R.I.P. Scout26
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly claimed that going to the moon was somehow a partisan achievement for the Democratic Party, despite the fact that NASA – which is not a political organization – was created by a Republican president and the U.S. landed on the moon under a Republican president.
We enfranchised the country.
We digged deep and we did it.
Well, let's be fair- the Democratic Party does have some huge partisan achievements- like starting a whole Civil War which killed 600000 Americans to protect slavery. That's probably their most outstanding triumph.
She's rapidly becoming the Kamala Harris of the House. Incredibly dumb person who is embraced by followers as a brilliant person. It might be comical if she wasn't in a position to help screw up the country.
Ocasio-Cortez, wittingly or not, has appropriated a technique mastered by President Trump.Trump prefers positive attention, but he’ll take negative attention over no attention every time, in part because he knows his supporters will intensify their dedication to him in response to allegedly unfair attacks. AOC is doing the same thing. By forcing partisans to take sides, she generates controversy. Controversy attracts media attention. Media attention generates even more controversy. And so on.As with Trump, sometimes she clearly knows what she’s doing, and other times she simply displays her ignorance. But at this stage, it doesn’t matter. The more right-wing partisans attack her, the more left-wing partisans rally to her. The more left-wingers rally to her, the more justified the Right feels in paying attention to her.I suspect this will be new model for years to come.
