July 1, 2018

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez name-dropped her lipstick brand and it sold out."

Reports CBS News, breathlessly, with tweet appended...



... and Democratic Party upended.

88 comments:

David Begley said...

Clown make-up.

Bay Area Guy said...

Viva La Revolucion!

Humperdink said...

...... and check out the crease in her slacks.

Leland said...

She does a good Eva Peron impression.

Big Mike said...

She merely makes clear what the more astute among us have been saying for a while: the Democrats have become a party of left-wing extremism as spoiled rich children (she grew up in wealthy Westchester County and interned for Ted Kennedy) play at being Che.

gilbar said...

does it surprise Anyone that the Stila company defines Beso as TRUE RED ???

and WHEN was this Stila company founded?
Stila Cosmetics is an American cosmetics company founded in 1994.
1994
1994!
How's That for your post breakup Commie Conspiracies ?

Do you know what they Admit they adulterate their lipstick with?
Enriched with Vitamin E and avocado oil/

isn't it OBVIOUS that by avocado oil, they mean FLUORIDE???

DanTheMan said...

>>Viva La Revolucion!

Viva La Revlon-ucion!

Anonymous said...

OT but I wanted to hit a current thread.

I have been contributing to Althouse monthly for a couple of years and using the Althouse Portal at Amazon. Finding that my money was being spent on Kathy Griffen, who I abhor, and Cher, whose politics I abhor, I decided that it was money being poorly spent by the payee and have stopped my monthly payments and removed the Althouse Portal bookmark. If Janus can be freed from paying for political positions he doesn't support so can I.

I was disgusted and I took the steps necessary to express that disgust.

gspencer said...

Is she a good White Hispanic where George Zimmerman was a bad White Hispanic?

Oso Negro said...

#lipsticksocialism

No beret, no hammer and sickle, but same old red.

Oso Negro said...

And what's with bathing her image in lavender? Is it supposed to mean that she is gay friendly? That she transcends red and blue? Is it some new look for today's Latinx on the move?

Tommy Duncan said...

Another Democrat demonstrates her depth and convictions. Children are impoverished and she is hawking lipstick.

Note to Inga: This comment may contain sarcasm.

rhhardin said...

It's supposed to make you think of a blow job.

Rory said...

This is all based on 15,897 votes

Humperdink said...

@ Khesanh. I would reconsider. This is the best political forum on the planet. Give our hostess some slack here, she's earned it.

AllenS said...

Humperdink, I used to make all of my Amazon purchases thru her Amazon portal, but then my comments started to be deleted, and I never made another purchase again. Maybe you could pick up the slack.

I'm Full of Soup said...

She is just what the Dems have been dreaming of ...a female Barack Obama...looks and sounds good but kinda dopey and has limited real world work experience.

Hagar said...

I did think AO-C looked kind of expensive for a challenger from the left.

Sebastian said...

This is the real reinvention of the Dems: forget Millennials, take blacks for granted, make a big play for soap opera women and Hispanic men.

But what is leftism coming to? Did anyone ever ask Marx about his favorite shaving cream, or Lenin about his favorite brand of tobacco, or Mao about where he got those cool suits?

Oso Negro said...

@Sebastian - I doubt Marx had a clue what shaving cream was intended for, Lenin didn't smoke, and Mao wore fatigues. But you knew all that.

Fabi said...

She Guevara

Anonymous said...

@Humperdink My action was not meant to reflect on the quality of Ann's work on the blog. My action was to show that I disagree with how she used my money. She invited my disgust and I chose this method to display it. I have done the same thing with my Alma Mater.

Breezy said...

Contrast those red lips with Trump’s power red tie... same idea, different form.

Fabi said...

To paraphrase one of her commie heroes: "Nobody needs more than one shade of lipstick."

Humperdink said...

@Allen and Khesanh. Freedom, it's what's for dinner.

Crimso said...

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez name-dropped her lipstick brand and sold out."

Fixed it.

Bob Boyd said...

Someone is going to dig up that her lipstick is made with child labor or the process is bad for the environment or a company exec harassed a female or something.

Ann Althouse said...

"... but then my comments started to be deleted..."

Not sure what that refers to. I delete comments when they interact with another commenter whom I always delete. Other than that, I don't know. What? Did you put up the first comment on a new post and talk about something that had nothing to do with the post.

If you mean to insinuate that I delete because of viewpoint you are absolutely wrong. You should make it clear that has NOT happened to you. You can make your own decision to use the Amazon portal or not, but you should not be creating the impression that I do something that I do NOT do, so please specify what was deleted and why that deserves retaliation against me. Alternatively, apologize.

Ann Althouse said...

"@Humperdink My action was not meant to reflect on the quality of Ann's work on the blog. My action was to show that I disagree with how she used my money..."

Once the money is in my hands, it's my money. That's something I like about money. It's an important part of freedom.

Ann Althouse said...

"@ Khesanh. I would reconsider. This is the best political forum on the planet. Give our hostess some slack here, she's earned it."

Thanks, Humperdink.

Ann Althouse said...

BTW, "The Cher Show" sucked. I need to do a post about it.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

How to dress up tired failed Socialism. A cute hot chick with log wearing lipstick.

rehajm said...

She Guevara

That's gonna stick.

Bob Boyd said...

"log wearing lipstick"

This lipstick is so tough you could wear out a log...should the need arise.

Michael K said...

hardin said...
It's supposed to make you think of a blow job.


It's like the old song, "Don't know why, I've got lipstick on my fly.

Sloppy blowjob."

That one ?

"She Guevara" is inspired.

LilyBart said...


I guess its human nature to believe you can demand your neighbors pay for your stuff, and it'll all work out for the better.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Lol. (long) but you made log work, too.

Anonymous said...

@ Ann I agree that when you have it you have freedom to spend it. That's why I stopped providing my portion. You can spend yours or someone else's but not mine. You threw down the challenge, I took the action I felt appropriate.

Anonymous said...

@ Humperdink ....and lunch and breakfast. The ability to make our own decisions is one of the great gifts of freedom.

pacwest said...

It would seem that politics has become superficial.

'I'll see your hot Alaskan babe and raise you one smokin' hot Latino babe.'

Danno said...

For you folks getting all out of sorts on Althouse' trip to Chicago, remember she does lots of things so we don't have to but shares them for our benefit and the blog discussion.

Have you previously complained that she subscribes to the NYT? I didn't think so.

tcrosse said...

I like to be in America
OK by me in America
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America

Unknown said...

Do they sell that in Cuba?

And why do we need more than one color of lipstick?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

How to dress up tired failed Socialism. A cute hot chick with long wearing lipstick.

*fixed

Anonymous said...

@Denno You make a good point, but I will argue that she would subscribe to the NYT for herself whether she were blogging or not. I suspect she has a subscription to that and the New Yorker since she resided there. As a parallel, I agree with a lot that goes on at Harvard, but because of key issues where I think the university is completely wrong I refuse to give it any more of my money.

Sebastian said...

"@Sebastian - I doubt Marx had a clue what shaving cream was intended for, Lenin didn't smoke, and Mao wore fatigues. But you knew all that."

Kidding, kidding. Though Marx did shave off his beard at the end.

Sebastian said...

"Once the money is in my hands, it's my money. That's something I like about money. It's an important part of freedom."

There she goes again, with her white privilege and bourgeois materialism.

I take it our hostess is not on board with the reinvention of the you-didn't-build-that Dem Party as full-blown socialist.

Your money is yours when they tell you. Freedom must bow before equality.

Anyway, welcome to the GOP, where we like that you like money as part of freedom--heck, where we like freedom, period. Speech, association, religion, enterprise--you name it. (Now don't go bringing up trade--touchy subject right now.)

Darrell said...

Bourgeoisie Blood Red.

AllenS said...

I once told Chuck to fuck off, and that comment was deleted. There are others, but I can't look them up because they were deleted, and yes, I know about Mary, but I know her, and I have no problem with you deleting both our comments when I respond to her. It's your blog. I'm just not going to help pay for it anymore

Gunner said...

Unlike with Sarah Palin, anyone who questions her meager experience will be instantly called a sexist by the media.

MadisonMan said...

What a great way to virtue signal *and* look stunning! Use her lipstick!

readering said...

Palin a well-regarded reformer in press when ran for state office.

Michael Fitzgerald said...

Dipshit lipstick.

Temujin said...

Good thing for Stila that Ivanka was not wearing them on her lips.

Temujin said...

Good thing for Stila that Ivanka was not wearing them on her lips.

Oh Yea said...

I thought the Democratic Socialists were against profits?

dreams said...

I don't like it, I don't red lipstick on women. Why do women choose to look like sluts? Oh yeah, men make them do it.

wildswan said...

I like "she Guevara"; I was thinking of her as Miss Venezuela. Lipstick as revolution.
I read a comment somewhere about Crowley losing to She Guevara - "he certainly had another 4,000 votes; he just didn't realize he needed them." Politicians in a democracy not knowing what the people are up to is a new trend; it goes along with fake news and push polling. I think we have fake revolution going on. It reminds me of the "yellow journalism" at the beginning of the Twentieth century and how it worked people up to a frenzy, screaming "Remember the Maine" and caused the Spanish-American war. Well, the symbols of leftism are being similarly manipulated by people with no real need for a revolution, no real understanding of hunger and thirst, let alone hungering and thirsting for justice. Current leftism is a career and people train for it at Organized to F___ America seminars which round off lectures with safari protest adventures at actual wildlife meeting holes (contact with actual American dirtbags guaranteed). And so we have our town meetings and groups and sports and picnics invaded by small noisy groups of political innocents led by a eager-beaver careerist showing off her / his organizing chops to potential bosses by being loud about the atrocity du jour. Hoping, hoping for the big one coverage by NYT. Walk away, walk away.

FullMoon said...

Humperdink said... [hush]​[hide comment]

...... and check out the crease in her slacks.


Camel toe?

Few pics I have seen, she is pretty good looking. A plus in politics..

Inga...Allie Oop said...

“OT but I wanted to hit a current thread.

I have been contributing to Althouse monthly for a couple of years and using the Althouse Portal at Amazon. Finding that my money was being spent on Kathy Griffen, who I abhor, and Cher, whose politics I abhor, I decided that it was money being poorly spent by the payee and have stopped my monthly payments and removed the Althouse Portal bookmark. If Janus can be freed from paying for political positions he doesn't support so can I.

I was disgusted and I took the steps necessary to express that disgust.”

Silly man.

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Maybe Althouse uses your righty money to pay for her subscriptions to WaPo and the NYT. Ever think of that?

LOL

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Ah Danno was thinking along the same lines I was (maybe it’s our shared heritage).

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Take it even further, Althouse lives in lefty heaven, Madison. She pays taxes to keep it a lefty heaven, OMG, she could be using righty money! Arrrrrrg!

Of course I’m teasing. Please do not cease your contributions.

Oso Negro said...

Inga on a four post run. Must block the fifth.

mccullough said...

O-C will be working the kissing booth at the county fair to attract some votes with that lipstick. Kiss of the Spider Woman

Anonymous said...

@Inga No, just principled.

mccullough said...

The Socialists are the Dem Party now.


Better to have The Spider Woman be the face of the party than the old Communist Bernie or the Opportunist Socialist Liz Warren.

Nancy and Chuck will be tossed aside next.

Rick said...

Revealingly this focus on lipstick and appearance is sexist but since it's helping the left / Democrats so called feminists are all for it.

Similar to civility bullshit all accusations of misogyny are partisan.

DavidD said...

I’ll just leave this right here:

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24530701.html

Yancey Ward said...

I think there is a reasonable chance that Crowley run in November as an independent. Will have to see what the requirements are in NY state to do so. If he does, I think it likely he would beat her.

Darrell said...

Inga hasn't realized yet that she is simply a fool.
A byproduct, she is--waste.
An abomination of rotted flesh
slithering through the bowels of causality.

Quayle said...

“Capitalists will sell us the very lipstick we’ll put on the socialism pig!”

Achilles said...

Fabi said...

She Guevara

Needs to be on a shirt.

Darrell said...

Socialism is death.
The Democrats chose Socialism.
Your choice is in November 2018
And every election thereafter...

Jessica said...

Nothing says overthrowing capitalism like hocking lipstick!

Darrell said...

I once told Chuck to fuck off

Who hasn't?

Darrell said...

She Guevara

Needs to be on a shirt.


Sadly it's been--since at least 2009. And I'm betting longer.

tcrosse said...

Now all she needs is the Frida Kahlo eyebrows.

Inga...Allie Oop said...

“Inga No, just principled.”

Indeed! More than 99.9% of the commenters here, who didn’t drop their contributions to Althouse’s fun fund, or at least they didn’t say so.

Rick said...

“Inga No, just principled.”

Indeed! More than 99.9% of the commenters here, who didn’t drop their contributions to Althouse’s fun fund, or at least they didn’t say so.


Apparently Inga has just realized different people have different principles and judgments. Since she takes her principles from a listserve that has never occurred to her until now.

Michael said...

What is up with people questioning how our hostess spends the money she makes via Amazon. First, I highly doubt these are big spenders. Next, I wonder if they know what a pittance she receives per Amazon buy. Finally, there are a thousand better ways to exhibit assholery than to quibble about this. We are all owed a huge debt to Althouse for hosting this blog, seeking out interesting topics that attract a very sophisticated and accomplished commentariat. It is a colossal pain in her ass to do this heavy lifting. A little gratitude, please.

Yesterday's music post was one of the best ever. Haydn, a favorite of mine, has gone up another notch since I discovered the Baryton trios as a result of following on to comments by Michelle Dulak Thomson. Buwaya reminded me of Unamuno. Michael K always has interesting reads that are worth buying and reading.

I am forever grateful to Althouse for just that one post.

Paco Wové said...

Find a good-looking socialist and the media just go all gooey over them.

Doug said...

Why do women choose to look like sluts? Oh yeah, men make them do it.
Patriarchy ... hell, yes.

Michael K said...

" I wonder if they know what a pittance she receives per Amazon buy. "

Hey ! I got almost $40 from Amazon sales of my books last month.

None of this high hat stuff around here !

Ken B said...

Need the stupidity tag.

Ken B said...

Why if his comments were deleted must Allen apologize for saying so, or apologize for NOT reading your mind? If he had misread your mind I can see asking for an apology, but you demand that he assure us what was or was not in your mind.

Howard said...

Blogger Khesanh 0802 said...

@Inga No, just principled.


No, just spiteful and petty covered by a thin veneer of principal.

Ann Althouse said...

“Why if his comments were deleted must Allen apologize for saying so, or apologize for NOT reading your mind?”

I don’t like a nonspecific attack on me for deleting comments. It creates the impression that I delete in an unfair or viewpoint oriented way which I do not. I am extremely permissive in the expression I allow.

He came back to complain that he was deleted, he believes, for making a personal attack on another commenter. It is true that I sometimes clear out stupid back and forth attacks that are just boring and personal. It’s clutter that hurts the readability of the blog.

You should apologize for burdening me and other readers with such useless crap, not whine and announce that you’re trying to hurt me by depriving me of a few dollars.

So lame! You should be embarrassed. Pathetic.