The Blithe Ignorance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shows Why Socialism Appeals to Millennials

Conservative Opinion ^ | 21 July 2018 | Editor in Chief

[Rummyfan]

It sounds like the plot of some brain-dead Hollywood comedy that has already been made too many times:

Movie executive: OK, here’s an idea. You know those geniuses who Jay Leno used to interview on the street who couldn’t answer basic questions like who the vice president is, or what Columbus Day celebrates? Well, what if someone like that ran for Congress and actually won? How funny would that be!
Producer: Great! We’ll get Amy Schumer or Lena Dunham to play the lead!
Executive: No, I said it’s supposed to be funny.

Yes, you’ve seen some version of this before. It was basically “The Distinguished Gentleman,” and “Legally Blonde 2,” and now it’s been rebooted for the millennial generation in the form of “Ms. Ocasio-Cortez Goes to Washington (If She Can Find It).”

But this version is less funny than the originals (which says a lot) because it’s actually happening. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a twenty-eight-year old community organizer… or something (actually, it’s unclear even from her own website what exactly she does for a living, though she was a bartender less than a year ago)… and of the almost 700,000 people in New York’s 14th congressional district, about 15,000 of them decided for everyone else that she is the most qualified person to represent them in Congress. And though that was just a primary election, there is no doubt she will win November’s general election, because she’s a Democrat and 110% of the voters in her district are also Democrats. (I added the extra 10% to account for fraudulent voters and dead people, though that’s probably a conservative estimate). All that remains is her coronation.

[Carriage Hill]

Here’s Episodes 1 & 2 clips...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbPfzp5nMXA

[MarMema]

Former bartender I believe.

[NFHale]

And New Jersey elected that f*cktard as Governor.

[SunkenCiv]

• Majority of young people not planning on voting in midterm elections, says survey

[jmacusa]

Oh man. That was some episode. I recently watched it on You Tube. With a very young Bruce Dern in it. But tell me she doesn't look like one of them, you know? You're right. As Napoleon said “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake''. But can't let our guard down. She might get somewhere.

[jmacusa]

Oh man. Too much! Check out how young Bruce Dern was. I’ll tell you, that scared the bejeepers out of me as a kid. But doesn’t she look like one of those things?