Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
I'm happy for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and all. She won fair and square against an ossified old school Democrat. But I really bristle a bit at her elevation to celebrity status for simply winning a primary. She hasn't served a single day in Congress yet and she's jetting out to Kansas to tell folks in the heartland what they should do. As someone who has been in the politics/government game for a long time, I realize paradigms change (been through a couple paradigm changes already), but people should have to earn their spurs and get a few things done before they start preaching online. I don't want to single out Ocasio-Cortez because this kind of behavior happens on both sides (it's similar to Dave Brat's unseating of Eric Cantor), but maybe Ocasio-Cortez should get elected and worry about Queens first.
I want her to keep talking.

She has not shown well