Comments by "schloops" (@schloops8473) on "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Protestors At Pelosi's Office" video.

Transforming political bribes into favors to special interests is the motto of the republicrat party.
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@jephrokimbo9050 "ever heard of george soros"... you do know he's not running for a political job, right? The difference is I don't support money in politics PERIOD while you just don't support it coming from the left or Jews.
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John Smith "Ha! Pay to play bribery racket!!! "... how so? Neither did they pocket that money nor use it for their campaigns. After the election, her image had been tarnished irreparably and same for the foundation. That foundation has actually helped millions and has always been one of the most transparent foundations.
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John Smith "Have you heard of George sorros, Jeff amazon, zuckerberg, bill gates, and on and on!"... yes I have. And those people are showering politicians because repubs made sure they could and would... they were just hoping all billionaires would side with them and they are very angry at the ones that don't... and most of the ones that don't didn't inherit their wealth like the billionaires you like did. You like cheating in elections and you like corruption because without those, your dear party of shitheads would be done.
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@kavustock Hillary and Beto have nothing in common here. Beto ran on small donations which is as good as it gets in the US. Hillary is indeed very comfy playing the political bribes game. Mind you, when you put a lazy, corrupted and incompetent douchebag as nominee, that ofc sends all the money the other way as no one wants a castrated hitler at the top.
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John Smith aww lil fake john smith here has all his feathers up... how sweet. Yes, since most new billionaires were not born with a golden spoon up their butt due to Silicon Valley , Hollywood and other liberal sectors, but actually BECAME billionaires, they don't espouse the republican view that the rest are moochers just good to be abused, sent to die in stupid wars just so they can make a lil more money. You might not like it, but it doesn't make it false. As for projecting... bwahahaha, that is all you have. "We're a bunch of racists and use it abundantly to attract racist votes... let's call the other side racist"... you know, the other side, that doesn't have ONE black guy holding a stupid "Blacks for trump" panel. Same with cheating with elections, same with warmongering, same with deficits and same with values. And what is that nonsense about left wing violence? Go check some data and you'll see all that violence comes nearly exclusively from your dear white supremacists. YOU are the Nazi. You are a fucking warmonger. You are a fucking racist. And stop pretending to be tough sweetheart... we all know even viagra doesn't get you an erection and we're not afraid of someone that needs help getting up stairs. Now fuck off.
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@jephrokimbo9050 The fuck I care about Lenin? Fake Christians don't even care about Jesus but I have to care about Lenine because... SQUAT? "the biggest tragedy of history is those who do not learn from it will inevitably repeat it!!"... the biggest tragedy is the people that know nothing about history and just repeat a meme thinking it makes them look smart. " i stand AGAINST "... you stand against a straw man... have fun with your inflated doll. As for the word fascist, maybe you should have a look at what it means and have a good look in the mirror.
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"No, he's saying it's foolish to claim that Progressives are fighting to get money out of politics...while being supported by money within politics"... running without big donations is the litmus test to be a progressive politician... transforming bribes into favors to special interests is the litmus test of the republicans. WTF does Antifa have to do with any of this? Does it run for office? Does it shower money on politicians? Not it doesn't. And it certainly doesn't kill like white supremacist group do... regularly... but hey, Antifa is the problem... There is no assumption to make. The republican party exists solely to transform political bribes into favors to special interests at the cost of the rest.
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"There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come"... beautiful line :)
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To toe what line? A line where their total healthcare and tuition costs plumets? A line where she ran without super pacs and big donors and pledged to keep that line? Cortez is a reaction, where the left refuses political bribes because the context has changed and people can run without them.
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@johnchevelle1831 "Tell that to my friend that had a brain tumor. He either has to choose Rent and food over medications, honest to God"... I'd tell your friend that republicans put her in that spot. "She never ran on making it affordable only lowering it down"... err, AOC ran on medicare for all... that not enough? She also ran on free tuition... that not enough? As for that 120 millions Pelosi owns, it's a well known fact. When AOC and the rest of the progressives run without big donor money, who do you think looks bad? All repubs and a good share of the dems, that's who and that share includes Pelosi. Without AOC and so on, Pelosi would cruise to a new speakership.
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@johnchevelle1831 I don't have a problem with politicians falling for corruption (or whatever crime). It's normal. The amount of politicians means you'll find rotten apples... whenever one is caught is good news. I sure as hell wouldn't hold my breath on republicans... that party ONLY exists to transform political bribes into favors to special interests at the expense of the rest.
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@johnchevelle1831 I don't see the parallel you are making between AOC and Pelosi. One ran without big donations while the other is proud of the amount of big donations she collects. One has always made single payer, heck, medicare for all actually, a center of her policies while Pelosi, as far as I know (may be wrong here as too lazy to check) hasn't voiced support for single payer healthcare. I can't talk about Maxine Waters policies as I don't know them... did a little checking, but not sure what they are because she "supports affordable healthcare"... which to me doesn't mean much. What I suspect is that states are afraid of what happens when they and only they go single payer: they end up paying for healing people from other states and end up with loosing competitivity versus red states that play the social dumping card to attract lower qualification jobs... jobs that less qualified people in CA, for example, need. We have single payer at the federal level here in Belgium and we spend only 40% in total on average for our healthcare. Our left and right supports keeping single payer. I do agree with you that the dem party needs to focus more on the people that are suffering. I also don't understand their climate change message... I mean, I ofc believe in it and know how important it is, but the part I can't wrap my head around is the stripping of people's jobs without reparations. Coal stinks... it really does, but if you are going to harm such jobs, you better have a well fitting replacement. This being said, I do not believe past dem actions had anything to do with coal jobs losses in the past as I believe they correlate with the lower price for energy of the last years. With republicans going after Iran and Venezuela, prices went up and that made coal more competitive which created a little bit of hiring there... paid for by higher energy costs to US citizens and corporations and created more enemies in the process while loosing two customers and ending spending money to keep their sanctions up. It's a mess.
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@johnchevelle1831 Sorry same here. "we have had all the right people in office at the right and yet, nothing was done for the people and our planet is running out of time"... yah, this is kind of what made that progressive wave inside the dem party. The way I see it, is that if I had been Obama and inherited a country whose economy had been dumped in the gutter, I might have focused on that for the start but ofc, the 2 first years of his mandate where when dems still had the house. I'm from the idea that in downturns, the state spends a little to get things up and when the economy is up, it should reduce it's deficits and transform itself... by that I mean launching single payer and such. But the left is not happy with that explanation, and well, I agree. At the end of the day, politicians sell promises and when they don't happen, we are right to be unhappy. The dem party has too much excuses for too few results. Progressives want to change that and can help as they are not in the pockets of anybody which is one less obstacle. As long as there isn't parliamentarism, weight voting or so on in the US, progressives will largely run in the dem party... and that is where Dore and I disagree. He is obsessed with destroying the dem party and any politician running under it's banner is immediately attacked by him. I judge AOC and so on on how they ran (no big donations), how good they ran, their policies and how well they defend them and how they act when in office... I have no problem with progressives on any of that at this point.
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"I agree that moving to fully renewable energy is a non-partisan position"... but it's not. One side loves clean energy and the other hates it.
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On clean energy, it's hard to not point the finger at repubs... personal responsibility... learn what it actually means.
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@johnchevelle1831 Actually, California has been a beacon for renewable energy and the proof is in all those clean energy jobs there.
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