How many terms will Ocasio Cortez serve until primaried out of Congress?

[OldFatGuy]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Geesh, why do you want to be insulting?

So has her district changed since the last election? You don't think that most of the people who supported her last time will continue to support her over? All she needs to do to win the primary is to have one more vote than the next person, if it is her against a half dozen, then that half dozen are sharing in votes, while AOC will continue to garner most of the same voters who voted her in to begin with.

And name recognition is probably the single most important factor in elections. California voters didn't vote for arnold schwarzenegger because of his stated policies, they voted for him because he was famous.

The way that Trump has alienated hispanic voters, I would be amazed if any republican could ever win the hispanic vote, and either of those two guys would have to win a good bit of the hispanic vote to win the general election in that district.

This is Queens NYC, the most diverse population in the country. Trump is irrelevant. Soccer fields matter.

When you don't have any knowledge of the local political concerns or the people who live their daily lives subject to the their own concerns, making silly predictions warrant the response you got. The district is composed of predominantly white, Spanish speaking and Asian immigrants, deeply religious, conservative families, concerned with safety for their children, their flourishing businesses and they want enforcement of laws which prevent the "small" crimes progressives think should be ignored. AOC backed a local lesbian candidate for DA who promised to not indict prostitutes and pimps, criminals all three ethnic groupings see as a plague on their communities. The local rags n all languages feature story after story about prostitutes out in the open where children can see them, with all the accompanying low level crimes from drug dealers and muggers. The communities are incensed by AOC and her cohorts. Fame means nothing to these people, their families and businesses, everything. Prostitutes doing business a block away from their churches and schools is not what they want. They want their elderly parents able to walk the streets without fear, and don't give a damn about tweets from a twit.

Why do you want to insult people with your fantasies, when you know nothing about them?

 

[TurtleDude]

AOC will by far outlast Trump.

well Trump will only serve two terms at most, and some congress critters spend 40 years sucking on the public tit. I doubt she will last that long. She will end up being some sort of media glamor mouthpiece.

 

[Sabre]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Political donations are not taxable.

Who said anything about political donations? Her $174,000 annual congressional salary is what I was commenting on. $200,000 gross income per person is considered rich but I believe most would consider her close enough to be in the rich category. Big step up from bartender earnings.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

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Why do you want to insult people with your fantasies, when you know nothing about them?

Not "fantasies", what I said was a logical conclusion based on the information that I have. You have yet to explain why these "conservative" families have voted for democrats for many years, and why they would suddenly change.

Now if you told me that you voted for AOC and have decided not to vote for her again, then I would understand your point of view better.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Who said anything about political donations? Her $174,000 annual congressional salary is what I was commenting on. $200,000 gross income per person is considered rich but I believe most would consider her close enough to be in the rich category. Big step up from bartender earnings.

$200,000 doesn't even put you in the top 1% or the top income tax bracket. It's upper middle class at best, but our congress critters often have to support to residences on that income, one in DC and one in their home district. You sound jealous that a lowly bartender bettered herself and now makes a decent income. If you made as much as she does, you wouldn't think of $200k/yr as being rich.

 

[OldFatGuy]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Not "fantasies", what I said was a logical conclusion based on the information that I have. You have yet to explain why these "conservative" families have voted for democrats for many years, and why they would suddenly change.

Now if you told me that you voted for AOC and have decided not to vote for her again, then I would understand your point of view better.

What possibly makes you think her district will not vote Democrat? Almost all of her opponents are democrats out to defeat her in the next primary.

Take a good look at historical NYC politics. It is a Democrat city, yet, time and again it has elected Republicans when a perceived better candidate appeared in the field. Not necessarily a better candidate, but one perceived to be a better candidate. Immediately coming to mind, John Lindsey, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Eric Holder, Guy Molinaro.

Stop babbling and learn the field.

 

[OldFatGuy]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

$200,000 doesn't even put you in the top 1% or the top income tax bracket. It's upper middle class at best, but our congress critters often have to support to residences on that income, one in DC and one in their home district. You sound jealous that a lowly bartender bettered herself and now makes a decent income. If you made as much as she does, you wouldn't think of $200k/yr as being rich.

https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/9c14ec69-c4e4-4bd8-8953-f73daa1640e4.pdf

Read and learn.

 

[Sabre]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

$200,000 doesn't even put you in the top 1% or the top income tax bracket. It's upper middle class at best, but our congress critters often have to support to residences on that income, one in DC and one in their home district. You sound jealous that a lowly bartender bettered herself and now makes a decent income. If you made as much as she does, you wouldn't think of $200k/yr as being rich.

Oh yeah, I am so jealous of her nouveau riche status, what makes you think have not made as much? Do you consider the only top 1% as the mark for rich? Rich is a nebulous term, the opinion of rich varies greatly state to state. It can go from anywhere from 100K to 10m depending.

If you are interested check here:
https://www.gobankingrates.com/making-money/wealth/what-is-considered-rich-in-america/

 

[yankintx]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

I hope she stays, she seems to have generated more threads in this forum for a freshman member of Congress than anyone else that I can recall since being here at DP.

As long as she keeps tweaking the Right, she can stay put.

 

[yankintx]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Who said anything about political donations? Her $174,000 annual congressional salary is what I was commenting on. $200,000 gross income per person is considered rich but I believe most would consider her close enough to be in the rich category. Big step up from bartender earnings.

200k is not rich, unless you living on KY, on SSI, and have some serious AOC derangement syndrome.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Oh yeah, I am so jealous of her nouveau riche status, what makes you think have not made as much? Do you consider the only top 1% as the mark for rich? Rich is a nebulous term, the opinion of rich varies greatly state to state. It can go from anywhere from 100K to 10m depending.

If you are interested check here:
https://www.gobankingrates.com/making-money/wealth/what-is-considered-rich-in-america/

Yes. I pretty much consider the top percent as being the cutoff line for "rich". And truthfully, effective living costs don't vary as much as you seem to think they do. People who live in Manhattan don't have to pay for yard cutting, often don't even need the expense of a personal car, so costs that they save on things like that offset the extra rent they pay.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

This is Queens NYC, the most diverse population in the country. Trump is irrelevant. Soccer fields matter.

When you don't have any knowledge of the local political concerns or the people who live their daily lives subject to the their own concerns, making silly predictions warrant the response you got. The district is composed of predominantly white, Spanish speaking and Asian immigrants, deeply religious, conservative families, concerned with safety for their children, their flourishing businesses and they want enforcement of laws which prevent the "small" crimes progressives think should be ignored. AOC backed a local lesbian candidate for DA who promised to not indict prostitutes and pimps, criminals all three ethnic groupings see as a plague on their communities. The local rags n all languages feature story after story about prostitutes out in the open where children can see them, with all the accompanying low level crimes from drug dealers and muggers. The communities are incensed by AOC and her cohorts. Fame means nothing to these people, their families and businesses, everything. Prostitutes doing business a block away from their churches and schools is not what they want. They want their elderly parents able to walk the streets without fear, and don't give a damn about tweets from a twit.

Why do you want to insult people with your fantasies, when you know nothing about them?

I'm still waiting to see if anyone challenges AOC for the primary. Best I can tell, no one has yet, although republican challengers seem to be lining up. Please let me know if she gets primaried, contrary to what you have "informed" me of, I'm beginning to believe that she is way to popular way to well funded for anyone to bother.

 

[Far right dem]

A better poll question would be, How many republicans jerk off to AOC?

 

[Rogue Valley]

Why would she need to be primaried to leave the House?

AOC may have other plans beyond the House.

 

[OldFatGuy]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

I'm still waiting to see if anyone challenges AOC for the primary. Best I can tell, no one has yet, although republican challengers seem to be lining up. Please let me know if she gets primaried, contrary to what you have "informed" me of, I'm beginning to believe that she is way to popular way to well funded for anyone to bother.

No one is answering the phone at any of her offices. Voice messages are full, and no staff are in if you knock on the door. Grandma having a medicare problem has no one to talk to or intercede. Placido Domingo is receiving standing ovations despite "me too" accusations. Demonstrations almost everyday at Flushing Meadows and Crocheron Parks over soccer fields, and she hasn't shown her face. Her progressive lesbian choice for the DA in a special election was defeated. A test for AOC's real influence.

 

[ChezC3]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

1 and done

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

No one is answering the phone at any of her offices. Voice messages are full, and no staff are in if you knock on the door. Grandma having a medicare problem has no one to talk to or intercede. Placido Domingo is receiving standing ovations despite "me too" accusations. Demonstrations almost everyday at Flushing Meadows and Crocheron Parks over soccer fields, and she hasn't shown her face. Her progressive lesbian choice for the DA in a special election was defeated. A test for AOC's real influence.

Anyhow, please inform me how demonstrations over soccer fields is a federal issue? Have you personally called AOC's offices? It is not uncommon for congressional offices to be unstaffed unless someone has an appointment.

And I'm sure you are aware that the DA candidate that AOC endorsed only lost by 55 votes. Wasn't the winner being supported by the DNC and didnt the winner have 25+ years involvement in politics? Seems to me that coming within 55 votes of winning that race is pretty impressive for a lesbian newbie to politics.

None of that matters unless there is a democrat challenger, which the best I can tell from google searches, there is not one, at least as of July 17th.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

1 and done

OK, so what democrat is running against her in the primary?

 

[ChezC3]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

OK, so what democrat is running against her in the primary?

I don't pick peanuts out of ****...couldn't tell ya..

 

[Perotista]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

I hope she stays, she seems to have generated more threads in this forum for a freshman member of Congress than anyone else that I can recall since being here at DP.

Now that you mentioned it, I think you're right. If Trump and company had just ignored her she would have made headlines for a day, then been gone out of the media spotlight since. A no named nobody. Trump made her famous or infamous depending on how one looks on her. Now she'll be a thorn in his side for a long time to come.

 

[imagep]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Now that you mentioned it, I think you're right. If Trump and company had just ignored her she would have made headlines for a day, then been gone out of the media spotlight since. A no named nobody. Trump made her famous or infamous depending on how one looks on her. Now she'll be a thorn in his side for a long time to come.

She was getting some major media coverage just as soon as she won her primary, and all republicans love to make her the butt of their jokes. I really don't think that Trump has much to do with her fame. In a recent poll, she had higher name recognition that all but three of the democratic presidential candidates. For about 3 weeks in the middle of the winter she received more media coverage than any other individual in the world - including Trump.

Love her or hate her, I think she is here to stay...at least until a scandal sticks to her. Haters have already tried to scandalize her once (the Brand New Congress scandal) and it didn't work out as intended.

 

[Perotista]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

She was getting some major media coverage just as soon as she won her primary, and all republicans love to make her the butt of their jokes. I really don't think that Trump has much to do with her fame. In a recent poll, she had higher name recognition that all but three of the democratic presidential candidates. Love her or hate her, I think she is here to stay...at least until a scandal sticks to her. Republicans have already tried to scandalize her once (the Brand New Congress scandal) and it didn't work out as intended.

However, she will remain the thorn in Trump's side. That along with providing a few chuckles to one and all. Come to think of it, outside of Pelosi she may be the most known Representative in the House. I think you're correct.

 

[vegas giants]

How many terms will Ocasio Cortez serve until primaried out of Congress?

She’s proven toxic to the Leftists. She’s going to be primaried and defeated quickly.

The Democrats can ill afford someone who honestly spills the beans on their whacky ideas.

Maybe 20

 

[OrphanSlug]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

Now that you mentioned it, I think you're right. If Trump and company had just ignored her she would have made headlines for a day, then been gone out of the media spotlight since. A no named nobody. Trump made her famous or infamous depending on how one looks on her. Now she'll be a thorn in his side for a long time to come.

The funny part is I do not have a horse in this race.

Not my district, not behind many of her proposals, and I do not even really align with her politically... but the raw outrage she generates suggest her staying will continue to upset all the right people.

 

[Perotista]

Re: How many terms will Ocasio Cortez is primaried out of Congress?

The funny part is I do not have a horse in this race.

Not my district, not behind many of her proposals, and I do not even really align with her politically... but the raw outrage she generates suggest her staying will continue to upset all the right people.

Atlanta huh, I'm just south of you. Isn't it strange how some folks can let someone like AOC get under their skin so much it turns their skin into hives and rashes. Someone like Reagan would have just let her comments roll off his back with no response, then soon whatever she said would be no news at all along with no one paying any attention to her. Times change.

She's good for a chuckle a day. AOC gets more attention than most of the Democrats running for president.