Claire McCaskill’s Bitter Farewell

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/claire-mccaskill-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interviews-abortion.html'

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She's 29 years old. What had McCaskill gotten done at 29? And she's just been elected for Christ sake! What do these people expect of AOC, for her to fix all our issues and make good on every promise before she's even held her first elected office?

Apparently the right wing obsession with AOC doesn't just extend to the right. Honestly makes me lose a lot of respect for McCaskill. So much for a classy exit.

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ahahaha

"You fools! I lost because you just had to go and regulate big banks! How was I supposed to explain that to the downtrodden white working class voters whose primary concern in life is the well-being of Wall St?"

Let's be honest, the point she was really making was that it probably cost her some money from banking lobbyists; and let's be reflect on how sad that really is.

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I really think AOC is becoming the Sarah Palin of the left. She’s not well-articulate and has become a focal hate target of the right. Plus she’s just a bartender who accidentally won what started out as a vanity campaign. She needs to be primaried or have her mouth duct taped shut.

I actually agree with you on this, which is something I didn't think possible.

She's a negative for the Democrats at this point, and she's worked to become one.

This much is true. I've come around to the viewpoint that Crowley should have won his primary back in June. And it's alarming to think that so many believe that Cortez is the "future" of the Democratic Party.

Just a ridiculous talking point from Republicans depressed over their YUGE 2018 losses; AOC hasn't even had a chance to take her first elected office, you people are delusional. Give her more than a month in office perhaps before you start branding her a disaster, lmao.

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While AOC obviously hasn't done anything in Congress yet (of course, she hasn't even been sworn in yet) apparently she has 1.2 million Instagram followers.  She certainly is doing something right.

Paris Hilton has 1.2 million Instagram followers.

Paris Hilton has been a "celebrity" for how many years?

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Cortez's repeated gaffes and her lack of knowledge on a great many topics has lowered my opinion of her.

It's clear that Republicans don't know what to do with her and find themselves angry, frustrated, and confounded in how to respond.

This is your response? Am I supposed to worship at Ocasio-Cortez's altar? And at the altars of all other Democratic politicians? Ocasio-Cortez is someone who is far to the left of me ideologically-my objections to her are on both policy and personal grounds.

Fuzzy Bear. He gets far worse treatment from many of the posters on here than he should.

The King of the strawman in my opinion; along with yourself unfortunately.

Really? Because I'm not a partisan left-wing hack? If I were, I would probably be on good terms with the majority of this forum.

You both constantly claim Democrats are for things that we clearly aren't and then demand we defend those positions; it's all very frustrating.

Lol.

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While AOC obviously hasn't done anything in Congress yet (of course, she hasn't even been sworn in yet) apparently she has 1.2 million Instagram followers.  She certainly is doing something right.

Paris Hilton has 1.2 million Instagram followers.

Paris Hilton has been a "celebrity" for how many years?

In a perfect world, you'd be asking "for how many minutes?". 

Perhaps I'm old school, but I'm not impressed.  When AOC demonstrates an ability to facilitate workable solutions to public policy problems and get some enacted, however modest, then will I have some regard for her as someone with public accomplishments.

You are old school; because you don't understand how important outreach on social networks is to modern politics any more. Just look at Trump, while I'd argue Obama was the first President to capitalize on it successfully, - and sadly Trump has been using it to spread his vile message, but still, to massive effectiveness.

Also, she hasn't even taken office yet. Will you all just give her a few months. It's astounding.

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Cortez's repeated gaffes and her lack of knowledge on a great many topics has lowered my opinion of her.

It's clear that Republicans don't know what to do with her and find themselves angry, frustrated, and confounded in how to respond.

This is your response? Am I supposed to worship at Ocasio-Cortez's altar? And at the altars of all other Democratic politicians? Ocasio-Cortez is someone who is far to the left of me ideologically-my objections to her are on both policy and personal grounds.

Fuzzy Bear. He gets far worse treatment from many of the posters on here than he should.

The King of the strawman in my opinion; along with yourself unfortunately.

Really? Because I'm not a partisan left-wing hack? If I were, I would probably be on good terms with the majority of this forum.

You both constantly claim Democrats are for things that we clearly aren't and then demand we defend those positions; it's all very frustrating.

Lol.

How did this prove your point?

Not a single Democrat here 'Worships at the Altar of Ocasio-Cortez' or any other Democratic politician. Or ever, even remotely, suggested that you should, - despite your repeated attempts to paint Democrats with inane hyperbole. You know how it made my point, you're just playing dumb. Needlessly frustrating.

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AOC can't win in the Midwest and South, places where Obama and Clinton did well in.

Luckily she's a congresswoman from New York City? Lmbo.

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Republicans: measuring your own reaction to an effective Democratic legislator and deciding you don't like her does not mean she's become "a negative" overall. What might be more relevant is if she inspires people who are disengaged from politics and achieves measurable accomplishments in the House. It sure looks like she's doing both although she hasn't taken office yet. We'll see what happens in the next few months.

I really think AOC is becoming the Sarah Palin of the left. She’s not well-articulate and has become a focal hate target of the right. Plus she’s just a bartender who accidentally won what started out as a vanity campaign. She needs to be primaried or have her mouth duct taped shut.

I actually agree with you on this, which is something I didn't think possible.

She's a negative for the Democrats at this point, and she's worked to become one.

This much is true. I've come around to the viewpoint that Crowley should have won his primary back in June. And it's alarming to think that so many believe that Cortez is the "future" of the Democratic Party.

These people know what they're doing. Notice how everyone expressing "concern" over AOC is on the right wing.

If you want me to get down on my knees and say Cortez is the best politician ever, I'm not going to do it.

Fuzzy Bear. He gets far worse treatment from many of the posters on here than he should.

The King of the strawman in my opinion; along with yourself unfortunately.

Really? Because I'm not a partisan left-wing hack? If I were, I would probably be on good terms with the majority of this forum.

You both constantly claim Democrats are for things that we clearly aren't and then demand we defend those positions; it's all very frustrating.