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AOC accuses Pelosi of racial discrimination
This is really getting interesting. The Democrat party, known for both its odd amalgam of special interest groups and its remarkable ability to coordinate these different groups into lockstep support of ever-increasing leftism, seems to be coming apart. I’m sure Donald Trump and some others would like to take credit for this, but it appears to be more of an attempted suicide than an attempted murder. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
The accusation of racism is pretty much the most vicious attack one can wage against someone in modern America, and for one leftist to attack another leftist in that way really is ruthless. And extremely unusual. I doubt that AOC understands the irony of her accusation, considering the racist background of the Democrat party in the not-too-distant past, but Pelosi probably does. I’m trying to feel sorry for Pelosi, or at least avert my eyes from this humiliating spectacle, but I just can’t. A few years ago, I thought Bernie Sanders was an entertaining old crackpot. But look what he hath wrought! What do you think? Can Pelosi hang on? Or is the Democrat party about to be officially renamed the American Socialist Party?
For the record, I’m not sure how much this matters. The Democrat party has been going as far left as it could for decades, and that line keeps moving further and further left. I’m sure that it will continue to do so, no matter how this turns out. But perhaps I’m wrong – this could be serious. What do you think?
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Apparently someone else thinks so. . .his name is on the tip of my tongue. . .Lump? Bump? Frump? . . .what is it?
Of course, with all the other dumb stuff he tweeted, Pelosi is now defending the Gang of Four. Who have now held a press conference whining about the tweet. My favorite line from AOC “We’re not going to take Trump’s bait.”
While we’re taking Trump’s bait.
Gump.
Mmm, Shrimp.
I believe Pelosi wants the hard-core socialism people like AOC advocate. The dispute is over who is in charge of it, and Pelosi wants her hands on the reins, not AOC . . .
Or the Democrat politicians who worked hard to come up with the carrots to lure Amazon there. They will make sure AOC loses, but we won’t see the end of her:
Wow! A Frank Zappa fan here on Ricochet. That song happens to be from what I think is Zappa’s greatest album “We’re Only in it for the Money,” in which the album cover is a spoof on the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album cover, depicting Zappa and the band in Monty Python-like drag attire. My favorite song is “Let’s Make the Water Turn Black” which is a biographical narrative that refers to some disgusting episodes in Zappa’s childhood. Not quite Beethoven, but I like it nonetheless!