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Lulu KC

(4,963 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 11:16 PM Apr 2020

This is encouraging--re AOC and Sharice Davids

"The piece frames this as AOC vs. Bernie Sanders, which is unfortunate, and it begins with an anecdote from the wrong campaign in 2018. The real mistake AOC made was opposing Sharice Davids’s campaign in Kansas. She and Sanders lined up behind Brent Welder, a former Sanders staffer, against a gay Native American woman running on a shoestring. One of AOC’s major political talents is that she learns from mistakes and never makes the same one again."

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a31980770/aoc-break-with-bernie-sanders-democrats-progressives/

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This is encouraging--re AOC and Sharice Davids (Original Post) Lulu KC Apr 2020 OP
Mr. Pierce Nails It, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #1
I wonder how long it will take me to stop being mad about it Lulu KC Apr 2020 #2
The Churlish Way 'Bernie' Behaved In 2016 Finished Him Absolutely For Me, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #3

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
1. Mr. Pierce Nails It, Ma'am
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 11:42 PM
Apr 2020

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is a most impressive figure, who has made the sort of mistakes rookies often do, and learned to do better.

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

Lulu KC

(4,963 posts)
2. I wonder how long it will take me to stop being mad about it
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:34 AM
Apr 2020

I know that it forever doomed Bernie in my eyes, who really should have known better. I'd rather not continue to hold a grudge against AOC. We'll see.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
3. The Churlish Way 'Bernie' Behaved In 2016 Finished Him Absolutely For Me, Ma'am
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 09:54 AM
Apr 2020

As Ms. Davids won her election, and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez does seem to have learned from her error, my suggestion would be forgiveness.

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