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LisaM

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104. I don't think the process of coming together should be uncomfortable.

Reply to comradebillyboy (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 01:32 PM

Apr 2020

That sounds chaotic and disruptive.

I know that the tech crowd loves disrupting everything, but I bet there are some gig economy workers right now with zero job protection, zero benefits, and things like car payments due so they can do their gig job who might be questioning that right now.

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Ocasio-Cortez Says Biden Has Not Reached Out to Her [View all] comradebillyboy Apr 2020 OP

Post removed Post removed Apr 2020 #1

Exactly. Too full of herself. jrthin Apr 2020 #13

Girl? Isn't she an adult woman? jimfields33 Apr 2020 #60

It's an expression..n/t monmouth4 Apr 2020 #61

A fucked up expression in this case. / nt tonedevil Apr 2020 #71

Hmmmm. Perhaps it shouldn't be on a democratic forum jimfields33 Apr 2020 #72

Delete your sexist slur please. nt PufPuf23 Apr 2020 #101

I bet you'd never catch that poster calling a grown white man "boy". nt. Mariana Apr 2020 #66

Exactly jimfields33 Apr 2020 #69

I think it is more in reference PatSeg Apr 2020 #113

I agree with you jimfields33 Apr 2020 #128

Yes, I understand that PatSeg Apr 2020 #133

Wow that's patronizing Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2020 #74

TY. I couldn't have said it better myself... Kahuna Apr 2020 #119

Talk about the purity police showing up to chastise you! Hekate Apr 2020 #123

Gonna ask her to make you a sandwich next? nt sweetloukillbot Apr 2020 #127

Can she get bread? I can't find any anywhere. nt zackymilly Apr 2020 #129

Seems unlikely to happen. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #2

Me, me, me. Is she a doctor that can help with the nation's most pressing issue? dem4decades Apr 2020 #3

MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! empedocles Apr 2020 #76

And he should be doing so, why? mcar Apr 2020 #4

She would make a great VP candidate., fescuerescue Apr 2020 #5

She does not meet the age requirements for VP Squidly Apr 2020 #10

She will be 35 in October of 2024. fescuerescue Apr 2020 #14

Good catch Squidly Apr 2020 #18

The reality is she's not old enough to make a "great VP candidate" now. HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #11

Correct fescuerescue Apr 2020 #15

She may not be old enough then either, depending on when her b-day falls. HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #19

That could easily mean "If not now... (Because of her current age) OriginalGeek Apr 2020 #108

In your dreams True Blue American Apr 2020 #17

It's not about Biden owing her. Or her owing Biden fescuerescue Apr 2020 #21

No, it is about her True Blue American Apr 2020 #24

I am very surprised you did not say she is "shrill" Skittles Apr 2020 #41

As a Woman I can say she is that,too. True Blue American Apr 2020 #43

I disagree Skittles Apr 2020 #45

Your right True Blue American Apr 2020 #52

you're Skittles Apr 2020 #63

No, Your in this case. True Blue American Apr 2020 #68

Actually, this is a standard political ploy by someone who Hortensis Apr 2020 #50

I think she got too much media attention PatSeg Apr 2020 #116

Democrat area??? Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #44

Please consider that there are significant numbers of good PufPuf23 Apr 2020 #102

She will be forgotten after she loses the primary GeorgiaPeanut Apr 2020 #39

Besides being too young. She picked the wrong side. LakeArenal Apr 2020 #53

The bridges were burned by her. Her job to fix things. Scurrilous Apr 2020 #100

Ayup! nt zackymilly Apr 2020 #130

"Democrats can be too big of a tent." lapucelle Apr 2020 #107

I am wondering why Joe needs to pay attention to her Gothmog Apr 2020 #111

... lapucelle Apr 2020 #120

Here's one of the things she had to say about unity lapucelle Apr 2020 #124

Nope RobinA Apr 2020 #57

No she wouldn't. She could not even win the Senate or the governorship in New York...she can Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #91

You're correct demosincebirth Apr 2020 #98

Yeah, it's not like Biden needs to worry about voters in New York's 14th congressional district sop Apr 2020 #110

She strikes me as more of a media personality than a leader. lapucelle Apr 2020 #99

Long read. Has some of that in there plus a lot of other stuff some of which I liked. Scurrilous Apr 2020 #135

No mzmolly Apr 2020 #103

Even in 4 years AOC will not be a good Vice President candidate Gothmog Apr 2020 #112

Not even a little bit Hekate Apr 2020 #121

warren as VP now. Runs in 2024 with AOC as her running mate. jorgevlorgan Apr 2020 #126

It's a fucking pandemic lady. It's not about you. You sound like a spoiled child. memememememe Maru Kitteh Apr 2020 #6

+1 HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #12

She seems a bit self centered doesn't she? comradebillyboy Apr 2020 #16

Slightly. Little bit. Maru Kitteh Apr 2020 #32

Maybe more that she has bought the narrative of others that she is a superstar karynnj Apr 2020 #88

+1,000,000 GeorgiaPeanut Apr 2020 #36

I know, right? crickets Apr 2020 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Apr 2020 #7

You are exactly right. n/t phylny Apr 2020 #48

This isn't about YOU Rep Ocasio-Cortez. Get over your self-importance ego still_one Apr 2020 #8

Try reaching out to him frazzled Apr 2020 #9

+1000 demigoddess Apr 2020 #65

Sometimes it's hard to take her seriously. nt Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #20

I think her position is reasonable.nt delisen Apr 2020 #22

Care to elaborate why? Docreed2003 Apr 2020 #23

She is a jr. congresswoman why would he reach out to her and not others with more seniority? redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #25

..and shes been in HOW long???..and one of how many?... samnsara Apr 2020 #26

Bash bash bash Docreed2003 Apr 2020 #27

Ummm... you're a Freshman Congresswoman..... Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #28

What has she said about the Democratic socialists tweeting that they do not support Biden? Tech Apr 2020 #29

How is her re-election coming along? left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #30

Perhaps she simply responded to a question form the reporters? RandySF Apr 2020 #31

that would not stop the baying mob Skittles Apr 2020 #42

I suspect that is the case mcar Apr 2020 #79

Why should he? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #33

There are 232 Democratic House members; Biden probably hasn't spoken to most of them brooklynite Apr 2020 #34

SHE is supposed to reach out to Biden and not vice versa GeorgiaPeanut Apr 2020 #35

When she gets up every day is her first thought EllieBC Apr 2020 #37

She Needs To Be Doing Some Reaching Out Me. Apr 2020 #38

do presidental candidates normally reach out to the House reps of their party a week after securing Takket Apr 2020 #40

Has she snowybirdie Apr 2020 #46

Biden said a most important factor will be how he gets along.. LAS14 Apr 2020 #49

Too bad this gossipy crap is no longer relegated to the primary forum SaintLouisBlues Apr 2020 #51

Dear AOC JustAnotherGen Apr 2020 #54

Oh, for fuck's sake. I keep trying to like her, and then seeing shit like this. Squinch Apr 2020 #55

DiSqUaLiFiEd!!!!! awesomerwb1 Apr 2020 #56

Stating that "the process of coming together should be uncomfortable for everyone" c-rational Apr 2020 #58

Why should Joe Biden reach out to AOC? Gothmog Apr 2020 #59

Cuz she's ready for her close-up Mr. DeMille ucrdem Apr 2020 #70

Ouch. Some thoughts are better left unexpressed. ucrdem Apr 2020 #62

"AOC slams Dem centrists as 'Tea Party of the left,' suggests Biden shouldn't be in same party" LakeArenal Apr 2020 #64

LOL, and now she's wondering why her phone isn't ringing. ucrdem Apr 2020 #67

Not hard to track her "stuff" LakeArenal Apr 2020 #75

Biden should bring her onstage during college campus rallies Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2020 #73

BS rallies empedocles Apr 2020 #77

Her lack of experience is showing. Runningdawg Apr 2020 #78

Lame. Where's her offer to help? Nt Nululu Apr 2020 #80

Yeah! What's wrong with Biden? He hasn't reached out to me, either! DFW Apr 2020 #81

ego much? stillcool Apr 2020 #82

Actually this helps Biden. OrlandoDem2 Apr 2020 #83

Has OAC Endorsed Joe & Reached Out to Him? SheltieLover Apr 2020 #84

if he's as smart as I know he is.... quickesst Apr 2020 #85

They Asked Her if Biden and Reached Out and Her Answer Was No - Giver Her a Break on This Indykatie Apr 2020 #86

Has she reached out to Biden? It sounds like she expects to be courted lapucelle Apr 2020 #87

Some of the responses to this young courageous woman are ominous. BeckyDem Apr 2020 #89

I don't see her as particularly courageous. She's a politician, plain and simple. lapucelle Apr 2020 #97

Go away, AOC Progressive dog Apr 2020 #90

Why should he? calguy Apr 2020 #92

AOC is very very impressed with herself calguy Apr 2020 #93

Oh, my! A Freshman House Rep. Reaches out to the Presidential Candidate MineralMan Apr 2020 #94

Exactly PatSeg Apr 2020 #117

Still, Sir, I Expect Mr. Biden Would Take Her Call The Magistrate Apr 2020 #95

Oh wow. I like AOC but she needs to learn some tact. She's a freshman Vivienne235729 Apr 2020 #96

I don't think the process of coming together should be uncomfortable. LisaM Apr 2020 #104

What a sense of absolute entitlement JT45242 Apr 2020 #105

Why would he? W_HAMILTON Apr 2020 #106

When this meet up happens tirebiter Apr 2020 #109

Why link to an excerpt when the original NY Times article is a more accurate take on the interview? SharonClark Apr 2020 #114

I don't have an NY Times subscripton or I would comradebillyboy Apr 2020 #115

I don't think that Joe needs to reach out to each and every member of Congress. totodeinhere Apr 2020 #118

Has she thought about reaching out to HIM? How can I help, kind of thing? Hekate Apr 2020 #122

If the young congresswoman persists in behaving in this jejeune manner, a once-promising career... Hekate Apr 2020 #125

AOC is a Queen Bee. madaboutharry Apr 2020 #131

Biden was just endoresed by Sanders Gothmog Apr 2020 #132

Let's all help primary her. She loves the idea of Dems primarying incumbent SiliconValley_Dem Apr 2020 #134