Progressives, part 3...

Stunned that the puppet masters controlling media have not put out the order – ‘stop interviewing her’, because every time she opens her mouth nothing remotely logical is heard.

posted by QuakerOats

Stunned that the puppet masters controlling media have not put out the order – ‘stop interviewing her’, because every time she opens her mouth nothing remotely logical is heard.

Morning Joe basically said exactly that recently.  Said she's a backbench player and getting far too much attention.

Saw this on Twitter just now:

Elena Sava@elenagsava·

Mar 11

If you think your life sucks, just imagine being a Democrat - your spokesperson rotates between a 28 year old socialist, a low IQ con artist, a Marxist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union, a criminal who lost the most winnable election of our lifetime, and a fake Native American

The right has Trump and the left has this. We're fucked. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

Saw this on Twitter just now:

The right has Trump and the left has this. We're fucked. 

I have said it before.......This country has 330,000,000 and this is the best we have to offer

Funny how Dems were all in on free college for everyone and today they are saying that college should be for a select few

posted by Spock

Funny how Dems were all in on free college for everyone and today they are saying that college should be for a select few

Huh?

posted by gut

Morning Joe basically said exactly that recently.  Said she's a backbench player and getting far too much attention.

If anyone wasn't sure of that already, her attempt to take down the CEO of Wells Fargo should put the exclamation point on it.  She looks like a flustered simpleton, leaning almost exclusively on a series of non sequitur questions.

Whether you do or don't like her policies, I think you have to agree that she's not exactly the best spokesperson for them.

posted by geeblock

Huh?

My guess is that this is some kind of loose allusion to the people busted for the bribery stuff.

If not, I don't feel bad.  Even that was a stretch of a connection.

posted by O-Trap

If anyone wasn't sure of that already, her attempt to take down the CEO of Wells Fargo should put the exclamation point on it.  She looks like a flustered simpleton, leaning almost exclusively on a series of non sequitur questions.

Whether you do or don't like her policies, I think you have to agree that she's not exactly the best spokesperson for them.

 

Fox News could play that exchange on repeat and have better ratings than MSNBC. That exchange between AOC and the Wells Fargo CEO was just plain stupidity and comedy gold at the same time. 

I truly suggest ANYONE who hasn’t seen it go watch it on YouTube. 

posted by jmog

Fox News could play that exchange on repeat and have better ratings than MSNBC. That exchange between AOC and the Wells Fargo CEO was just plain stupidity and comedy gold at the same time. 

 

I truly suggest ANYONE who hasn’t seen it go watch it on YouTube. 

Agreed. Also, this same line of thinking could be used to go after guns. By going after the banks financing manufacturers. 

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/392138-democrats-seek-to-restrict-gun-rights-by-targeting-financial

posted by jmog

Fox News could play that exchange on repeat and have better ratings than MSNBC. That exchange between AOC and the Wells Fargo CEO was just plain stupidity and comedy gold at the same time. 

 

I truly suggest ANYONE who hasn’t seen it go watch it on YouTube. 

I have seen this video during a senate hearing.......you scratch your head and wonder if she knows that Wells Fargo is a bank because her line of questions implies she thinks they build pipelines

It isn’t just the new ones who are dumbasses, don’t forget Pelosi is still a moron. Today she said she supports lowering the voting age to 16. Does she not realize how fucking stupid 16 year olds are? (She must, bc she knows they’d mostly vote democrat). 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434115-pelosi-says-she-backs-lowering-voting-age-to-16

posted by Spock

I have seen this video during a senate hearing.......you scratch your head and wonder if she knows that Wells Fargo is a bank because her line of questions implies she thinks they build pipelines

Or operates them.  ;)
 

posted by iclfan2

It isn’t just the new ones who are dumbasses, don’t forget Pelosi is still a moron. Today she said she supports lowering the voting age to 16. Does she not realize how fucking stupid 16 year olds are? (She must, bc she knows they’d mostly vote democrat). 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434115-pelosi-says-she-backs-lowering-voting-age-to-16

Here's the thing: I'm not sure 18-year-olds are that much better informed and wiser.

At least I wasn't.  I was a naive idiot.

posted by O-Trap

Or operates them.  ;)
 

posted by iclfan2

It isn’t just the new ones who are dumbasses, don’t forget Pelosi is still a moron. Today she said she supports lowering the voting age to 16. Does she not realize how fucking stupid 16 year olds are? (She must, bc she knows they’d mostly vote democrat). 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434115-pelosi-says-she-backs-lowering-voting-age-to-16

Here's the thing: I'm not sure 18-year-olds are that much better informed and wiser.

At least I wasn't.  I was a naive idiot.

 

That’s a good argument to raise the age, not lower it. 

posted by O-Trap

Or operates them.  ;)
 

posted by iclfan2

It isn’t just the new ones who are dumbasses, don’t forget Pelosi is still a moron. Today she said she supports lowering the voting age to 16. Does she not realize how fucking stupid 16 year olds are? (She must, bc she knows they’d mostly vote democrat). 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434115-pelosi-says-she-backs-lowering-voting-age-to-16

Here's the thing: I'm not sure 18-year-olds are that much better informed and wiser.

At least I wasn't.  I was a naive idiot.

 

This is more of an argument for raising the voting age to 21, not lowing it to 16.

posted by jmog

This is more of an argument for raising the voting age to 21, not lowing it to 16.

Not as long as 18 year olds can service in the military. It is hard to argue against if they can fight for our country and die, then they can vote for the people that can send them to war. 

I'm mixed on 16 year olds voting. I was pretty in the know at age 16, and I feel most kids now a days are more active in the political space. But, I could see where others would have serious reservations about it. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Not as long as 18 year olds can service in the military. It is hard to argue against if they can fight for our country and die, then they can vote for the people that can send them to war. 

I'm mixed on 16 year olds voting. I was pretty in the know at age 16, and I feel most kids now a days are more active in the political space. But, I could see where others would have serious reservations about it. 

We don't consider people adults until they are 18, so they shouldn't vote. I don't really believe we should raise the age to 21, I was just saying O-Trap's argument would make more sense if someone wanted to raise the age rather than lower it.

I actually think the drinking age should be 18, for the same reason  you listed. If someone is old enough to go die for our freedoms they should be old enough to buy a drink.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I'm mixed on 16 year olds voting. I was pretty in the know at age 16, and I feel most kids now a days are more active in the political space. But, I could see where others would have serious reservations about it. 

Being active in the political space and being intelligent/ knowing what they are talking about are two VERY different things. I realize 80% of adults aren't intelligent/ know what they're talking about either, but you have can't stop them from voting.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

 

I'm mixed on 16 year olds voting. I was pretty in the know at age 16, and I feel most kids now a days are more active in the political space. But, I could see where others would have serious reservations about it. 

Nice humblebrag, but don't kid yourself.  I am sure you were viewed as a dumbass 16 year old teenager just as most 16 year olds are viewed.  I have reffed HS wrestling long enough to know that 16 year olds have 0 business voting.  Even the "smart and mature" kids have no business, because they have no concept of making independent adult life decisions, while establishing a career.