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"Why Ocasio-Cortez can't be wrong' (Read it first, then respond)
American Greatness ^ | 1/12/2019 | Pedro Gonzalez

Posted on 01/13/2019 8:08:53 AM PST by Az Joe

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other boosters of the latest redistributive fads might want to consider a parable from the ancient political philosopher Xenophon before getting carried away in their self-righteous assumptions.

There are two boys, one big and one small. The big one has a small coat, the small one has a large coat. The big one strips the large coat from the small boy and in its place gives the small boy the smaller coat. Both boys now have a coat that fits. But is this justice?

Certainly, both boys have better fitting coats. But that isn’t the same as justice. Justice is concerned with who has the right to the larger coat. The one who takes it by force? Or the one who worked for it, saved for it, and bought it for himself? The answer is obvious, or at least it used to be. Not so for the freshman Democrat from the Bronx.

She wants what you’ve got. According to Ocasio-Cortez, the act of taking is justice. Consider her recent interview on “60 Minutes” with Anderson Cooper.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; newyork; ocasiocortez; rentfreehere; socialism; vermont
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She, and her kind, must be destroyed.
1 posted on 01/13/2019 8:08:53 AM PST by Az Joe
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To: Az Joe

We really need to stop the far left from importing garbage, trash, criminals and insane from other countries.


2 posted on 01/13/2019 8:11:58 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Az Joe

Great article, right on.


3 posted on 01/13/2019 8:14:17 AM PST by Fungi
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To: Az Joe

This is why the founders created the 2nd Amendment. It’s pure tyranny.


4 posted on 01/13/2019 8:26:03 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: Az Joe

How the hell did this newbie garner so much attention? There are 436 Congressturds. Is she the only one who is introducing bills?


5 posted on 01/13/2019 8:27:04 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Az Joe
Fortunately, my economics professor in college was a conservative. We actually had to read capitalism & freedom.

He gave us the results of an interesting study. They had a group of people who went to dinner together, perhaps weekly. The first few times everyone paid their own bills. Then they shifted to a shared bill. everyone splits it equally. Not surprisingly, the average meal ticket went up, and everyone winded up paying more.

6 posted on 01/13/2019 8:27:57 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Az Joe

Taking all the Tips at work was a Hint


7 posted on 01/13/2019 8:30:27 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Fungi

She is merely a distraction for us to focus on while the real stuff is behind the curtains.

Kinda like the time back in college where we wanted to spike the Christmas punch at a dorm. One guy approached the guarded bowl with a Vodka bottle full of water. He was promptly whisked away to the offive to call the cops. Meanwhile at the unguarded bowl several people dumped their cups full of vodka into the punch. The first guy finally convinced the cops it was just water in the bottle and was let go. Old trick and worked every time.

She is the guy holding the empty bottle.


8 posted on 01/13/2019 8:31:12 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks

She’s a train wreck. It’s really hard not to look.


9 posted on 01/13/2019 8:38:35 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Az Joe
AOC is a Communist; not a Socialist.


10 posted on 01/13/2019 8:39:01 AM PST by Boomer ( Leftism is toxic poison to a free society.)
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To: Az Joe

That’s correct. There is no other acceptable option.


11 posted on 01/13/2019 8:46:16 AM PST by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Texas Eagle
How the hell did this newbie garner so much attention?

T & A

12 posted on 01/13/2019 8:46:41 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Anything youÂ’ve ever said will be used against you.)
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To: Az Joe

Bookmark


13 posted on 01/13/2019 8:47:52 AM PST by aquila48
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To: oldasrocks

Basically the same happened at a tavern outside Knoxville, TN...

Police was staked out half block from the tavern at closing time...One guy staggered out the door and finally found his car...he drove out weaving all over the place...The police followed him and pulled him over...He was stone cold sober...After the police left to get him, the others in the bar hurried out and left to get home...


14 posted on 01/13/2019 8:52:53 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

With the “T” being teeth, right?


15 posted on 01/13/2019 8:53:49 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: Texas Eagle

She was voted in by millennials.


16 posted on 01/13/2019 8:55:45 AM PST by Lopeover (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Backed by Soros and his buddies in the Lame Street Media.


17 posted on 01/13/2019 8:57:27 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Adder; Bloody Sam Roberts

Teeth & Assininity.


18 posted on 01/13/2019 9:00:47 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Az Joe

Perhaps someone at a press conference should ask AOC (Any Old Commie) what she thinks is her “fair share” of something someone else worked for. That would have the potential for some hilarity.


19 posted on 01/13/2019 9:02:33 AM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: Az Joe
He nails it. In particular I like:

Her answers, outlook, and attitude are predetermined absolutely, because they are all derivations of an ideology that is utterly shock-proof. There is no experiment, fact-check, or body of evidence potent enough to disarm her, plainly because a person who thinks ideologically will not be allow themselves to be refuted.

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Ideologues such as Ocasio-Cortez cannot be dissuaded by logical analysis or empirical evidence.

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The ideologue will merely reinterpret, deny, or deflect facts so they become consistent with their outlook, or pose no threat to it.

20 posted on 01/13/2019 9:05:39 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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