what these people mean is that they themselves will work hard to paint her as an extreme leftist and sabotage her chances because they prefer being ruled as subjects by Trump and his ghouls to AOC gaining power - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 38 days ago

what these people mean is that they themselves will work hard to paint her as an extreme leftist and sabotage her chances because they prefer being ruled as subjects by Trump and his ghouls to AOC gaining power

Reposted from The Wall Street Journal

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the Democratic Party’s leading voices. But some worry she will turn off the centrist voters needed to win competitive races.

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jeremythejedi.bsky.social•38 days ago

#nailedit

scalehelix.net•38 days ago

"these people" cited in the story are one unnamed Arizona strategist and Hugh Hewitt, we really don't need to pretend that the Wall Street Journal is being an honest broker here

rincewind.run•38 days ago

lol christ how the fuck does Hewitt still get quoted for anything

scalehelix.net•38 days ago

because, given the knee-jerk anti-dem reaction a WSJ story somehow managed to give half this website, it still works

ideologyeater.bsky.social•38 days ago

I think it's good that people get loudly angry whenever they say these things and it's important messaging to elected officials to do so. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that

mandoqueer.itch.io•38 days ago

lost count how many people I've been in arguments with who got real angry at hypothetical leftists refusing to vote for Biden/Harris who then proceeded to tell me their centrist ass would've voted for Trump against Bernie/AOC/etc

dinofaceguy.bsky.social•38 days ago

“I can excuse fascism, but I draw the line at not allowing my pockets to get as lined as they have been.”

edwoodk.bsky.social•38 days ago

🎯

crosis101.bsky.social•38 days ago

You know what, fuck em.
Fuck every Dem strategist and every fucking centrist who won’t vote to save their own skins.

obdriftwood.bsky.social•38 days ago

They never cared about “centrist” voters when Cheetorama ran for office.

nestormarts.bsky.social•38 days ago

Who was the last Centrist in the White House?
Everything has been right since the 80’s

ridgewaygirl.bsky.social•38 days ago

By "some" do they mean Rahm Emmanuel and James Carville?

drewweisserman.bsky.social•38 days ago

even worse, an 'unnamed strategist' and Hugh Hewitt

ridgewaygirl.bsky.social•38 days ago

Definitely James Carville, then.

drewweisserman.bsky.social•38 days ago

Nah, the unnamed strategist was apparently from Arizona

dancerv.bsky.social•38 days ago

Over here, we've only just come out of an election where sensible progressive policies (stuff that voters have clamoured for) was demonised as dangerous, extremist nonsense by both the government and the opposition. That's the Overton Window for you.

alexblackwood.bsky.social•38 days ago

Alert to their audience to update the "But her emails" and "But her laugh" playbook.

wingofbenu.bsky.social•38 days ago

extreme policies like "actually doing what her constituents ask"

rfksbrainworm.bsky.social•38 days ago

Poll the average american on actual policy and it will line up way closer to AOC than 95% of the rest of congress

luciav8285.bsky.social•38 days ago

509er.bsky.social•38 days ago

I would love to live in a country where AOC is recognized for her intelligence and adherence to what is right.

I am not ready to suffer an additional 4 years in order to pretend I live in that country.

dprdonuts.bsky.social•38 days ago

I just...I don't understand. The Choice is "concentration camps and absolutely bat shit economic policy" or "basically what we'v always had, but maybe with expanded Medicaid" and people are really going with concentration camps.

donpbenz.bsky.social•38 days ago

Don’t be a Trunt.

inanedragon.bsky.social•38 days ago

It is the Wall Street Journal.

absolutereality.blog•38 days ago

These headlines are purely meant to make centrists scared that other centrists won’t support her. And because centrists are definitionally led around by jangling keys, they will believe it unless they are told a louder, more compelling story.

stryder.bsky.social•38 days ago

If AOC is "gonna run them off" they're not Centrists, they're Nazi Sympathizers.

There's nothing based or good coming out of Trump politics and anything not steadfastly opposed is just tacit approval with more steps.

goldenslowpoke.bsky.social•38 days ago

Got it so the exact same plan they used against Bernie. Get a bunch of "unnamed sources" to say she's too radical to win when the reality was those sources were the same for republican powerdonors who wouldn't donate to Josh Shapiro either.

ron.pds.walloftext.ca•38 days ago

I don't understand why they think offering a completely different vision is a bad idea. Just the selfish motivation to win at all costs should spur them to total opposition.

ofwp.bsky.social•38 days ago

People for whom the message "Trump must be stopped and I will fight tooth and nail to stop him" resonates with: leftists, moderates, centrists, never Trumpers, basically the entire dem big tent

People it doesn't resonate with: dem strategists

blitzthedragon.bsky.social•38 days ago

And the NYT/WaPo nepobabies who write the only articles Dem leaders are willing to read.

realcoachbeard.bsky.social•38 days ago

I swear I want her to run for senate and kick Schumer out.

nikkneze.bsky.social•38 days ago

Rather have her as POTUS and both those elections are on the same day -_-

realcoachbeard.bsky.social•38 days ago

Would like to see Kamala run again and her go to the senate. But if she ran for POTUS then I’d happily vote for AOC if given the chance.

screaming.party•38 days ago

it kills me that just asking for scraps of healthcare reform and modest social safety nets are still framed as "extremist" after all of these years

kcclyburn.bsky.social•38 days ago

This country had two chances to elect immensely qualified women and decided to vote for Trump anyway. Not looking forward to AOC getting the nomination and the Uber CEOs and Obama Bros pivoting her to running like Mitt Romney and then JD Vance wins even after biting the head off a baby.

repetitiveuser.bsky.social•38 days ago

But have you considered that there's an old ass Dem that demands to be carried out feet first that needs it more?

anthonywhitford.com•38 days ago

I dare you to listen to her.

One of the most sensible voices in government today.

maraleia.bsky.social•38 days ago

I want all of these fucks in the Dem party to be exiled forever. I hate them.

subarumalibu.bsky.social•38 days ago

AOC is great, but sadly, I think America at large is still way too ignorant to accept a female President.

coyoteden.bsky.social•38 days ago

Do we honestly have enough truly left (not even extreme, just left of center) voters to elect AOC?

And will they actually vote?

Unfortunately all but the youngest demographic seems to fall between centrist and far-right.

We NEED someone like AOC, but can it happen?

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