[quote]Ocasio-Cortez Gaslights ‘Green New Deal’ Office deletes 'farting cows' document, adviser pretends it never existed February 9th, 2:30pm February 10th, 1:20am Elizabeth HarringtonElizabeth Harrington is a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon. Elizabeth graduated from Temple University in 2010. Prior to joining the Free Beacon, she worked as a staff writer for CNSNews.com. Her email address is elizabeth@freebeacon.com. Her Twitter handle is @LizWFB. Politics The office of democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has deleted a supplemental document explaining how to implement her "Green New Deal" that called for a jobs guarantee even for those "unwilling to work" and the elimination of "farting cows" and airplanes.
Robert Hockett, a Cornell law professor and adviser to Ocasio-Cortez, appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News on Friday and claimed Republicans doctored official documents that came directly from the congresswoman's office.[/quote]
I take it the railway will be going over oceans? Is that for real?
Honestly, this shit is like the movie [i]Being There[/i], which if you haven't seen it, is about a moron who gets misinterpreted as a genius. My takeaway is that people are willing to believe and/or fabricate things about their hero.
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, I have exactly zero current political heroes, and let's just leave it at that.
@uncalled4 To [i] really[/i] go larger, I think the cult of personality thing we're seeing these days is a function of technology and the effect of video media on the people.
Paper tabloids in the supermarket just never worked as well as 2 minute cable news spots and you tube videos.
@MistyCee Agreed. Snap judgments made on sound bites and out-of-context actualities. The public are not using their brains. It's an ADD, knee-jerk, outrage culture. It's tough to navigate.
