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Re: 116th Congress: Episode 1 - Trial by Fire
So you think it is good politics to **** off your base and insult your allies? Genius...that is Trump level stupidity. Didnt take much Polisci at Ithaca State?
This isnt about upsetting the Great Unwashed (that doesnt make you sound like an Out Of Touch Arrogant Tool at all by the way) and it isnt about political correctness. It certainly isnt about not being able to criticize our own even though you seem to think it is. It is about the ability of people to speak in a way that keeps them in power. Maybe this crap would work in California or NY but as someone who actually lives in her District I can tell you this is not playing great. She isnt some 5 term Rep or sitting Senator who is unstoppable she is relatively new and cant afford a challenge.
And you see that is ultimately what is going to be her downfall. (if she isnt long for office) AOC reports to NY and they love that type of behavior. Omar reports to Minnesota and we dont. I know we dont much matter to the likes of you but we better to her because we control whether she is in office or not and there are plenty of Progressives that live in this (ridiculously mapped) district who could challenge and beat her. As I keep telling you she is not AOC because AOC understands her audience AND how to play the game. Omar doesnt. (though her comments do play well in the part of the district she is from for various reasons)
And again, since apparently you need this spelled out for you, this has ZERO to do with diversity of opinion. I LOVE diversity of opinion and agree with her opinion on all 3 of her stupid comments. Your little straw man trying to make it sound like the "Centrist Pure" are trying to force out the "Lone Voice of Reason in the Wilderness" is pathetic in its nature and completely false on its face. I want youth in the party, I want them to voice power to truth and I want them fighting with the establishment to get done what needs to be done. (and I am hardly a Centrist anyways...I was a Bernie fan before it was cool) But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it and whether you like it or not her way isnt going to get done what you think it will. AOC is literally giving her a roadmap to say what you need to say and get done what you need to get done. That is why one day AOC will be Speaker and Omar will never have any sort of real power. All she is turning into is the Dem version of the Republican blowhards we mock on a daily basis and as her constituent that isnt what I put her in office for. I am not asking her to censor herself, I am not even telling her not to have a controversial opinion because she is a controversial figure. I am asking her to choose her words better. Why that seems to offend you and the Bernie Bros so much I will never know.
And the thing is she is already a threat to the cons and the centrists, she does her job just by being there. Their coalition (the young woman Reps) is what is going to change the Party into what it needs to be. All she needs to do is keep her flipping job. I want her there and I want her to keep her job and I want her to sit with the caucus and say what is what. If there is a camera or phone within 10 feet though...maybe just find a better way to say things. You dont need to call Obama a murderer to get your point across...your audience already wasnt that big of a fan of the Drone Strikes anyways. All you are doing is bolstering the other side and their "Whatabouttism".
So you think it is good politics to **** off your base and insult your allies? Genius...that is Trump level stupidity. Didnt take much Polisci at Ithaca State?
This isnt about upsetting the Great Unwashed (that doesnt make you sound like an Out Of Touch Arrogant Tool at all by the way) and it isnt about political correctness. It certainly isnt about not being able to criticize our own even though you seem to think it is. It is about the ability of people to speak in a way that keeps them in power. Maybe this crap would work in California or NY but as someone who actually lives in her District I can tell you this is not playing great. She isnt some 5 term Rep or sitting Senator who is unstoppable she is relatively new and cant afford a challenge.
And you see that is ultimately what is going to be her downfall. (if she isnt long for office) AOC reports to NY and they love that type of behavior. Omar reports to Minnesota and we dont. I know we dont much matter to the likes of you but we better to her because we control whether she is in office or not and there are plenty of Progressives that live in this (ridiculously mapped) district who could challenge and beat her. As I keep telling you she is not AOC because AOC understands her audience AND how to play the game. Omar doesnt. (though her comments do play well in the part of the district she is from for various reasons)
And again, since apparently you need this spelled out for you, this has ZERO to do with diversity of opinion. I LOVE diversity of opinion and agree with her opinion on all 3 of her stupid comments. Your little straw man trying to make it sound like the "Centrist Pure" are trying to force out the "Lone Voice of Reason in the Wilderness" is pathetic in its nature and completely false on its face. I want youth in the party, I want them to voice power to truth and I want them fighting with the establishment to get done what needs to be done. (and I am hardly a Centrist anyways...I was a Bernie fan before it was cool) But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it and whether you like it or not her way isnt going to get done what you think it will. AOC is literally giving her a roadmap to say what you need to say and get done what you need to get done. That is why one day AOC will be Speaker and Omar will never have any sort of real power. All she is turning into is the Dem version of the Republican blowhards we mock on a daily basis and as her constituent that isnt what I put her in office for. I am not asking her to censor herself, I am not even telling her not to have a controversial opinion because she is a controversial figure. I am asking her to choose her words better. Why that seems to offend you and the Bernie Bros so much I will never know.
And the thing is she is already a threat to the cons and the centrists, she does her job just by being there. Their coalition (the young woman Reps) is what is going to change the Party into what it needs to be. All she needs to do is keep her flipping job. I want her there and I want her to keep her job and I want her to sit with the caucus and say what is what. If there is a camera or phone within 10 feet though...maybe just find a better way to say things. You dont need to call Obama a murderer to get your point across...your audience already wasnt that big of a fan of the Drone Strikes anyways. All you are doing is bolstering the other side and their "Whatabouttism".
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