I am sick of hearing about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from myself, talking about her

[demmiblue]

Enough is enough! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs to stop inserting herself into our every waking moment!

I am sick of hearing about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from my voice talking about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I would like to spend just one day without seeking out, looking at and commenting on pictures of her everywhere she goes. It would be nice, just once, not to have to be enraged by clicking on an article that mentions her name, and then another, and then another. Just once I want to spend a day without bringing her up, unprovoked, in the middle of a discussion of an unrelated subject.

I just don’t know why people are so obsessed with her, specifically, myself. Why has she compelled me to type her name so many times that when I type the letter “A,” my phone supplies “OC"? It is a conspiracy, I think.

I don’t see why we — I, specifically — have to be talking about her all the time. She should not have made me build a special tab for my website that is dedicated to documenting her every move and outfit. The other day I was obliged to draw 17 caricatures of her, which I then hung over my dining room table. She is getting out of hand!

Just yesterday, I had to listen to an exhausting, 10-minute lecture from some idiot who would not shut up about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, only to discover that it was myself, talking to myself. This happens every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/06/i-am-sick-hearing-about-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-myself-talking-about-her/?utm_term=.0efe3c876916

[ck4829]

1. This, but unironically, is 2019 in a nutshell so far

[True Dough]

2. Sounds like the author of that op-ed

needs to take an Ocasio-nal break!

[demmiblue]

3. ...

[Perseus]

14. Very good...thank you for the laugh

[samnsara]

4. I never talk about her nor do i ever forward or share news about her..

...there are many shining stars with our new congress im not about to to join anyones fan club unless they earn it.

[demmiblue]

5. Yet here you are!

[Lochloosa]

6. ...

[demmiblue]

34. Out of curiosity, I did a quick Google site search...

that is a WHOLE LOT of never talking about her.

[samnsara]

24. brilliant!

[doc03]

7. I agree the Republicans are holding her up as

representing the entire Democratic party. Painting Democrats as Socialists is going to be the issue Republicans run on in 2020. In my opinion it will also lose the election for us if it sticks.

[watoos]

25. Here's a news flash,

whoever our nominee is will be called a Socialist, it's refreshing to me that's all Republicans have to run on, name calling.

The only way we lose in 2020 is if we fight among ourselves.

[McKim]

39. Very Well Said!

AOC is a Democrat, never forget that. She is bringing new voters on board. Her voice represents people in the US whose voices have been silenced for decades. We have never had an effective Left in this country so her words sound strange to you, but for many they are mainstream. Her words are the majority opinion in Western Europe. The Democratic Party is a big tent, don’t shut the door on The Left. We must all pull together!

[PWPippinesq]

40. Hear, hear!

I am, at 76, so happy to see fresh faces and hear new voices. My hope is that the elders in the party will be mentors to the newer members, while allowing them too forge a new path. Hope springs eternal.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. She does represent a lot of what the public wants.

I do wish the Democratic Party were more in line with that, and would take the opportunity when called "socialist" to explain the difference between commie socialism and democratic socialism. Then explain what fascist crony capitalism is.

That's what needs to be in the media.

It will only lose elections if the republicon lying goes unchallenged.

[luvtheGWN]

35. I totally agree.

Too many soundbites -- and not actual facts and explanations -- are used by the media and the opinionators on an hourly basis.

I say a nasty word out loud (my cats are used to it by now) whenever I hear NPR News airs something Dolt45 has spewed, without any kind of follow-up. His hourly lies just sit there......

[certainot]

41. limbaugh and sons attack her all the time and while dems may see it on fox they miss it on radio

here’s limbaugh on 1/22/19, while calling AOC a dunce, upstart little crumb-cruncher, commie, babe, marxist, etc., created a silly premise — that Democratic leaders would get media to “take her out” — just so he could repeat “take her out” over and over…..

— transcribed at Sonix.ai:

so the day is going to come where she's gonna make somebody (Dems) mad or she's going to be too successful and will legitimately challenge somebody that has more power than she has. And they're not going to be interested in working with her and welcoming her in because they're not going to trust her so they're gonna take her out. This happens. I mean Soviet leaders were routinely targeted for assassination. They tried to kill Gorbachev during perestroika and glasnost.

he’s attacking her regularly, he can go a lot farther than they can on fox, and democrats never hear it.

iheart started putting the limbaugh transcripts on the web so they can be accessed without going to his site. a search for news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh and cortez gets quite a few references

[Kurt V.]

8. K&R. ha!

[KG]

9. I lulz'd

so glad bashing dems isn't allowed on DU.

[watoos]

26. Frankly Republicans deep down are fearful,

that AOC becomes the face of the Democratic party, I welcome it. What issues that AOC pushes are only to be spoken softly in dark rooms? I back everything she stands for.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. It took a second read to catch the

self-sarcasm. Very subtle.

[Lonestarblue]

17. I laughed!

I thought the writer did a great job of making fun of herself for her obsession with AOC. One of the Wapo comments mentioned that people are obsessed with her because Democrats have been proposing band aids to fix things, and AOC is proposing ambitious ideas that push us forward. All of her ideas will not work, but they’re worth exploring because none of us are happy with the status quo of the last several years.

[luvtheGWN]

36. AOC puts the PRO in Progressive.

Isn't that what Democrats stand for? Maybe it's time for a name change, to Progressive Democratic Party. Just a thought.....

[Ohioboy]

11. LOL

I like AOC a lot. What I've heard from her so far I've liked. She's smart. We need people like her when it comes to actually draining the corruption in politics and working for the average American. I also like how she arranged it so she could pay everyone on her staff a living wage.

[True Blue American]

19. I think AOC

Is smart, a quick learner. She proved herself in her short statement to Cohen. Shealso remrked that she deferred to the Leaders.

[Ohioboy]

27. Yes, and in my opinion she will only get better

I like how she confront attacks against her with simple truth to power. I think she has what it takes to get long needed discussion going in this country.

[ananda]

12. Lol. I like her too!

She can talk all she wants!

We have been starved for liberal voices.

The more and the more often the better!

[NCjack]

13. She is a great progressive DEM. We need many more like her. nt

[Traildogbob]

20. Exactly

For way too long media has been about republiCONS at every stop. I am tired of asking where are The dems on camera rebutting every damn lie. Every single Lindsay Graham, McCarthy, Turtle, Rand Paul, Nunez, lie vomiting interview should be immediately followed with a passionate, intelligent response from fearless dems just like Alexandria. Time to "reclaim our time".

[lancelyons]

15. Im sick of the MEDIA talking about how left the Democratic party is.

Im sick of the MEDIA talking about how left the Democratic party is.

have they run out of things to talk about?

I dont recall them talking about how far RIGHT the republicans are.

Are they making fake news?

what the hell are they doing?

[Mustellus]

21. Its an old Democratic Meme....

.. that poor people don't own newspapers.

Or tv stations... or internet providers..

So yes, everything is colored Right.

(Even MSNBC was purging left leaning commentators before the 2016 election, and then reversed when they realized there was a market for liberal commentary. But its a business decision on their part. )

[watoos]

28. It wasn't a business decision,

msnbc pushes the far right narratives, it merely puts a liberal slant to them.

Phil Donahue, Olbermann, Brashear, Harris/Perry, Ed Schultz, Uygur, Dylan Ratigan were all popular, were all making msnbc money, it was no business decision when those people were fired.

If the M$M, if cable news were unbiased Donald Trump would be impeached by now.

[FoxNewsSucks]

32. if they were unbiased, no republicon since Nixon would even have been elected. nt

[lancelyons]

33. My issues is they arent actually covering why democrats are to far left.

They need to not just say those words... they need to talk about Democratic policies that they feel are too far left.

Is Healthcare for all people too far left?

Is trying to solve the climate change issue TOO far left?

What is it that makes the Democrats moving to far left? Spell out the policy that shows this and thats fine. Dont just say it without saying how you arrived at that conclusion.

Dont let them have a few people or the Republicans define what the democrats are doing.

[robbob]

38. They paint with a broad brush BECAUSE they don't want average Americans to hear the details.

As they say, it’s a feature not a bug. If most Americans realized the types of changes envisioned by “the left” they would flock to it in droves. It’s time for America to move in a new direction, and young dynamic leaders like AOC will lead the way.

[Perseus]

16. Repubs are afraid of her

I keep asking myself why do repubs try to go against her, every time they think they've owned her, she slaps them back hard and takes their foolish masks off, and we all find (although we all know) there is a repub idiot behind the mask.

[bonniebgood]

18. AOC is a breath of fresh Air. what i am SICK of is dTrump and

his low IQ corrupt mafia family.

[lilactime]

22. I love Alexandra Petri!!!

[zentrum]

23. Exactly. Why do I have to keep

....loving and admiring her so much?

[watoos]

29. People who speak the truth,

regardless of politics or consequences are going to make enemies of people who want the truth hidden.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. I LOVE hearing from and about AOC... she's a true Democratic Superstar!!

She's so genuine, so unafraid, so kick-ass... you go girl!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[LakeArenal]

37. She's a young whippersnapper !

Some stuff is great, some stuff is pie in the sky.
She’s elected. So I guess she is what her constituents want. We are at the point where she’s taking her politics nationally.

If it fits it fits. If not, we will find out. Sometimes folks want things to happen in one election cycle. Generally does not happen.

One thing for sure, she seems to be the face of the future.

Old dead Republicans do not care about any future but theirs.

[Power 2 the People]

42. LOL