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In reply to the discussion: I was a big fan, but Ocasio-Cortez is starting to get on my nerves. [View all]PatrickforO
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Sounds as if she makes many Dems uncomfortable.
Maybe, though, if we want to galvanize the millennial vote and Gen Z, we need to be made to feel a bit uncomfortable.
We can, after all, make a very real case, based on events, that the Democratic party needs a bit of new blood. We live in abnormal times, what with the big, bloated orange traitor-tot squatting illegally in the White House, and his brand of unrestrained capitalism has exposed the Republican party's policies - the willingness to allow people who cannot pay to die, the consistent putting of profits over people, the whole 'greed is good' thing and certainly the rank hypocrisy of the 'christian' right.
Ocasio-Cortez says she isn't campaigning from the left, but from the bottom, and she's right. Working stiffs like many of us on this site, as well as millions of other Americans - well, most live from paycheck to paycheck, live in fear of being laid off, can't really afford their shitty, rationed healthcare with financially crippling copays, and want their tax dollars to pay for actual services from the government that make their lives better. And, that goes for everybody, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation.
And, I'm sorry to say, but it is the truth, and I can say it because I'm a white male in my late fifties - when a white majority, even a liberal one, hears talk like that, they feel uncomfortable. You know, America has never really had a political labor party because everyone here is a frustrated millionaire. Ocasio-Cortez is speaking to, and on behalf of people, who KNOW they will never be millionaires. They merely want enough.
So, let us support Ocasio-Cortez as we will all blue candidates in November, flip both houses of Congress, get Trump out of office and ONLY THEN ARGUE POLICY.