{"id":2682,"date":"2018-07-26T12:25:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/?p=2682"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:57:24","slug":"dems-pin-hopes-on-a-latina-lodestar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/26\/dems-pin-hopes-on-a-latina-lodestar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Pin Hopes on a Latina Lodestar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Latina gift that keeps on giving &#8211; to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since upsetting 20-year-incumbent Joe Crowley in New York&#8217;s June primary, the avowed Democratic-Socialist has become the darling of progressives and in the words of DNC chair Thomas Perez, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/jul\/3\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-represents-future-our-par\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the future<\/a><\/span><\/strong> of the Democrat party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Wait a sec. President Trump recently said that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/10\/diamond-and-silk-may-have-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maxine Waters<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the face of that party, so Ms. Cortez must be the post-face lift face of the Democrat Party.\u00a0 Regardless, to quote yet another Democrat face: &#8220;What difference does it make?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since the 28-year-old Latina first came to the nation&#8217;s attention, she has demonstrated the political acumen of a 7th-grade social studies student and the oratorical skills of former Vice-President and longtime former Delaware senator &#8220;Crazy Uncle&#8221; Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, when recently asked by a PBS host about what she meant by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/video\/ocasio-cortez-says-israel-is-occupying-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">occupation of Palestine<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, she said this:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IggA9opoDTI\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Surely her comment about not being a geopolitical expert was self-deprecating humor since she majored in international relations and economics at Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>It must have been an interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2gRYC67qTpc?t=213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">economics class<\/span><\/strong><\/a> at BU what with all the talk about &#8220;no holds barred, Wild West, hyper-capitalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further demonstrating her grasp of how the economy works, she had this to say about the record low unemployment numbers under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The unemployment rate is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week,&#8221; Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said during her PBS interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ocasio-Cortez-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guess we need to revise the bumper sticker that says &#8220;My Labrador is Smarter Than Your Honor Roll Student&#8221; to read &#8220;My Labrador is Smarter Than Your Millennial Grad. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And finally there was Alexandria the Great&#8217;s recent appearance stumping with that curmudgeonly Vermont <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/2018\/07\/dems-are-being-boxed-in-by-ocasio-cortezs-progressive-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">socialist<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Bernie Sanders in Kansas. In the clip the Democrat diva said she and Bernie were there to help flip the state red.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjeRnyj-2sI\" width=\"1126\" height=\"727\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Apparently Boston University offers primary colors art courses in their curriculum, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whatever color Ocasio-Cortez flips, Democrats should know that embracing socialist candidates like her mean the Democrat Party isn&#8217;t in Kansas anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. Welcome to those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country. For those who believe in open borders, safe spaces, and who think free speech is hate speech, move on \u2013 there\u2019s nothing here for you to see.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sources: <em>washtimes.com, lifezette.com\u00a0<\/em><em>foxnews.com, Lexy PoliticalRYT<\/em><br \/>\nPhoto sources: <em>Elite Daily, HotAir.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Copyright 2018, Dean A. George\u00a9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Latina gift that keeps on giving &#8211; to Republicans. Since upsetting 20-year-incumbent Joe Crowley in New York&#8217;s June primary, the avowed Democratic-Socialist has become the darling of progressives and in the words of DNC chair Thomas Perez, the future of the Democrat party. 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