Why I'm not a superfan of AOC

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85. it's amazing how much crap some people on this site give AOC

she's one of our best advocates. she just seems so genuine, an actual human being who really cares about people trying to make the case for a better america, a better government, one that actually serves the needs of real people. all of us, not just the rich, not just the businesses.

she cuts through the b.s. and the usual political jargon and conventions and really tells it like it is. like how much of a tax cut or spending proposal will actually wind up in the hands of her constituents.

i get that many people here are pragmatists and want to get the best result possible and not hold out for the best possible result. fair enough, but the pragmatists need to recognize that people like AOC, who plant a more distant flag, help the entire negotiating process by showing us the path and pulling us in the right direction.

yes, we're not going to get to the kind of ideal AOC talks about for a long time, but we're never going to get there if we don't have people like her pointing the way.


if all we have are pragmatists and people like manchin and sinema, we'll compromise ourselves into some very weak sauce that won't inspire the kind of turnout we need to keep the fascists from ruining everything. we need people like AOC to keep our compromises reasonable.