Posted on 01/08/2019 4:58:22 PM PST by Kaslin
Young Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ("AOC") has been dubbed a media-darling. She laughs, she dances, she wears designer shoes. AOC also connects to the millennials and gives them the mirror-image representation that they so desperately crave. Young liberals are in love with her.
AOC is also nonsensical, intellectually void, and helplessly unrealistic. But these negatives, albeit of primary importance, somehow fade in comparison to her charm and charisma. As it now stands, AOC is a legitimate threat to both conservatives and centrist Democrats.
Or rather, that would be the case if we considered her in a vacuum. Thankfully, we live in a crowded world among many admirable people.
Conservatives have an equal and opposite contender in Dan Crenshaw. The good people of Texas have elected a handsome, charming, articulate, and wise young leader to represent them in Congress. Crenshaw is the embodiment of the all-American spirit. He has the same visual draw as AOC but exceeds her in that he can keep your attention with his poised, thoughtful and rational discussions. AOC, in contrast, speaks in discordant babble.
And, just as the media have a soft spot for the lovely AOC, they also beam at the sight of the charming Mr. Crenshaw. Apart from his refreshing even-tempered demeanor, he has persuaded the bleeding-heart liberals that his heart bleeds too. Aside from publicly forgiving SNL comedian Pete Davidson for a tasteless liberal joke about his combat injury, Dan Crenshaw rushed to help the young man when Davidson alluded to thoughts of suicide. Media embraced the story and commended Crenshaw's efforts.
Yet Dan Crenshaw shines even brighter when you reflect on his background. Crenshaw is a former United States Navy SEAL officer with five deployments under his belt and the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After losing his eye to an IED in Afghanistan on his third tour of duty, Crenshaw heroically volunteered for two more missions. He earned two Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with valor. He then went on to earn a master's degree from Harvard. He speaks fluent Spanish and has maintained a happy marriage.
Comparatively, AOC disappears in Crenshaw’s shadow. AOC worked as a bartender and waitress, and as an organizer for Bernie Sander's 2016 presidential campaign. She lacks minimum real-world experience and touts a juvenile’s Utopia as her political aspiration. While Crenshaw makes compelling statements like 10 years of security experience has taught him that a physical barrier is essential for border security, AOC argues that she can cure global weather changes with high taxes on American workers.
AOC is the quintessential cockeyed optimist, while Dan Crenshaw is the respectable and experienced realist.
AOC: I take your dimples and your red lipstick and I raise you a green eye and an American heart.
The Bug-eyed Bolshevik.
Lol
Ocasio-Cortez is an idiot.
She was asked some pointed questions about how to pay for her green new deal. She said we never talk about how to pay for GOP tax cut bills, brings up such nonsense, as if to say it doesn’t matter, or that if offends her sensibilities, to ask how she pays for her programs.
This article fails to sell Crenshaw. Succeeds in continuing to sell AOC.
Well, perhaps not eyed...
Crenshaw can't moonwalk.
I would like to see her credit card bills. :^)
It is totally frightening that a communist nut case like this can be part of our Congress......
Not really when you look at her district. Heavily Hispanic minority and lots of illegals voting up there.
Much like FR.
Count the number of threads here, on a daily basis about AOC.
If not for SNL, nobody would have a clue who Dan is.
Ever watch Jesse Waters street interviews? Lots of Americans are idiots.
Crenshaw pens Washington Post op-ed knocking Trump over Syria withdrawal
Yup, Crenshaw’s a real winner. What a jerk
Crenshaw is likable but he’s seem quite establishmenty, so no he’s not an an analog to Sandy Cortez.
And don't forget, Joe Crowley complacently acting as though he had a lock on the nomination.
Sick of hearing her name.
FU AOC spreaders
I want to know who's bankrolling her. Betting on Soros and other moneyed leftists. She cannot afford her wardrobe by any legitimate means.
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