Hey Nancy, you're not in charge anymore

Submitted by EdMass on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:21pm

Politico? Oh My.

As she (Omar) saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the “hope and change” offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border and the “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.

“We can’t be only upset with Trump. … His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was,” Omar says. “And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

Nancy, welcome to Boehnerville. Heh!

Next up, The Clinton Creature?

This will be most interesting...

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Submitted by dkmich on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:31pm

whoa- guess ilhan is done dancing too.

Obama, Pelosi and pals aren't used to all this push back. Add in Bernie's popularity for President, and they must be startled as hell. .

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Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 5:26pm

Exactly!

@dkmich
That progressive insurgency that I've been talking about since the 2016 election may not have gotten many victories, but it got a few LEGIT victories.
This has opened the overton window.
This will encourage more insurgency campaigns in 2020. Don't be surprised if the progressive insurgency wins twice as many victories next year.
Which will still be a small minority of Dems, but an even larger overton window and more pushback.

Submitted by Snode on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:30pm

I don't watch "The Walking Dead"

@gjohnsit but people are starting to get a wiff of the neolib zombies shuffling around and it's becoming apparent how ripe they're getting..

Submitted by Wink on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 9:18pm

The first two seasons

are pretty good!
@Snode

What's scary is it actually looks like it could happen.
Sooner than we expect.
Minus the zombies.

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Submitted by HenryAWallace on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:34pm

Obama did some things better than little Georgie; some

things he continued, some things he did worse and some things he did much worse. So much for "that hopey changey thing."

While we're on the subject, Shepherd Fairey was the artist who created the iconic Hope poster of Obama.

In 2009 Fairey's Obama portrait was featured in the book Art For Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change, which Fairey also edited.[71][72]
Mandela by Shepard Fairey Mural

In his December 8, 2010 appearance on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert asked Fairey how he felt about having done the "HOPE" portrait of Obama and how "that hope was working out for him now?" to which Fairey replied: "You know, I'm proud of it as a piece of grassroots activism, but I'll just leave it at that".[citation needed]

In an interview with Esquire in 2015 Fairey said that Obama had not lived up to his expectations, "not even close".[73] He continued, "Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]."[74]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey

So much for hope. I doubt anyone will be using that word as a Presidential campaign slogan again.

Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 4:11am

History will credit Sarah Palin with at least that one thing:

@HenryAWallace
distilling the disillusionment with Obama and his administration into that succinct little bit of Buffy Speak.

that hopey-changey thing

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:56am

The odd thing about that, IMO, was that she seemed to

@lotlizard

be acknowledging that Obama had not changed many of the things that voters had wanted changed--and also seemed to think that not changing them was mock-worthy.

Submitted by gulfgal98 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:37pm

On Twitter

Ilhan Omar is getting a lot of support from the alternative media and commenters.

This tweet thread is a good example. Click on the embed below to see the entire thread.

It is disturbing that Rep. Omar continues to perpetuate hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes that misrepresent our Jewish community. Additionally, questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable. (1/2)

— Rep. Juan Vargas (@RepJuanVargas) March 4, 2019

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Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:46pm

Great pushback!

@gulfgal98
Thanks for posting that twitter feed. That's what I want to see - pushback from the American people. These congresscritters who are getting money from these lobbies need to start assessing their positions. If not, they need to be primaried and voted out.

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Submitted by Shahryar on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:19pm

the AIPAC campaign against her fuels anti-semitism

@gulfgal98

AIPAC is so, so wrong that it leads to distrust, dislike and anything stronger, of a certain type of Jew. It leads to a stereotype of these people (we could call them Zionists), to a visceral gut reaction against anyone who supports Israel.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 4:53pm

Anyone else see Megan McCain's Zionist remarks?

@Shahryar

#MeghanMcCain basically said “I may not be Jewish, but I’m more Jewish than the Jews, more Zionists than any Zionists.” pic.twitter.com/h0SBeRAGF9

— Partisangirl (@Partisangirl) March 8, 2019

Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 2:48pm

Go Ilhan, Go!

The more she talks, the more I like her. Democracy Now! plays the speech she was called out for, the second time. She is brave and courageous in that speech. I fully support her. She realizes the danger to herself, but that does not deter her. I love her!

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Submitted by gulfgal98 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:16pm

AIPAC

@Raggedy Ann is a very powerful lobby and she is right about them owning Congress as well as many state legislatures. Twenty six (26) states have passed laws making it illegal for citizens and businesses to boycott Israel. Talk about First Amendment rights being abridged in favor of a foreign country. This is why they all are so angry at Ilhan because she exposed them all as being owned by a foreign country.

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:45pm

Out of curiosity, how did DN present her

@Raggedy Ann
speech. I have to wonder considering their slavish devotion to the party of Clinton/Obama.

Thanks.

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Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 4:25pm

She had a few people

@Amanda Matthews
in the show to discuss the issue. She played her remariso the panel could have her actual words. One fellow was from Israel - a journalist - who sided with Ilhan. Phyllis Bennis sided with Ilhan. The third person was a Palestinian. It was well done!

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 4:58pm

I didn’t know if they were still carrying

@Raggedy Ann @Raggedy Ann
the DNC/Obama Admin’s water.

EDIT: Thanks.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by lizzyh7 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:24pm

Still thinking about it

but I just might have to break my new rule and give her some money since that's the only way to really show support in this country. The idiocy around this whole anti-Semitism argument just astounds me but I know it really should not - this is an ignorant country in so many ways and our owners like it that way, they made that beast after all.

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Submitted by Battle of Blair... on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:27pm

She's caused a lot of Israeli puppets

To out themselves. If the FBI wants to catch Israeli spies just start with a suspect list of every congress critter who is attacking Ilhan

Submitted by burnt out on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:32pm

Ilhan Omar

Bravest person in Congress, her colleagues should be hiding in shame.

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 3:51pm

Absolutely.

@burnt out
She’s doomed. If there’s one thing the Dims cannot have it’s someone who doesn’t know better than to say what everybody knows from experience.

He wasn’t/isn’t called The Empty Suit for nothing.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 4:04pm

doomed in this pretext

@Amanda Matthews
is a bit strong. Outspoken, yes. Brave, yes. She cares more for truth than peer acceptance. This is healthy. Behavior which makes the herd look bad. Willing to endure blowback for principals. This is the representation we need.
Doomed to failure by what measure?

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question everything

Submitted by gulfgal98 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 4:51pm

I love this part of your comment

@QMS

She cares more for truth than peer acceptance. This is healthy. Behavior which makes the herd look bad.

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Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy

Submitted by thanatokephaloides on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 7:40pm

doomed

@QMS

doomed in this pretext is a bit strong. Outspoken, yes. Brave, yes. She cares more for truth than peer acceptance. This is healthy. Behavior which makes the herd look bad. Willing to endure blowback for principals. This is the representation we need.
Doomed to failure by what measure?

By this measure:

[video:https://youtu.be/kHbQr6Xsy8U]

Put such a thing past the KKKlinton KKKrew or Bibi's Mossad minions? Not a chance!

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 4:47pm

She’s too outspoken and honest about

@QMS
subjects TPTB do not want discussed.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by EdMass on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 5:01pm

I tried to email Omar - nope

Just so you know

Zip Code Authentication Failed
The zip code entered indicates that you reside outside the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota. Due to the large volume of US mail, emails and faxes we receive, we are only able to accept messages from residents of the 5th District.

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Stop the War!

Submitted by MinuteMan on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:29pm

Might not be Omar's doing

@EdMass it might be the house email system filtering you out. I dropped my rep a note regarding the bogus resolution and it made me enter my zip and seemed to imply that only constituent email was going to be accepted.

Submitted by Snode on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:41pm

Same here

@MinuteMan Wrong zip. Tried to e-mail a rep from my state, but not my district, nada.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 5:06pm

Omar called Obama a smiling murderer

Now that's telling things exactly like they are.

Obama was a smiling murderer, says Ilhan Omar

Fresh from attacking the Israel lobby in the US, Rep. Ilhan Omar has let loose on another Democratic idol: former President Barack Obama. Omar accused Obama of “murder” while hiding behind “the pretty face and the smile.”

With the did-she, didn’t-she anti-Semitism controversy still playing out, Omar turned on former President Barack Obama, who, to many in her party, is above criticism. The Minnesota lawmaker told Politico that Obama stood for the status quo, and not for any real “hope and change.”

Best line from Ilhan Omar: “We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.” https://t.co/nSubGpx5AW

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 8, 2019

This is going to leave a mark! Great job, Omar!

Submitted by MinuteMan on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:35pm

Another senseless resolution coming soon?

@snoopydawg So next week the Dems in the house will be passing a resolution against racism since criticizing the first black Pres is clearly racist.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 9:34pm

Oh yeah... I can see that happening

@MinuteMan

Good point saying that she will be called a racist now for saying that. I read an interview with Obama who said that he wasn't called no drama Obama for nothing. He said that he doesn't like conflict. Who does? But it's your job to fight for things that you promised people if you want them to happen. Oh wait....

Submitted by Dr. John Carpenter on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 7:09pm

Really Brave

This is how you do it. Rather than making some mealy mouthed backtrack on the first statement, Omar used the platform she now had to speak more truth, truths I can't imagine the other "progressive rising stars" having the guts to say. Hell, I don't think I've heard any Democratic politicians period daring to call out Obama on anything, let alone a statement like that. And she's 100% correct! We need more like her ASAP and I wish her the best of luck.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:04pm

I wonder if she had a seething anger at what this country has

@Dr. John Carpenter

been doing to countless countries and that was one of the reasons she ran for congress? Her statement on Obama took a lot of guts and it's so great to see someone call him out for what he did, but still got accolades from his supporters. I'm sick of seeing people saying that he was the best president in their lifetimes and that he left office scandal free. The hell he did. His whole tenure was a scandal. Kill list Tuesday's? Seriously no one thought that was a scandal? Lots of us sure do. Or instead of counting every person killed by drones he just decided that every male over 14 could be considered a terrorist.

Submitted by earthling1 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 11:45pm

The best tweet

"American taxpayers are paying for Israels free health care".

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Submitted by Mark from Queens on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:03am

Was surprised to see that even an establishment Dem such as

Clyburn had to admit candidly who Omar was and where she had come from (sorry for RW site that came up in a search):

“many of the media reports surrounding the recent controversy have omitted mentioning that Omar … had to flee the country to escape violence and spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming to the United States.”

This he alleges, makes her experiences more “empirical” and “powerful” than those who have parents that survived the Holocaust, Japanese internment camps, and other tragic events in history.

Though sadly it also points out that he signed Pelosi's statement last month calling her out for her ~~alleged~~ totally misconstrued remarks on ~~Israel~~ the influence of foreign government lobbies.

Clyburn's a peculiar bird, if I remember.

Seem to recall that during both the '08 and '16 primaries he appeared to really be struggling as a congressman from SC with the expectations that he'd automatically endorse The $hill. There was definitely an event at a black college by which time he had decided to get behind her, and was met by pretty strong opposition from students who wanted Bernie.

Crickets as Clyburn endorses Hillary because the room was all Bernie supporters!

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THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
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