Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Could Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez be the death of the Democrat party

Lay Trump aside temporarily. Think R party or D party. Consider that both of them owe their existence to the other. In D.C. you owe your first allegiance to your party and your second allegiance to the “ other “ party.

When I spoke of the game being rigged, I’m talking about governance, not elections. Each side will do their damnest to rig an election, of course, but they likely cancel each other out on that score.

But neither side wants to prevail on the issues that separate the electorate. The game would be over then and it’s the game that’s making them individually wealthy.

I think you are correct in all you say. But I think the 2A would have been in better hands with a President other than Trump. I shudder at the thought of Hillary, but if a Dem went after guns, the Repubs would unite against it.

Trump can give up our rights and you won’t hear a whimper from either party.

Would the Repubs dare go after a Democrat who wanted to outlaw abortion?

republicans were the party of the rich and Dem's were for the working man

I was willing to be convinced after he got the nomination that Trump was who y’all thought he was . He seemed to me to be a more or less typical NYC blowhard with enough Liberal tendencies to be scary to a single issue voter like me.

I’ve stated several times on this forum that getting all wrapped up in the political intrigues of BOTH major parties is akin to paying your entry fee for a rigged contest. The only way our individual votes can have any impact is to pick out ONE issue and vote based on that.You should not choose taxes or deficit spending as your issue. In fact, you should not pick any issue that can be quantified since both sides can make numbers dance to their tune.

The 2A or Abortion make make excellent single issues since they are fairly clear cut, at least in comparison most other issues.

I chose the 2A as my issue decades ago and have never wavered on it. Cruz had the strongest 2A credentials of all the 2016 candidates so I supported him in the primaries. It really is that simple.

So, your FIL can find something about Trump to make him start supporting him. Everything I’ve seen and heard from Trump points to my original concerns about him being justified, so I’ll stay with my original assessment.

Those of us who were adults in the ‘ sixties and saw the pendulum swinging ever more in the direction of outright confiscation of firearms will have a different mindset than those who only know of it as history taught by right wingers. Thankfully, that movement was reversed at the State levels....no thanks to the Feds.

Any nudge of the pendulum back in the wrong direction..like bump stocks and red flag laws.... should result in outrage by the gun community.

All I hear is MAGA.

I learned in my 20’s that being a single issue voter is not very intelligent way to live my life as an American citizen.

To the OP's original question, "Could Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez be the death of the Democrat party?"

I answer, "One can only hope."

She exposed herself for what she is last night. An absolute clown.

Hope she likes her current gig because it's the highest she'll ever go.

I hope you're right,
I fear you're not !

There's two main types of people in this country.

1 - Those that want the American Dream and are willing to work for it.

2 - Those that want free stuff with as little effort as possible and are willing to be led around by the nose.

Her and her ilk resonate with the #2 crowd. Unfortunately the values and morals being instilled in a lot of people raised in the past 40 years are more in line with them. I fear we are doomed, sooner or later. Might take a couple/few generations but America will most likely turn into Europe at some point and then degrade into Venezuela. Sounds far fetched but that is what I see. I fear for my kids and grandkids future with the media, education and political parties all aligned against what made this country great in the first place.

Yeah, she’s the new face of the democrat party aimed at the millennial group. She’ll be put in charm school and will be very palatable to many in just a few short years.