roll: Enjoy.

 

[cpwill]

You know Sarah Palin never said that don't you?

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No, they don't. Like agreeably most Republicans these days, they believe their own echo chamber's most abusive voices.

 

[lurchadams]

:roll: I read CNN, Politico, and Mediaite on a daily basis, along with a couple of right-leaning websites. I get The Week in the mail, along with National Review. I have close family and friends on both sides of the aisle (in fact, in my family, I'm a bit of the blacksheep, for my conservatism). Oh. And to point out just How Very, Very, Stupid this response is - I come here and talk to people like you.




You claimed that conservatives feared Cortez, as though we *secretly* thought she was some kind of Socialist Wunderkind Who Would Defeat Us.

In response to the point that conservatives laugh at Cortez, because we thinks he says dumb things, you came back with an argument that Fox News viewers are ignorant. But whether or not conservatives fear Cortez or just find her amusing and dumb is actually something they are the experts on since it is their opinion being discussed.



Yeah. I tried to reach for the non-Trump "Idiot Republican" example that came to mind, and he did.

People who self-delegitimize and say foolish things in public don't create fear in the opposition. They create mockery. Conservatives aren't afraid of Cortez. We think she's a foolish, inexperienced, and naive individual who knows how to mouth the right phrases because, like, you know, like socialism, is, like, you know, like, great, and, like, stuff.



Cute Grammar Nazi'ism, but the point was rather obviously that you were attributing to Republicans something that was true of Politicians.



:roll: Never mind. If you want to believe in your bubble, well, you're the lesser for it. Sure. It's Republicans who scaremonger and Democrats don't only because IT'S REALLY TRUE THAT REPUBLICANS ARE AWFUL SCARY MONSTERS WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING YOU LOVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SOULS WHICH IS WHY YOU NEED TO VOTE AND DONATE ALL YOUR MONEY TO [FILL IN CANDIDATE].


:roll: Enjoy.

Your little temper tantrum was adorable. I'm sorry you're going away mad, but regarding scare mongering - what do you call what's been happening since trump first threw his hat in the ring in 2015? Mexicans are rapists. The free press is the enemy of the people. "I witnessed thousands of Muslims cheering the fall of the twin towers", "we need to ban all Muslims until we figure out what is going on!".

If you're is well informed as you claim to be, it's truly amazing how blind you are to what's actually happening around you.

 

[Nickyjo]

Probably the same thing that was behind the lefts obsession with Sarah Palin.

Except that Palin was an airhead. This woman is whip smart.

 

[Nickyjo]

The Left can't make an utterance without mentioning race. It's inculcated into them at this point. The victim mindset.

How do you explain Trump then?

 

[OldFatGuy]

She sounds like a young Fidel, who also came from a comfortable family.

 

[Nickyjo]

By some research the US has the second highest poverty rate in the world. It is no wonder we cannot afford to do more as a nation when so much of our national income is spent on the poor. If people want to highlight the wealth inequality of blacks then they should not ignore that the higher percentage of blacks in the US compared to other developed nations must be a factor affecting national spending on poverty.

But they are such good dancers. Doesn’t that count for something?

 

[Nickyjo]

:lamo Oh for the love of all that is good this women just recently figured out we have three equal branches of government and that Congress is made up of to parts. She is ignorant as the day is long. Sunny and upbeat don't get it when you haven't a clue how our government is set up and yet want to change it far from what it was ever meant to be. Everytime she opens her mouth she makes a fool of herself over her ignorance but the sad part about it is there are a number of people in our society that are just as ignorant!

By the standards of your first sentence, she should be president, similar to The Donald.

 

[Nickyjo]

Sadness is when someone objectively looks at Ms. O-C. and calls her cute - clearly she is not. There are attractive women in Congress, its just that she is not one of them - which is not to say she is ugly or homely...just not cute (and the shapelessness of her calves are a disappointment). Here is a contrast between her and an attractive woman:

 

[Nap]

1. Fox news viewers are the most misinformed people in every poll.

2. Of course conservatives fear her. Fear is what drives the conservative base. Bush used fear in 2004 by having terror alerts whenever John Kerry's poll numbers got too high. trump used the dreaded "caravan" to help motivate your base prior to this last midterm. Conservative policies suck so they use fear to win elections because they have nothing else.

Lol, I always have to laugh at posts like this. Fear is what drives EVERY political base which is why every politician that has ever been successful has resorted to fear and demagoguery. Acting like it only comes from one party is simply partisan hackery.

 

[lurchadams]

Lol, I always have to laugh at posts like this. Fear is what drives EVERY political base which is why every politician that has ever been successful has resorted to fear and demagoguery. Acting like it only comes from one party is simply partisan hackery.

I'm all for freedom of speech. You have the right to your biased, misinformed opinion. You're also incorrect if you feel he Dems use fear to motivate their base to the same sleazy, bigoted way the right-wing party does.

 

[marke]

I would love discuss her policies, but most of the right wingers here keep talking about her looks and pretending even pretty people wont look crazy in a bug eyed picture with their mouth wide open. Please try to look at what I'm responding to to get the context.

Still waiting for someone to actually criticize a policy and make an argument instead of randomly declaring conclusions.

AOC is a socialist. Maybe not by conviction but she has tapped into the socialist democrat idealism and gotten enough support to win an election.

 

[marke]

Considering increased social spending and making the rich pay a fair share (compared with other first world nations) is a basis of the democratic platform... what are rich Democrats donating to?

Is it possible some people may act slightly selflessly, especially when they have way more then enough for a lavish lifestyle instead of hoarding more and more of the money that is just sitting in a portfolio or their 4th yaht and 7th luxury apartment/mansion?

Even if it is for PR, they are still donating to people who are going to raise their taxes... your conclusion is simply wrong.

Rich democrats do not support real legislation designed to tax the rich if those taxes mean their riches will be forfeited to the government for the purpose of redistribution of wealth. No communist or socialist dictator in the world gives up his own hoarded wealth but takes money away from his unarmed defenseless subjects to give pittances to the poor.

American socialist or communist democrats are no different.

 

[marke]

But they are such good dancers. Doesn’t that count for something?

Poor people may be good dancers. I don't know. I never thought about it.

 

[Suburban Jedi]

Probably the same thing that was behind the lefts obsession with Sarah Palin.

I'll say this about President Trump -- thanks to him, Sarah Palin is no longer the dumbest elected Republican.

*chuckle*

 

[cpwill]

Your little temper tantrum was adorable

No, that's mockery. The thing we do when we think something is stupid, and therefore funny.

I'm sorry you're going away mad, but regarding scare mongering - what do you call what's been happening since trump first threw his hat in the ring in 2015? Mexicans are rapists. The free press is the enemy of the people. "I witnessed thousands of Muslims cheering the fall of the twin towers", "we need to ban all Muslims until we figure out what is going on!".

Sure. He does it too. Just like Democrats make the claims listed above (which you, entertainingly, defended while claiming it was Republicans who were built on fear-mongering).

Fear and Outrage get people to vote, and they get them to donate, and they get them to become politically active. Which is why politicians lean so heavily on them. It's also good for viewership and ratings, which is why media figures play them up as well.

If you're is well informed as you claim to be, it's truly amazing how blind you are to what's actually happening around you.

I see both. You apparently can only recognize abuse in those you dislike, and not on your own side.

 

[cpwill]

[Claim that Republicans fear Cortez

I'll say this about President Trump -- thanks to him, Sarah Palin is no longer the dumbest elected Republican.

*chuckle*

This is probably a better analogy than Akin. Republicans fear Cortez like Democrats would fear a Palin run for the Presidency.

 

[maxparrish]

Ah, that sloping forehead. Her simian giveaway. Good catch, fellow racist.

Who said anything about race? No one equated a sloping or receding forehead head a racial attribute, other than you. In any event, in the biology of male and female most typically it is the male that has a greater sloping forehead than the female, whose forehead is more vertical. As a matter of "cuteness" vertical foreheads are favored.

 

[ipsofacto]

Partly it’s her ebullience. She seems upbeat and sunny, and this bothers their sour faces.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-republicans-obsessed.html

She's passionate about traditional liberal issues. That worries the right wing.

 

[maxparrish]

Do you compare all woman by their worst photo vs a pro model glamour shot with a pro pose and likely pro photoshop?

I'm guessing most of your women are 10/10 on a 2D screen

Btw, here's a picture of her not looking half bad. Pretty good for an ordinary person who isnt from hollywood or a runway.

Your image link didn't show up on my screen. That said, cuteness requires at least 6/10 - she's a 5/10 or 4/10.

 

[maxparrish]

Wow, what a freakin lowlife you are.

A real Trumpet. Only on the intent tough guy, only on the internet.

When you are a public figure, the hoi polloi will throw flowers or cast bricks as they wish. If O-C elicits a sentimental and paternal offense, perhaps it is the defender that has the problem. This isn't 1958 with you defending a woman's honor, this is 2018 where women are supposed to no more protected from ridicule than a man - for good or ill.

 

[CLAX1911]

Calamity goes straight to race. What a shocker.

Indeed.

The truth is, if I am going to be ruled by a dumb-ass socialist, I would much prefer it to be a hot chick like her than some Bernie Sanders lookin moron. But you go ahead and stick to the only thing you know how to do--race bait.

I'm starting to understand why the NPC meme was so popular and hated.

 

[maxparrish]

Holy Sappho Batman! Thank goodness for the great advances in the science of lesbian detection you have made us aware of. You must be descended from the folks who could ID Jews back in the day. Thank you nevertheless for introducing me to the word “gracile.” And she has great eyes.

Some of us have gaydar - to be fair, her lesbian tells are not strong enough to be determinative - but there are tells.

 

[Nickyjo]

Some of us have gaydar - to be fair, her lesbian tells are not strong enough to be determinative - but there are tells.

What tells? She goes to tractor pulls without a boyfriend?