Oh man, a white conservative guy won?
That's never happened before. No wonder you're impressed.

LOL of course, you have to skew it through the social wedge issue lens. Which is why you'll continue to lose.

The point is that he inherited Daddy's business, rode that to being elected to the house in his mid 30s and leveraged that to a Senate seat. He only went higher by being a ball licking Trump sycophant.

In other words, he's not qualified either for where he's gotten because...wait for it...getting elected to Congress isn't an accomplishment worthy of higher office.

Let's see you do it, sport.
Hit me up when you're giving your victory speech, champ.

You're such a pathetic stooge. This is the basest, most stupid argument you could swing for. You'd think with actual accomplishments she'd be an easy sell.

The rest of your post is you kicking and flailing, setting prerequisites for AOC you've never expected from any prior presidential candidate.

I've never expected POTUS candidates to be qualified?

LOL nice strawman idiot.

Is it misogyny, stupidity, hate?
I don't care.

And here we go. It'Z MySoGyNy!!!!

The only mysogynist here is you and the other White Knights trying to take it easy on her because she's a woman.

But you sure are making yourself look like an idiot.

Right. Says the numbnuts who's wasted how many posts simping for a politician for no other reason than his confirmation bias and cult of personality gullibility.

Here's a suggestion, tiger. When you and BullBringer post the same nonsense, it's time to reevaluate your position.

#195 | Posted by ClownShack

Here's a suggestion, try having enough intellectual chops to form opinions on your own instead of relying on those around you to confirm them.

So you're saying she shouldn't run? If she's really as unqualified as you think, then she'll flame out in the primaries.

#194 | Posted by sentinel

If I was advising her, I wouldn't suggest running at this point, no.

She's a lightning rod with an easily demonstrated lack of qualifications.

I would advise to start leveraging existing connections or building new ones to move up the ladder. A cabinet position. Backing for a Senate run (she's apparently already doing that).

Harris was an experienced lawyer (DA), California AG, California senator and VP and she STILL wasn't able to ride the anti-Trump wave to the White House. Why would AOC with even less on her resume?

BTW finally a good point about the primaries. She is, of course, welcome to run in them. I'll just laugh when she "flames out" and the immediate cries of misogyny arise from her supporters.

What were Trump's Accomplishments?
He was never a politician, he Bankrupted Numerous Businesses.
He declared that he would "Be a Dictator from Day One" when he ran in 2024.
He Won.
SO What Qualifies a Candidate?
Can you at least explain that?
Or are you just irrationally anti AOC?

#193 | Posted by Effeteposer

More nonsense whataboutism.

I don't support Trump.

Try again.

The GOP has been selling out the US in the name of "capitalism" my entire adult life.

What's happening now was an inevitable end to their decades long policies of profit at any cost.

Democrats want to go back to separate drinking fountains.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger

Your lack of self-awareness is right on point, as usual.

Like China needs any of these people.

They're just waiting for the collapse so they can buy up the pieces for pennies on the dollar and solidify their position as the world's preeminent power.

Stupid people building a stupid society one stupid thing at a time.

#2 | Posted by Zed

Problem is they'll never admit they're the bottom of the barrel and they'll never admit what they're building (or destroying I should say) is trash. They're pot committed now and will cling to their Frankenstein monster like a child.

It's been kind of funny watching people turn on Trump.

O'Keefe.

Alex Jones.

Joe Rogan.

People who were influential in building his brand leaving because they got burned and somehow didn't expect it.

Your post is basically saying AOC should run because people from the past have lost.

Still no actual accomplishments explained.

BTW I don't have to have the winning ticket in my pocket to say AOC isn't POTUS material. That's not how this works.

I would also be making big $$$ informing the DNC if I had that kind of crystal ball.

Anyone who's republican should stop complaining. This is what your ideology looks like in practice.

There is no world in where your ideology only applies to those you've been told to hate. The "others" you've been assured are the root of all your problems.

You're a fool if you ever thought that was remotely possible.

If they're admitting 3.8%, it must be over 5% at this point.

#12 | Posted by Danforth

5% feels more likely.

I've been relatively resilient to the rises in grocery prices up until this point but some of the new prices I'm seeing have me experiencing sticker shock now.

Garlic was $6.99/lb. I feel like it was only $4.99/lb a few weeks ago when I bought it last.

Bell peppers are now $1.49 for green and $1.99 for red/orange/yellow. Used to be $0.89 for green and $1.39 for red/orange/yellow.

Celery at Aldi used to be $2.49 per bunch, this time it was $2.99 per bunch but was smaller, bright green, hard and immature. Lower quality product for more money.

A quart of milk was $3.29.

Makes me thankful we have two freezers full of protein, so we've only been buying produce lately. I don't even want to see the prices of chicken and pork. I've stopped looking at beef.

Greedy Bastards... yes. Morons... probably not.

#8 | Posted by Whatsleft

The greatest myth is that CEOs or even bithnithmen broadly are in some way smart or competent.

In my experience, they tend to be ruthless self-promoters, shameless glory hounds and exquisite opportunists.

The overwhelming conclusion of my time in private sector after I left academia is that anyone who blathers on that business does it best are full of s*&^. Private business has been the only place in my experience where missing your goal then redefining the metrics or the goal itself is still met with accolades (at a certain level, of course, not for the underlings doing the actual work).

Good. Just in time for the midterms. Racially segregated maps flies in the face of the Voting Rights Act.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger

STFU idiot.

Returning to the racist south flies in the face of the Voting Rights Act.

And Roberts has the gall to whine that people think he's a partisan s*&^bag...

I think that's attributable to the fact he's running for office.

I disagree. People listen to billionaires with far more attention and trust than they would a normal person, even if that person is actually an expert or experienced in the subject matter.

Look at Bill Gates. People hold him up as an expert in infectious diseases and vaccines all of the time because of his advocacy for international vaccine programs.

I'm glad he does it, but what qualifications does he have? Why shouldn't the advisors he surely has working for his Foundation be the ones speaking as subject matter experts?

For this standard to materially exist, you need to be able to name some things that other, better, more effective Representatives have accomplished.
Who outshines AOC? Give me the run-down.

You're just flipping the question and acting as if that's making a point.

It's hilarious watching y'all flail so much to defend AOC for no other reason than cult of personality.

You're as invested as Trumpers and are just as irrational.

A cult of personality isn't necessarily a bad thing. Washington and Lincoln both had cults of personality.

Oh please. This is like saying dropping out of college isn't a bad thing because Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

You're going to have to do better than that.

The thing is, if a candidate is going to run a campaign like that, they need to go all in and sustain it. If they're doing it just because they saw it worked for Trump (or whoever) and decided to try to copy it, it won't work.

#175 | Posted by sentinel

The thing is is it's a great way to get a incompetent, unqualified person POTUS as we are currently experiencing.

AOC is 36 years old. She entered Congress at 29 becoming the youngest woman to win a federal election.

So? Mark Wayne Mullen got elected to Congress. Getting elected to Congress isn't much of an accomplishment, sport.

You'll need a whole lot more than that for POTUS.

In seven years she's become a leading voice in the Democratic Party and is helping shape its future.

Nonsense. Maybe for you and people in your bubble, but not beyond that. "Leading voice" LOL

You know why I know this is BS? Look at her committee assignments.

From Wiki:

Committee assignments
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Past committee assignments

Committee on Oversight and Accountability[272] (Vice Ranking Member, 2023"25) (2019"2025)
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs
Committee on Financial Services (2019"2023)
Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions (2021"2023)
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions (2019"2021)
Committee on Natural Resources (2023"2025)
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Ranking Member, 2023"25)

She's never held leadership in a committee, nor has she ever been selected to serve in any of the high power, influential committees like Ways and Means or Appropriations.

Kind of odd for the Voice of the Democratic Party, isn't it?

If you don't think that's an accomplishment let's see your resume.

All this bluster and you STILL haven't posted her accomplishments.

Because. She. Doesn't. Have. Any. Of. Substance.

She is not POTUS level material. Period.