One and done: AOC

Posted by $ blarman 5 years, 9 months ago to Politics
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I'll believe it after the actual voters toss her out in the Primaries, but this is encouraging. Now if only Minnesota would have half the sense of these New Yorkers...


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  • Posted by bobsprinkle 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This "crew" appears to be out of control. I am not sure if Pelosi and/or whatever house leadership are guiding this "revolt" or if they are not in control. If th is is a rogue crew,what means of control does Pelosi and other house leaders have available to them. Can this crew be removed from the various committees they are on? I hope there is some way they can be rendered impotent except for running their mouths on tv. Or....maybe this is part of a dummycrat plan.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 5 years, 9 months ago
    Hope they have the sense to vet out the next candidate properly...maybe we will have to help them.
    I fear there will be crossovers from the left pretending to be right.
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  • Posted by $ 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Democrats have certainly done that to Republicans in the past. They've just called themselves "Independents".
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 9 months ago
    she is a paid market tester for the democrats. All this is a sham and shouldnt be taken seriously. We give the vit%^ too much air time.
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  • Posted by CaptainKirk 5 years, 9 months ago
    Honestly, we should run a Fake Democrat against her in the primary. Someone clean, that auditions for the part. They will win the general.

    Then, once in office, they change to Republican.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 5 years, 9 months ago
    AOC is the DNCs chickens coming home to roost. They've sung the leftist/socialist/communist tune and social engineered long enough that they've gotten what they said they wanted, a vacuous mouthpiece parroting whatever she's told by her coaches- only it's not the DNC.
    I don't buy into the poll. A decision wasn't made to appoint her or them, they were voted into office. And yes, too many Americans, perhaps more than ever are that stupid.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That June of 1994, Harris took a leave of absence from her job as a deputy prosecutor at the district attorney’s office in Alameda County, where she had worked for four years after graduating from law school. Brown appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, a position that paid $97,000 annually, which would be $167,000 in 2019. Five months later, Harris resigned from the insurance board, and Brown immediately appointed her to the California Medical Assistance Commission.

    Brown, in a letter to Harris, wrote that he was “pleased to appoint” her to the board, which oversaw the payment of insurance providers for state-subsidized MediCal recipients. “I am confident that your knowledge and experience will contribute significantly to the important work of the Commission,” he wrote.

    Harris had no medical background, according to a copy of her resume that she submitted to Brown at the time. Her experience consisted of four years as a deputy prosecutor, a handful of summer jobs and internships, and a volunteer position at a hospital fundraising group.

    According to state records of the time, members of the committee had to be “selected from persons with experience in management of hospital services, risk management insurance or prepaid health programs, the delivery of health services, the management of county health systems, and a representative of recipients of service.”

    Brown’s decision to appoint Harris raised eyebrows in political circles. “Both boards are reserved for political payback or occasionally for personal rewards for personal service,” said Brett Granlund, a former California Republican state assemblyman who worked closely with the commission while Harris was on the board. “The boards are considered plumb appointments as they require no work, no policy credentials, and are paid the equivalent of a full-time [state] senator for arriving at a one- to two-hour meeting each month.”

    Granlund said the appointment seemed brazen at the time because of the relationship between Harris and Brown. “Screwing the speaker has its rewards,” he said. “Stevie Wonder could have seen through that play.”
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago
    Not to change the subject but this needs to be known ...From The Washington Examiner: Kamala Harris’ first significant political role was an appointment by her powerful then-boyfriend Willie Brown, three decades her senior, to a California medical board that has been criticized as a landing spot for patronage jobs and kickbacks.

    Then 30, Harris was dating 60-year-old Willie Brown, at the time the Democratic speaker of the California State Assembly, when he placed her on the California Medical Assistance Commission in 1994. The position paid over $70,000 per year, $120,700 in current money, and Harris served on the board until 1998.

    The medical commission met twice a month, and Harris, a United States senator for California since 2017 and now a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, missed about 20% of the meetings each year, according to commission records obtained by the Washington Examiner.

    The seven-member board was largely comprised of late-career former state officials who were semi-retired or biding time before retirement. At 30 years old, Harris was the youngest appointee by some three decades.

    Harris, now 54, and Brown, now 85, started dating in the spring of 1994, showing up arm-in-arm at numerous high-profile functions, including Brown’s lavish parties and celebrity galas. He has been separated but not divorced from his wife Blanche Vitero since the 1980s and has maintained a string of girlfriends over the years.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They are spreading out. I live 10 miles from ground zero in her district. Eagan the most vibrant city in Minnesota. Waiting in line at the local wal mart tonight about 15 folks half were Somalis in burkas.
    They are hateful people in my opinion.
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  • Posted by exceller 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I doubt Omar's constituency will care for that.

    What matters to them she is in Congress.

    Nothing is high enough price to have that edge.
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  • Posted by exceller 5 years, 9 months ago
    I agree with your note that facts should speak for this unpopular streak at the ballots.

    Often we hear about low poll numbers then come election day, the candidate still wins.
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  • Posted by $ 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That certainly is being pressed, as her immigration status would then be voided as would her candidacy for the House. Would be interesting to see if it also voided all her votes as it would then revive the birther cause regarding Barack Obama...
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  • Posted by $ Your_Name_Goes_Here 5 years, 9 months ago
    I had no idea how many Somalis live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area until I had a business trip there a couple of years ago. I suspect ethnic/religious attraction will make her difficult to beat. If someone can prove that she did pull some shenanigans with her campaign and/or the sham marriage claim, then perhaps there are legal remedies that could be applied...
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  • Posted by $ 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree, but I don't hold out much hope for Omar being replaced. She represents a district which has been completely taken over by immigrants - mostly from Islamic backgrounds. To me, her story is why integration and adoption of American values as part of a comprehensive immigration reform package is so necessary. If you don't want to accept the US Constitution and our way of life - stay where you are.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 5 years, 9 months ago
    Ilhan hasn't destroyed a deal with Amazon in MN, yet. Give her time and perhaps her constituents will realize that she doesn't represent them.
    Non-Demo being elected in their places would be proper action.
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