Those of us who own more than one cat, especially if they’re not siblings, know that a cat fight will occasionally break out. In our house, we have two unrelated females who sometimes spar. The older cat will sucker punch the younger, which results in teeth bared and hissing from junior. However, despite her bravado, she generally runs off at the threat of the older cat, but not until some clumps of fur fly.
That scene is rather similar to this week’s cat fight between outgoing MO Sen. Claire McCaskill and the fresh new House member from New York: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
McCaskill appeared on CNN the day after Christmas to issue caveats about Ocasio-Cortez’s penchant for socialism — which McCaskill doesn’t think is a good look for Democrats:
“I’m a little confused why she’s the thing. But it’s a good example of what I’m talking about, a bright shiny new object, came out of nowhere and surprised people when she beat a very experienced congressman.”
Ooh! Me-owww!
Shiny object! Victory Girls Blog original art by Darleen Click.
McCaskill continued:
“But I hope she also realizes that the parts of the country that are rejecting the Democratic Party, like a whole lot of white working class voters, need to hear about how their work is going to be respected, and the dignity of their jobs, and how we can really stick to issues that we can actually accomplish something on.”
“The rhetoric is cheap. Getting results is a lot harder.”
As Chris Farley said in Tommy Boy: “That’ll leave a mark.”
On Saturday Ocasio-Cortez responded to McCaskill’s sucker punch with bared teeth and a hiss. Why she waited until now to make this a cat fight I don’t know. Maybe she had been partying hard over Christmas or something.
Not sure why fmr Sen. McCaskill keeps going on TV to call me a “thing” and “shiny object,” but it’s pretty disappointing.
McCaskill promised she’d “100% back Trump up” on his anti-immigrant rhetoric & lost. In MO, almost all progressive ballot issues won. https://t.co/53qKvnr8KG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 29, 2018
She didn’t stop:
“I’m also not sure why McCaskill is covering for the GOP by saying they “secretly think Trump is nuts.” Nobody cares. Trump is melting down our institutions and inciting division between people. At any time GOP could have checked him and choose not to. They’re accomplices.”
Hissss!
However, McCaskill wasn’t the only one with a warning for fellow Democrats, because outgoing Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana raised a red flag, too:
“The talk on the coasts just doesn’t get it done in the middle. . . .”
“But when you talk ‘Medicare for all’ … you start losing the people in my state.”
Pffft! hissed the kitties over at Jezebel, a leftwing feminist website. Why, Ocasio-Cortez’s proposals are “run-of-the-mill” — such as a federal $15 per hour minimum wage, a Federal job guarantee, and free trade schools for all. Jezebel also advises Democrats to stop courting the ‘racist’ white working class.
They went there, didn’t they? Of course they did. Because they think blue collar white people are racists.
Now I was born and raised in the Midwest, and I’m proud to still live in the Heartland. And Ocasio-Cortez’s socialist dreams just don’t have much traction out here. Moreover, just look where McCaskill and Donnelly hail from: the midwestern states of Missouri and Indiana. Both lost their Senate seats to Republican challengers.
But let Ocasio-Cortez entertain her dreams about Medicare for all and other socialist hot air. As McCaskill said, “The rhetoric is cheap. Getting results is a lot harder.” Ocasio-Cortez will be lots of fun to watch when she finally takes her House seat. I wonder how many cat fights this young kitten will start with the more seasoned tabbies in Congress.
Feature image: cropped and altered image from Flavio~ at flickr.com. CC by 2.0.
JG says: This defines ‘hissy fit’…
David Lentz says: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be smart. She has a degree in economics. It got her hired as a bartender.
fivesixteen says: > It got her hired as a bartender.
probably not. There is a 99% chance she got that job because she was young and nubile once.
Dave says: You can no longer say the word “nubile” per this post: https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/12/21/joss-whedon-who-reportedly-cheated-on-his-wife-joins-feminist-discussion-on-the-problematic-word-nubile/
Sam L. says: Nubile? That’s worse that “HOT!!!!!!”?
Russ Tibbitts says: “the endorsement of a Federal Job Guarantee” – Jezebel, approvingly
Yeah, there’s nothing insane about that.
Rhapsody The Blue says: Suggest using fighting kittens as your representative image as big cats are too flattering.
Ha ha… “representative” image.
Ocasio-Cortez is “the thing” by virtue of the Democrats’ retreat to the JFK strategy:
— The candidate must be photogenic.
— He must be rhetorically nimble.
— He must have an attractive family.
— He should possess a degree of glamour and be at ease under the klieg lights.
— Actual intelligence, knowledge, and wisdom are not required.
Look for more of the same in upcoming elections.
Blackgriffin says: I don’t know where that cat photo came from, but the condition of those two males is inexcusable. And most of the nasty fighting among cats is the males.
Bandit says: Can’t they both lose?
JorgXMcKie says: Since you’re from the KC Metro area I’m sure you know that McCaskill was never the shiniest ornament on the tree. She “rose to the top” the way the biggest chunks float to the top of the cesspool. She fit the “qualifications” demanded by the Dem Party and coasted in. She should have been defeated in 2012. Ah, well.
The main difference I can see between her and Ocasio-Cortez is 1) age, 2) current amount of attractiveness, and 3) current alignment with the tide of Dem policy “thinking”. Both appear to be stunningly un-self aware.
Ocasio-Cortez won by sneaking up on a lazy opponent. She will be vulnerable at the next election, but I assume both the party and the MSM will spend a lot of efforts and resources propping her up. She’ll probably be in Congress for decades.
czrpb says: AOC for prez!!
AOC IS GARBAGE,,DEMOCRATS DESERVE HER THAT SOCIALIST =ITCH SOMEBODY SHOULD CHOKE THE LIFE OUT ,OF HER AND REST OF THEM,,PELOSI SCHUMER,FEINSTIN AND THAT NO GOOD LAWYER.
Robert Saulino says: The woman is a socialist, She wants to give everybody, everything for FREE. What she fails to say is…. Who is going to pay for all of the free stuff ? The elite will not pay, so that leaves the peons. Socialism has NEVER worked. If you want proof, ask the people of Venezuela how they are doing under socialism. Ocasio- Ortez is an airhead, and the people that elected her to congress, will live to regret it.
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