Has the ‘Revolution’ Already Passed AOC By?
Derek Hunter
The song “Right Here, Right Now” by Jesus Jones opens with the line, “A woman on the radio talks about revolution, when it's already passed her by.” There are some people who peaked in high school and never got over it – never changing their hair or general style from when they were at the pinnacle of popularity. It’s sad, really, not that the person seems frozen in the midst of good memories from long ago, but that they haven’t continued to advance since then. Life has lapped them; passed them by and left them in the dust. In many ways, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is like that person who hasn’t moved forward, having been lapped by events and left behind by the “revolution” she was the spokesmodel for.
When AOC first came to Washington, she was the belle of the ball. Bernie Sanders was the only open socialist, or “democratic socialist,” in town. He was hairy, old and ugly, she – buckteeth and whiny voice aside – is easier to watch…on mute, at least.
Sandy Cortez, as she was known before wrapping herself in identity politics, survived saying incredibly dumb things and a naiveté about the basics of foreign policy and American exceptionalism through a fawning press and the adulation of fanboys. She was a pin-up girl for unshowered virgins and violent ANTIFA alike.
There wasn’t a left-wing event not clamoring to get AOC to show up, or even just tweet about it. The entire left was her playground.
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