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Gothmog

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73. Not really

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 08:37 PM

Nov 2018

Most of the Democrats who I know do not care what a brand new congressperson thinks. It takes time to build up power and I doubt that AOC will be able to get any legislation through a committee much less the floor of the House

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Cortez is Terrifying Fox News [View all] Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 OP

She will replace Nancy Pelosi as the jaysunb Nov 2018 #1

Yes the GOP and Fox will use her to stoke fear but they are not afraid of her Gothmog Nov 2018 #66

they can hate all strong Democratic women ProfessorPlum Nov 2018 #138

Not just on Fox News. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #2

+1 n/t Victor_c3 Nov 2018 #58

Fox is not terrified of AOC Gothmog Nov 2018 #3

This is how I see it, too. She needs to calm down and start playing on the team... libdem4life Nov 2018 #5

Exactly. Kath2 Nov 2018 #6

I think she can be an asset. libdem4life Nov 2018 #7

Fox was most important in promoting AOC out of obscurity. Keys were villainous empedocles Nov 2018 #8

Fox is promoting AOC to have a convienent target Gothmog Nov 2018 #69

Certainly empedocles Nov 2018 #76

Exactly. They want her to be the face of the party. They R B Garr Nov 2018 #102

Fox relies on fear to motivate its viewers to keep watching Gothmog Nov 2018 #135

STILL ANOTHER ONE OF THESE STUBBORN, ENDLESS THREADS empedocles Nov 2018 #132

It seems that Nancy supports her and her goals. Kaleva Nov 2018 #13

Exactly! justie18 Nov 2018 #19

Brava/ Bravo justie! sheshe2 Nov 2018 #100

Hope it won't DownriverDem Nov 2018 #25

Yes, and hope she grows into the job quickly. libdem4life Nov 2018 #54

i agree...i fear folks following someone just cuz they are popular.... samnsara Nov 2018 #127

same here...new pups need to sit, stay and learn..getting elected to this position only... samnsara Nov 2018 #129

What I find intriguing is that every AOC thread, there are long, long number of posts. libdem4life Nov 2018 #143

Theyre are trying to stir infighting amongst the dems Fullduplexxx Nov 2018 #9

And succeeding, so far, if this site is an indication bhikkhu Nov 2018 #22

All for the young DownriverDem Nov 2018 #28

Not really Gothmog Nov 2018 #73

exactly. It is fodder for their base still_one Nov 2018 #10

'Fox and the GOP are not scared of AOC' melman Nov 2018 #11

AOC has no power Gothmog Nov 2018 #51

That is what they are doing, and it does prove what some have said all along, if Nancy Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #62

Fox News is using AOC to drive ratings by making its viewers afraid Gothmog Nov 2018 #137

'Fox is using her to stoke up the base.' melman Nov 2018 #78

Fox News relies on fear to keep its viewers watching the news Gothmog Nov 2018 #136

You do know that Pelosi is the other Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #139

Yes but that is because Pelosi has power and is effective Gothmog Nov 2018 #140

I Lulzd. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #142

I kind of agree with jaysunb JustAnotherGen Nov 2018 #38

Could be...My only concern ever is control of the government so nazis arent in control Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #65

AOC will be targeted only because the GOP base and Fox news viewers are stupid Gothmog Nov 2018 #67

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #4

Absolutely melman Nov 2018 #12

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It's from the right. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 #15

True, you're righ... er correct. SixString Nov 2018 #17

Like all fucking Republicans the whisper of Socialism or anything that people Autumn Nov 2018 #16

She's not terrifying anybody. murielm99 Nov 2018 #18

nobody needs to be quiet. That's fucking gross. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #24

"She needs to be quiet " melman Nov 2018 #26

I did not say that. murielm99 Nov 2018 #32

You said 'be quiet' melman Nov 2018 #70

Don't tell me what I said. murielm99 Nov 2018 #113

Did you not say she needs to be quiet? melman Nov 2018 #115

Yep, I did. murielm99 Nov 2018 #116

Really? essme Nov 2018 #123

I am not a newly elected Congresswoman. murielm99 Nov 2018 #125

It's sort of sad. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #93

LOL, really? Maybe let her decide how she should act. Sound ok to you? nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #35

Okay. murielm99 Nov 2018 #55

Sounds fine! Better than you telling her how to act. nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #56

I have every right to express my opinion of her murielm99 Nov 2018 #57

Yet she worked her ass off to win. So she earned her right to decide how she should act. nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #59

ugh shanny Nov 2018 #46

Be quiet? Give me a break... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #72

Her behavior is over the top. murielm99 Nov 2018 #99

Awwwwww essme Nov 2018 #124

Your post makes no sense. murielm99 Nov 2018 #126

How fucking insulting. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2018 #103

IMHO, AOC needs to BE WHO SHE IS. That's what got her here. Leave the cookie cutter mentality to the BamaRefugee Nov 2018 #20

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some argument, or cited evidence would be helpful to your case...but if you just want to fume, JCanete Nov 2018 #23

Those have been the goals of many Democrats for a long time. murielm99 Nov 2018 #27

If all democrats sounded the same on these issues then Sanders would not have been interesting JCanete Nov 2018 #30

How does Sanders figure into this thread? murielm99 Nov 2018 #34

wow...maybe read through the posts before you jump in. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #36

Wow. murielm99 Nov 2018 #39

I'll help you out, and sorry. I should take a second before I just get irritated and post. JCanete Nov 2018 #40

Bye. murielm99 Nov 2018 #41

hahahahahahah! JCanete Nov 2018 #42

lordy lordy... shanny Nov 2018 #45

Laugh it up... SidDithers Nov 2018 #61

There are only three posts in thread that mentioned Sanders, #30 (yours), #34 in response to #30... George II Nov 2018 #63

Great....yeah, now. Somebody alerted on post#21, that I responded to and now its gone. I wish JCanete Nov 2018 #64

Now we have to count your post, George! lapucelle Nov 2018 #83

bwahahahahaha!!!! George II Nov 2018 #85

silly as fuck. Which one do you think most matters to my Sanders mention, which was the JCanete Nov 2018 #89

Is that the invisible post? lapucelle Nov 2018 #90

It wasn't when the conversation was going. It still wasn't when I responded a second time to point JCanete Nov 2018 #91

Thanks for the reality check, lapucelle! R B Garr Nov 2018 #97

Please stop re-litigating the 2016 primary emulatorloo Nov 2018 #50

what I said was relevant to what we were talking about. Sorry it bothered you. I'm not JCanete Nov 2018 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #77

No, you were regurgitating tired nonsense from the hellhole of GD P:2016. emulatorloo Nov 2018 #105

I'm not going to bother having a conversation with you about what I should or should not talk about. JCanete Nov 2018 #107

"I guess you don't remember all of the unicorn comments out of the mouths of DUers" emulatorloo Nov 2018 #108

so you are saying if somebody makes a claim about how things are and have always been, JCanete Nov 2018 #109

I am saying 1) we don't re-litigate Primary 2016 at DU (check the TOS) emulatorloo Nov 2018 #110

I'm not tying her to the past. I'm talking about us, and since we need a level of intelectual JCanete Nov 2018 #112

See Democrats.org "What We Beleive" emulatorloo Nov 2018 #117

....money out of politics... JCanete Nov 2018 #118

Yes money out of politics. All Dems and DU'ers I know want Citizens United gone. emulatorloo Nov 2018 #119

If all Democrats sounded the same on these issues, we would never have just had a blue wave. Squinch Nov 2018 #68

I don't insist on that. That's what primaries are for. Determining what a district or state, etc. JCanete Nov 2018 #71

I will turn your "strawmanning" warning back on you. There have always been options. As you say, Squinch Nov 2018 #74

I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with politicians exerting/testing their influence, JCanete Nov 2018 #81

We've had primaries before those two and we will have primaries after them. I just don't recall.... George II Nov 2018 #88

i think its a symptom of newbie-ism... samnsara Nov 2018 #128

Yep DownriverDem Nov 2018 #33

Thank you. murielm99 Nov 2018 #37

7 million more votes adds up to lots of power use it to make a better world PaulX2 Nov 2018 #49

LOL! This is who is castigating others for "strawmanning." SMH. Squinch Nov 2018 #75

it was in a certain context that you can't see now...and it was admittedly goading a bit because JCanete Nov 2018 #82

It was in bad faith. And this is at least the second time just in this thread in which you Squinch Nov 2018 #86

oh cool...glad you didn't say anything obnoxious yourself. I'll certainlly take your JCanete Nov 2018 #87

You've hit the "I know you are but what am I?" phase. Maybe it's time for you to walk away. Squinch Nov 2018 #92

No, I've copped to being harsh and even strawmanning where you called me on it, and agreed JCanete Nov 2018 #94

Ahh! I get it! You are virtuous! LOL! Squinch Nov 2018 #95

not what I said, but okay. I've got my strengths. I'm sure you do too. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #96

Love it! Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #29

I think the opposite is true oberliner Nov 2018 #31

I think your suggestion might be true, or partly at least. They may think that she's JCanete Nov 2018 #104

I also think they like creating characters for their viewers to dislike oberliner Nov 2018 #122

If they can pull off either, sure...but the difference between Cortez and Clinton and Pelosi, is JCanete Nov 2018 #141

Makes me like her even more. shanny Nov 2018 #43

Anyone who terriffies fox news... SimpleC Nov 2018 #44

and many DUers. (nt) klook Nov 2018 #47

Republican scary cats, afraid of their own shadow. Tear them up AOC!! Pepsidog Nov 2018 #48

Someone loudly trying to help struggling Americans instead of billionaires PaulX2 Nov 2018 #52

Democratic party been doing that for decades. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #79

She's fantastic. zentrum Nov 2018 #53

No, they actually love her. Iggo Nov 2018 #80

I agree. She's the answer to Fox Noise's prayers--for now. DFW Nov 2018 #130

+1. Notably, Brand New Congress (Justice Democrats' sister, Hortensis Nov 2018 #131

I had never heard of them DFW Nov 2018 #133

:) Yes. But this time they won't be promoting Sanders, Hortensis Nov 2018 #134

Terrifying? Hardly that. She is their new foil. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #84

Yes, Fox loves her. She is making it easy for them. nt R B Garr Nov 2018 #98

She's doing a pretty good job on me, too!1 (I've never been with Faux Propaganda Network before) UTUSN Nov 2018 #101

Good commentary. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #106

She is making Fox news alot of money fescuerescue Nov 2018 #111

Lots of talk about "what" might happen. Let's wait and see. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2018 #114

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A bridge too far, BlahFreakinBlah Hekate Nov 2018 #121