Thank you, AOC!

[liberalnarb]

Link to tweet

[leftofcool]

1. They need to stop doubling down on this

[DemocracyMouse]

12. What, doubling down on rationality? She's right and she's brilliant.

I'll take a hit for sanity if you want. I'm tripling down!

[Honeycombe8]

16. Why tweet on a subject that isn't even in a bill to vote on?

What's the point? She in the House of Rep. Her job is to read about bills, work with others on bills, and vote. She seems sort of needy in the attention category.

She has a lot of reading to do on bills and such. She keeps revealing her mistaken "knowledge" of what's in a bill she voted against. She voted against the bipartisan budget...that's right...AGAINST reopening the government, because she was mistaken about it. She hadn't taken the time to learn what was in it.

[LiberalLovinLug]

26. What's next, Why is she not in the kitchen?

jeez

[Honeycombe8]

35. She's trying to attract attention instead of doing her job. She could have sponsored a bill for that

She's tweeting on the story of the moment. One might think she's addicted to attention. Instead of doing that, if she is hot on this issue, she could have written a bill to be presented to the House. That's governing. Tweeting about something she's not involved with...not governing. It's not like anyone asked her opinion.

Like I said, she was spending a lot of time tweeting and making the talk show circuit, before voting AGAINST opening the government, while people were losing their houses, going without medical care, because of not getting paid. She said she voted against it because she wouldn't fund ICE. Thing is, she was wrong. One of the budgets contained NO funding for ICE.

She was wrong on the facts. Look beyond the tweets at the substance.

[the_sly_pig]

38. I'm reading about...

... a person that stating what I am thinking on a national platform, which is refreshing and I enjoy it. A politician seeking publicity? Well knock me down with a feather. I’m positive she can both tweet her righteous opinions and work for the people simultaneously.

If we wanted quiet and spineless I think Harry Reid is available.

[Honeycombe8]

44. Yeah...there are a lot of people tweeting these days, which is refreshing & enjoyable.

But if one is in Congress and is complaining about a wrong, then I wonder about that, if the Congress person is not actually doing anything about it, which is her job, but just tweeting.

It's not like, say, Schiff, who tweets quite a bit, after he has actually performed official acts that address his concerns.

Nothing personal against her. Some other representatives may do this, too.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. QUADRUPLING down here!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[murielm99]

41. People keep using the word "brilliant."

I think she is an attention seeker, no smarter than anyone else. If anyone is brilliant, it is Mayor Pete.

And Pete did his job. She does not stay in one place long enough to do the work she is supposed to be doing.

[DemocracyMouse]

42. Brilliant because she's gone from bartender to beacon of hope...

faster than you can say Buttigieg correctly.



(And he's brilliant too, and I HOPE any Democrat now campaigning can actually steal enough attention from the orange gasbag.)

[murielm99]

43. Has she opened all the offices in her district yet?

The last time I checked, she had not. It would be brilliant if she was doing the work her constituents expect her to do in her district.

[DemocracyMouse]

45. Really?

[shanny]

27. Yes we shouldn't talk

about issues that actually affect people's lives, or rock the boat in any way.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. Yes, status quo's the way to go!! Not!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Mosby]

2. there is already a thread about this

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12047561

[walkingman]

3. Loving AOC and glad to see more Dems are supporting her. After all of these years

we just might see the US begin to rid ourselves of these Neanderthals in Congress. May Texas won't be far behind.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. Gotta love AOC!! She's right again... as usual!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[qazplm135]

4. or you could, ya know,

have some nuance and say prisoners maybe shouldn't be in prison at all, and for those folks, they don't lose their right to vote.

And then for the violent rapists and murderers, yeah, they should lose it until they've served their sentence.

AOC is all about the big and brash and no compromise 100%.

Well life's not like that most of the time.

[pangaia]

20. Whoa !

So, lets' start at 50% and hope we bet 25%.

My entire musical life I have been just like her. I am bringing 5 snare drums to a rehearsal Tuesday because I want the BEST/RIGHT SOUND IN THE HALL for the piece. Nobody will know or give a shit except the conductor, a few musicians and ME.

I'm doing PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION next week. It famously calls for 'chimes' at the end. Supposed to replicate church bell. I spent $800 on a custom 8 foot chime and a huge bell plate because we could not get a real bell.

Here is the Vancouver Symphony’s solution. Relevant section begins at 2:23 and goes to the end.

https://www.Here is one porchestra’

And HERE is the Berlin Philharmonic’s solution ! Watch till the end.

AOC is NOT the Vancouver Symphony ! She is Gergiev and Berlin, GIVE NO QUARTER !

[qazplm135]

29. sorry

I've never been a part of the AOC is the most amazingest ever club.

I don't dislike her, but the amount of praise she gets for every single utterance is a bit excessive.

[pangaia]

33. I am not in the AOC fan club. I'm not in anybody's fan club. :))

I am an 'undecided' for 2020, as you can see.
And try to stay as objective as I can about someone like AOC, even thought I really appreciate her fresh, fearless way.

Just expressing my opinion.

Sometimes I think she get's things just a little bit akilter, but usually not enough that her real meaning/intention cannot be seen.

BTW----
We have a pretty good field of choices, I would say,

What a difference form the 2016 repub shit show. the 2016.



And I MUCH prefer BERLIN. There is a reason they are the best orchestra in the world... Things like the huge bell. :&gt ))

[David__77]

5. "Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?": I think not.

...

[Control-Z]

6. AOC needs a new mentor, imo.

I just can't agree with this ridiculous issue/opinion.

Let's try this instead, "Should a nonviolent person stopped w/a dime bag be incarcerated for years and years?" Better yet, "Should a nonviolent person stopped w/a dime bag be incarcerated at all?" (Assuming the dime bag contains pot.)

[watoos]

7. Should this question be asked?

What kind of country is it that has 5% of the world's population, but incarcerates 25% of the world's prisoners?

Disclaimer; China doesn't provide statistics.

[warmfeet]

8. K and R.

[loves_da_dems]

9. She's so smart

My absolute favorite. This may not be popular, but it's the right moral choice.

[Mosby]

19. no it isn't.

People who murder, rape and molest others have no right to vote for anything other than what TV channel they have on in their cell block.

[JudyM]

34. There's that pesky slippery slope issue of which convicts get to vote, where to draw the line in a

legally defensible way.

[UniteFightBack]

23. She maybe smart but perhaps not so much politically. nt

[safeinOhio]

10. No taxation without representation.

If you cant vote you can’t be taxed. That is one of the reasons for this country.

Also all those Publicans would line up for jail and give up their vote to pay a penny less in taxes.

[ProudLib72]

11. Speaking as someone who lives where there is a pot shop every block

I can say that I truly do not understand how people get busted and serve time for weed.

[YOHABLO]

13. Exactly AOC. People who shouldn't be in jail in the first place.

[paulkienitz]

14. "Does person X deserve the right to vote" is absolutely the wrong question to ask.

As soon as we start drawing a line and separating those entitled to vote from those not entitled, somebody else is gonna come along and start moving that line.

"We all voted and agreed that you don't get a vote" is not democracy.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. She is brilliant. nt

[KG]

17. BTW, if you need to contact

Washington, DC Office
229 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: [phone]


Jackson Heights Office
74-09 37th Avenue Suite 305
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
You can call us at 718-662-5970.
I don't mind stealing

[UniteFightBack]

22. That 718# went right to her DC office. Is the Queens office not set up yet? Voicemail is full.

[George II]

18. I don't see any correlation between a terrorist bomber and someone with a dime bag.

[UniteFightBack]

21. Hey let's comment about anything and everything ! Even if they are LOSER ISSUES!! YAY!! nt

[lillypaddle]

40. This!

C'mon people, WTF?

[iluvtennis]

24. I love her intellect and wit more and more each day. nt

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread liberalnarb.

[EveHammond13]

28. GOP wants to give felons guns but not voting rights

[Mike Niendorff]

36. K&R

This woman GETS IT. Every time she speaks, I'm becoming more impressed.


MDN

[Vinca]

37. I don't know how I feel about this. It's not the violent criminals I worry about,

it's the crooked politicians that land behind bars. They'll vote for other crooked politicians.

[lillypaddle]

39. With the multitude of problems we have to face

is this really a priority? And if not a priority, can't we just let it go until later? sheesh.