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In reply to the discussion: OMG this is perfect - The Onion nails the AOC phenomenon [View all]The Polack MSgt
(13,188 posts)Staying out of primaries sounds small-D democratic, very intellectual, and very interesting. But it was clear that it was our policy and our hope that, early on, try to come to an agreement on a candidate that we thought could win the general, and to give that candidate all the help we could give them. Steny Hoyer says obviously trying to influence the primaries the system and attempting to crush democracy in the pursuit of evil outcomes.
Which is completely different than
"All Americans know money in politics is a huge problem, but unfortunately the way that we fix it is by demanding that our incumbents give it up or by running fierce campaigns ourselves," Ocasio-Cortez says in pursuit of influencing primaries and kicking out incumbent Democrats in pursuit of fuzzy kittens and wiggly tailed little puppies.
Holy hell it's almost as if politicians do political things.