AOC and the New Democratic Party

So, a year ago, she was a part-time waitress/bartender and now she’s the star of the Democratic Party? How does that happen? She’s supposedly a brilliant woman with a degree in Economics from a prestigious university, but then she fails to show even a basic understanding of how tax breaks work and costs her state 30,000 new jobs? She’s now an expert apparently on immigration, the economy and especially, the environment? And yet, she sits on panels and asks some of the dumbest questions I’ve ever heard. I wonder if she’s that stupid or are we? And now, she’s mad because the Republicans in the Senate plan to put her New Green Deal to a vote. You know, the one that saves our planet by plunging our country back into the Stone Age.

I wrote a while back about the representative system of government and questioned if we are choosing well the people we send to Washington to represent us. I was sincere in wishing that the new crop of young, idealistic politicians would do well. I hoped that they would listen and learn and truly represent the folks who had elected them. I don’t think this has happened. Instead AOC and her new pals on the Hill seem to be trying to take over and run the show. She herself even made the hilarious comment recently that she was the boss and we should sit down and shut up if we didn’t like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xo-T65Ioq0

Regardless of how popular she may be, I wonder why such brand new baby representatives are being placed on important committees and given such highly visible platforms. Aren’t there more deserving members of Congress who have actually been in office, paid their dues so to speak, and who might actually know something, as opposed to these grandstanding wannabes who love to listen to themselves talk? I’ve seen several videos of AOC and I must say, she sometimes puts on a good show, but seriously, why is she questioning witnesses and acting like the boss?

I suppose it could be worse. She could be one of those members running around using foul language and disrespecting the President of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7pcCn-cDo Or spouting Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqhStfe3MtE  What is wrong with these people? If you are an elected member of Congress and you have no respect for the President or the very office, why are you involved in government at any level? If the President of the entire country cannot be addressed with dignity and respect, maybe you should give up your seat and go back home.

And if you can’t follow basic rules of civility? If you can’t even take the oath of office on a Bible like everyone else. And swear allegiance to THIS country? What kind of example does it set when elected members of Congress publicly trash our country’s allies? Or looking at it in a different way, disrespect persons of a different religion than their own? We’re so busy worrying about Islamophobia that we look the other way when any other group is openly disrespected.

Let’s be real. If a Baptist member of Congress made disparaging remarks about the Catholic Church, how would the media react? Or if a Christian member (or a talk show host) said something ugly about an Islamic Congresswoman? I’m sure the media would cover that in a heartbeat.

But then again, what’s the current purpose of the House anyway, but to investigate the President. Never mind that the Special Prosecutor and his Liberal staff have spent two years and a gazillion dollars and found nothing. Now we apparently have 8 separate House investigations going. What an incredible waste of time! And people wonder why they can’t get a budget passed. I guess with all the impeachment committees and finding ways to legally kill babies, the Dems in the House just don’t have time to actually legislate.