AOC and Dark Politics

[Cow Poke]

Well, well...

Source: Whoopsie: AOC Chief of Staff Caught Using Sketchy PAC Activity for Dark Money Scheme�

https://theconservativetreehouse.com...-money-scheme/

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As I jokingly attributed to Cortez on the first page:

"Now that I've used these same loopholes and 'dirty money' to get myself elected, I'm going to complain about how corrupt the system is."

I guess the video that kicked off this thread wasn't so much her exposing corruption as much as admitting to it.

It's interesting to watch the Democrats respond to this.

[Mountain Man]

It's interesting to watch the Democrats respond to this.

Oh, they're loving it. This could be enough to torpedo Cortez's political career.

[Cow Poke]

Oh, they're loving it. This could be enough to torpedo Cortez's political career.

Sure, it gives them an out --- I saw a recent poll that said that she is only second to Donald Trump as "influencer in politics". She sucks the oxygen out of anything the Democrat establishment wants to do or say.

[Mountain Man]

I saw a recent poll that said that she is only second to Donald Trump as "influencer in politics".

I saw a recent poll which said that dogs are better than cats, which we all know is a lie from satan himself.

(Which is to say that I don't have much faith in polls.)

[seer]

I saw a recent poll which said that dogs are better than cats, which we all know is a lie from satan himself.

(Which is to say that I don't have much faith in polls.)

Of course dogs and better than cats you heretic!

[rogue06]

Of course dogs and better than cats you heretic!

That much is obvious

[Mountain Man]

Of course dogs and better than cats you heretic!

That's exactly the sort of nonsense one expects from a dog lover.

[rogue06]

That's exactly the sort of nonsense one expects from a dog lover.

The partnership of man and dog stretches well back into prehistory whereas cats are more like invading illegal immigrants.

[One Bad Pig]

The partnership of man and dog stretches well back into prehistory whereas cats are more like invading illegal immigrants.

Non sequitur much?

[Mountain Man]

The partnership of man and dog stretches well back into prehistory whereas cats are more like invading illegal immigrants.

Dogs: "This person loves me unconditionally and cares for my every need! He must be a god!"

Cats: "This person loves me unconditionally and cares for my every need! I must be a god!"

[rogue06]

Non sequitur much?

Dogs_Vs_Cats.jpg

[Cow Poke]

Dogs: "This person loves me unconditionally and cares for my every need! He must be a god!"

Cats: "This person loves me unconditionally and cares for my every need! I must be a god!"

Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.

[One Bad Pig]

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Obviously not drawn by anyone familiar with cats. My cat would find somewhere to hide.

[Joel]

From the video in the OP:

AOC: Is there any hard limit that I have in terms of what legislation I'm allowed...to touch? Are there any limits on the laws that I can write or influence...?

A: There's no limits.

As if they've never heard of the Constitution!
When I hear it said that there is a problem with money spent publishing political messages, my thought isn't that speech/publishing should be limited. Rather, it's that the government is too big and powerful. If politicians weren't able to dish out special favors, then people wouldn't spend money trying to get special favors. Neither would a politician be able to give special favors to the company that he owns shares in.

(Aside: AOC's example on that was, as I understand it, not the norm. Typically big players in an industry ask not for deregulation, but for regulation (or more regulation), to benefit themselves at the expense of their competition or the consumers. The existing regulatory state is primarily that. Again, the problem is that legislatures have the power to do such things.)

At the U.S. federal level, enforcing the limits of the Constitution would do most of the work. Domestic economic legislation would be limited to interstate commerce, and to the original intent of preventing states from restricting trade across state lines.

[Joel]

Also I think people exaggerate the ability of big money to dictate what people think. Carpe said a big spender could "swing the tide of elections to their desires." During the last Republican primary, I recall that the big campaign spending was for Jeb Bush. And all that money wasn't able to make people like Jeb, let alone to defeat Trump.