Anonymous wrote:For those afraid of “socialism”, know that the military is socialism. We have a socialist military paid for and run by the government.

Why not have a private military run 100% by mercenary contractors? That would be cheaper and more efficient. Plus we wouldn’t have to pay unless we are in a war.

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Anonymous wrote:Last night’s results demonstrated that Ocasio-Cortez should work on her own election, not campaigning in other primaries. All of her endorsed camdidates lost. Perhaps politics really is local.

That's not true. She endorsed Rashida Tlaib who won and will be the first Muslim woman in Congress.

I’m not particularly fond of her poking her nose in primaries at this stage, but she also endorsed the guy in Kansas 4 and he won his.

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Anonymous wrote:Last night’s results demonstrated that Ocasio-Cortez should work on her own election, not campaigning in other primaries. All of her endorsed camdidates lost. Perhaps politics really is local.

That's not true. She endorsed Rashida Tlaib who won and will be the first Muslim woman in Congress.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

conservatives are so hyperbolic

Conservatives intentionally conflate Western European-style modern "Socialism" with totalitarian collectivism a la Stalin or Mao.

At least, I hope it's intentional. If they actually believe that, then they're every bit as dumb as Progressives say they are.

We’ve seen “modern” socialism in action. Look up news stories on Venezuela. There is your socialist paradise

Anonymous wrote:Last night’s results demonstrated that Ocasio-Cortez should work on her own election, not campaigning in other primaries. All of her endorsed camdidates lost. Perhaps politics really is local.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

conservatives are so hyperbolic

Conservatives intentionally conflate Western European-style modern "Socialism" with totalitarian collectivism a la Stalin or Mao.

At least, I hope it's intentional. If they actually believe that, then they're every bit as dumb as Progressives say they are.

We’ve seen “modern” socialism in action. Look up news stories on Venezuela. There is your socialist paradise

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

conservatives are so hyperbolic

Conservatives intentionally conflate Western European-style modern "Socialism" with totalitarian collectivism a la Stalin or Mao.

At least, I hope it's intentional. If they actually believe that, then they're every bit as dumb as Progressives say they are.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

That's one interpretation, notwithstanding the fact that Perez didn't actually say that.

Another interpretation is that regardless of her personal ideology or policy preferences, Ocasio Cortez represents the future of the party because she is young, aggressive, and unwilling to accept the business-as-usual stagnation the Democratic Party establishment has fallen into. I don't agree with all of her policy proposals, but I do think the Democratic party badly needs a shakeup.

She is the first young, aggressive member of the Democratic Party?!

First in a while, it seems. At least as far as the legislative branch goes. Obama was a breath of fresh air, but he did a terrible job of using his popularity to strengthen the Democratic party and position it for the future.

The only thing I fault him for was not getting rid of Debbie W.S. as soon as they lost in 2010. The leadership fail was firmly on the DNC.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

That's one interpretation, notwithstanding the fact that Perez didn't actually say that.

Another interpretation is that regardless of her personal ideology or policy preferences, Ocasio Cortez represents the future of the party because she is young, aggressive, and unwilling to accept the business-as-usual stagnation the Democratic Party establishment has fallen into. I don't agree with all of her policy proposals, but I do think the Democratic party badly needs a shakeup.

She is the first young, aggressive member of the Democratic Party?!

First in a while, it seems. At least as far as the legislative branch goes. Obama was a breath of fresh air, but he did a terrible job of using his popularity to strengthen the Democratic party and position it for the future.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats going to be a socialist party http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395436-dnc-chair-ocasio-cortez-represents-the-future-of-our-party?amp

That's one interpretation, notwithstanding the fact that Perez didn't actually say that.

Another interpretation is that regardless of her personal ideology or policy preferences, Ocasio Cortez represents the future of the party because she is young, aggressive, and unwilling to accept the business-as-usual stagnation the Democratic Party establishment has fallen into. I don't agree with all of her policy proposals, but I do think the Democratic party badly needs a shakeup.

She is the first young, aggressive member of the Democratic Party?!

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That's one interpretation, notwithstanding the fact that Perez didn't actually say that.

Another interpretation is that regardless of her personal ideology or policy preferences, Ocasio Cortez represents the future of the party because she is young, aggressive, and unwilling to accept the business-as-usual stagnation the Democratic Party establishment has fallen into. I don't agree with all of her policy proposals, but I do think the Democratic party badly needs a shakeup.

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Anonymous wrote:She represents the most liberal and one of the most minority-heavy districts in the House.

The only ones constantly talking about Cortez are Republicans, who view her as an effective boogey-man to scare the sh#t out of suburban and rural white voters.

Ummmm it was the head of the DNC that said she is the future of our party. It was MSNBC (the democracy's communication department) that gushed over her constantly. It was whoever in democratic leadership who thought it would be an awesome idea to send out this green young woman to campaign in the middle of the country...

Yes republicans are testing her out as the new boogeyman now that President Obama is out of office but it was the Democrat's leadership fangirling her that was the real problem here.

Are you equally as critical of DJT holding up extremist Chris Kobach as the "future of the party"? He's the other side of the same coin as Ocasio. He's looking to disenfranchise legitimate voters and has made that clear in his words and actions. Is that not an extremist position?

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Anonymous wrote:If she represents the future of the Democratic Party, then we can be sure the Dems will have difficulty winning elections in the coming years.

Then why are you so scared?