Althouse: Note to self: Always put AOC material in a separate post.

February 7, 2020

Note to self: Always put AOC material in a separate post.

That lady gets all the attention.

Lesson finally learned reading comments here. She was only a secondary part of a side note in a footnote....

62 comments:

peacelovewoodstock said...: AOC, the gift that keeps on giving. We'll miss her after she's tossed out of Congress this fall, but she'll probably pop right back as a commentator on CNN.; 2/7/20, 8:19 AM
MadisonMan said...: Snark and mockery drive comments sometimes, and AOC is easy to mock.; 2/7/20, 8:19 AM
henry said...: AOC is the exemplar of future Democrat rule. (They intend to rule, not govern. Plus they are idiots).; 2/7/20, 8:22 AM
daskol said...: Gal's got charisma.; 2/7/20, 8:22 AM
Dave said...: She is right in her way. How does a mentally ill person solve their problems?

Dismiss your enemies as stupid at your peril. That is the lesson of Trump.

Yes, Trump is better off that Tulsi Gabbard is no fan of unnecessary wars, and the party of peace has eliminated her.; 2/7/20, 8:24 AM
MayBee said...: I would really like to know the scoop on how the people who decided to back her financially chose her. What was that selection process like?; 2/7/20, 8:24 AM
daskol said...: She may be rough around the edges, with an apparently inchoate worldview and politics fueled by resentment, anger and partially digested leftist political theory. But some people love her, other people love to hate her. She's not going anywhere but up. Her backers chose well, although she's gone rogue in ways that are near-term tough for her party since the brains of her operation was sidelined.; 2/7/20, 8:27 AM
tim maguire said...: AOC is boring and predictable. You could make a list of 2 or 3 reactions to her and write a short macro that will automatically plug one randomly into any AOC comment section and it will work.; 2/7/20, 8:29 AM
Mars S said...: I can't think of anything where AOC and I agree but I kind of like her. She ran for office and got elected. (yes, of course she had help) That is the essence of a citizen wanting to participate in governing and not to be disdained. Everyone starts somewhere and she has personality. IF she gets reelected maybe she'll go somewhere. Maybe she just disappears and lives a quiet contemplative life.; 2/7/20, 8:29 AM
Dave Begley said...: Agree with Henry.

She's profoundly ignorant and arrogant and doesn't even know it. Clueless. And she graduated with honors from Boston U. She is the future of the Dem party.

And Trump will absolutely hammer her Green New Deal in the general election. Maybe the stupidest policy proposal of all time.

The American people will surely totally reorder our economy and have it be run by the likes of AOC and the Iowa Dems who can't even count 177,000 votes.; 2/7/20, 8:30 AM
whitney said...: It's true. I can kind of see her as a young Pelosi,more radical obviously, but Pelosi was considered part of the radical wing of the Democratic Party a few decades ago. But she's definitely going to be staying on top of the pile. She'll have plenty to eat when others are starving; 2/7/20, 8:30 AM
tim maguire said...: daskol said... She's not going anywhere but up.

In life. She's one and done in politics.; 2/7/20, 8:30 AM
rcocean said...: AOC is the lonely hearts Conservatives Pin-up gal. They love to talk about her. And tulsi.; 2/7/20, 8:35 AM
h said...: One comment that made me chuckle said, "How can you say we're in a pickle? It is literally impossible for a person to be in a pickle! Pickles are too small!"; 2/7/20, 8:35 AM
stlcdr said...: I think she was the inspiration for TikTok.; 2/7/20, 8:35 AM
TJM said...: AOC gets a lot of attention because she is as left-wing, moronic and vapid of her media allies (who continue to shed viewers/readers); 2/7/20, 8:36 AM
Birches said...: Eh, we're also talking about the foot note. I don't think people feel like talking about sexual politics right now, except for maybe rhardin and that's because it's the only thing he wants to talk about.; 2/7/20, 8:38 AM
Fernandinande said...: One comment that made me chuckle said, "How can you say we're in a pickle? It is literally impossible for a person to be in a pickle! Pickles are too small!"

According to Mr. Google, your post is the only occurrence of the strings "How can you say we're in a pickle" and "It is literally impossible for a person to be in a pickle".; 2/7/20, 8:39 AM
Browndog said...: Birds belong in the bushes, not in your hand. Leave those birds alone!; 2/7/20, 8:40 AM
Wince said...: Socialism: It takes a pillage.; 2/7/20, 8:41 AM
Tank said...: She may be ignorant, she may be a moron, but that girl has juice.

Hitler had juice too.; 2/7/20, 8:42 AM
Browndog said...: AOC gets a lot of attention because she truly believes she right about everything, knows everything, gets a little irritated she has to take time out of her day to constantly educate everyone on what the "facts' are.; 2/7/20, 8:44 AM
Seeing Red said...: Give me a sec. just checking my bootstraps.; 2/7/20, 8:46 AM
wendybar said...: We can't believe that anybody actually voted for that nitwit.; 2/7/20, 8:48 AM
Seeing Red said...: Trump predicted she will run against Schumer and beat him.

He should have added like a rented mule.; 2/7/20, 8:48 AM
Doug said...: TJM said...
AOC gets a lot of attention because she is as left-wing, moronic and vapid of her media allies (who continue to shed viewers/readers)

... and despite all that, she is kind of a hottie.; 2/7/20, 8:50 AM
h said...: Is Fernandistan doubting my comment about pickles? Here's a link to the tweet. https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1225506336781357057; 2/7/20, 8:54 AM
TrespassersW said...: If Obama is an empty chair, AOC is an empty _____________.

Suggestions?; 2/7/20, 8:54 AM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: ... and despite all that, she is kind of a hottie.

Which is why there is that classic warning about sticking a certain appendage in the crazy.; 2/7/20, 8:54 AM
h said...: My earlier link is not what I said. Here's where I saw the comment -- and I'm sure about this one.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-its-starting-to-feel-like-aoc-is-a-republican-plant/; 2/7/20, 8:59 AM
Browndog said...: AOC is an empty head.; 2/7/20, 9:01 AM
WK said...: MayBee said...
I would really like to know the scoop on how the people who decided to back her financially chose her. What was that selection process like?

Google (or search engine of your choice) AOC and Justice Democrats. Some reddit threads as well...... it seemed to be a bit of a talent search.; 2/7/20, 9:03 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: "and despite all that, she is kind of a hottie"

Yeah, but where is she on the crazy/hot graph?; 2/7/20, 9:05 AM
Big Mike said...: Seeing Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez pushed forward as the face of the Democrats is how I make sense of the comments from Howard, Cookie, Ritmo, and roesch-voltaire. That is to say, they don't.; 2/7/20, 9:07 AM
wendybar said...: Roy Jacobsen said...
If Obama is an empty chair, AOC is an empty _____________.

Suggestions?
2/7/20, 8:54 AM

HEAD???; 2/7/20, 9:12 AM
Beasts of England said...: She has nice tits. Pro tempore.; 2/7/20, 9:12 AM
wendybar said...: Browndog, I read your comment about her being an empty head after I posted the comment above!! Great minds think alike!! haha!!; 2/7/20, 9:13 AM
AllenS said...: AOC is as empty as a half full glass.; 2/7/20, 9:18 AM
Beasts of England said...: Will there ever be a better nickname that ‘She Guevara’?; 2/7/20, 9:20 AM
Saint Croix said...: “It’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap, by your shoelaces? It’s physically impossible. The whole thing is a joke.”

best response on twitter...

"It's a physical impossibility to be in a pickle. Inside an actual pickle?? Our bodies are too big. It's physically impossible. The whole thing is a joke!"; 2/7/20, 9:28 AM
Seeing Red said...: She fits right in with Marxist Maxine and Sheila Jackson Lee.; 2/7/20, 9:33 AM
robother said...: Looking forward to a 2028 Presidential primary catfight between plunging neckline AOC and thigh-high booted Sinema. Metaphors n' fur a flying!; 2/7/20, 9:34 AM
Seeing Red said...: She’s illiterate. Whadya mean I’m illiterate?! My parents were married!

A Thin Man movie.; 2/7/20, 9:36 AM
Fernandinande said...: Is Fernandistan doubting my comment about pickles? Here's a link to the tweet. https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1225506336781357057

I don't see the word 'pickle' there, and I'm not going to bother to expand the thread because I thought your original comment indicated that the Doofy Chick made the pickle comment (it matters, unfortunately, that she's a U.S. Rep.), but Saint Croix cleared that up.; 2/7/20, 9:40 AM
Big Mike said...: ... and despite all that, she is kind of a hottie.

Kyrsten Sinema Is hotter, and vastly more intelligent. Ocasio-Cortez is just an attention whore.; 2/7/20, 9:42 AM
JAORE said...: And being a front person for Bernie just adds to the Bern.; 2/7/20, 9:44 AM
Big Mike said...: Lesson finally learned reading comments here.

@Althouse, good that you’re still educable.; 2/7/20, 9:49 AM
Lurker21 said...: tim maguire said...

AOC is boring and predictable. You could make a list of 2 or 3 reactions to her and write a short macro that will automatically plug one randomly into any AOC comment section and it will work.

There's only so much you can say about her, and it's usually going to follow one party line or the other. I'm trying to come up with something original or insightful to say about her and there isn't much to work with.

She herself is anything but boring and predictable, though. She's not literally an actress but it's not hard to understand why people say that. She does have a way of grabbing the spotlight and focusing attention on herself.; 2/7/20, 10:07 AM
Howard said...: Alexandria ocasio Cortez greatest mistake was to apply physics to a apocryphal fairytale of the pathway to the American dream. It's the linchpin that poor white trash use to support their racist put Downs of ethnic minorities.

James woods has an IQ of about 200. He knows exactly what he is doing by triggering you people. Isn't he kind of a famous wife beater? You can have him; 2/7/20, 10:21 AM
LA_Bob said...: I'd love to see Trump run against AOC. Not possible, of course. But, I'd love to see him crooning "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" on the debate stage.; 2/7/20, 11:51 AM
Earnest Prole said...: President Trump predicted Tuesday that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for his New York seat and that she will “kick his ass.”

Trump made the pot-stirring remark during a traditional pre-State of the Union luncheon for TV news personalities. The relaxed off-the-record lunch featured bass and leek soup in the White House state dining room, just hours before Trump delivers the annual address on Capitol Hill.

“I think she will kick his ass,” Trump said in a remark that he placed on the record.; 2/7/20, 11:55 AM
Ralph L said...: She's no lady.

Will there ever be a better nickname that ‘She Guevara’?

Chikita Khrushchev; 2/7/20, 12:01 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’Chikita Khrushchev’

Dang it, Ralph - you’re not supposed to upstage me!! ;); 2/7/20, 12:45 PM
Narayanan said...: On Bootstrap issue not even Richard Feynman can contradict her!?

So there.

Maybe experiment for space station scientists.; 2/7/20, 12:55 PM
William said...: What with all this Darwinian crap that underlies our existence, it is next to impossible to form a totally negative opinion about an attractive woman with appealing mannerisms. I can't think of her as evil, but I can easily make that jump when Rep. Tlaib says the same things.....Shakespeare claimed that the wickedness of Richard III was reflected in the crookedness of his body. Lookism is a powerful prejudice. It's unfortunate but there's just a chance correlation between good character and good looks....When you look at Joan Crawford's eyes, you can clearly see the eyes of someone who would beat a four year old child half to death. Still, she has the looks and appeal of a movie star. You don't look away.; 2/7/20, 2:00 PM
narciso said...: she's exceedingly ignorant, it detracts from the picture, like a brunette Audrey landers,

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2020/02/07/joy-behar-admits-trumps-winning-because-im-getting-nuttier-and; 2/7/20, 2:44 PM
mccullough said...: AOC gets attention because she’s cute. Most communists are not.

She cracks me up. She talks like a Valley Girl.

She’s the Millennial Sarah Palin. Spiteful Arousal; 2/7/20, 2:49 PM
mccullough said...: Omar could compete with AOC if she took the headdress off. It detracts from attraction.; 2/7/20, 2:51 PM
mccullough said...: It’s a shame Nancy Pelosi is 80 and not 30.

She’d overshadow AOC; 2/7/20, 2:53 PM
narciso said...: or jenny McCarthy, that level of vaccuousness, ot, I saw the first episode of briarpatch the tex mex noir adapted from the ross Thomas novel, it's interesting,; 2/7/20, 3:19 PM
pious agnostic said...: AOC reminds a lot of guys of their crazy ex. Same sort of illogical bullshit wrapped in an attractive package.; 2/7/20, 5:29 PM
Doug said...: Which is why there is that classic warning about sticking a certain appendage in the crazy.

I don't automatically discount crazy/sexy. As a matter of fact, the closest I ever came to having a threesome is when I dated a schizophrenic.; 2/7/20, 8:11 PM