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Originally Posted by johnwoo (Post 12775097)

I'm sure she is better qualified than the present occupant of the WH.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775114)

Anyone can see that if AOC had been living in Venezuela she would have been a staunch supporter of Hugo Chavez and even today without a doubt Maduro. She's that kind of Socialist. Venezuela prior to Chavez was certainly far from being one of the poorer nations in that part of the world and there was a degree of prosperity spread among many of it's people. People like Chavez, Maduro and AOC possess a hatred of the wealthy. It's a hatred beyond any logic, irrational beyond words. Take their wealth, spread it around,, destroy businesses and jobs. The wealth leaves the country. the general prosperity goes with it, chaos, unemployment, shops with empty shelves and riots with the poor being even poorer are what they create. Yes it's easy to see what AOC really is. Even Biden disowns her and she's an embarrassment to Pelosi who can see that keeping the moderates together is the only way to keep the party stable. I predict she'll fizzle out like a damp squib and the disenfranchised poorer people in Queens will be no better off by the time she goes than they are now.

Originally Posted by zargof (Post 12775264)

One of the best things about AOC is how she can so easily provoke unhinged fact free rants from right wingers.

But then again koopy would rant like this if he got some boiled cabbage stuck in his dentures at the early bird special.

Originally Posted by UkWinds5353 (Post 12775130)

Princess Anne had a very interesting yesterday. First she stood with, and seem to enjoy the conversation about Trump held by Trudeau ,Johnson and Macron. And to top that off then Princess Anne wasn't motivated to greet Trump and wife when the Queen asked her to come over to say hello. I guess Princess Anne knows when to stop entertaining unstable people.

Originally Posted by zargof (Post 12775264)

One of the best things about AOC is how she can so easily provoke unhinged fact free rants from right wingers.

But then again koopy would rant like this if he got some boiled cabbage stuck in his dentures at the early bird special.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775334)

That's the trouble with this thread populated mostly with lefties. I can make a comment on a political personage and the replies generally come back with personal insults attached if my post was not ditto head with the general lefty opinions. Lefties always seem to have that particular trait of being petulant and childish I happen to have around 90 percent of my teeth and I hate cabbage, boiled, baked or otherwise ****ed. Grow up for Christ's sake.

Originally Posted by zargof (Post 12775339)

You try and compare AOC to Chavez and Maduro and then expect to be taken seriously? I suggest you're the one who needs to grow up.

Also it's not like you're short of a personal insult or two so don't start whining now.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775342)

Of course she's comparable to Chavez and Maduro. She's already displayed that tendency. Any fool can see that and if it includes you then let the shoe fit

Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 12775359)

Please explain your rationale in believing that "AOC is comparable to Chavez and Maduro". Saying "Of course" doesn't cut it.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775368)

Class warfare against the rich, warfare against big business.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775368)

Pragmatic Socialism can work with Capitalism to the benefit of both. It has in Europe. It's all very well to preach about wealth and big business being the enemy of the proletariat but on the other hand believing in an agenda that in the end will ultimately destroy the Gold Goose benefits no one. It results in mass unemployment, bankruptcy, deprivation and widespread civil unrest. AOC needs to tone down her rhetoric and move more to the center left otherwise she will just be a non entity on the" far loopy left" and ignored by the moderate faction of the party.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12775368)

On the issue of Medicare for All, like Warren she has not been able to provide a sensible and workable answer as to how it would be paid for. Refusing to acknowledge that the huge cost of such a program would inevitably fall heavily on the shoulders of the middle class.