What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Oexmelin]

I don't get it - why is some first term member of congress suddenly such a big deal?  I know winning the nomination over an established member was news at the time, but why has that continued?

I wonder what it could be? Surely, the fact that she is a latina woman must have nothing to do with it?

[Oexmelin]

Yeah.  Unfortunately Compassionate Conservatism and then Populism happened

It's okay, you'll still have the reassuringly familiar sociopathy.

[FunkMonk]

Coming right up: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

I don't get it - why is some first term member of congress suddenly such a big deal?  I know winning the nomination over an established member was news at the time, but why has that continued?

She's young, she's pretty, she connects well with the common person and her views are unapologetically leftist.  Naturally the far left is going to adore someone like that (Vox just ran an article saying that the age requirement to run for president should be eliminated so that she can run in 2020.)  More right-ish news sources are going to harp on her obvious poor grasp of policy implying that she stands for all Democrats.

It's hard to say in the age of Twitter but I think we're nearing the end of her celebrity.  Once she has to shoulder the actual burdens of government she'll either have to make compromises, or she'll be an ineffective congresswoman.  The latter might be great in the eyes of Vox; but probably not so much in the eyes of her constituents.

A lot of progressive women really identify with her so I expect her to remain a prominent figure amongst the Democratic base.

[garbon]

I don't get it - why is some first term member of congress suddenly such a big deal?  I know winning the nomination over an established member was news at the time, but why has that continued?

I wonder what it could be? Surely, the fact that she is a latina woman must have nothing to do with it?

I don't take issue with that.

I do find her annoying though.

[jimmy olsen]

Austerity now!

Yes it is really frustrating.

Austerity is only going to result in ever greater backlash from the far right and far left.

[FunkMonk]

I don't get it - why is some first term member of congress suddenly such a big deal?  I know winning the nomination over an established member was news at the time, but why has that continued?

I wonder what it could be? Surely, the fact that she is a latina woman must have nothing to do with it?

I don't take issue with that.

I do find her annoying though.

Just curious: What is it about her that you find annoying?

[Valmy]

Austerity now!

Yes it is really frustrating.

Austerity is only going to result in ever greater backlash from the far right and far left.

It is the best policy for the country though. It is necessary to secure our future. So of course anarchists who just want everything to burn down are going to dislike it.

[Syt]

On interim Chief of Staff Mulvaney:

[Syt]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/us/ryan-zinke-interior-secretary.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Ryan Zinke, Face of Trump Environmental Rollbacks, Is Leaving Interior Department

Mr. Zinke had been the subject of at least a half-dozen federal investigations, one of which was recently referred to the Justice Department.

[Razgovory]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/us/ryan-zinke-interior-secretary.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Ryan Zinke, Face of Trump Environmental Rollbacks, Is Leaving Interior Department

Mr. Zinke had been the subject of at least a half-dozen federal investigations, one of which was recently referred to the Justice Department.

This is the last time I can post this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1iCZpFMYd0

[The Brain]

Interior Department? Sounds gay af.

[dps]

Interior Department? Sounds gay af.

No, that would be the Posterior Department.

[garbon]

I don't get it - why is some first term member of congress suddenly such a big deal?  I know winning the nomination over an established member was news at the time, but why has that continued?

I wonder what it could be? Surely, the fact that she is a latina woman must have nothing to do with it?

I don't take issue with that.

I do find her annoying though.

Just curious: What is it about her that you find annoying?

Not even in her brand new role and constantly spouting off about all the things she's going to change, having her own candidates that she was championing. Get in the job, learn some of the system then try to enact change. You ain't going to do it blowing all that hot air.

[crazy canuck]

Not so long ago American Languishites were complaining the Dems were not talking enough about what they wanted to do.  Is it perhaps more that you dislike what she is proposing?

[garbon]

Not so long ago American Languishites were complaining the Dems were not talking enough about what they wanted to do.  Is it perhaps more that you dislike what she is proposing?

Sorry but all of what you've just written is a mess. I supported Hillary who couldn't stop talking about what she wanted to do; policy wonk to a fault. Of course, she's also someone who had worked in politics before.

Ocasio-Cortez was a...community organizer?

I think I've also been clear that I don't like candidates (or newly elected not yet office holders) who promise the moon and the stars. Lies when you can't deliver.