Chickens coming home
Ms Ocasio-Cortez has just suffered a major defeat as the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted to seat Rep. Kathleen Rice on a coveted committee over her.
Kathleen Maura Rice is an American attorney, prosecutor, and the United States Representative for New York's 4th congressional district. She is a Democrat. Prior to serving in Congress, she served as the Nassau County District Attorney, and, prior to that, she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Rice
According to POLITICO, both New York women have been battling for the coveted seat. I guess Ms Rice hasn't cultivated all the enemies that he radical Ms space shot has acquired. Such is the price of primarying moderate democrats who wont sign on to radical ideas. Rice won a secret vote 46-13. Let's just call it a victory for Long Island over the obscure 14th congressional district of New York.
The moral
I believe it was Davey Crocket who warned against getting too big for one's britches.
Maybe now the spoiled "bartender" will return to planet Earth.
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"The Energy and Commerce Committee handles some of the most critical legislation in the House, from the environment to health care to nuclear facilities. Its site says that it "has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in Congress."
What a shame?
Trump and his supporters are off topic
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AOC serves a purpose just by mentally terrorizing the opposition. 1 congresswoman out of 535 members in the house and senate, .18% of the legislative body, a fearsome socialist threat to america. /s
Ya, I'm shaking/s
I think Kathleen Maura is Irish.
Maybe I should be laughing but I'm not getting it?
Just an observation on a VERY Irish name. It made me giggle.
Lol, I suspected that! I should have known.
It made me smile.
Let us congratulate her: "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
I have a niece who is Irish American, although hardly just off the boat. Her ancestors came here from Ireland 150 years ago. Anyway she named her four kids with very Irish names. The girls are Molly and Maeve and the boys are Eamon and Cillian. It's a 'hard c' so the boy's nickname will be "Kill".
My aunt's name is Kathleen, my mother's name is Maureen.
How about the name Eilis? It can't get much more Irish than that!
How is that pronounced?
I think it's sounds like E-lie-us, but I could be wrong. I suppose it could also be like Eye-luss.
It's pronounced EYE-lish. If you recall the movie "Brooklyn"
Too funny. My mom's shortened nickname is Moe too.
My mom is no angel though. I'm pretty sure there's some Lucifer in her.
Cortez needs more maturity and some wisdom under her belt before taking on any type of position of this magnitude.
She managed to screw up the Amazon deal. She has tunnel vision right now and doesn't bend even when it is a great opportunity for her district.
Many signs of immaturity.
And what a district it is!
What does that mean?
This is what it means:
The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+29, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 29 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 14th Congressional District the 29th most Democratic nationally.
I didn't know that. Thank you for clearing that up.
As opposed to my beloved Staten Island.
PS: Please remind Johnny Maestro to not walk the streets of Staten Island at 2 AM!
I totally agree with you Sunshine. She is not quite ready for prime time.
The foolishness of youth.
Slow news day.
As Eeyore would say: "Thanks for noticing me."
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I wasn't insulting you, Vic. Just the jackass you speak for.
Perhaps you weren't. You were threading the needle on many things there.
We will leave it at "no value."
House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee member "should" know something 'bout the laws/policies/regulations.
Rice - an American attorney, prosecutor, and the United States Representative for New York's 4th congressional district - served as the Nassau County District Attorney, as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.
Cortez - bartender
Can't really see anything promising that a bartender could bring to the table - 'cept maybe a "Malted Scotch".
Well said.
Since you're here: What do you think of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary. A good move?
I've met Deb - talked with her a few times 'bout environmental concerns in NM. She's knowledgeable and can do a good job IF she gets the support she needs.
Of all Biden's nominees, she is the one I think gets bipartisan support. It is going to be a rare thing in the immediate future of congress.
I'm no fan of AOC and I am glad that an experienced woman from LI got the job, but AOC is no dummy. She graduated from Boston University, where she had a double double-majored in international relations and economics, and graduated summa cum laude. She took the bartending job because of her day time activism, which is what got her into office.
There are many truths. Yes, she was a bartender, but she went to work on her political career right after college and that was her daytime job. The one that paid the bills was the bartending.
Do not underestimate your opponent.
And doesn't know a thing about either one of them.
Maybe that is why she didn’t pick a career in either one.
That's the smartest thing AOC, the bartender, has ever said!
I'm no fan of AOC and I am glad that an experienced woman from LI got the job, but AOC is no dummy. She graduated from Boston University, where she had a double double-majored in international relations and economics, and graduated summa cum laude. She took the bartending job because of her day time activism, which is what got her into office.
Please point out exactly where I stated or even inferred that she's a "dummy" in comment 6 .
Btw - BU's 2011 commencement program clearly states that AOC graduated cum laude , not summa cum laude . Please refer to page 21 in the following link.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151123135730/
Per BU's Latin Honors requirements, a student need achieve only a B+ average GPA for cum laude , a B+ average:
Overall:
I hope that we can now return to the actual topic of Vic's article.
That would imply (as in the article) that was all she was, which it isn't. They could have said community activist, which is what gave her the position to run in the first place.
And thank you for updating me on BU's standards. She still got a B+ average with a double major in two tough subjects from a top university, so she is no dummy.
HA HA!!! I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.97 GPA!
But my BBA degree is in Ops Management, so I suppose I can't really compare.
I'm just funning anyhow. I never thought she was stupid; just a bit naïve.
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You're very welcome. I found it on Wikipedia's bio about her ... in a footnote. Easy.
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Weird question Perrie...
Would extensive knowledge on ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) count as international relations in part?
6.1.7 Jasper2529 replied to Just Jim NC TttH @ 6.1.4 an hour ago
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Why were these comments deleted when they were replies to comment 6.1.4 which is visible? A "glitch", perhaps, which will be corrected?
I have no idea since I didn't remove them. Usually, removed for context means that a comment or part of a comment was removed elsewhere and therefore is also removed when quoted. So obviously a mod removed the comment and forgot to leave their initials And I don't like the fact that you are implying that when I say there is a glitch, that there is something more nefarious going on. When I say there is a glitch, there is a glitch.
I will investigate further.
House Democrats are not a fan of AOC.
She's young with a big mouth. I own two of those and they drive me nuts.
*hearty guffaw*
JFK was 30 when elected to the HoR. Although he was young, he didn't have a big mouth like AOC, who is currently 31.
The question is will she learn that just because the media seems to have branded her the face of the democratic party does not mean she is the future of the party and she can get them to follow her blindly with whatever socialist agenda she spouts? She needs a couple accomplishment before anyone will follow her.....maybe if she got the cows to stop farting.........
Will she learn she is not as great as she thinks she is? As of now I doubt it.
She's had a couple of "accomplishments" in her brief career. Remember how successful she was with getting rid of Amazon in her district? And her latest backfire... boycotting Goya Foods.
Almost seems like she makes decisions based on how to get on TV and sell sweatshirts and not what is in anyone else's best interest.
I like Ms. Cortez because she causes fits among the establishment folks on either side, but morso the Republicants. Unsure as to why exactly she has drawn so much attention for a junior congressperson. Foreshadowing? Might be just because she is attractive? The men who think with their dicks are intimidated and the women are jealous? Nah. Can't be it.