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130. I agree. She's the answer to Fox Noise's prayers--for now.

Mon Nov 19, 2018, 08:52 AM

Nov 2018

They were probably getting tired of beating on Pelosi. Like with Hillary, they were running out of bad things to say about her that they hadn't repeated ten thousand broadcasts ago. AOC can decide whether to feed them their next meal or not. She could also decide to drive Fox and Frauds crazy by working discreetly for her goals without giving them a free target on her back, too.

I don't think she has made that decision yet, and I don't think she's worth all the posts about her until she does. She hasn't even taken the oath of office yet, so who knows WHAT her agenda will be as a member of the House? I'm talking reality, not boastful posts on some website. She certainly seems to have the energy. It could take her to the speaker's chair in fifteen or twenty years, or it could take her out in the next primary in less than two years. I THINK she is smart enough to realize this, but I'm not convinced yet.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Cortez is Terrifying Fox News [View all] Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 OP

She will replace Nancy Pelosi as the jaysunb Nov 2018 #1

Yes the GOP and Fox will use her to stoke fear but they are not afraid of her Gothmog Nov 2018 #66

they can hate all strong Democratic women ProfessorPlum Nov 2018 #138

Not just on Fox News. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #2

+1 n/t Victor_c3 Nov 2018 #58

Fox is not terrified of AOC Gothmog Nov 2018 #3

This is how I see it, too. She needs to calm down and start playing on the team... libdem4life Nov 2018 #5

Exactly. Kath2 Nov 2018 #6

I think she can be an asset. libdem4life Nov 2018 #7

Fox was most important in promoting AOC out of obscurity. Keys were villainous empedocles Nov 2018 #8

Fox is promoting AOC to have a convienent target Gothmog Nov 2018 #69

Certainly empedocles Nov 2018 #76

Exactly. They want her to be the face of the party. They R B Garr Nov 2018 #102

Fox relies on fear to motivate its viewers to keep watching Gothmog Nov 2018 #135

STILL ANOTHER ONE OF THESE STUBBORN, ENDLESS THREADS empedocles Nov 2018 #132

It seems that Nancy supports her and her goals. Kaleva Nov 2018 #13

Exactly! justie18 Nov 2018 #19

Brava/ Bravo justie! sheshe2 Nov 2018 #100

Hope it won't DownriverDem Nov 2018 #25

Yes, and hope she grows into the job quickly. libdem4life Nov 2018 #54

i agree...i fear folks following someone just cuz they are popular.... samnsara Nov 2018 #127

same here...new pups need to sit, stay and learn..getting elected to this position only... samnsara Nov 2018 #129

What I find intriguing is that every AOC thread, there are long, long number of posts. libdem4life Nov 2018 #143

Theyre are trying to stir infighting amongst the dems Fullduplexxx Nov 2018 #9

And succeeding, so far, if this site is an indication bhikkhu Nov 2018 #22

All for the young DownriverDem Nov 2018 #28

Not really Gothmog Nov 2018 #73

exactly. It is fodder for their base still_one Nov 2018 #10

'Fox and the GOP are not scared of AOC' melman Nov 2018 #11

AOC has no power Gothmog Nov 2018 #51

That is what they are doing, and it does prove what some have said all along, if Nancy Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #62

Fox News is using AOC to drive ratings by making its viewers afraid Gothmog Nov 2018 #137

'Fox is using her to stoke up the base.' melman Nov 2018 #78

Fox News relies on fear to keep its viewers watching the news Gothmog Nov 2018 #136

You do know that Pelosi is the other Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #139

Yes but that is because Pelosi has power and is effective Gothmog Nov 2018 #140

I Lulzd. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #142

I kind of agree with jaysunb JustAnotherGen Nov 2018 #38

Could be...My only concern ever is control of the government so nazis arent in control Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #65

AOC will be targeted only because the GOP base and Fox news viewers are stupid Gothmog Nov 2018 #67

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #4

Absolutely melman Nov 2018 #12

Post removed Post removed Nov 2018 #14

It's from the right. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 #15

True, you're righ... er correct. SixString Nov 2018 #17

Like all fucking Republicans the whisper of Socialism or anything that people Autumn Nov 2018 #16

She's not terrifying anybody. murielm99 Nov 2018 #18

nobody needs to be quiet. That's fucking gross. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #24

"She needs to be quiet " melman Nov 2018 #26

I did not say that. murielm99 Nov 2018 #32

You said 'be quiet' melman Nov 2018 #70

Don't tell me what I said. murielm99 Nov 2018 #113

Did you not say she needs to be quiet? melman Nov 2018 #115

Yep, I did. murielm99 Nov 2018 #116

Really? essme Nov 2018 #123

I am not a newly elected Congresswoman. murielm99 Nov 2018 #125

It's sort of sad. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #93

LOL, really? Maybe let her decide how she should act. Sound ok to you? nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #35

Okay. murielm99 Nov 2018 #55

Sounds fine! Better than you telling her how to act. nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #56

I have every right to express my opinion of her murielm99 Nov 2018 #57

Yet she worked her ass off to win. So she earned her right to decide how she should act. nt USALiberal Nov 2018 #59

ugh shanny Nov 2018 #46

Be quiet? Give me a break... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #72

Her behavior is over the top. murielm99 Nov 2018 #99

Awwwwww essme Nov 2018 #124

Your post makes no sense. murielm99 Nov 2018 #126

How fucking insulting. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2018 #103

IMHO, AOC needs to BE WHO SHE IS. That's what got her here. Leave the cookie cutter mentality to the BamaRefugee Nov 2018 #20

Post removed Post removed Nov 2018 #21

some argument, or cited evidence would be helpful to your case...but if you just want to fume, JCanete Nov 2018 #23

Those have been the goals of many Democrats for a long time. murielm99 Nov 2018 #27

If all democrats sounded the same on these issues then Sanders would not have been interesting JCanete Nov 2018 #30

How does Sanders figure into this thread? murielm99 Nov 2018 #34

wow...maybe read through the posts before you jump in. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #36

Wow. murielm99 Nov 2018 #39

I'll help you out, and sorry. I should take a second before I just get irritated and post. JCanete Nov 2018 #40

Bye. murielm99 Nov 2018 #41

hahahahahahah! JCanete Nov 2018 #42

lordy lordy... shanny Nov 2018 #45

Laugh it up... SidDithers Nov 2018 #61

There are only three posts in thread that mentioned Sanders, #30 (yours), #34 in response to #30... George II Nov 2018 #63

Great....yeah, now. Somebody alerted on post#21, that I responded to and now its gone. I wish JCanete Nov 2018 #64

Now we have to count your post, George! lapucelle Nov 2018 #83

bwahahahahaha!!!! George II Nov 2018 #85

silly as fuck. Which one do you think most matters to my Sanders mention, which was the JCanete Nov 2018 #89

Is that the invisible post? lapucelle Nov 2018 #90

It wasn't when the conversation was going. It still wasn't when I responded a second time to point JCanete Nov 2018 #91

Thanks for the reality check, lapucelle! R B Garr Nov 2018 #97

Please stop re-litigating the 2016 primary emulatorloo Nov 2018 #50

what I said was relevant to what we were talking about. Sorry it bothered you. I'm not JCanete Nov 2018 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #77

No, you were regurgitating tired nonsense from the hellhole of GD P:2016. emulatorloo Nov 2018 #105

I'm not going to bother having a conversation with you about what I should or should not talk about. JCanete Nov 2018 #107

"I guess you don't remember all of the unicorn comments out of the mouths of DUers" emulatorloo Nov 2018 #108

so you are saying if somebody makes a claim about how things are and have always been, JCanete Nov 2018 #109

I am saying 1) we don't re-litigate Primary 2016 at DU (check the TOS) emulatorloo Nov 2018 #110

I'm not tying her to the past. I'm talking about us, and since we need a level of intelectual JCanete Nov 2018 #112

See Democrats.org "What We Beleive" emulatorloo Nov 2018 #117

....money out of politics... JCanete Nov 2018 #118

Yes money out of politics. All Dems and DU'ers I know want Citizens United gone. emulatorloo Nov 2018 #119

If all Democrats sounded the same on these issues, we would never have just had a blue wave. Squinch Nov 2018 #68

I don't insist on that. That's what primaries are for. Determining what a district or state, etc. JCanete Nov 2018 #71

I will turn your "strawmanning" warning back on you. There have always been options. As you say, Squinch Nov 2018 #74

I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with politicians exerting/testing their influence, JCanete Nov 2018 #81

We've had primaries before those two and we will have primaries after them. I just don't recall.... George II Nov 2018 #88

i think its a symptom of newbie-ism... samnsara Nov 2018 #128

Yep DownriverDem Nov 2018 #33

Thank you. murielm99 Nov 2018 #37

7 million more votes adds up to lots of power use it to make a better world PaulX2 Nov 2018 #49

LOL! This is who is castigating others for "strawmanning." SMH. Squinch Nov 2018 #75

it was in a certain context that you can't see now...and it was admittedly goading a bit because JCanete Nov 2018 #82

It was in bad faith. And this is at least the second time just in this thread in which you Squinch Nov 2018 #86

oh cool...glad you didn't say anything obnoxious yourself. I'll certainlly take your JCanete Nov 2018 #87

You've hit the "I know you are but what am I?" phase. Maybe it's time for you to walk away. Squinch Nov 2018 #92

No, I've copped to being harsh and even strawmanning where you called me on it, and agreed JCanete Nov 2018 #94

Ahh! I get it! You are virtuous! LOL! Squinch Nov 2018 #95

not what I said, but okay. I've got my strengths. I'm sure you do too. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #96

Love it! Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #29

I think the opposite is true oberliner Nov 2018 #31

I think your suggestion might be true, or partly at least. They may think that she's JCanete Nov 2018 #104

I also think they like creating characters for their viewers to dislike oberliner Nov 2018 #122

If they can pull off either, sure...but the difference between Cortez and Clinton and Pelosi, is JCanete Nov 2018 #141

Makes me like her even more. shanny Nov 2018 #43

Anyone who terriffies fox news... SimpleC Nov 2018 #44

and many DUers. (nt) klook Nov 2018 #47

Republican scary cats, afraid of their own shadow. Tear them up AOC!! Pepsidog Nov 2018 #48

Someone loudly trying to help struggling Americans instead of billionaires PaulX2 Nov 2018 #52

Democratic party been doing that for decades. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #79

She's fantastic. zentrum Nov 2018 #53

No, they actually love her. Iggo Nov 2018 #80

I agree. She's the answer to Fox Noise's prayers--for now. DFW Nov 2018 #130

+1. Notably, Brand New Congress (Justice Democrats' sister, Hortensis Nov 2018 #131

I had never heard of them DFW Nov 2018 #133

:) Yes. But this time they won't be promoting Sanders, Hortensis Nov 2018 #134

Terrifying? Hardly that. She is their new foil. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #84

Yes, Fox loves her. She is making it easy for them. nt R B Garr Nov 2018 #98

She's doing a pretty good job on me, too!1 (I've never been with Faux Propaganda Network before) UTUSN Nov 2018 #101

Good commentary. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #106

She is making Fox news alot of money fescuerescue Nov 2018 #111

Lots of talk about "what" might happen. Let's wait and see. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2018 #114

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A bridge too far, BlahFreakinBlah Hekate Nov 2018 #121