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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:35 PM Dec 2018

McCaskill warns Dems about 'cheap' rhetoric; says GOP senators privately believe Trump is 'nuts'

(CNN)Sen. Claire McCaskill has some advice for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the incoming freshman who has rapidly risen from obscurity to one of the most well-known figures in the Democratic Party: Talk is cheap.

McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who's in her final days in office after losing her bid for a third Senate term, told CNN in a wide-ranging interview that her party must begin to focus and deliver on real issues to attract independent and white working class voters -- not pie-in-the-sky policy ideas, such as tuition-free college, that have little chance of becoming law. Her concern: Voters grow cynical after hearing campaign promises that never go anywhere, empowering forces like President Donald Trump to rail against Washington for failed promises, as he did in 2016.

Democrats, she suggested, should be cautious about the rise of politicians like the 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez, who vanquished a Democratic leader, Joe Crowley, in her primary, and have vowed sweeping changes in policy.

"I don't know her," McCaskill said when asked if she'd consider Ocasio-Cortez a "crazy Democrat" like the ones she decried on the campaign trail. "I'm a little confused why she's the thing. But it's a good example of what I'm talking about, a bright shiny new object, came out of nowhere and surprised people when she beat a very experienced congressman."

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Not helpful, Claire. I dig you're hurt by your loss, but don't trash Dems on the way out, please?
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DFW

(54,047 posts)
3. She didn't trash anyone, just issued a word of caution based in 12 years in office
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:44 PM
Dec 2018

"Voters grow cynical after hearing campaign promises that never go anywhere"

Indeed they do. Just ask Donald Trump.

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
4. Wasn't that long ago
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:45 PM
Dec 2018

Gay Marriage was a "pie in the sky" idea. But thank you for your years of service Senator.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
10. The court had to give us that victory. As is usual.
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:56 PM
Dec 2018

Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 I'm not sure the Congress has done much to help with things like civil rights or income inequality. Most every politician is afraid to vote for the things that would really help. Like a higher minimum wage and single-payer health care. The ACA should have been single-payer. That the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act finally made it through was only because we held Congress and the White House and we know how to deal and compromise. In short - how to govern. This is not a skill the GOP possesses.

 

KCDebbie

(664 posts)
6. STFU Sen McCaskill! Your comment about "crazy" Dems
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:52 PM
Dec 2018

Heckling republicans at dinner made my Democratic daughter so mad that she REFUSED to vote for you!

But she didn't vote for Hawley either, thank goodness!

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. Yet republicans remain shamefully submissive to the KGOpee draft-dodger
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:55 PM
Dec 2018

and his russian handlers.

So the freaking republicans can go jump in a lake, pretending they care about the nutsoid condition of the scumbag they support. They have not shown it. At all. They have betrayed America. Americans will not forget.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
8. I dont anything wrong or inaccurate about what she said.
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 02:55 PM
Dec 2018

Will it ruffle the feathers of some on the left, sure. Truth sometimes doesnt provide warm fuzzies.

pecosbob

(7,502 posts)
14. If I need my head spun I'll just stick it in a clothes dryer
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 03:48 PM
Dec 2018

CNN spreading RWTPs...corporate media can f*ck off and take their spin with them.

BannonsLiver

(16,161 posts)
15. I'm with her on one thing
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 04:03 PM
Dec 2018

We have a number of new members of Congress, all with interesting stories. Some are minority women. And yet the only one anyone talks about is this particular member.

jalan48

(13,797 posts)
16. Any words of wisdom from Claire on the #1 issue facing everyone? Climate change.
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 04:30 PM
Dec 2018

AOC has been talking about it, a lot. I believe Claire is the past, not the future.

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